Facebookistan

I personally think that Facebook is a very good tool when it comes to social networking. I think this because companies can use it to market themselves; also another big thing about it is that people can definitely reconnect with those who they have lost contact with. This is a powerful tool when talking about bringing people back together. But to every good thing there are a bunch of negatives that come with it as well. Like Facebook makes it easier for cyber bullies, also stalkers and even pedophiles to find young teenagers on Facebook. So it’s obvious that it has its problems as well. Some other things that I personally don’t like about Facebook and I’ve heard others talk about not liking as well is that they send information to advertisers because that makes them harass you to buy their products or subscribe to their companies. Also Facebook is said to increase chances of people developing different diseases. But that also deals with the amount of time spent in front of the computer screen. The segment with the rapist is very interesting to me because if you think about it anybody (rapist) can make an account and send you a friend request. And if they want to get you information to find you they certainly can get that off of Facebook. My final thoughts are that I hope that Facebook becomes more secure and safe for all its users, this will prevent people from being victims to cyber criminals/ bullies. This relates to the segment about the girl who was tracked on Facebook by the rapist. This is relates to how I think Facebook is not entirely secure and safe.

Blog Post 11

To me the library ethnography was a very useful assignment, I really never knew how to find books in our library until I did this assignment so it was a great assignment in my opinion, and what made it even better is I actually enjoyed doing it! It taught me how to look up and find books I want or need on the library catalog. You should definitely keep this assignment in your course next semester; I do not think there is a need to come up with something else. A topic that I wish we would have spent a little more time on was filter bubbles. We spent a good amount of time on it, but it was just very interesting to me because I have never heard of them. This topic intrigued me I didn’t know that sites can make your search results more direct for you based on where you are located and what you have searched most recently. Another topic that I would have loved to spend more time on was Common Rhetorical Devices; I think this topic is very interesting because a lot of companies use these devices when marketing their products. Thinking back I honestly don’t think there is anything that I can think of that we haven’t talked about in this class. I will be using the material we have covered in this class in classes like English 1102 when I take it in the spring. I have not used the researching skills that I have learned in my first two previous semesters here at UWG. I expect to apply these skills in other classes when I need to look up credible sources so I can have valid information in my work.

Blog Post #10

In a book, information that you will likely find varies depends on what type of book you are looking in. For example, if it is nonfictional book and more of factual book you can find facts. So to answer the second question; it can be both a good or bad source to use in a research paper, it all depends what kind of book you are using to get your information. You can use this source to gather facts for your research related to your topic.

In a blog post you will most likely find peoples thoughts or ideas on a particular topic. I think it wouldn’t be the best source to use in a RESEARCH paper because that’s not really credible. So I don’t think that using this source for research is a good idea.

In a scholarly journal article you can find information, facts that are most likely legit. This would be a great source for a research paper because you can definitely cite these. You can use it in research because you can gather info on your research paper.

Wikipedia you can find anything you need to know on any topic you search. This is a bad source to use a research paper because it is not credible, anyone can go on Wikipedia and change facts. You can use that source to gather you thoughts but using it to cite wouldn’t be the best idea.

In a Podcast you will find info that you can use. It would be okay information for a research paper because you can find anything you want. You can use this source to understand what your researching better.

The steps I took to find the article

The steps to finding the article were pretty straight forward.

1. First I went to the UWG website and clicked library at the bottom.
2. Then I clicked ARTICLES.
3. Then clicked all databases A-Z.
4. Next I copied the citation and pasted it into the 'GALILEO' search bar.
5. Then scrolled down and it was the 11th.

Annotated Bibliograpghy Homework

After watching the video and reading the webpage I know that an annotated bibliography consists of three things. Those things are; citations, summaries, and annotations.  It basically tells your audience why that source is good and how it relates to the topic that you are presenting.  So it is a summary and evaluation to go along with it. It basically gives the person you are presenting your project to a sneak peek of what is to be expected. Showing them what is present in your presentation before you present, in other words it is a brief summary.

 I think that you are requiring us to write an annotated bibliography because it requires us to actually do the research in advance so that we all will get the assignment done ON TIME. Also it helps you think about each source you are using and why you are using it. It is also a tool we can learn by doing in your class. Doing this assignment will help us and make our final group presentations the best they can be.

October 24 In Class Blog Post

The topics that we have covered in the couple weeks each deal with library research. Plagiarism is connected to library research because while researching and trying to do a paper or assignment you don’t want to plagiarize when researching in the library. Paraphrasing correctly, and Copyright vs. Plagiarism deal with library research in a way. Paraphrasing can be important and a useful tool while researching in the library. And knowing the difference between Copyright violation and Plagiarism and knowing what they both are can help you while doing library research to stay away from them. Open Content, Open Access, & Creative Commons licenses deal with library research because if you want to know what type of license in on a particular document that can help. And blog and podcasts are self-explanatory this is where people can, and enjoy learn stuff about anything.

I can apply this knowledge to other classes to avoid getting in trouble by taking other peoples information or ideas and using it like it is mine without giving them credit. Basically these are useful topics to keep you out of trouble.

I do not really have any questions about these topics.

Open Content Resourses

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Type of License: Creative Commons

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