Monday 10/22

Blog Prompt 10/22

Google and facebook are integral parts of many of our lives--many people in this class have expressed the idea that "Google has everything", and that is a popular belief.
Even though we count on these sites to provide us with information, we often don't understand how they actually function, or, for that matter, the ways they potentially manipulate us.

--What is a filter bubble?
--What are the potential personal drawbacks of these filter bubbles?
--What are the potential problems these filter bubbles might cause for your academic research?
--What are some filter bubbles that you've noticed in your own life?

A filter bubble is your own personal bubble of any of your interests you search for online. some of the problem you can have with filter bubbles are that some information could possibly thrown into your search or your filter bubble that may not even be close to any of your interests. some of the potential problems with filter bubble when it comes to academic research is that when you are looking for information you wont get the facts you need. Or the information you need may be over shadowed by random information that you probably would not find interesting or important for the research you are doing. Some if the filter bubbles i use that I just noticed this passed Tuesday is YouTube  I use this filter on a daily bases. I use it so much that when I don't even enter any thing in the search bar related links and videos come up on the side and below the search bar. however, sometimes there are videos that i have never searched for or anything similar to it and they show up. This is the same with Google and sometimes with twitter. Facebook is defiantly not a big part of my life any more because i find even Google is more interesting than it is. 

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10/17 Wednesday

With all that in mind, discuss in your own words what you consider to be plagiarism. (If you take a direct definition from the source--cite it! If you don’t cite from here on out, you will not get any points on the offending assignment) You might want to include a discussion of the different kinds of plagiarism. What can you do to prevent plagiarism? Include in your discussion something from one of your readings that surprised you.

Plagiarism is basically taking someone else writing or creation and using it for your own benefit with out giving them the credit that is due to them. There are several types of plagiarism. There's full plagiarism which is when a person takes every single detail of some ones writing, idea, or style with out permission. Partial plagiarism is taking several ideas from different authors or from different sources that you find on the internet or in books or wherever you find outside sources. Then you have minimalistic plagiarism is when you have taken a few ideas or some of the authors writing but changed it up a little to make it seem like it's original and that you created it when you didn't. This type of plagiarism is most common with most of the people i know and talk to about writing.  When it comes to preventing plagiarism, in my opinion, it can not be stopped or prevented. Yes, there are consequences for stealing committing this act but there are s=consequences for burglary and murder and people still do it. Plagiarism is pretty hard for me to detect so I wouldn't be able to tell someone not to do it if I was peer reviewing. But I can prevent MYSELF from plagiarism by simply not plagiarizing anything. 

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10/15 (Monday)

PROMPT: Watch or listen to at least 30 minutes of a news show or something similar--or better yet, of the presidential debate on Tuesday!--and find at least one example of the use of a rhetorical device (choose from the list on your handout.) Discuss how the device was used and what you believe it was trying to do (what was it trying to convince you of?)

The Texas sharpshooter: Both Obama and Romney were both cherry picking information when it came to talking about the oil drilling. Since Romney is always lying I assume that he was only trying to convince his audience that Obama wasted a lot of money dealing with the oil. 
Straw Man: Romney used this rhetoric when he was trying to argue that Obama did not say that the the attack in Libya was a terrorist attack. Both Khandi and Obama caught him in his lie Which made Romney approach his speech from a different way.
Slippery Slope: Was used when Obama was addressing the question the Jeremy asked about how does he know that he will get a job after graduation i believe. Obama said that it starts with a good education field  then more jobs will be more willing to hire those who are suitable and equipped for that specific job, therefore opening more job opportunities. Obama was trying to explain to Jeremy that jobs wont come easy with out education, but with education there should be some ease when it comes to successfully finding a job.
When it comes to this debate both president and governor were trying to convince the audience to believe that they would be more suitable to be a president which is what they were suppose to do. However, if you pay close attention Romney doesn't have any of his arguments put together. I feel like there's always has to be lies inside his argument which makes me not want to listen to him even speak on television. 

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Portfolio 10/10

Now that you've done some research, the focus of your research question might have changed. Post your research question here as well as a summary of what your argument is going to be. You have books and articles so far, so also discuss what other kinds of information you need to make your argument. Aim for at least 200 words on this one.

Research Question: What are the negative affects of media piracy on piraters? My argument is that although pirating affects the music, film, digital, and/or the electronic industry it also has negative affects on the ones who commit the crime. Despite the bright side of getting the movies and music for free the bad side is that the people who take part in this crime could get locked up for either a long or short period of time, fined, and have a poor criminal record, which could hurt the possibilities of the getting future jobs. I have researched several articles and books that could potentially help me tell what the negative affects are on the people who do this. The kind of information I need is quite simple. I mostly need research that will prove that there are in fact negative outcomes and affects not only to the producers but to the piraters to. I would use sources that explain the type of consequences given to certain people. When I did my Galileo search I found several helpful articles that helps me make my arguments or my point. I did not find more books than I did articles however the books I did find weren't really as helpful to me as the articles were in my opinion. 

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Monday 10/8

Find your major discipline in GALILEO (or a discipline that you are interested in) and search that subject page for a database you've never worked in before. Do a search in that database. What do you think of the results you got? What is the difference between searching in a subject specific database and in Discovery (the tool that searches a bunch of databases at once)? When do you think you’d want to use one over the other?

My major discipline is psychology. The database that I searched in is social sciences which is a database I never worked in everyday. The results I found were of course related to psychology but in several different ways. Some of the results were about Behavioral sciences, Nursing, and medicine. For my subject or actually with any subject your search is narrowed and specifically focused on whatever you are looking for, by searching in the discovery bar and using the Boolean search you end up with way more variety that could help you but could also not help you because of the variety of results they give you. Your search won't always be ONLY about the subject you are looking up in a discovery bar other things that don't even pertain to what you are researching may pop up which broadens your results.  Most likely I would use database if I needed straight forward information and a more narrow search I would use the database, however, If I needed more information that was not just about my subject but needed other information that could help me explain my subject I would I would use the discovery  bar for a broader search.

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Scholarly/Popular Article

Post at least two articles (one scholarly, one popular) related to your topic. Including a citation in either MLA or APA and an annotation summarizing each article (1-2 sentences) and how you plan to use it in your research project (2-3 sentences.)

It would be useful to you down the road to include summaries that are in your own words. You will not be able to use summaries that are copied from the resource itself in your annotated bibliography.

Scholarly Article(1): Jailhouse Frocks: Locating the Public Interest in Policing Counterfeit Luxury Fashion Goods

British Journal of Criminology November 1, 2010 50: 1094-1116
Summary: "while industry representatives complain of the economic and social harm caused by bootlegging, its effects are more difficult to ascertain and may even have a positive impact upon legitimate sales."
Popular Article(2): Music piracy stunting digital music revenue: industry execCopyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Summary: "Music pirates remain the IFPI's No. 1 enemy, and the group's report congratulated several countries on their efforts to crack down on illegal file sharing."

How will I use This information? I will use this information and these articles by telling how piracy effects the people that do it. Both piraters, the economy and group of people that are involved in these activities can both benefit and be punished for this act.

Monday Galileo Video

Review the video on GALILEO that is in CourseDen. (You can also view it here) In your own words, what is GALILEO and how does it organize information? What is a database and how does it organize information?  

After Watching the video I have a Better understanding of Galileo. Galileo(Georgia Library Learning Online) is simply a search database/library for not only students but any one else searching for books, articles, and films. It organizes information the same way a library does by separating book(by bookshelves and call numbers), articles, films, and etc. This information is easily found by typing in either the name of your subject or key words that are similar to your subject you are researching or curious about. Databases are just grouped articles. They are grouped by topics/subjects so that if you are searching for a particular article you won't get a bunch of random writings/articles, you will get several articles that are about your topic or that is similar to your topic. With this being said, databases or organized the same way as books in the library, however the only difference is that it is online and you don't have any librarians physically helping you find an exact article. Galileo is basically a digital library. So instead of you going to a library and physically checking out a book, you would go o Galileo and get the digital/electronic form of the book/article/film that you want. This is very convenient because this way you do NOT have to get up to go to the library you can just be in the comfort of your own home and search for whatever you like. 

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