In-Class Blog Post of October 31st

Book:

1.  The information you are more likely to find in a book, is a larger and informative collection of data    
              about a topic.
   
2. A book is a good source to use for a research paper, because a book is both credible, reliable, and dependable.
3. You can use this source by utilizing the background information books, give you by using it to support the main and complex concepts.

Blog Post:

1. The information you are more likely to find in a blog post, is almost opinionated beliefs, or theories.
2. A blog post is not a good source to use for a paper, because they do not provide substantial evidence behind their claim. Most of the information in a blog post are mostly non-factual.
3. Unless the author is a credible, or prized expert in the field that is in discussion; then not much can be used in a blog post for a research paper.

Scholarly Journal Article:

1. The Information you are most likely to find in a Scholarly Journal Article is detailed and more informative.
2. This is a perfect source for one to use in a research paper, these types or sources are peer-reviewed many times, and they are also heavily reviewed by many. Usually the authors of these are very intelligible people.
3. You utilize this source in many ways these types of writings give way to a very intense and detailed access of information. You can use this source in many ways.

Source Scavenger.

1. First I went to my teacher blog to find the book that is wanted for us to find.
2. I copied the text article
3. I then searched for Academic Search Complete on the library webpage.
4. Then I clicked on the article and found the full text.

October 29th Homework

   An annotated Bibliography is almost like a research assignment. This work creates an opportunity for a student to fully understand the concept or the information, the source they are looking up and are potentially looking for. Annotated bibliographies consist of a source citation and a summation of the source being used. Annotated Bibliographies also require that students form an annotation which provides the reader with an opinionated, but brief detail of the source being used. Annotated bibliographies not only provide a round and coherent description of the source or the information medium, but they give the person an equal and balanced view on the information at hand. Annotated Bibliographies as stated in the video, force you to grasp a full and complete grasp of the source because they are very detailed, arduous, and demanding pieces of work.

     I believe that we are doing these tings because we need a better grasp on the sources we will use latter on. According to the information given to us through the video and the link, I say that they also help when trying to form a proper paper. I also feel as though when writing these discourses they provide the instructor with a grasp on the content comprehension of the students.

October 24th In-Class Blogpost

       Essentially what we have covered is an ethical guideline in order for us to not be a "crook"  in the world of academia. These topics have a lot to do with the way we study and live our lives through certain mediums such as, television, internet, radio, and most of books! (Cliche' alert!!!) As we go about our collegiate career we tend to approach many research papers and many other assignments that require us to use sources, and we must cite those sources in order to be credible and honest members of the world of education. For Instance we go to the library to find a book to use for our research paper on corn (just a random topic). We then find a book that is suitable for our basic corn-researching needs. One must cite the book and then paraphrase the content in the book in our own words in order for us to not "steal" the information.

        Plagiarism and Copyright Licenses are related to Library research because they are all directly correlated to the way we can use certain things, and also the capacity at which we execute the information within that particular source.

         Very few questions remain unanswered , and due to that I feel as though I am informed and well-learned about this issue, but then there comes to the point that plagiarism and Copyright infringement  are not always easily detectable, there are no concrete borders, It seems to get caught by chance and luck of the draw, and when determining which is which it seems to be based mostly on personal discretion. So the bottom line is...

                   HOW DO YOU REFINE THE LAWS OF PLAGIARISM AND COPYRIGHT PROCEDURES TO FORMULATE A DEFINITE GUIDELINE?

America the Beautiful In-class Blogpost October 22nd

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October 17th Homework

         The first segment is about a mega monopolizing firm, that controls a large number of scholarly journals by very revered and scholarly scientists the article also summarizes how the firm charges unreasonable charges and money for a year subscription to Elsevier's prized subscription.

         The second article is about New England Journal of medicine's 200th Anniversary. It delves deeper into the same topic as the first one, but it releases it's journals at a cheaper price and it keeps the medicinal information at an attainable charge.

        The third article is about how we as a generation have improved our knowledge by a constant upkeep of knowledge and our needed ability for a chance to know and for a chance to be well-informed and all-knowing information.

        These articles are connected because they both describe how information is released and used by mega -monopolizing journal databases. They both asses the steps made and the things done for a consumer to purchase and utilize a journal for a greater benefit.

        I believe that there must be information attainable for the consumer to use and benefit. I literally rose a vigorous hate on the Elsevier publishing form it really made me mad, because it really is not necessary for a firm to charge money that is not necessary to charge.

       They affect me because I am a consumer that happens to be in college, and I might in fact be one the people using one of that so, I feel as though I might have to use it so  feel like its necessary for me to have it for a reasonable price for academic purposes.

October 17th In-Class Blogpost

          My personal definition of plagiarism is the idea that one party takes the work or findings of another party, and not crediting them for their work.

          Plagiarism is somewhat different from copyright infringement because plagiarism follows a different drum beat. Plagiarism tends to trend through certain mediums such as books, newspapers, periodicals,  and other things of that academic nature. Copyright goes through a medium of music, art, technology, and other multimedia concepts. When you break copyrighting rules you tend to accumulate more penalties and you often, in most cases will go to jail. Whereas plagiarism you (to be painfully honest) you might get an occasional expulsion, or simply a slap on the wrist.

            An example of plagiarism that is not copyright, is when you read a book and you steal a paragraph from the second chapter and you do not cite the source

            An example  of copyright that is not plagiarism is when you might take the melody of a song when you are a recording artists and you do not at once, reference the artists from whom you take the music from.

           Although it seems to be different, they often both walk along a fine line of mutual demands. It is often hard to differentiate from which one is which and it requires great skill because there lies a tricky little loophole that we as students and artists must avoid almost like its a convoluted conspiracy.

October 10th In-Class Blogpost

      Hypothetically I'm at a social cocktail party with my professional counterparts and I am a Political Science graduate of the University of Georgia, then I pass by some strangers and they are deeply engrossed in conversation of politics, Although arguing politics is quite a risky and controversial move, I decide to take the reins and move in with life, and discuss what one of my positions. The topic at hand is Mitt Romney and he is big business, and his "money hungry attitude" So I walk with my Conservative views in mind I go and support Mitt Romney. First I would introduce myself as Troy Crittendon, and I am a political science graduate from UGA, I then go and say (properly and articulately) that  "even though it may seem as though the big businesses are somewhat greedy they actually happen to help the economy in the long-run" As Businesses grow they incur large amount of money, and due to the  fact that monopolies are considered "illegal" that question  is out of  the way, I then go and say that As businesses get big they stimulate the economy in more ways than one...due to the higher demand of the people they higher more workers, put money back into the recourse market, and perhaps even through social welfare programs such as charities and funds.

       On the flip side of it I would evaluate their presence. Are they speaking correctly?, Are their conversational manners proper?, Did they just intrude or did they gracefully introduce themselves? I would then ask for their credentials and spark a general conversation for me to get a chance to feel them out, then I would slowly listen to everything they are saying to see if they are actually making sense.

SIMPLE STUFF RIGHT?????????????????????????????

October 3rd In-Class blogpost

       As I recall the filter bubbles module we covered, I do not believe that this concept occurs here, mainly for the sole purpose of BECAUSE IT IS A DATABASE!!!! I find it a little complex for a pesky little database to refine my search, because its not a web browser. It can sometimes become arduous when an academic database starts narrowing or tailoring your options down, now I find that extremely excessive. Also I believe that an internet database does not possess the ability to do so in the first place. If it did I would be shocked beyond measure...(well, not really!) but just startled.
 
       Often when searching through the wonderful interwebs, we just go about our happy lives and simply search away, mainly because many Americans and other people on the global scale do not know that Google, Firefox, Internet Explorer and all of the other browsers do this, and they do not even know to look, and be cautious for them. When I was searching I really notice any changes. The searching seemed unbiased and clean to me. The ones I mainly search were Galileo of course and then the Academic Search Complete database, and I found my searches to be quite thorough. The only difference I noticed was that one focused a little bit more on Government Policies and the detriment of technology on the environment.

September 26th In-Class blogpost

        So far in my researching endeavors, much modification was done. Our group went from Technology in the modern society, to the evolution of technology as a whole, to the evolution of modern society, I found it quite difficult to change and modify my findings it was almost as if as soon as I get comfortable with my specific topic or Research question things tended to make a complete u-turn and my whole block of information was considered null and void (not that a did a lot of research or anything).

        As far as the information found... I found much  information in the books that we were sent to sent down scavenge for. I felt as though it was necessary for me to jot down all the books that I had looked for, because when we were supposed to analyze the books we found, I found a lot of information on cell phones and their modern evolution. I feel as though, when researching our group found and narrowed the question we needed to a sound core for an excelling grade

         So.... for my usual tangent, I sat there and just thought to my self as I saw the juxtaposition of cell phones now to cell phones then, "and I think to my self, what a wonderful world" Cheesy? Of course. But I feel like we chose the right topic to fully understand the modern marvels of society. So we can fully understand how much of, Social Cavemen we really were in the past.... SO THANK YOU, PROGRESSION, FOR BEING SUCH A MARVELOUS CONCEPT!!!!

Filter Bubbles....

           Upon reading about filter bubbles online, and watching that video on them by Eli Pariser, I can faithfully execute my deduction that this personalization method is quite inhibiting.  I am heavily upset with this technological method, It has no good outcome and it prevents people from getting accurate and equal results.  As a student I find it hard to get work done or to accomplish  something in a full capacity when something is personalized just for me or my tendencies.

           In respect to the people who create these browsers and, people who contribute to the upkeep of the internet, I appreciate your assistance and your generosity, by making these algorithmic aides, but I am a partially grown man (to be blunt). I can personalize my own searches by myself, and I can do what I need to do with the help of my incredible brains. As a student living in the world of academia, I find it extremely difficult to perform a scholarly work when my main sources, are limited and personalized to me.   I feel as though its somewhat preventing me from making good grades and doing what I need to do; because I like to have a wide variety of things to choose from. I am a little indecisive, and I tend to become deadlocked when I have a lot of choices to choose from; but as my motto says "I'd rather have to much to choose from rather than not enough to choose from." I feel as though I could get a lot done with information that is open to much   scrutiny and that is public, that I can find information in the little holes of rhetorical flaws...

September 19th In-Class Blog

   So far in this class I have a learned a quite bit of useful information. For example, I learned how complicated Google and the whole concept of Google docs is.  To be honest.

    I personally enjoyed this class because this whole new blog thing is completely life-changing, I feel as though I can say what ever I deemed is necessary. (of course in a politically correct way). But nonetheless I find it inspirational.

     Despite that pointless tangent, I feel as though the information learned in this course; so far will do great measures for me in the long-run. from everything to the Library Ethnography, that helped me get a better grasp on how to look up books in this enormous house of literature we call a library. Also when we did thew CRAP replacement test, that specific activity opened my eyes to see how people thought of how valid a website is. By that assignment I was able to pick up some more pointers on how useful a website is.  In a sense, It erased all of my doubts, and questions on, if a website is good moderate or bad.

       The citations we all participated in most recently, also did me well. because when I'm in a class and the professor asks me cite I also have a better grasp on the subject of citations.  Just recently I was told to cite something by my astronomy professor, on an extra-credit assignment that was given to us, and I said CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!!!

Extra Credit: Debate Analysis

          I am one of the students that attended the Debate on September 12th, 2012.  The debate featured students from Clark Atlanta University, Spellman College, and two fellow UWG wolves. The topic was HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities), and rather you attend one or choose another post-secondary school to attend.  It was quite interesting, because I have a personal, first-hand experience in that particular subject; because I too wanted to attend one of the most highly prestigious HBCUs in the land....  MOREHOUSE COLLEGE!!!  I got accepted and everything, but when that bill came for $46,000 a year, I quickly abated that option.

         The Students from UWG took the counter side of the argument, and argued why you should not attend an HBCU. There delivery was solid, and it was well-developed. They were able to reach my Pathos, by having a stern and affluent exterior and speaking really well. They were able to reach my Logos, because the cleverly utilized the sources found they were using statistics; a lot more heavily than the opposing team. Although I cannot recall the exact sources used, I can say that they hit a home run when it came to that aspect. I was greatly surprised at how capable two young men were able to connect with my Ethos. they utilized quotations that actually hit the heart. Both their passion and there dignity were outstanding and it definitely enhanced their part of the argument. The only real flaw that I saw that weaved its pesky little head into mere perfection, was the fact that they kept on bringing the Student Debt and Default concept up. Yeah! we get it that HBCU's cost an arm and a leg, but please harp on some more reasons on why a regular College or University is better than a Historically Black One.

         On to the opposing team it may seem as though I may become biased, but I witnessed some horrendous argumentative skills when it came time for the HBCUs to hit the microphone...

         The young lady from Spellman, was extremely abrasive. Her vocal skills were not bad at all, but her delivery was... (let's just say you could tell she had been up all night practicing that exact speech, so she can say it exactly verbatim.). When it came time for the Cross-examination part of the argument, one could tell she either wasn't prepared, and that she did not know the answer to the tough questions, or that she just wanted to be a smart, crass, and sarcastic individual just for the sole purpose of arguing. For that...respect was lost!!!  

         The young man from Clark, was miles better than the female, but yet still was not nearly comparable to the calm, cool, and collected, Wolves. about 50% of his argument was considered invalid to me. mainly for the sole reason that, he seemed slightly scatter-brained almost as if, he was fishing for information in the deep recesses of his brain.

 *IF AT ANY TIME IN AN ARGUMENT YOU SEEM LIKE YOU CONTRADICT YOURSELF... THAN YOUR ARGUMENT BECOMES NULL AND VOID TO ME*

          And that is precisely what happened, the young man just talked himself into an unforgiving hole of rhetorical peat. So for that, if I had to choose which party one, the evidently clear answer would be the mighty wolves of West Georgia!!!

         This one experience of this debate just increased my interest in the debate team. EXPONENTIALLY!!!   I would most definitely return.
           

Citation Homework

        Coggin, Gerard. Cell Phone Culture: Mobile Technology in Everyday life . New York: Routledge Publishing, 2006. Print.

•         This book is about modern cell phone culture, and how it has changed our society; as a whole. It also goes into detail on how cell phones work.

•         This work is credible because it assess the validity of cell phones very accurately. It's contents are unmatched compared to my previous research with books of this nature.

•          I would utilize the books sophisticated information, to spruce up my paper if you will; with the different information on how things work with cell phones, to the intercontinental sale of them would be very useful in answering my question.

   Well when I went to high school, I went to a poorly funded high school, that was built inn the 60's. and my school was a part of a school system that was not really intelligent with their money spending methods. So it was safe to assume that library books and resources were not as plentiful as they should have been, here at the University of West Georgia, books, catalogs and other materials that go along with a library are far from scarce. The catalog here at UWG is the utmost helpful, I could find pretty much any book I desire, and the books here all assess aspects of many things in the area of which the book is pertained to.

    I indeed was shocked, (as mentioned earlier from the September 11th post.) that when I typed in something so normal, such as smartphones the library did not contain any material like such as that, so it indeed was a shock to me.

       I also like how the books  here challenge at least a little part of some intellectual thinking, like pretty much all books. But I like to find enlightenment in things; be it emotional, spiritual, or mental, and the books here just something about the spark a fire of inspiration and ignite my flames of inquiries.

      For my research interview I interviewed My friend Terrell. He is currently in Graduate School here at The University of West Georgia for Music.
      When I asked Terrel if he had done a research paper in college before he quickly retorted more vulgarly
"Hecks Yeah I've done a research paper in college before"
        When I asked him if there was any specific paper that came in mind,  he had mentioned his American Government class, his freshman year, he stated.
"Man! that was one intense paper right there!"
        So I asked him would this particular research paper entail he paused for a minute. I don't really know why he paused but it was slightly puzzling. Anyways he then picked the conversation back up and said.
"I remember I had to go up and down those halls of that library to find book after book, after book."
        I then asked him, "What kind of things did your professor require for this research paper? He told me that his professor required him to write a 6 page paper of the affects of the Civil War and its evolution to form this country to be what it is today. He then says...
"It was hard for me to narrow that sucker down, because the topic was just so broad it was almost inexplicable."
        So he then goes and tells me that his professor gave him a list of prominent websites that most collegiate students go to for information, like history channel, government websites, and other educational databases and told them that they could not use them, so what he did was that he  researched almost every little detail by encyclopedia, the permissible websites, and books. Now here is the kicker. He then says...
"All that extraneous work and anguish and you know what grade I got?"
   I answer "What grade did you get?"
He angrily states "I got a 60."
With so sympathy for him he picks himself back up and says...
"That was a learning lesson for my all of my collegiate endeavors to not forget to site his sources."
What an interesting interview this was

     My groups main topic is technology and its modern evolution, and my concentrated ideal is cell phones, (more frequently known as smartphones) and their evolution to form today's society.

    Today when I went to the library and attempted to search for smartphones nothing came up. (I guess since its still a relatively current phenomena, Smartphones have not really crossed the threshold of many university libraries in the form of books and research material.) Then I utilized my vocabulary and went to use words such as... cell phones, cellular devices, and mobile communication, and I got a plethora of information.

      During my search for books to use I found three books but I only needed one, so it was time to research and find which one was better.
1. Cell Phone Culture: Mobile Technology in Everyday life by Gerard Goggin
2. Magic in the air: Mobile communication and the transformation of social life by James E. Katz
3. New Tech, New Ties: How mobile Communication is Reshaping Social Cohesion by Rich Ling

      After careful assessment I chose to use Option 1. I chose Cell Phone Culture because I actually, like the format of the book. Its a more specific kind of book. This book goes to the days these incredible electronic things were born to the current day. I expresses its unique abilities and goes down into detail of the way text messaging evolved and the way video chatting even changed mobile usage.

       Answering my particular research question with this book will not be a difficult feat, mainly because this book contains all of the information both needed and desired about my topic. I would utilize the books sophisticated information, to spruce up my paper if you will; with the different information on how things work with cell phones, to the intercontinental sale of them would be very useful in answering my question.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr1HZfiL-Bw

This is my Ethnography, what I did in this project was filming, editing, and planning of the video.

             I will refine my research question, by talking about the 20th and the 21st century,  Not to say it's perfect, but I will basically its pretty much refined, but there is always a way to change things and make them for the better. I am always up to a challenge. Making the topic or question specific is the best way to make this a good question, I will push for my group to talk specifically about  cell phones, and laptops as the technology into question. I also think it would be necessary to  talk about the certain websites or pages brought up and how has it evolved over time. Today, there are many different things that has and have changed modern culture to everything from Ipods to tablets which are almost like a portable computer, and everything  included like the cotton gin from the older days to the knife to other basic materials that started and originated in the past times. Technology is not just electronics. According to Webster technology is defined as tools or methods that aide in the production of or the mechanics of a item. Technology has changed our society and in more ways than one has it done that, the world would not be what it is today without it.

            The topic my group chose to go with was the way technology has affected our modern culture. What  interest me about this particular topic is that technology, has changed our modern society drastically and there has become so many facets tied together with this social phenomena. There are just so many different ways in which one can analyze this topic, its almost endless. With everything from cell phones to laptops, to tablets, and other portable wi-fi enabled devices,data bases, websites and,  we have become a technological entity, one that has never ever been seen before, and our group has chosen to embark on the extensive journey of technology.

             This phenomena has even had a change on politics, from everything from elections,( which proved to be really prevalent in the 2008 election of President Barack Obama) to the campaigns of certain referendums and the passing of legislations

The topic I desire for my group to research would have to be the concept of... the political hatred in America.

-----------Political Hatred
http://lostcolophon.blogspot.com/2012/03/is-political-hatred-product-or-tool.html
To often in America we allow our political beliefs to interfere with our social ethics and our innate human moralities. This article puts that in perspective.
Who: American's and politicians
What: Political Dissent
When:  currently and in the past
Where: America
Why: Prideful Stubbornness

-------------Bullying in the educational setting
http://www.stopbullying.gov/at-risk/effects/index.html
Educational Bullying has become a nationwide epidemic in today's society, and it has more recently been shunned upon as unacceptable, and there are many ways or different effects that bullying has on people.
Who: Children in School

What: children in School are being bullied

When: Now and in the past

Where: America
Why: social differences

-----------------Social Networks & the Workplace
http://socialsmarty.com/small-business/should-social-networks-be-banned-at-the-workplace/

this article unbiasley assessess the need for companies and firms to ban emnployees from using social networks. To say that this is not a touchy topic is an understatemnet have firms gone to far with their constant regulation of personal affairs or are firms just protecting their finacial and social investments? 

Who: companies and their employees

What: Social network involvement

When: Currently
Where:Internationally
Why:  to determine if it is a Protection or Infrigemnet

Best site
     history.com
Worst site
     http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/e/egyptian_pyramids.html

        My favorite research paper that I did was one on multiple personalities. With this particular research paper it was not only informative, but yet inspirational.  The research was inspirational in a sense that it opened my eyes to see a bigger picture; it ignited a flame a social enlightenment that most likely would have been found much later on.

        I performed this research for my AP psychology class back in high school, The project entailed for individual to chose a psychological disorder; and search extensively for the causes, the cures,  and the medical ramifications of that issue. As most high school teachers do, they require students to make a presentation using of course...Microsoft Office Power Point. Upon further researching of the topic I found that MPD (Multiple Personality Disorder) is caused by a variation of things, but more commonly, were a undeveloped neuron system; or a simply because of a bad history with things such as... Abuse when at a young age, and other violent histories.

        As stated previously, it was an eye-opener, it showed me how to cope and live with all people despite there natural and unfortunate disabilities.

My name is Troy Crittendon. I am a political science major, and I absolutely adore it. I am 18 years old and and a freshman at the University of West Georgia. I sing and act, with an occasional athletic involvement. I also like to start organizations that benefit the needy and that help and provide services to those who need them. I am a generous person socially, but fiscally not so much. I desire to pursue a law degree and start my own firm, after being affiliated with a highly famed firm in the great state of California. After practicing in California I desire to start my own production company that produces not just movies, but television shows and independent films.