Unit 9

About My Class Project 

My project is a website on "The Evolution of American Household Appliances: Washing Machines, Refrigerators, and Stoves." I will include a timeline in some form of key dates and periods in the evolution of each of these three appliances, with photos and drawings of examples throughout the period covered. Although my main interest is in the first half othe the twentieth century, I expect to include dates and examples form the nineteenth century, as well. I will provide short amounts of text to describe the use of the appliances and how it affected housework. 

I have used several books for background on the history of each appliance and the significance for women's work in U.S. Some are e-books or pamphlets that I have found online, such as on "How to Choose and Use Your Washing Machine," published in the 1940s by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics. An e-text by J.S. Woersdorfer (2017) provides me with the most recent survey on how household technology has evolved. I have found a few photos in the New York Public Library's Digital History Collection and many in the Library of Congress's digital collections. I found a couple of interesting videos on washing machines in NVCC's digital library. One demonstrated the use of a combined clothes and dish washing machine (though not washing both simultaenously!).

Other Materials on Building an Audience

Mitchell, Amy, Jurkowitz, Mark, & Olmstead, Kenneth (2014, March 13). Audience Routes: Direct, Search & Facebook. Retrieved on June 20, 2017 from http://www.journalism.org/2014/03/13/audience-routes-direct-search-facebook/

        Talks about how people access news websites and how their behaviors (i.e., time spent, returns) differ in relation to how they accessed the sites. Discusses measures of engagement and comScore Methodology.

Rainie, Lee (2011, June 13). The Perfect People Meter: My Beautiful Fantasy About Understanding Audience in the Digital Age. Pew Research Center: Internet & Technology. Retrieved June 201, 1027 from

http://www.pewinternet.org/2011/06/13/the-perfect-people-meter-my-beautiful-fantasy-about-understanding-audience-in-the-digital-age/

        Based on the transcription of a speech, this presents ideas on metrics for measuring and understanding an audience.

Smith, Aaron (2012, September 6). Reaching Your Audience in the Digital Age: Key Research Trends to Watch. Pew Research Center. Retrieved June 20, 2017 from http://www.pewinternet.org/2012/09/06/reaching-your-audience-in-the-digital-age-key-research-trends-to-watch/ 
       A presentation based on a nationally representative telephone survey of US adults. Includes computers, internet and broadband; smartphones and mobile computing; and social media. This information may seem more dated since it is based on a 2012 survey.