Sunday, May 5, 2013

Sources

Practice Questions(Provide answers/sources for each of these):
1) Is a vegetarian diet healthier than a meat-based diet?

more plants in your diet is overall healthy. Vegatiarians tend to get more vitamins and fiber and fewer calorie and fat intake. It is hard to state whether this is due directly to not eating meat or not, because there are so many different types of vegetarians it is hard to study and confirm this. http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/issue/jul2012/feature1 

2) Target often forces musicians to alter lyrics in order to have their CDs sold in Target stores. Is this censorship?

Well according to the definition of censorship yes this is. I do not think that they are in the wrong here, they have an image and want to uphold that. It is not as if they are forcing those bands to change the lyrics, they have a choice. If they want to be sold there though they need to follow their rules.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/censor?s=t

3) How much more can a college graduate expect to earn over someone with a high school diploma?

In my research I see that it can be as much as twice as much earnings in a lifetime. http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/collegepayoff-summary.pdf pg2

4) Should educators use commercial services to combat plagiarism?

No, because the services that are available are not very clear and need to be interepreted by a teacher I believe they should not be used. There is no clear cut yes or no, so in that case there could be an error and with that error cost a student their entire academic life. 
http://wac.colostate.edu/journal/vol20/gillis.pdf

5) Is the current lack of sunspot activity affecting global warming?

According to my source this will not have a great impact on the temperature of the earth.
http://phys.org/news/2012-01-decline-solar-output-offset-global.html

My Questions:

Is there a major difference between privacy in law to peoples everyday rights and what the media is aloud to exploit?

I think I would look up a government web site to find the laws on media free speech and then to peoples rights as far as personal information shared. There is also law encyclopedia data base on the library page, I might try that as well.

What is the best way to protect out privacy online?

I would most likely look this up online and look for a person who is known for giving this type of advice. This one I might also visit a computer specialist professor at Clark college and ask them for help. \

How do you handle a situation where you feel like your privacy has been breached?

I think first I might call up one of those free legal consultation lines and ask some questions, I may check the legal database as well, or look up laws to do with peoples rights to privacy.

I believe these would be the best sources because they all hold the most relevant information on the topic choice.
Thanks for reading.
:)

1 comment:

  1. Hi, Cassandra:

    You went above and beyond. I didn't intend for you to do the research on the practice questions, just match them up with likely sources based on the handouts and IRIS readings. You did this for your questions, you selected a source and described what you would expect to find that would help answer your questions. This can help save you time if you consider what sources would be most helpful as you start your research and as you proceed.

    Thanks,
    Andrea

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