blog+post+analysis

TO: //Proximity// media team members FROM: Paul Miers SUBJECT: Blog post analysis memo DATE: Jan 4, 2009

We are now preparing our winter survey form. As a new member of a Proximity media team, you should send a memo to your team commenting on a blog or news post that you think might help them design your team's component of the survey. The proposal should be written in standard memo form (1-2 pp) addressed to members of your media team.

Your memo should: You can find items to use for you memo on the Wiki social media resource page You should use [|APA style]to document your source item. Follow the memo format in //Effective Business Writing,// Ch. 3. Address the memo to your media team and give it an informative title. Begin with an unheaded introduction in which you provide a context for the memo and forecast its major points. Use descriptive topic headings for first order sections in the body of the memo and bulleted lists, when needed, for items under each heading.
 * What to include in the memo **
 * summarize the post or news item;
 * discuss the significance of the item for //Proximity// readers;
 * suggest possible survey questions related to the item.
 * How to organize the memo **

Post a draft of the memo on a blog post page linked to your personal page in the class wiki before class on Tuesday, Jan. 5. Submit final hard copy to me at the start of class on Wednesday, Jan. 6.