Curious researcher quiz

By reading Bruce Ballengers, The Curious Researcher, I learned many things about researching. The three most important things I learned were, Where to get your research, techniques to researching, and which sources are most credible. I learned that it is okay to use Google as long as you are careful. People who are educated and know what they are talking about write library databases, but not all Google sources are bad. Bruce said that about 52 percent of the sources he found on Google for a particular subject are all pretty useful. As long as you know the difference between a good and a bad source, Google is okay to use for some information. I also learned how to search. Before I just typed words into the search engine and hoped that I would get what I was looking for. This chapter taught me different search strategies that allow me to search easier and more effective. I learned about Boolean tricks and how adding, AND, OR, and NOT, can help you narrow down your search and get better results. I also learned about Google’s advanced search engine. I am surprised I never knew about this before. It lets you use all of the Boolean tricks without having to use AND, OR, and NOT. I learned how to tell what sources are quality sources.  Specialized knowledge and more authoritative sources such as academic journals are better sources then general encyclopedias. Experts usually write academic journals, where as magazine articles are informative but may not be written by experts. You should use Academic journal sources before anything else because they are most credible but be sure to have a variety of sources.

Paper 2 reflection

The purpose of my Essay was to explain how the IPod was a cultural artifact. I also had to explain why the IPod had a negative impact on the music industry. I had to show the impact on society as a whole, and then prove while the IPod made many changes that were positive; those changes don’t outweigh the negative effect on the music industry. The audience of my Essay was educated people who wanted to learn more about how the IPod affected the music industry because I was writing for the Chronicle of Higher Education.

I started off writing everything I know about how the IPod has impacted society and made that into my rough draft. Then I researched what I already knew, and found more information to prove what I knew was true. I then conducted my survey on facebook to see if people I knew used illegal music downloading to download music for their IPods. I then made a final draft and took it to the writing center to see what they thought. After I got some advice I made a few changes they suggested and turned it in!

            I was really proud of my use of time for this project. I had my Final draft done earlier then normal and I took it to the writing center to see if they had any suggestions. I think as a researcher I still have a lot to learn about all of the resources I have available to me. I need to explore the library website more and get more familiar with it. In the library I found a book that had a lot of good information in it and I spent a lot of time reading through that and taking notes. My goal for my next research essay is to become more familiar with the e-resources online and look at other places for info.

LOGOS, PATHOS, ETHOS ANALYSIS

When looking at these photos, my attention immediately goes to the American flag in the middle. Then I look at all of the men working together to hold this flag up. It makes my eyes move from the center of the photo, to the surrounding scene until take in the entire picture. It is not until I see the stamps that I know what the first event was, because that was not in my lifetime, but nobody who lived through this event would be able to forget it. The picture of 9/11 I recognized immediately because I lived through it. These photos me feel proud because those are Americans and I am a part of their country. It makes me feel like America can always overcome any obstacle that other countries try to throw in front of us.

         The Iwo Jima stamp depicts soldiers fighting to keep the American flag up in a battle. It makes an argument that Americans are strong and will fight to keep their country safe. This stamp was probably used to gain support for the war from the citizens of America who didn’t believe in war. The government wanted the American citizens to support fighting a war and to believe in our army. The audience is the American public, and the government is making the argument.

         The stamp that was created after 9/11 is making an argument that Americans can over come attacks and that we are strong. The word HEROS USA was used to make Americans proud of all the people who contributed to rescuing and helping the people of the world trade center tragedy. This stamps purpose is to remind American citizens about the tragedy. The audience is the American public and the government is making the argument.

         The logos of these images are the events. The fact that these tragedies occurred for Americans and the fact that other countries would do this type of thing to us. The pathos in the Iwo Jima stamp is the picture of the soldiers struggling to hold up the American flag and the words Iwo Jima. For the people who lived during Iwo Jima, just the words probably spark emotion. The pathos in the HEROS stamps is the destruction, the word “HEROS” and American flag. Living through 9/11 a picture of 9/11 and even just hearing the date sparks emotion. The ethos in both of these stamps is credibility because they are a product of the American government. It is also a picture so the audience knows it is accurate.