i thought the most interesting class in november was when we learned about the copywright and fairuse with the songs especially. I never new the rule of fair use so that was very interesting to learn about. i also now notice all the songs that use songs from another artist in them. i never noticed how many songs use other artists work, now knowing all that they have to go throught to have the right to use the other song, i defninitely have much more of an appreciation for both of the songs being used.
Annotated bibliography November 29, 2008
Ante, Spencer E., and Catherine Holahan.. “Facebook CEO Admits Missteps.” Business Week Online (10 Mar. 2008): 1-1. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Randall, Wilmington, NC. 13 Nov. 2008 <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=31242563&site=ehost-live>.
Spencer Ante has written about technology for several years and has written for many different publications pertaining to technology. Like Ante, Catherine Holahan is too a writer, she not only writes for Business Week but she has written for other publications such as The Record. This article is popular and targets all audiences. It looks into the mistakes taken by Mark Zuckerburg, the CEO of Facebook. He admits to mistakes made in the social network having to do with privacy. He said that he is learning along the way with the network of what the public likes and dislikes, he said that the public likes to have more control. The article focused on only a couple of examples of mishaps. I would have wished they used more examples or had gone into greater depth and analysis. I thought this article would have been more useful. It was really more of a report of words of Mark Zuckerburg pertaining just to two examples, Beacon being one of them. This article is useful because it talks about Beacon, however the article had more potential.
Havenstein, Heather. “Facebook, Myspace users will trade privacy for features.” Computer World. 18 Sept. 2007. 19 Nov. 2008. < http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9037379 >
Heather Havenstein is a senior reporter for Computer World since 2004. She has worked in other IT fields in the past. She reports on current events going on in the World Wide Web technology world. This article targets a popular audience because it is short in length and gives facts, quotes, and opinions, there is also no works cited for her information. She talks about how social network users are willing to give their information to the social network in order for them to use it as advertising. The users do not care that the social network is using their information to make a profit. This article is great for an “opposing viewpoint” example because it opposing what most of the other articles have been saying. It gives the opposite opinion which is always helpful in a research paper. It is also a great reliable source.
Lucky, Robert W. “Zero Privacy.” IEEE Spectrum 45.7 (July 2008): 20-20. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Randall, Wilmington, NC. 11 Nov. 2008 <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=33077158&site=ehost-live>.
This article is popular and it targets any audience. Lucky is the Vice President for Applied Research at Telcordia Technologies. Lucky writes about advancing technology in general and how there is “Zero Privacy.” Lucky uses different examples to prove how advancing technology is the cause for less privacy. No matter what there is no way to get around the lack of privacy with the up and coming technology such as camera phones and microbots. I thought this was very well written, I would have hoped he would have gone into greater detail with his examples of technology. He more of just skimmed the surface of privacy within the technological world. This article is very useful on a general level. Its more of a supporting source that I am not the only one that agrees with the level of privacy diminishing from social networks or even all of technology.
“Myspace, Facebook Ad Plans Violate Privacy, Groups Tell FTC.” Commercial Alert. 13 Nov. 2007. 19 Nov. 2008. <http://mashable.com/2006/08/25/facebook-profile/>
This article did not show who the author was however it came from Computer World in the long run. It was very short in length and no works cited, so it targets a popular audience. This article talks about how these two social networking sites abuse the information given on the site by the user to advertise. The author investigates more into how these two sites use the personal information given by the user and in turn advertises to the user according to the information. According to the article this is border lining a violation of privacy. I would have hoped the article would have been longer and would have gone more into depth with examples; also, what the FTC is going to do and why or if they can do anything to stop the privacy invasion. This article has good information however there is no telling if it is very reliable because there is no author.
Need for Internet Privacy Legislation: hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First session, July 11, 2001. Washington: U.S G.P.O, 2002.
This source is a government document and covers privacy laws. This document is not that helpful because it does not just pertain to the popular internet. However it is very interesting to see the privacy standards for different sects in the U.S such as transportation. This document is also out dated, it would have been more helpful if the document was more recent where maybe it would have touched on social networking sites.
Perez, Juan Carlos. “Can You Trust Your Social Network?.” PC World 26.2 (Feb. 2008): 22-90. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Randall, Wilmington, NC. 9 Nov. 2008 <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=28328523&site=ehost-live>.
This article is a popular article and is targeted to any type off audience. Juan Carlos Perez is an editor of IDG news service. It gives examples and explains how social networks such as Facebook use other companies and users to their advantage. They use a program called Beacon. Beacon tracks a user’s activity such as different purchases made online. The program then notifies the social network like Facebook, then Facebook in turn uses it to advertise the product or company the user purchased to other users. They are using a familiarity tactic by using a user to advertise to the user’s different friends. This article had a lot of useful information; I did not know that the social networks invaded privacy to that extent. The only con to the article is that it is a popular article so the information could be bias and non-credible. This article pertains entirely to my subject of privacy within the specific social networks of Myspace and Facebook.
Solove, Daniel. The Future of Reputation, Gossip, Rumors and Privacy on the Internet. New Haven: Yale UP, 2007.
Daniel Solove is a professor at the law school at George Washington, he has written many books on privacy in the internet. This book targets a popular audience; this is evident by the mere context. This book addresses privacy on the internet as a whole and more on blogs as well as social networking sites. He provides many examples of rather embarrassing situations where someone had their privacy invaded by others putting them on the internet. He also addresses the actual laws of privacy on the internet. This article is very useful to my topic and goes over more of a broad spectrum of privacy on the internet.
Tufekci, Zeynep. “GROOMING, GOSSIP, FACEBOOK AND MYSPACE.” Information, Communication & Society 11.4 (Aug. 2008): 544-564. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Randall, Wilmington, NC. 9 Nov. 2008 <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=32708194&site=ehost-live>.
Zeynep Tufekci is a professor at University of Maryland in the Sociology and Anthropology department. Her article was written to a scholarly audience and has a ton of works cited at the end of the article. This article is the analysis of research and data on a college campus. She compared students that use sites like Facebook and Myspace to those who do not use any social network sites. She found that those that use social networking sites kept in touch more with friends compared to those who do not use the sites. She also found that those who do not use social networking sites do not use any type of online aid as means of communication. This article was a lot longer than I thought. I thought the author and researcher wrote way too much on a simple topic. I could have come up with the same solution without all the data tables and interviews. This article does not have as much relevance as other articles, it is more about the user of the sites and not the site in itself. Although the site does give very accurate data and surveys, it can still be useful.
This topic was a little more difficult to find reliable information. I had trouble finding books published because social networking sites are a more recent thing. It was easy to find opinion articles on the topic especially online. It was a little more difficult finding popular articles on the databases. Annotating the sources was helpful in that knowing the background of the author. It was also helpful to do a summary of the source to put it more in perspective for the topic. It was more of an advantage to do the annotations however it did take a lot of time. If I had actually written a paper I think it would have been easier because I would have known the sources inside and out.
Annotated bibliography part D November 27, 2008
Havenstein, Heather. “Facebook, Myspace users will trade privacy for features.” Computer World. 18 Sept. 2007. 19 Nov. 2008. < http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9037379 >
Heather Havenstein is a senior reporter for Computer World since 2004. She has worked in other IT fields in the past. She reports on current events going on in the World Wide Web technology world. This article targets a popular audience because it is short in length and gives facts, quotes, and opinions, there is also no works cited for her information. She talks about how social network users are willing to give their information to the social network in order for them to use it as advertising. The users do not care that the social network is using their information to make a profit. This article is great for an “opposing viewpoint” example because it opposing what most of the other articles have been saying. It gives the opposite opinion which is always helpful in a research paper. It is also a great reliable source.
“Myspace, Facebook Ad Plans Violate Privacy, Groups Tell FTC.” Commercial Alert. 13 Nov. 2007. 19 Nov. 2008. <http://mashable.com/2006/08/25/facebook-profile/>
This article did not show who the author was however it came from Computer World in the long run. It was very short in length and no works cited, so it targets a popular audience. This article talks about how these two social networking sites abuse the information given on the site by the user to advertise. So and so investigates more into how these two sites uses the personal information given by the user and in turn advertises to the user according to the information. According to the article this is borderline to a violation of privacy. I would have hoped the article would have been longer and would have gone more into depth with examples; also, what the FTC is going to do and why or if they can do anything to stop the privacy invasion. This article has good information however there is no telling if it is very reliable because there is no author.
Annotated Bibliography Part C November 13, 2008
Ante, Spencer E., and Catherine Holahan.. “Facebook CEO Admits Missteps.” Business Week Online (10 Mar. 2008): 1-1. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 13 Nov. 2008 <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=31242563&site=ehost-live>.
Spencer Ante has written about technology for several years and has written for many different publications pertaining to technology. Like Ante, Catherine Holahan is too a writer, she not only writes for Business Week but she has written for other publications such as The Record. This article is popular and targets all audiences. This article looks into the mistakes taken by Mark Zuckerburg, the CEO of Facebook. He admits to mistakes made in the social network having to do with privacy. He said that he is learning along the way with the network of what the public likes and dislikes, he said that the public likes to have more control. The article focused on only a couple of examples of mishaps. I would have wished they used more examples or had gone into greater depth and analysis. I thought this article would have been more useful. It was really more of a report of words of Mark Zuckerburg pertaining just to two examples, Beacon being one of them. This article is useful because it talks about Beacon, however the article had more potential.
Lucky, Robert W. “Zero Privacy.” IEEE Spectrum 45.7 (July 2008): 20-20. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 11 Nov. 2008 <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=33077158&site=ehost-live>.
This article is popular and it targets any audience. Lucky is the Vice President for Applied Research at Telcordia Technologies. Lucky writes about advancing technology in general and how there is “Zero Privacy.” Lucky uses different examples to prove how advancing technology is the cause for less privacy. No matter what there is no way to get around the lack of privacy with the up and coming technology such as camera phones and microbots. I thought this was very well written, I would have hoped he would have gone into greater detail with his examples of technology. He more of just skimmed the surface of privacy within the technological world. This article is very useful on a general level. Its more of a supporting source that I am not the only one that agrees with the level of privacy diminishing from social networks or even all of technology.
Perez, Juan Carlos. “Can You Trust Your Social Network?.” PC World 26.2 (Feb. 2008): 22-90. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 9 Nov. 2008 <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=28328523&site=ehost-live>.
This article is a popular article and is targeted to any type off audience. Juan Carlos Perez is an editor of IDG news service. It gives examples and explains how social networks such as Facebook use other companies and users to their advantage. They use a program called Beacon. Beacon tracks a user’s activity such as different purchases made online. The program then notifies the social network like Facebook, then Facebook in turn uses it to advertise the product or company the user purchased to other users. They are using a familiarity tactic by using a user to advertise to the user’s different friends. This article had a lot of useful information; I did not know that the social networks invaded privacy to that extent. The only con to the article is that it is a popular article so the information could be bias and non-credible. This article pertains entirely to my subject of privacy within the specific social networks of Myspace and Facebook.
Tufekci, Zeynep. “GROOMING, GOSSIP, FACEBOOK AND MYSPACE.” Information, Communication & Society 11.4 (Aug. 2008): 544-564. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 9 Nov. 2008 <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=32708194&site=ehost-live>.
Zeynep Tufekci is a professor at University of Maryland in the Sociology and Anthropology department. Her article was written to a scholarly audience and has a ton of works cited at the end of the article. This article is the analysis of research and data on a college campus. She compared students that use sites like Facebook and Myspace to those who do not use any social network sites. She found that those that use social networking sites kept in touch more with friends compared to those who do not use the sites. She also found that those who do not use social networking sites do not use any type of online aid as means of communication. This article was a lot longer than I thought. I thought the author and researcher wrote way too much on a simple topic. I could have come up with the same solution without all the data tables and interviews. This article does not have as much relevance as other articles, it is more about the user of the sites and not the site in itself. Although the site does give very accurate data and surveys, it can still be useful.
october class review November 6, 2008
I, inparticularly did not like the october 27th and 29th class. We did more searching strategies. By that point i felt like we had been beaten to death by search strategies. I “learned” how to sort by date or relevance or whichever i please when i found search results within a database. That information is common sense all you have to do is look at the page and then look for a “sort by” option. I feel like this class was a filler class, kinda like with crab cakes. Crab cakes that are considered to be low quality have a lot of filler, which is usually potato or something that has nothing to do with crab and clearly is not crab. Good crab cakes have a lot of crab meat and substance in them, they dont have much filler. This class was all filler, we could have learned what we learned in this class the first time we learned about searching database.
response to Altman and Renkin November 4, 2008
These two articles were both published in the New York Times.The article by Lawrence Altman, “When Peer Reviews Produces Unsound Science” is about the flaws of peer reviews. The article gave several examples of where the review was faulty, and another example of where the peer review took too long. The importance of peer review is stressed especially in the science world. The example where the peer review took too long and was too course was the cure for a disease, small pox. The cure was to be published in 1796 however was not published until two centuries later. The second article is by Andrew Renkin, “Climate Experts Tussle Over Details. Public gets Whiplash”. This particular article is about how the media ruins the severity of the issue over global warming. The article claims that the media gives scientists ” false sense of uncertainty” pertaining to the issue.
Through reading these two articles I learned the importance and sometimes harshness of peer editing especially in the scientific realm. I did not learn that much from the second article other than it was new news to me. I do not think personally that scientist are clueless about global warming due to the media reports. These articles can be applied to everyday life, I will definitely pay more attention to the media reporting on global warming and be more attentive to the content and tone in which being reported. I don’t really feel like these articles pertained to anything we did in class except maybe peer editing however we never did peer editing or reviewing in class, which I think would be a good exercise.
Response to Stebbins (47-50) November 3, 2008
This reading is about different techniques by using different Boolean operators. It also talked about how to use subject headings, publication year, research reviews, to narrow down searches and to find better and more reliable research information. I learned to use the research reviews to find useful information vs. the unreliable research information. These research techniques are very relevant to class and especially relevant to our annotated bibliography. These different techniques are very helpful in the future with future research projects or papers in every different class. i have a research paper in English due at the end of the semester in which these various techniques will be helpful. I think these techniques are also going to be helpful not just in classes but also in future jobs.
October 27, 2008
To find a more specific search find use proximity searches. They use the symbols N and W. N standing for near and W standing for within. If finding a phrase and the words do not have to be beside each other use for example n5 meaning that the two words are 5 words near each other. Also in finding a specific title or phrase, make sure to put it in quotes other wise the system will not find words that are stop words like “it” “is” or “to”. Good mechanism for searching is truncation the * symbol after the root word, therefore the system will look up all variations of a word. for example the word “help*” with the truncation, the system will look up “helping” and “helps.” Don’t forget that when the system has listed the results, it is not always listed by relevance, so the first page is not necessarily the most helpful page.
October 20, 2008
Scholarly is written by an academic and has had extensive research done on the article or topic. There usually is a works cited after the article citing where the information came from. These articles are more reliable for research topics because they are more reliable. These articles have minimum opinion in them and are not bias.
Popular is written by a journalist who has done research but not as extensive as done on a scholarly article. There is usually no works cited at the end of the article. There also may be some opinion about a topic in the article not just fact reporting and the articles can be bias.
