Cora Williamson ENGL 3450

 Hey everyone! I feel pretty confident about where I need to change my paper and in what ways. In my initial writing of it, I had used some vague terms that I thought I had clarified directly afterward but that I can see now were not especially well-formulated. This should be a simple enough fix, especially given that all instances of such were pointed out in the feedback I got from Dr. Bacabac. I also want to go through and make sure my synthesis was clear enough, though frankly I'm not very concerned about that. I also have adjusted my research gap slightly so I plan to rewrite the conclusion a little bit. I have already started these revisions and they've been going well so far. The whole process has been pretty great and made me really happy with my choice for the subject of my paper.

 The literature review I wrote focused on the uses of citations. This expanded out into how they can be misused and how they can impact the career of an academic or a field of study. A gap that I found was in the study of how improper use of citations can affect the engagement an article receives. There was some discussion of how self-citation leads to increased engagement, but it wasn't a large focus, it was more of a side consequence of the research done. Engagement with an article is pretty important, so I think it merits further analysis. Through my literature review, I've already established the misuse of citations, so the criteria for that is ready, and after that I would just need to tally up rate of engagement.