Editing Communication and Social Networks (Fall 2021) (section)

=== Reading Academic Articles ===

Many of the readings will be academic articles. I do not expect you to read every word of these articles. Rather, you should practice intentional directed skimming. [https://writingcenter.gmu.edu/guides/strategies-for-reading-academic-articles This article] gives a nice overview. The TL;DR is that you should carefully read the abstract, introduction, and conclusion. For the rest of the article, focus on section headings and topic sentences to extract the main ideas.