Annotated Bib Part D November 28, 2008

Kemp, Kerrie.  Internet World.  1 November 2008.  15 November 2008.  <http://www.internetworld.co.uk/the-buzz.html>.

 

Kerrie Kemp is hired by Internet World to create and maintain the website.  She has created her degree in Operations Management so she is a credible source in the business world.  Her intended audience is anyone who is part of the business world or interested in technology.  Internet World was created for business and the changing digital age.  Recent newsletters are uploaded and the page changes as technology changes.  Critically speaking the website has lots of good information, but it is hard to navigate to it.  This is relevant to my topic because knowing about changing technology is important in knowing how to keep your information confidential.

 

Freitzal, Joe.  Network Solutions.  1 August 2008.  15 November 2008. <http://networksolutions.com/>.

 

Joe Freitzal graduated with a degree in Information Technology.  He directs his website to anyone creating a secure website or being educated on how to do so.  It shows how to get online, grow online, and be safe online.  It also shows how to expand on the internet without violating confidentiality.  Critically more information could be given on what types of information to keep secure.  This is relevant because it shows that it is possible to keep information secure and that is important with technology in the digital age.

 

I arrived at my final thesis statement by reviewing all of the sources that I have used so far in the project.  I read over the annotations and decided what would be important enough to use for a research paper.  I then gathered my ideas to figure out what the actual thesis should be and came up with this.  -Although the internet has provided society with many positive aspects, the risks also need to be accounted for and information needs to be kept private on the internet though each and every user being knowledgeable that the need to keep themselves safe, and take on the standpoint that what you post is actually for all to see.

 

This information can be found on my ftp student webpage.

Review of November 20th’s Class November 21, 2008

    Today in class we extended what concepts we learned from Lessig’s writing on copyrighting.  A power point was presented explaining different copyright concepts.  We talked about what was considred copyright and what qualified as fair use of material.  We also viewed some “Illegal Art” on the internet to show how copyrighting has been prevalent in the past around the country.

     I liked the subject of today’s class because I feel like it is very important to the real world.  In some of my other classes I get fed up because I feel like the concepts that I am trying so hard to master will never be applied to real life.  Knowing about copyright procedues is prevalent to life because as a student plagirism is dealt with, with zero tolerance.  I didn’t like that todays class wasn’t very interactive because I am a hands on learner and I found my concentration drifting every once in a while.  The class was very informative though, and beneficial.

    If I could change one thing to make the class better I would make all of the students find examples of copyrighting on the internet to share and discuss with the class.  Or I would show different examples and have the class decide whether it was fair use or copyright infringment.  We did look at a Starbucks example, but if we had multiple examples the lecture would be more interactive.  This would also attempt to make people pay attention.

     I think the instructor wanted us to take away the basic concept of copyright.  I think that she intended us to be able to tell what is or isn’t copyright, so that when we are researching we aren’t crossing the line.  I also think the class should have taken away that copyright is not only plagirism in research, but also includes real life situations such as using company’s logos or slogans.

    I took away from the class to always be knowledgable about the sources you are using, and to investigate who owns everything before using it.  I am taking away new found knowledge of how companys buy rights to artwork,etc such as with Lessig and the creator of the Simpsons.  I am also taking away a new understanding of how copyright procedures work in the real world.

Lessig Blog Response November 19 November 21, 2008

     Lessig’s article was about how he wished to use 4 seconds of the Simpson’s in his original work, and he attempted to get permission for using this.  He talks about how he started talking to the artist, and then finding out that he no longer owned the rights he was denied the right to use the footage of the Simpsons without paying a huge amount of money.  Lessig discussed fair use, and copyright rules.

     I learned a lot of new concepts about copyright from this article that I previously had not heard of.  I was surprised to learn that Lessig no longer owned his own artwork since he signed it over to television.  I was also surprised that it was so expensive to have a mere few seconds of copyrighted material in the backgroud.  I also learned about fair use, this was not a concept I had ever even heard of.  I not only learned of the concept, but what would be considered fair use, and what would fall short.

     This article is very relevant to a class on inforamtion and research because every source you use for research needs to be cited properly to avoid violating the copyright rules. If a student is not aware of the rules, they could be being violated and the student would not even be aware.  It is also relevant to learn of fai use, so one is knowledgable about where to draw the line with their research due to copyright infringement.

     I can apply this to my life as a student because I am a MIS major and I will be dealing with the internet and technology for the rest of my life, so I need to know the rules of copyright.  With the increase of technology in the world, if I am not aware of the copyright rules I could walk a fine line that may lead to me getting in trouble.   This is also applied to my life as a student for the same reason, it is not okay to copyright material and I need to know how to steer away from this.

     This reading relates to all we have learned about sourcing in this class because you cite a source to avoid copyrighting.  Now we not only know how to cite and annotate sources to give credit to the creator, but we know why we are doing this, and the credentials backing it up!  Copyright is a big issue and plagirism can lead to be kicked out of school, so knowing what is considered copyrighting is essential.

Annotated Bibliography Part C: Articles November 8, 2008

• How did you find articles on your research question? What was your Process?

I started to find articles on my research question by going into the library and looking in the popular articles section by Java City (magazines).  As we learned in class it is harder to find relevant material in this section because you can not search in the catalog by subject, you must find a relevant magazine and then search through it yourself.  I just looked around, and browsed through magazines trying to find sources that talked about privacy in the digital age, but differed focus on techniques that could teach you how to keep one’s private information confidential on the internet.  I had some trouble finding information here so I also referred to some magazines and newspapers that my dad had at the house.

 

After I found popular articles I then switched my focus to scholarly articles.  I decided that I should search in the library databases for these articles.  I started in Academic Search Premier because this is familiar to me, and seems to hold relevant information to my topic.  The first search terms I used were “(private* or confidential*) and (internet* or technology*) and (people or digital age),” and I sorted my results by Academic Journals only.  The next step was just looking through all of the material.

• Find two popular articles and two scholarly articles that you could use as relevant sources in a paper on your research question.
  • Popular Articles

O’Harrow  Jr., Robert.  “Are Data Firms Getting Too Personal?”  Washington Post 8 Mar. 1998: A1.

        O’Harrow directs his article to everyone, because you do not have to be active on the internet in order for a company to try to phish your information.  The article talks about how technology is the enabler which allows privacy to be taken away.  He focuses in on Acxiom, a company that is obtaining information initiated with people’s credit card purchases. Critically, O’Harrow should not only tell his audience what is happening, but also go into methods or practices that could help someone under the given circumstances.

                Johnson Hanoi, Kay.  “Voices of Dissent.”  Time 18 Sep. 2006: 42.

        Hanoi’s audience is anyone who has ever communicated via technology, which is practically everyone, because these are the individuals whose privacy is affected with the digital age.  This article discusses how phone conversations can be made over the internet and although this may save time and effort, it can also take away your privacy.  She also discusses how text-based communication has the same down falls.  Critically, Johnson Hanoi could have done more research in her sources, because she will state that Skype refused to comment, but didn’t continue searching in the field until she found out information on Skype and other corporations.

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  • Scholarly Articles

Lessin, Sam.  “No Privacy? Don’t Blame Web 2.0.”Brandweek  20 Oct. 2008:49-37. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Randall Library, UNC Wilmington. 5 Nov. 2008. < http://0-web.ebscohost.com.uncclc.coast.uncwil.edu/ehost/detail?vid=9&hid=108&sid=506f4693-9166-4b80-9e6b-6feb73d2b1d5%40sessionmgr109&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=34960430>

 

                Sam Lessin writes to everyone worried about there privacy.  His article discusses how the internet claims to be writing new rules to help information stay confidential.   Lessin claims this is ll a lie and terms of privacy are not changing, he then explains that everyone needs to start focusing on “Simple Privacy,” and explains how we can do this.  Critically, Lessin should have taken more time on how the privacy situation can be improved, instead of taking so much time scaring people and repeating himself.

 

Swartz, Jon.  “Social networks go to work.” USA Today 8 Oct. 2008:5. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Randall Library, UNC Wilmington. 5 Nov. 2008. < http://0-search.ebscohost.com.uncclc.coast.uncwil.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=J0E160262364008&site=ehost-live>

 

Swartz writes to those that are part of social networking, and those who soon will be.  He then talks about how digital media is a requirement in the workplace now, because so many assignments and projects are collaborative that you must use the internet to link to your coworkers that are involved in the same project.  Critically, Swartz should have explained more how the internet can be beneficial, so as to show everyone how important it is to keep yourself private on the internet, because everyone is using it.

 

Class Response November 3rd November 3, 2008

The topic of class today was building our own website.  We will be uploading our annotated bibliography assignment onto our own website.  In order to do this we used our flashdrives, so that although the software isn’t on all computers, we can use the portable flash drive to work on it anywhere.  We learned how to follow UNCW’s directions in order to upload our website and make it public.

I liked how we were all able to work independently and help each other if we got stuck.  I also liked that I was learning something I had never done before, because I feel like these skills will be beneficial later in my education and my career.   I disliked that I had technical problems in the beginning so I got off to a late start and felt as if I was falling behind.

I don’t think that any part of class needs to be changed to make it better.  The way that we got a preview of how we were going to progress step by step on the overhead gave everyone a good idea of what needed to be done.  Then we were able to work at our own pace and ask questions.  I think this was a very effective way to teach how to make our own webpages.

I think that the instructor intended that we learn how to upload our own website, so that when we are by ourselves we don’t have questions or get stuck in the process, because we have already been threw the process a few times.  The instructor intended we learn these skills so that when we are trying to work on our annotated bibliography our problems will not be technical.

I actually took away from the class a new skill, how to create a website and upload it to the public web.  I also took away problem shooting skills, because I ran into a few problems and error messages in the class and now if I encounter any of these problems when I am at home working on my project I will be able to solve the problem on my own and not waste time trying to find a solution.

Search Techniques in Databases October 27, 2008

There are different search techniques that I would like to take away with me from this class.  First of Boolean operators, because this seems to be important in all different databases.  Main Boolean operators are: and, or, not.  These help centralize your search and cut out irrelevant sources.  Truncation also is important.  To truncate is to use an *, to show that any words with the same base can be found in the search.  For example if you type in medic*, you will bring up results that include medicine, medical, medicaid, etc.  We have also learned about proximity searches, where you can insert an N5 in between your phrase to find words that are within five words of each other.  An example of a proximity search would be: ground N5 water.  Inserting W8, searches for words that are within 8 words of one another, but what differs from N5 is that with W8 they will only be found in the order of which they were entered, and with N5 the order doesn’t matter.  You can switch the numbers to switch the number of words: N7, W4, N14, etc.  Wildcard searching is where a ? is entered in place of an unknown letter.  The database will fill in that letter, but not exclude that letter’s position.  For example ban?, would find bank or bang, but would not pull up ban.  Adjacency is when the words are next to each other, but quotations must be used so that stop words aren’t included in an adjacency such as a title, “Dividing up is hard to do.”

Stebbins pgs. 153-159 October 26, 2008

            Stebbin’s article discussed what plagiarism is and how it can be avoided.  The article shows how no matter if plagiarism is intentional or unintentional, it is never dismissed and is always very serious.  It discusses how if you take time and take notes with citations properly you can avoid missing citations in your research.  Also, it shows that you should avoid using too many quotations or paraphrasing incorrectly.

I have previously read about these topics in ENG201, and this article just backed up everything that I previously have learned.  I brushed up on good note taking procedures such as putting everything from the original source in another color, to avoid copyrights infringement.  I also have heard over and over from different professor to avoid quotations unless necessary, so this article further discussed this too.

            This reading is very relevant to a class on information and research because research is ineffective if it is not done properly with citations that credit the original author’s research and writing.  Information needs to be studied and learned and then one can apply their own viewpoint, and learning how to properly take notes and use sources will effectively help this process.

            I can apply this to my life because in the article it showed respectable people who have gotten into trouble with plagiarism.  As a student I need to constantly be aware of copyright rules, and citations, so as to use my time effectively and not have to worry about making a mistake that could cost my education at a well renowned university.

            This relates to what I learned in ENG201 because I connect this article to the tactics I have used on all of my past research papers.  This reminds me to take precautionary measures, because with copyright and plagiarism a second chance isn’t usually given.

Vocabulary from October 22 October 26, 2008

Vocabulary from October 22

 

• Database: A system that organizes and arranges data into fields and provides the means to sort, group, and retrieve information from those fields. The Library Catalog is a type of database. Many of our other indexes and databases are electronic versions of print indexes.

• Citation Databases : contain only the citations of journal articles, citations consist of the title of the article; its author; the name of the journal; the volume number; the issue number; date; and page number of the article, once you have a citation, to obtain the full text you need to see if the journal is held in the Library, either as a print journal or as an e-journal in another library database, Examples:  INFORMIT databases;  COMPENDEX Engineering Village 2;  Web of Science

• Citation and Abstract Databases : citation databases often supply an abstract (a brief summary) of the article; A short, non-evaluative description of the contents of a book, an article, or another library resource. Abstracts often appear with citations in online indexes and databases.  Abstracts are summaries provided by the author or database publisher.
• full text databases : These contain the complete journal or newspaper article (ie: the full text).  Examples: EBSCOHost: Academic Search Premier;  FACTIVA

Sources:

Davidson College’s Library Jargon, http://www.davidson.edu/administrative/library/refer/jargon.asp, 2007.

University of Southern Queensland, http://www.usq.edu.au/library/help/ehelp/databases/default.htm, 2007.

Altman and Revkin October 26, 2008

       In Altman and in Revkin’s articles, finding accurate data is discussed in terms of science and medicine.  Altman discusses a system of peer reviews in medical journals and talks about how non scientific data can slip through the cracks and what needs to be done to reduce this and keep data precise and accurate.  Revkin looks from a different standpoint of not looking for data that supports your viewpoint, but looking through sources from all standpoints.  He also discusses how sometimes with scientific articles terminology is changed so the general audience can understand, but this may affect the article’s point.

          I learned from Altman’s article about how information needs to be caught before it is published because otherwise it could cause a chain reaction.  Once information is published on the internet, there is no telling who reads it and retells it before the original bad source can be edited or deleted.  Revkin’s article was to teach how to find clarity and reliability in sources, but I have already learned about this in my LIB103 class.

          These readings are relevant to a class on information and research because they reiterate that one should not believe everything they read, even if it is claimed to be scientific or medical.  They show how when you are researching you need to find sources from all different viewpoints and make a stand, not to make a stand and then find sources that back you up.

          I can apply these to my life as a student because I need to learn how to read and research critically.  I find myself gullible sometimes and I need to remember that I do not know the authors of the works that I read and I need to search for credibility.

          This also relates to what I’m studying in marketing, because we are learning how to fish through company ploys and false advertising.  Both relate to how you need to look further, and do extensive research in order to reach a good conclusion, that can be backed up with data.

Part B of Annotated Bibliography Assignment (written originally on October 10, reposted on this page) October 13, 2008

            When I first began attempting to narrow down the topic, privacy in the digital age, I ran into problems because everywhere I looked for research I was getting the same generic results.  At this point I decided that I needed to add in some keywords to try and get different results.  I continued to fish around google.com and other search engines, through repetitive information and I decided that the importance of this topic is protecting ones self from letting others see information they had not intended.  Therefore I decided that my research would go towards deciding what people expect to keep private, and then deciding how they can do this in such an advanced digital age.

What is expected from the word confidentiality and how can that be achieved in the present digital age?

 

            When I decided to look for books on my topic, I went to Randall Library.  Like when searching on the internet, I needed to decide which keywords would bring the results that I was looking for.  At first I searched using “confidentiality and internet,” which was not a successful search and I only received one result.  I then decided to use what I had learned in class and searched “(confidential*) or (private*) and (internet) or (digital age).”  Once again I was unsuccessful, so I went back to the broad category, and looked through the keywords to decide my next search.  The final successful search was, “(privacy or libert*) and (internet or digital age)”.

 

Zittrain, Jonathan.  The future of the Internet and how to stop it.  Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2008.

 

            Jonathan Zittrain, the author of The future of the Internet and how to stop it, wrote this book for internet and technology users.  He writes not only so the readers can relate to him, but so that the readers can understand and relate to each other.  The book first talks about how the internet has risen into society, and then it discuss some lessons that the readers should have taken away from their time on the internet.  He then discusses strategies and solutions for stopping the risks of the future of the internet.  It was very impressive how Zittrain looks at a generative future, not just today, because technology is always changing.  This novel is relevant to my research hypothesis because it discusses the internet in whole first, to help answer the question of what one needs to keep confidential.  It also provides insight into the second part of my hypothesis because it offers advice of steps to take once you have realized that the internet is not all good.

 

Solove, Daniel.  The future of reputation: gossip, rumor, and privacy on the Internet.  Connecticut:  Yale

University Press, 2007.

            Daniel Solove, the author of The future of reputation: gossip, rumor, and privacy on the Internet, writes to anyone who has ever or will ever be slandered by the internet, or has slandered someone else, intentionally or accidentally.  This book looks at all different aspects of the internet, such as blogs and chat rooms, instead of focusing purely on webpages.  The dark side of the internet is shown and implications are made to help protect oneself from future employers, neighbors, and even family members.  Critically, Solove should have looked more at the bright side also, because this book seems to make people paranoid and over protective, because only the dark side is focused on.  This will be very relevant for research on how confidentially can be protected in the digital age because it makes me people think twice about what they are posting on the internet, and shows alternatives to protect themselves.