Editing Introduction to Graduate Research (Fall 2023) (section)

=== Week 5: 10.18 ===
'''Challenge: How do you get things done?''' Creating and practicing sustainable work routines

'''Guests:'''
* Erik Nisbet ([https://canvas.northwestern.edu/files/17347628/download?download_frd=1 CV])

==== Readings ====
* Dal, Aysenur, Nisbet, Erik C., & Kamenchuk, Olga. 2023. [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/14614448221135861 Signaling silence: Affective and cognitive responses to risks of online activism about corruption in an authoritarian context]. ''New Media & Society'', 25(3), 646-664. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221135861.
* Henry, Alan. 2014. [https://lifehacker.com/productivity-101-a-primer-to-the-getting-things-done-1551880955 Productivity 101: A Primer to the Getting-Things-Done Philosophy]. Lifehacker, March 26. 
* Wajcman, J. (2019). The Digital Architecture of Time Management. ''Science, Technology, & Human Values'', 44(2), 315–337. [https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243918795041 https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243918795041] (open access and available in Canvas).

==== Recommended readings ====
* Healy, Kieran. 2020. [https://kieranhealy.org/publications/plain-person-text/ The Plain Person's Guide to Plain Text Social Science]. Duke University. 
* Shanahan, James, & Morgan, Michael. 1999. ''Television and its viewers: Cultivation theory and research''. Cambridge University Press (''Nisbet influence'').

==== Written work and activities ====

'''1. Submit a discussion provocation'''

'''2. Time diary exercise:'''
* Keep a time diary for two work days prior to this week's class. Your time diary should record information about what you do when (including non-work things). Format/record the information however you like (here's [https://www.businesstrainingcollege.com/business/what-is-a-time-diary.htm one example and a short overview]).
* Write a ~300-500 word reflection on what you learn (or not?) from your time diary. How did you spend your time? How much of it was work-related? How would you categorize how you spent your work time (e.g., faculty might categorize their work in terms of teaching, research, service)? What research and workflow tools do you use to perform your work? How typical were these days for you? What changes do you anticipate/plan in the future? What challenges or problems can you identify in your existing work habits/workflow and how will you address them?
* [https://canvas.northwestern.edu/courses/ Upload your reflection to Canvas].
* In the small groups below, swap reflections (swapping time diaries is not required!), and hold a meeting in which you discuss each other's work habits, workflow, time use, tool use, and just about anything else that comes up.
** Aidan Fitzsimmons + Jessi Zier
** Sara Abdulla + Haohan Shi + Lizzie Li
** Yanling Zhao + Molly de Blanc
** Annie Chu + Savanna Kerstiens
** Sky E  + Charlotte Li
** Matt Gaughan + Redd Roseboro

==== Additional resources ====
* [https://usesthis.com/ Uses this] (blog profiling what tools people use to do their work) especially (maybe?) the [https://usesthis.com/categories/professor/ professor category].
* Munroe, Randall. [https://xkcd.com/1205/ Is it worth the time?], xkcd.