When I first heard we had to create a blog this semester I was pretty excited. Creating a blog in class was a first for me, although I have made a blog in the past about my personal life. What made this class assignment even more exciting is that the topic of the blog was our choice. At first, I was overwhelmed by trying to find the perfect topic for my blog. I was looking for a topic that would be keep me intrigued and inspired throughout the semester. Right away I thought of two potential topics that would fit criminal justice and cooking. I have always loved cooking as a hobby. I enjoy making classic dishes to trying exotic dishes. My idea for my blog based on the cooking topic, would have been to post a different dish in each blog post. My other idea was to focus on criminal justice in my blog. I would focus on a certain part of criminal justice in my blog since criminal justice is such a large topic. Some topics I was considering was serial killers, female serial killers, child killers, and prisons. In the end, I decided to pick criminal justice focusing on female serial killers.
Why female serial killers?
Ultimately I picked female serial killers because It was a topic that I had brushed on, but was yearning to learn more about. What really got me interested in female serial killers or female killers in general was the show "Deadly Women". This show focused on telling the stories of women that murdered. I enjoyed it so much because most murder based shows are about males. The show really changed my perspective on females and made me realize that I was yet another person in society that under estimated females. I wanted to not only educate society about female killers, but even educate myself.
The End to This Blog?
As of now, I'm not in any rush to continue writing in this blog weekly. I would like to reflect on what I have learned over the semester and visit back. It would be interesting to see how my writing style will have changed and to see my blog views. I'm curious to see if people will continue to visit my blog. In the next couple months I would actually like to start a food blog. The sole purpose of the blog would be for personal use. It would be a great way for me to store all my recipes electronically. If I did have people viewing or commenting I wouldn't mind. I would actually be quite surprised since my goal isn't to reach out to a community of people.
My Thoughts on Blogging
I believe blogging is an electronic journal that is made public. It's a great way to express your thoughts to whomever stumbles upon your blog. Unlike a traditional journal though you can add media to your entries. For example, hyper linking and videos can be used in your blog. Adding touches like media, color, and organization to your blog will draw the readers in. Whether your writing for yourself or for an entire community it still will make an impact on at least one person. Even if that person is just yourself or maybe someone you inspired that you will never meet.You will never know the impact until you make the commitment to a create a blog and continue it.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Analysis Paper Part 2
This post, I decided to go a bit more in depth with my outline for the analysis paper. Now that I have the sources I want to use I need to organize how I will present them. This post will be beneficial to me because it will map out each part of my paper. The peer analysis paper review we had in class on monday really made me realize how I wanted to write my paper. At first, I was a bit confused how to put my opinions and resources to use in my paper. After class I had a better understanding of how to write this paper.
For my introduction, I wanted to first give a little background on female serial killers to draw the reader in. I will include a fascinating fact that I will consider the hook in my paper. After background information on my topic I want to focus on why I picked this topic.
My body paragraphs will include insight on my community blogs. At this point, I have narrowed down two options for how I want to write my body paragraphs. My first option is focusing on one community blog for each body paragraph. I would write three body paragraphs each focusing on three community blogs. Option two was to focus on three different issues in each body paragraphs. These issues would be ones that I found within my blog community that, not only I have discussed but others had to.
The conclusion will include any ending thoughts I have on this topic. I will also add how I have grown as a blogger overtime. After I will answer if i believe I feel apart of this topics blogging community or not, and adding my reasons why. My closing sentences will give advice to other new bloggers on how to approach this topic.
I am most comfortable with using MLA format when writing papers. I had never explored any other formats before. After class on monday I realized that my topic, which has to do with my major in criminology, uses APA format. I would like to attempt APA format for my first rough draft that is due next monday.
For my introduction, I wanted to first give a little background on female serial killers to draw the reader in. I will include a fascinating fact that I will consider the hook in my paper. After background information on my topic I want to focus on why I picked this topic.
My body paragraphs will include insight on my community blogs. At this point, I have narrowed down two options for how I want to write my body paragraphs. My first option is focusing on one community blog for each body paragraph. I would write three body paragraphs each focusing on three community blogs. Option two was to focus on three different issues in each body paragraphs. These issues would be ones that I found within my blog community that, not only I have discussed but others had to.
The conclusion will include any ending thoughts I have on this topic. I will also add how I have grown as a blogger overtime. After I will answer if i believe I feel apart of this topics blogging community or not, and adding my reasons why. My closing sentences will give advice to other new bloggers on how to approach this topic.
I am most comfortable with using MLA format when writing papers. I had never explored any other formats before. After class on monday I realized that my topic, which has to do with my major in criminology, uses APA format. I would like to attempt APA format for my first rough draft that is due next monday.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Analysis Paper
For this post, we were asked to discuss potential sources for the final analysis paper. I was pleased to have the opportunity to use a post for this, because I want to make sure my potential sources will work for my analysis paper. In addition, I believe this post could almost be compared to an outline for the paper, which always helps to get a reader organized.
Source One:
When i first used the google blog search i typed "serial killers" and was the first thing that popped up. Since then, it has proven to be my number source for almost every single one of my posts on my blog. It has wonderful facts, quotes, and pictures for almost anything to do with serial killers and criminal justice in general. provides detailed background information of each serial killer which is important for my blog. I now know this is a valid source that will be beneficial, not only for this class but future classes. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if is a blog or not? I'd love some feedback on if i could use this in my analysis paper or not.
Source two:
women serial killers blog
This blog is located on blogger and is exactly the same topic as my blog. Like me, the author of this blog is a student majoring in criminal justice. I enjoyed this blog most because of all the similarities between us authors. We kept the same outline for our blog by added a picture of each female serial killer we discussed in each post. The majority of our blog posts were the same female serial killer and that was interesting to compare. Sadly, this blog doesn't have a ton of analysis in each post it's more just the stories repeated. Although one piece of analysis i was able to spot was that the author pointed out the recurring problem that many people don't suspect females of such crimes. This is a piece of analysis I to have discussed in at least one of my posts. I believe this would be a great source for my analysis paper since it's the closest comparison to my blog.
Source 3:
diary of a serial killer
This blog is another one that i found on blogger. Although, the author has only written in it a few times i enjoyed reading them all. In one of my blog posts i talked about toxicology reports, which still involved my topic, but wasn't like my typical posts. This blog relates to that post it doesn't talk about each individual serial killer like my typical posts. It goes a little deeper by discussing genes, pychological aspects, and more about serial killers. This information is vital in understanding the whole story of why each serial killer did what they did. I enjoyed reading all the information this blog provided and would consider it being one of my potential sources.
Overall, I believe I have some great blogs picked out for my analysis paper. Sadly, it's hard to find a blog about serial killers online. I'm happy i found ones that discuss my topic and were helpful. Not only did each one provide useful information, but they also had a works cited which really confirms that it's a reliable source. Currently I am still looking for other blogs that fit my community that i could possibly use for my paper.
Source One:
When i first used the google blog search i typed "serial killers" and
Source two:
women serial killers blog
This blog is located on blogger and is exactly the same topic as my blog. Like me, the author of this blog is a student majoring in criminal justice. I enjoyed this blog most because of all the similarities between us authors. We kept the same outline for our blog by added a picture of each female serial killer we discussed in each post. The majority of our blog posts were the same female serial killer and that was interesting to compare. Sadly, this blog doesn't have a ton of analysis in each post it's more just the stories repeated. Although one piece of analysis i was able to spot was that the author pointed out the recurring problem that many people don't suspect females of such crimes. This is a piece of analysis I to have discussed in at least one of my posts. I believe this would be a great source for my analysis paper since it's the closest comparison to my blog.
Source 3:
diary of a serial killer
This blog is another one that i found on blogger. Although, the author has only written in it a few times i enjoyed reading them all. In one of my blog posts i talked about toxicology reports, which still involved my topic, but wasn't like my typical posts. This blog relates to that post it doesn't talk about each individual serial killer like my typical posts. It goes a little deeper by discussing genes, pychological aspects, and more about serial killers. This information is vital in understanding the whole story of why each serial killer did what they did. I enjoyed reading all the information this blog provided and would consider it being one of my potential sources.
Overall, I believe I have some great blogs picked out for my analysis paper. Sadly, it's hard to find a blog about serial killers online. I'm happy i found ones that discuss my topic and were helpful. Not only did each one provide useful information, but they also had a works cited which really confirms that it's a reliable source. Currently I am still looking for other blogs that fit my community that i could possibly use for my paper.
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