Homework for April 8

For the segment called "That Little Thing Called 'Like'", I found the most interesting part to be about the "like" being as friendly. The people try to relate the "like" button to a casual conversation between two women about complementing each other's shoes or a new haircut. Then it goes deeper saying friendliness is like primates grooming one another. I think people should know about this because these things are similar. Even if people don't think "liking" something as being friendly, when you "like" something your friends can find out about it, and they probably like it too.

For the segment called "Our Privacy Delusions",the thing that stood out to me was that anyone could  access your information even without a warrant. I never realized e-mails over six months old were subject to seizure without a warrant. Also, e-mails never sent never actually go away with a delete button. I think this is very important information because it can help people be more cautious of what they e-mail to other people and who can find out about it.

For the segment called "How to Sort Good Information From Bad on Twitter", there was lot of really interesting things to help out your social media image. Following city agencies is a great idea for someone to be in the loop with their city, town, county, state, and country, but finding the people with accurate, reliable information is the hard part. It is a good idea to just drop someone once they have been unreliable just once.

For the segment called "Facebook's New Social Search", I think Tom Scott did a good job at explaining how this filter works. It is so detailed and you can search anything about anybody. He demonstrated how powerful this new search technology is by posting a blog of his searches. Some of them were to "unsettling" for him to share with the world. I think this is a very important reminder to people about how they use the internet and what they put out there for people to see. It's a wake-up call.

For the last segment called "Facebook V. Europe", I think the most interesting thing was the pile of information  Max Schrems gets from Facebook about himself. He helped advocate for more privacy and more consents to be done on Facebook to protect users. This is also a wake-up call for people who use Facebook. All the information out there about you is astounding and abundant.

I think "The Little Thing Called 'Like'" and "Our Privacy Delusions" are related in the sense of privacy is important. The users of Facebook are having trouble keeping their privacy and some need help. Some people believe that when you "like" something, nobody else knows unless they search for it. However, everyone knows. Then it becomes an issue of privacy. You think you are protected, but really you're not.

In-Class blog post #10

I can apply the research skills to my major classes. I'm going into nursing, and these skills can help me do research if I need to. I can use the informaiton I've learned about the library databases for other research into any other classes as well. Also I cn use the research tips for any of my English classes I may take that require research to be done. I feel as if I have learned a lot in this class to help me succeed in my future.
I can apply these skills to real life by looking up facts and finding good information before I state it to someone. I will also apply the database skills to my career. I can search for new innovative ways to take care of patients - young or old. It can also help with searching for things to help with non-traditional remedies or things such as that.
I'm very grateful for taking this class. I know it will help me a lot in the future for research.

in class blog #9

http://www.flickr.com/photos/76277711@N06/6850557297/

Username: Kim Min Ai
This author is a photographer.
The title of the image is Kevin Woo.
There are two rights reserved: attribution and share alike.
I do not have permission to use it without citing it becuase it has an attribution right attached to it.
Yes, I do have permission to use it to make money.
I do have permission to create deritive works. There is one condition. I have to give the right to other people to use it.

Kim Min Ai. Kevin Woo. 2012. Flickr. Flickr. Yahoo.Web. 13 Mar 2013.
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/76277711@N06/6850557297/>

Annotated Bibliography

An annotated bibliography is a list of sources, such as books, magazines, articles, websites, etc., with a short summary about the source and a few sentences about how good the source is and how it helps in your research. So you will have a citation, then a few sentences summary, and a few sentences talking about how the source contributed to your research.

You are requiring us to write one of these because it will help us think about our sources and to really look into what we are researching. The information included will also help anyone who reads our research paper.

This can help me in my research project by requiring me to look and think about the sources I read. It will allow me to follow my topic closely and can help redefine my research question to be as specific as possible. The annotated bibliography can help in many ways to help me create the best research project possible.

In Class Blog #8

Special collections is a library of old historical things. It has mostly primary sources - some from people that were famous, some form people who were not famous. It has many things relating to local history, Georgia history, and much more. You can find old books, newspapers, photos, scholarly journals, family histories, etc. I could use the primary sources of Special Collections to find old books on guns and how they were used. I could also find out about how guns were made and the types of people that owned guns and how they were acquired. What type of processes did people have to go through to become a gun owner. I could answer questions relating to gun ownership and how that has changed to recent times. It can give me some history into previous gun control laws and what the people of the time thought about them.

in class blog #7

I used PsycInfo. This database is similar to Academic Search Complete in the formatting. I used many terms to search in this database. Mostly I used "gun control and background checks" but I did use "firearms and background checks". I found lots of good information researching the new laws on background checks and ability of mentally ill patients to own firearms. I would use this database in looking for information that has been studied and has lots of time in research done over the subject.
The other database I used was Criminal Justice Periodical Index. The layout is very different from Academic Search Complete. This database had less research type entries than PsycInfo. This database had news articles about things that are happening in different places in the United States. I searched "gun control and background checks" but that yielded no usable results. So I tried "right to carry". These results were better than the first terms I tried. I would use this database for support of my claims in my paper. I could do my own analyzing of this type of information.
The filters were very similar. I do prefer to use PsycInfo.

I think that bubble filters are bad. I agree with the Ted talk about it limiting our views. It keeps us in a tight bubble and doesn't allow our minds to expand or be challenged. Filter bubbles could inhibit my research by limiting what I'm exposed to. If the filters affect what I can and can't see, I might be missing something that could be important to my topic. I could also receive irrelevant results which do not help at all. I like the filter bubble suggestions. I think they are very useful and can help me make my results more relevant. I have already tried some of the suggestions and I believe that they have helped me search for better things and help me expand my mind. I hope the rest of the suggestions will help me even more as I continue my research.