HW #11

 

OUR PRIVACY DELUSIONS

If you use a third party provider, they own the right to your information. I use Gmail and never thought about them owning my emails and having the right to decide what happens to them. People should actually read the agreements that they sign up for because they may be signing away their rights to thing that they didn’t know. Sometimes I don’t read them because of how easy they make my life but I know the importance of knowing what I agree to.

HOW TO SORT GOOD INFORMATION FROM BAD ON TWITTER

Social media is only as good as the people that are posting things. If you want to get the correct information from social media, you have to follow people that are credible in that field. People post lies on purpose sometimes to just see what kind of reaction they can get.

FACEBOOK V. EUROPE

Social media sites are logging information about the users without any input. The sites know where you are when you post and know what you look at most often to put the ads they think you will look into. Just because you delete something from social media doesn’t mean that it is gone. Any server that was used to send out a post collects the data sent. People need to realize that once information is out for everyone to see, there is no getting it back. Just because you cannot see it on your profile or computer does not mean it is still not out there.

THAT LITTLE THING CALLED “LIKE”

Users like things to show people how they want to be viewed. They don’t like things that they want to keep a secret. Social media users need to be careful about liking things because once they like something, companies can see it and will start to send ads.

 

I believe FACEBOOK V. EUROPE & OUR PRIVACY DELUSIONS are related in the idea they warn us about the privacy issue that we may not see. They both talk about how we give away information to companies to view without knowing. Users must realize that the information they share is no longer theirs once it is sent out. The third party has the right to use the information and companies can gain the information to help them make money.

 

 

CC

1. Who uploaded the image? List both the user name and real name if given, if only one of those is given, specify which it is. username: Diane
2. What is the role of the author – are they the artist, photographer, or ???                                                                              she just post images from hunting events
3. What is the title of the image?Focused Chocolate Lab Hula 
4. What restrictions are listed under the “License” heading on the right?                                                                                                                               Attribution, Non Commercial, Share Alike
5. Do you have permission to use it without citing the source? You must Cite the image if it is used due to the attribution license. 
6. Do you have permission to use it to make money (commercial purposes)? No
7. Do you have permission to create derivative works? If so, are there conditions on how you may publish those works? Explain. Under the adapt rule, you can create a derivative work of this image. 
8. Do a proper citation for the image, following either APA format or MLA format.                                                                              Diane. Focused Chocolate Lab Hula. 2009.Image. Flickr.    https://www.flickr.com/photos/dglassme/3375893937/in/ph  otolist-

Annotated bibliography

1. What is an annotated bibliography? (Make sure you properly paraphrase & cite your sources with links!)

According to the Online Writing Lab. an annotated bibliography is a summary of the sources you use in your research. It should tell what it is about, why it is important to the research, and show how it is a credible source.

2. Why am I requiring you to write one in this class?

While it may take up a lot of time, I think it will help us get a better understanding of the topic we are researching.

3. How can it help you in your research project?

I think it will force us to find many different types of sources which will help us find a vast amount of information rather than just what the news is saying.

FILTER BUBBLES

In today’s society many questions can be answered by typing it into Google. While some questions have a definite answer, others can be more open. According to the video, “bubble filters”, people received different answers to the same question. The web we use today is personalized to the way we live. The video said that search results have been tailored to the person searching. While it can sometimes be helpful, it can also keep us from seeing many other important things that are going on around us. When I search UWG in Google, my work computer and personal computer bring up different pages. My work computer is more about information of the university while by personal computer is the features I use every day such as Courseden, my UWG, and the RCOB page. They pages listed are different because the computer tracks what pages I open more often. According to “10 ways to pop your filter bubble” you can remove the filter bubble by erasing your cookies and history often. Cookies store identifying data that other browsers can use to filter your searches. Your history keeps track of the pages you open most recent and display them at the top of your searches. I think filter bubbles are good in the since of being helpful. When I type in UWG in my computer, Courseden is the first page listed and it is usually the page I am looking for. This makes it easy for me and I do not have the scroll through the many pages that are listed. Filter bubbles can also be a bad thing when researching new topics. It may give you pages that are similar to the ones you opened recently instead of giving you a wide range of information on the topic. I believe the suggestions on how to remove the filter bubble are helpful but are more of an inconvenience. When I search something I find the information I need then close the page. I don’t remember to erase my cookies and history. While I plan to start using the suggestions when searching, I think it will be hard to remember every time I search new information.

revised research question

• What is your research question?

How does law enforcement use drones compared to wildlife conservation?

• How does it relate to your group topic?

Our group topic is Drones and many of the questions regarding drones are about the uses of them in today’s society.

• How did you develop this question?
  • Did you discover something new while presearching?

Drones are used for many tasks that I never thought of.

• How did you revise your question after getting feedback on your presearch worksheet?

I narrowed down my question into something that I could answer and changed it into a question that was debatable.

• What are the two positions or points of view that you will discuss in relation to this question?

Law Enforcement and Wildlife Conservation

• What types of information sources do you think will be most helpful in answering your question? Why?

You can find majority of the information about how drones have been used from the news. When drones are used today, they usually make it into many of the top news stations.

Accounting Interview

Linxiao Liu

Professor Lui

Accounting

I interviewed Professor Linxiao Liu in the accounting department because I am currently in her class and she seems to understand a lot about the accounting field and what is needed to succeed.

1. How does research factor into your work? (Do you conduct research and publish articles, or present at conferences? Is research and publication required to advance in your field?)

-Mrs. Lui said all accounting teachers must complete 40% research, which is a requirement the University enforces. She also said that they must have two publications a year to fulfill the other School requirements.

2. How is that different from non-faculty jobs in this field? What types of research do jobs in this field normally involve?

-She said that others accountants only research to keep up to date with current events. They are not required to do any research unless their company asks for it. Mrs. Lui said all of her research is for Academic.

3. Are there any research tools that are common in your field? (For example, PubMed is a health sciences resource, ERIC is used by educators and Mergent and Hoovers are popular for business)

-The Accounting professors at UWG use a SAS statistic software to conduct their research on academics.

4. What magazines, blogs, journals, newspapers, etc. do you read to keep current in your field?

-Professor Lui reads the Top Journal Accounting Review to keep up to date with events in the accounting field.

5. Do you belong to any professional organizations? Attend any conferences or professional learning events?

-She attends the AAA (American Accounting Association) annual and regional meets every year, which is also a requirement by the University.

6. Do you recommend any professional groups, websites, or conferences for students interested in learning more about your field? Are there any resources you recommend not covered in the previous questions?

-She recommended that I attend the IMA conference that is held for students and read the Wall Street Journal to keep up to date in the accounting field.

7. When you grade, what distinguishes an A research project from a B or C project?

-Due to the subject area she teaches, she does not assign research projects and could not answer the question.

She informed me the best way to succeed is to not just learn to make a good grade but to study enough to where you understand what is truly going on so that you can one day use it in the accounting field.

research book

Here is a link to the film i found on my topic:

http://digital.films.com.proxygsu-wgc1.galileo.usg.edu/PortalViewVideo.aspx?xtid=52190

 

https://docs.google.com/a/westga.edu/document/d/1M8fnCeqlHHgBHW-W_HwNeE3YoV1awbig1ZznRtJEC8s/edit?usp=sharing

Book Search Process

Plagiarism

 In the article, Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age,  professors and experts in the field of plagiarism discuss how the idea of giving credit where it is due no longer exist in the younger generations. They believe that this generation thinks it is okay to copy and paste and seal work from other authors. They also believe that the internet is the main cause in the problem. By not going to a library to get information from books, students think they own the information they find online. According to the article, How to not get caught plagiarizing, there are way to avoid being caught plagiarizing. The easiest way to avoid it is by not doing it at all. Must of the people caught knew they were doing it. The article mentions that usually the teacher can tell by just reading the paper that a student plagiarized.  Most of the information found online is not worded in the same way a student presents it.

            I believe plagiarism is taking any thought or idea and using it as your own. If you do not cite a source then you are basically sealing from someone. As I went through school I was always taught to cite every single sentence I used. Even if I rewrote an idea in my own words that I found online, I would have to cite it because I didn’t know that information on my own. I am confident that I understand the rules of plagiarism after taking public speaking, a class that consisted of nothing but how to avoid plagiarism in papers and speeches. Before I learned about what plagiarism was and how much trouble it can get you in, I would just reword information from online because I thought that was all it took. I didn’t know that I also had to cite where I learned the information from.

 

credible author with non-credible blog

Tom Selling, author of the blog post,“Trying My Best to Save LOCOM for Inventory” is an accounting expert with his BS and MBA from Cornell University and a PhD in accounting from Ohio State University. He is the author to many research articles, professional journals, and reference materials. Mr. selling is also the co-founder of grove technologies that help project manager’s complete task easier. When reading his post, I felt it was written in a less professional manner. Coming from a man with such high credentials, I would have expected something a little more professional. He wrote the whole post defending one of his previous post with fallacies which made me start to not believe what he was saying from the beginning. He used appeal to authority when he brought up what the members of the Committee on Accounting Procedures believed back in 1947. That statement was also an appeal to tradition because what we thought and believed to be true in 1947 has changed in the subject of accounting. In his next paragraph he used another appeal to authority when repeating what a former FASB member said. Just because he was a former member of the FASB doesn’t mean he is correct. The post was published on September 1, 2014 by the Accounting Onion; a source that you would like had factual information. The website is actually owned by Tom Selling, the author of the fallacy filled post, and is paid for by the many ads that fill the screen. The purpose of the post was not to give information on how to save LOCOM for inventory but to argue with what a previous post comment said. The unscholarly language and off topic post took all credibility away from the article.