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Week 13

This article is really interesting and got me thinking about information and how crucial it can be. Thinking about how I store it is interesting because no matter how many people see the same information, it is still taken differently by each individual. It is hard to know when certain information is useless and when it is important. I catch myself reading something and begin to skim because it all seems useless. I am sure that there are pieces that are important to know but I am missing them because I lose interest and don’t feel that the information is accurate. This brings me to privacy. Privacy is very important to most people; including me. There is so much information out there. even personal information. There are so many people who read and keep information, how do we know that the information people keep isn’t about us? It brings up the issue of not having privacy and feeling exposed. There are so many tools out there for people to be able to copy and paste and save for later. I wonder if maybe this could lead to the bullying we discussed earlier in the semester? All the information that is processed, both private and not can be taken differently and once it is in the open it never goes away. It is very important to be careful what kind of information we reveal and to be aware of who may see it. Information is great and helps people gain more knowledge by knowing more but it can be negative if you share too much information about yourself.

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Be Aware; Filter Bubble

I find the topic about knowing what you get once you type something into the internet very interesting. I never thought about it as if i am looking for the same thing as another person and getting completely different information. As to how we can figure out how to get past the biased and wrong information is a little complicated. 

For me, what I would try to do is read over more than a few sites and see if i have any overlying information that is related through the sources. If i read about something more than once between a few sources, it is most likely true and reliable. I feel this can be a positive and negative thing because the internet gives you what you think you want. Not being able to know if you are getting the right information and if you are reading biased information will be a struggle. I think it is important for people to really look into and focus on what they are reading and be able to decide if it is biased or not. For the most part, we can tell if something is biased or if we are being biased.

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Week 11 ~ Copyright

“Copyright is a legal right created by the law of a country that grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights to its use and distribution, usually for a limited time, with the intention of enabling the creator (the photographer of a photograph or the author of a book) to receive compensation for their intellectual effort”. I personally think Copyright is very important in regards to giving authors complete credit for their individual work. It’s important to understand that with copyright in place, the author or the photographer can charge users who want to get a copy of their creations and will use this funding to support themselves and their family since this might be their only income. 

Before reading this article, it never really occurred to me how much copyright I use within images on a daily basis. Google images provide an abundant amount of pictures that give no credit to the photographer or company that took the picture. Social networking and media websites including: Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Flickr, etc. provide little to zero copyright information and/or rules when posting images online.

The main idea I got from reading this particular article was how the importance and meaning of photographs have lessened since the casual posting of pictures has become more popular and on a regular daily basis through social networking. Copyright does not cover ideas and information themselves, only the form or manner in which they are expressed. 

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Just like you, I never have really thought about copyright with the pictures i use daily either. This article helped to get to see that we use copyright way more often than we realize and it is important for us to learn about it. I also agree that copyright is very important, especially for the authors who have done the work. Social networking is a cluster of copyrights because many people use images and even quotes by others that they share which also has copyright. I’m glad you got the same thing out of the article that I did!

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Copywrite

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This is very interesting. I like how you explain the itunes and getting songs because i do the exact same thing. I have never really thought about the copyright of each song and I agree with you and also don’t think this is ‘stealing’. Like you said, it is just a song, it could be stealing something way more significant like jewelry or an electronic device.

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Zotero & Google Scholar

Once I downloaded these two things, research became so much easier! Google scholar was much easier to use than just regular Google because when you type something into the research bar you get articles that other people have used. And you also don’t get pointless research and papers that are not going to help your topic you want to learn more about.

I think it is interesting that the articles you see on google scholar show how many other sources have used it, this will help to know if you are looking at the right thing and you can read what others said. Zotero is very helpful to be able to go back to where you were later. I find it helpful for me because if I am looking for something and then have to go to class or something I can save it really fast and come back to it later. These two things also make citations SO much easier. Having the citation giving to me saves me a lot of time and frustration!

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I find it extremely shocking that “Cyberbullying is the most common online risk for all teens and is a peer to peer risk.” I personally think it is a lot easier for kids to bully on the internet then traditional bullying in person. “Cyber” bullying is an easy way to bully other kids because you...

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I have to agree with everything you said. It is hard to say if certain networks are causing this. I also wrote in my blog how it is disappointing that technology is causing cyber bullying but it’s hard to stop. Like you said, it will most likely be stopped by a victim telling their teachers and parents but even then it will take much time.

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Cyber bullying

Cyber bullying has been becoming more and more common. As I get older it seems to get worse. I have a really big problem with bullying and it makes me sad that someone as great as technology can also harm others. Technology is a great invention and has helped me tremendously throughout school. I wish people wouldn’t take advantage of it and hurt others. Access to the internet and social media is extremely easy which is why I think that cyber bullying is becoming more popular. It is something that we can try to stop and work hard at but I do believe it would be very hard to stop. I think when it comes to facebook and all those social networks, if a user is bullying or using harsh words toward another person their account should be automatically deleted. This will help to solve this problem but not completely. There are many people who use the internet that have fake profiles or know their way around that makes it easier to get away with bullying. This is a big issue and we need to find a way to stop it but it is way easier said than done I believe.

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Citations

I have always struggled with citations. Something I still have not fully figured out is what the different between APA and MLA is. In college, many professors explain it different, making it very challenging to know they right way to do it. Also, something else that is complicated is how you site the quote in the paper not at the end. Some sites tell you to site the last name in the year, others tell you to cite the page number

Citations has always been something that I dread doing. I do think that citing your sources is very important to do. I find it very rewarded to find information and be able to use it in my writing. By using the information, you need to give complete credit to the person that wrote it and acknowledge them. There are so many amazing authors out there and I think it is great that we are allowed to see their work and help it make our own. Citing the sources you use is very important and respectful to do. 

Overall, I feel that citing sources is very crucial in writing. I also feel that it can be very confusing and complicated. Citing is something that you have to learn but the man thing I struggle is what is the right way? I have been taught so many different ways to do one citation that I never know what is correct and what isn't. I also don't think that should be so many different ways to cite sources such as MLA, APA, and Chicago. They all do the same thing just in a different format and I feel that we should only need to learn one and always stick to it.

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Reading this article just made me realize even more how important it is to be a good researcher. As I stated before in my previous post, you can Google anything these days and find an answer. The hard part is being able to decipher if it is true or not, and knowing the difference, between an...

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Becoming a good researcher is very important. I really like how this article explains how important it is to look and realize how easily we can be mislead wrong information. I also really liked this article and can't want to learn more about becoming a better researcher.

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“A Sea in a Deluge of Data”, is a very interesting article that brings up quite a few key points that I completely agree with as a college student. First of all, it is great to note that entry level job openings have increases by 8% in the past year. That alone can help increase the amount of…

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Mitch,

I strongly believe that having a college degree should allow students to get jobs almost immediately following graduation. The amount of time we spend doing schoolwork, the money we spend to go to school and the experience we have at the end of college should put us on the top of the list when applying for jobs. The main point/idea I got from the article “A Sea in a Deluge of Data” was the fact that technology can be a great resource as long as you can find factual information. I also think that being able to go to the library and researching information from a textbook is a necessary skill as a college student.

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I also agree that college degrees are very important for students to get better jobs and that they help people to make more money. I also agree that the main point of this article was that technology is a great invention as long as people know how to use it correctly. But I also think that the internet is damaging people's brains and causing them to become more lazy. I feel as if technology is making people less social and causing them to be more dependent on things rather than getting up and doing it themselves. 

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Something Undiscovered

Having a college degree is very crucial to getting a good job. Most people without college degrees cannot get a well paid job and have to settle for minimum wage. However, employers are starting to realize that not all colleges teach the basics to students that they need for certain jobs. A huge problem is if the students can use the Internet properly. Many employers are finding that the undergraduates do not know everything they need to know about the Internet. People assume that the students know how to use the Internet because they are using it everyday for assignments and research but do they really know how to research certain subjects? Whenever someone asks me if I know how to use and surf the Internet I always say yes just because I am always on the computer and have to look up many things a day. But do I really know how to use the Internet? It has been found that most colleges do not teach students how to use the Internet properly. Sure, they know how to use Google and find pictures they need and look up things they need to know but lets say you have to research something about the drug marijuana, you are going to be overloaded with pictures that are not crucial to what you are looking for you. You are also going to find false information. How are you going to be able to tell what is true and what isn't? How are you going to get around this and learn how to get important information if you have never been taught how?

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In todays society getting information about something is as simple as looking down at your phone and more often than not within a few minutes you have your answer. The role of information is to make each person thoroughly informed on what exactly they are talking about. Nowadays there is very...

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I like you're correlation with technology and information. It is very true. And I like how you explain how the ways people gain or receive information has changed throughout generations.

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Seeking Information

Information is the root of everything. How would people know anything important or have beliefs without having information? How do we know if we live on 'Earth'? The answer is easy, through the information we have gathered throughout our lives helps us to understand things in a different perspective based on the information we have. Processing and using information is very useful for anyone interested in the world. How do you think knowledge is gained? People have to gather information in order to have knowledge and can only gain experience by the information given to them. Knowledge is important in a person's life because they have to have knowledge in order to do anything. If you don't have any type of knowledge how are you going to get a job, or buy a house. The only way someone can have knowledge is by gaining information and retaining it and sharing it with others who will then gain knowledge and have obtained more information themselves. Communicating with others is another reason why information is important. How would people be able to communicate if they didn't have information to discuss. Every conversation that takes place is based off of information. In each conversation people are telling one another information that they have gathered. Each person is telling a story or belief that they would have gained from information that was presented at some other point in time. Being able to gather information and understand it is critical for a human being. Humans base their whole lives off of information. People wouldn't be able to work, communicate or have beliefs if they didn't have any information. Behind every story there is information. Without information, no one would be able to learn and obtain interesting information about anything which is why information is important to me.