eroller's blog

We met during classtime in the computer lab on Monday March 23, 2009.  All members: Brett, Liz, John, and Hu were present.  We put together finished summaries and documented our citations in our rough draft.  We scheduled a meeting for Tuesday March 24, 2009 at 5PM in the computer lab where class is held to format our paper and complete the title page, and executive summaries as well as place our visuals.  The goal is to finish our rough draft and have it ready to be workshopped on Wednesday.

This week I have reviewed my summary of my research topic and re-written it as well as placed citations for all information including the psychological aspects paraphrased within.  I also compiled a list of my works that were cited within my work and need to put them in correct MLA format. 

Our group met on Thursday, March 12 at 5PM in the computer lab in Beering where we normally hold class.  The members present were John, Brett, Hu, and Liz.  We put together all of our summaries into a rough draft and began to elaborate upon each as well as focusing on the formatting of the sections within our white paper.  The goal for the next meeting, scheduled to be the Monday after spring break ends, is to finish the details of our rough draft and add the completed citations page as well as complete and executive summary and a conclusion.

I have picked up two print resources from the library on Russia and the transition from communism and have begun to elaborate more fully on my section of research.  I have yet to choose a specific psyschological study to cite my work from and may just choose a general psychology text instead of specific studies since there are so many.  Today I will work with my group members to put together a rough draft of the white paper due after spring break.

We met during class time on Monday March 9.  We talked about our resources and the progress on the completion of our research summaries as well as decided that we would use MLA formatting for citing the white paper resources.  We decided to meet on Thursday at 5PM in the computer lab where class is held to begin to put together the rough draft of our white paper.  The goal for the next meeting is roughly draft the white paper and begin to put together visuals and make arrangement decisions.

I have done further research on my topic and put together a summary of my research topic (the gradual stepdown from internet censorship and the reaction of the Chinese government and population to this approach), which is supposed to be completed by class today.  This is a very rough draft and further research will help to aid in providing a more in depth description of how the people and government might react in terms of psychological studies as well as compared to the post-communist regime of Russia.  I have been unable to get to the library to look at might print resources but

This week so far I have done research in the areas of psychologically how individuals and populations respond to gradual introductions to novel ideas as well as how past communist regimes have dealt with changes both immediate and gradual.  I have found a few print resources (Democracy and its alternatives, The Helsinki Effect, Internet Filtering in China) which touch on the topic of the reaction of the Communist governments to change.  I intend to write a summary for my research this week and have it ready by March 7 or 10 to present to my group and begin to put together a rough

Our group met on Monday the 2 of March at 2:30.  The entire group (John, Hu, Brett, and Liz) were all present.  The goal of this meeting was to discuss the research we had done to date as well as to expand upon that research and discuss plans for linking them together.  Our goals for the next meeting are to have written introductions or summaries of our delegated research topics and begin to piece them together into a rough draft, as well as to maintain lists of our citations.  In the next meeting we will begin to put together the rough draft of our paper from

So far in the white paper project I have aided in the establishment of a proposal as well as presenting the proposal of addressing internet censorship in communist China in a memo format.  I volunteered to post the group blogs after every meeting we have and have thus posted two group blogs.  Today I helped organize the timeline planning in class and volunteered to research the probable response and pros of a gradual reduction in the internet censorship of China.

Our group met in class on Wednesday February 25 and the whole group (John, Hu, Brett, and Liz) were all present.  The goal of this meeting was to design an informal memo addressing the objects of our white paper as well as divide up research and set up a rough timeline for completion of goals. 

We decided that addressing the proposal to the government of China was difficult and probably would not be well-received so instead chose to target it to Amnesty International and their interests in the human rights issue in China which includes the issue of censorship.