Civic Engagement What does civic mean of or

Civic Engagement?

What does civic mean? • of or relating to a citizen, a city, citizenship, or community affairs

National Discourse • What are issues in the news at local level in Boulder? • What are issues in the news at national level in USA?

Engagement participate or become involved in. "organizations engage in a variety of activities" synonyms: participate in, take part in, join in, become involved in, go in for, partake in/of, share in, play a part/role in; have a hand in, be a party to, enter into "the chance to engage in many social activities"

Which of these topics classify as civic engagement? • Gender • LGBTQ Issues • Individual agency & free will • Globalization • Labor • Political agency • Women’s rights • Education • Social class • Class warfare • Race • Identity • War • Neoliberalism

CIVIC ISSUES- GENDER Collaboration & intimidation of gender Digital and Print Comics ARTICLES Collaboration & erasure of work/gender Circulation/preservation & access thru gender

RQ • How do/es ___(A)____ show ____(B)____ in/through ____(C)____ and how does this effect ___(D)____ in society? A- Thing being questioned (media/object) EX: Comic Books Print & Digital B- Civic Issue being question EX: Gender Roles C- Characteristics used EX: collaboration and dissemination via preservation D- Large social implications EX: conceptions of gender in this industry

Final RQ How do the changes between print and digital comics show issues pertaining to gender, such as gender roles, through characteristics such as collaboration and preservation? How does this reflect larger effects of perceived or conceptualized gender in this industry?

Claim vs description Contestable claim -> important in thesis Descriptive Essay-> merely explains what has happened usually in quantitative essay Claims = argument

BREAK IT DOWN MEDIA/OBJECT: CIVIC ISSUES: CHARACTERISTICS:

Devil in Details • Make an outline of your paper • State the purpose, thesis and audience at top • Outline points in actual paragraphs • Conclusion not just summary