Objective: To introduce students to the regulatory complexities connected to internet rights to privacy and behavior
INSTRUCTIONS
Step 1 - Scan Nexis Uni* for information about controversies involving Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
*You must be logged into the classroom and enter the university’s library through More > Academic Services > Library in the navbar to be able to use the Nexis Uni database search function.
Step 2 - Find out what Section 230 protects. Take notes for a definition of what Section 230 does.
Step 3 - Take notes on what you learn about the complexities of regulating internet content.
Step 4 - Cull the results of your Nexis Uni search and write a summary that highlights major themes in the application of Section 230 to regulate internet content.
Step 5 - Analyze the major themes you discovered and draw a conclusion that you can use as the thesis or point of your op-ed's argument about Section 230.
Step 6 - Write a 2 page, single-spaced op-ed that proposes your own resolution to the Section 230 controversies you researched.
- For help writing the op-ed, see Op-Ed Writing: The Basics
Step 7 - Support your argument by summarizing what you learned about major contentions and recent developments in the administration of Section 230.
Step 8 - Make connections in your argument to reasons and evidence from our weekly learning resources and other materials you found in your research.
Step 9 - Use APA-style in-text citations and end-of-text references to document the sources of your summarized, paraphrased, and directly quoted information in your op-ed, as required by academic conventions.
- For help using information from outside sources correctly, see the university's academic integrity tutorial Module 3 on writing well with sources and Module 4 on attribution and citation.
- For help creating APA-style in-text citations, see the library’s guide at In-Text Citations - APA 7th Edition Citation Examples - LibGuides at University of Maryland Global Campus
- For help writing APA-style end-of-text references, see the library’s guide at General Rules - APA 7th Edition Citation Examples - LibGuides at University of Maryland Global Campus
- For help with legal citations to any cases that you mention, see the Introduction to Basic Legal Citation in our Research & Writing Resources.
- For help crafting signal phrases to introduce quoted, paraphrased, or summarized material from your sources, see The Writing Center | Signal Phrases | Guides
- For comprehensive help with your writing and citing, start with the library’s guides at Writing and Citing - Get Help - LibGuides at University of Maryland Global Campus
Step 10 - Use this assignment's grading rubric as a guide for completing your assignment.