Part 3: Exploring Topics
Topic: Internet
1. How was the internet invented?
2. When did it become available to the public?
3. How has the internet effected our lives?
We learned the difference between open web, and deep web. We learned what the difference between the two. How you can access different parts of the web using a search engine and using a database. We learned how to take notes, gather ideas, develop our topics, and research our topic. We learned the proper topics to research, and we learned how to formulate our question so it was neither too vague nor too narrow. We also learned how to set up our workspace and the tools we will need to do our research.
| Wikipedia keywords | GVRL Keywords |
| ICANN | CERN |
| ICQ | Computer Hackers |
| Identity theft | Computer Software Security |
| IEEE 802.11 | Computer Virus |
| IIRC | DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) |
| IMAP |
Leisure
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| IMAPS | Re-creation |
| Indigenous Dialogues | Social class |
| Infocom | Urban Life |
| Information Age | Industrialization |
| Information Awareness Office | Work hours |
| Instant messaging | Sport |
| Integrated Services Digital Network | Tourism |
| Internet | Leisure Industry |
| Internet access in the United States | Movie Industry |
| Internet Archive | Youth |
| Internet as a source of prior art | Urbanization |
| Internet backbone | Work-life balance |
| Internet Capitalization Conventions | Youth Culture |
| Internet censorship | Resorts |
| Internet censorship circumvention | Movies |
| Internet Chess Club | The immigrants |
| Internet child pornography | Technology |
| Internet control message protocol | Workaholics |
| Internet democracy | censorship |
My personal web experience:
I personally never use Wikipedia, only because this one time I heard a story from some IT friends of mine about how they took great joy in editing Wikipedia in their spare time at work. I really enjoyed searching in the gale researcher, my topic "internet" was so broad that I got things about the internet and crime and a lot of other topics, that let my mind just wander. The hardest part is figuring out what you want to cut out and what you want to keep. The narrowing of the topic especially a complex topic is the hardest.
Citations
Wikipedia:
Cyber Rights Defending Free Speech in the Digital Age
Author: Mike Godwin
Publisher:Times Books. 1998
Pages:352
GVRL:
Computer's Impact on Leisure
Encyclopedia of Recreation and Leisure in AmericaEd. Gary S. Cross. Vol. 1. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004. p231-239.
Hi, Erica:
ReplyDeleteThanks for your report. It sounds like you explored both resources thoroughly and found good information. GVRL is generally more reliable because the authors are experts/scholars. Many articles at Wikipedia are written/edited by experts but you just can't be sure. Your questions are interesting and we'll work on revising them as we proceed.
Cheers,
Andrea