Engl 106: The Rhetoric of Forms (Tremblay-McGaw): Types of Sources

Examples of Possible Sources for studying "graffiti". 

• Tweets or other social media
• Newspapers
• News websites
• Blogs
• Government websites (e.g., Justice Dept.)
• News magazine articles (e.g., Time, Newsweek)
• Scholarly journal articles (e.g., Journal of Communications)
• Statistics
• Documentaries / Films
• Dissertations
• Books

1. Graffiti, from the Encyclopedia of Urban Studies.
    
2. The Popular History of Graffiti, from the Ancient World to the Present, 
   
   
3. Is Urban Graffiti a force for good or evil?
   
   
4. Street Art and the Changing  Urban Public Sphere, Public Culture. May2017, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p385-414. 30p.
    
5. Defining Graffiti, by Josh Green, Atlanta; Sep2015, Vol. 55 Issue 5, p30-32, 2p
    
6. The Graffiti Exchange
    
7. Wall Writers:  Early Graffiti Artists

Choose one source from the middle box and answer the following questions. 

1. What type of source is this?  Choose from the sources listed in the left column.

2. Is the information current?

3. Is the information presented:

• Factual
• Opinion / Analysis
• Mix of factual and opinion/analysis
• A different type of evidence
• Cannot tell from limited information

4. Does the source tell you anything about the author's credentials? If so, what?

5. From the limited information available, do you think this source is:

• Highly biased
• Moderately biased
• Slightly biased
• Unbiased

6.Who is the audience for this source?

7. What is one strength of your source?

8. What is one weakness of your source?