Curious Researcher #4

Task #2: Searching a megasearch engine-> dogpile.com

Statistics Discussing Social Media Usage: 

This website discusses the growth and usage of social media within the past three years. It shows of what age, ethnicity, etc. are using it more frequently. This helps my research because I would like to address the issue of usage and how often most people are using it and why they are so interested in social media and why the usage of it is at such a high rate. 

Brenner, Joanna. "Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project." Pew Internet: Social Networking (full Detail). Pew Interest and American Life Project, 5 Aug. 2013. Web. 30 Oct. 2013.

Discussing the Matter of What Social Media is All About:

This article is useful in helping me understand the usage of social media and the growth of it over the past few years. It talks about the whole idea behind social media and what the real reasoning behind the usage of it in such frequency and the impact that it has on the lives of the users, which will help me address the reason behind using it and how the users act and respond to it.

Olenski, Steve. "Social Media Usage Up 800% For U.S. Online Adults In Just 8 Years." Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 06 Sept. 2013. Web. 30 Oct. 2013.

Effect on Children and Parents

This discusses how the use of social media has grown not only in adults but also in teens and what it means when this happens. It also addresses how parents and even doctors can help to limit the time that is spent on these social media cites to help their teens and children to live a healthier lifestyle.

Healy, Michelle. "Doctors' Rx: Make a Plan to Manage Kids' Media Use." USA Today. Gannett, 28 Oct. 2013. Web. 30 Oct. 2013.

Curious Researcher #3

Social Media

1. What is the relationship between time spent on social media and the effect that it has on the lives on those using it?
2. To look at the way that people use social media and how much of their lives it consumes. To consider why it is used in such frequency and the comparison to those who don't use it on a daily basis.
• Explore: How many people use social media on a daily basis? How frequently do people check social media? Why do people use social media so often? What is the point of social media? What is the point of being "friends" with people that you barely know? Why do some people avoid social media? How does social media effect physical social relationships?
• Argue: Taking a closer look at different forms of social media and why it is used in such frequency. Looking at how much it consumes and how it effects the physical lives of those using it
3. I have noticed that a lot of people are consumed in social media. I fall into this trap quite often myself, however, many people find it necessary to check every form of social media all of the time. I know that there are quite a few people who don't have social media because they don't find it necessary in their lives. I think that it would be interesting to look at how their lives are different from those who are consumed by social media. Looking at this topic I was thinking mainly about why people use it as frequently as they do and I still would like to look into that, however, I also am really curious to see how social media effects the consumers' physical lives.

Curious Researcher #2

Places:
    Germany
    Spain and Portugal
    Africa- Kenya
Trends:
     Social Media
     Starbucks
Controversies
History:
    The Titanic
    The Holocaust 
    The Vietnam War
    The Great Depression
Jobs:
    Missionaries
    Pastors


Social Media- Why are people addicted to it? Why do people spend so much time on them? How much of people's lives are these networks consuming? How can this be avoided? How does this consumption affect the rest of their lives?
The Titanic- What exactly happened? What happened to the people? Why did it happen? What happened to the remains? Why did they handle the situations the way they did? What did they do to avoid this in the future?
The Holocaust- What exactly happened? What problems did it raise? How were situations handled in the situation? How did the problem stop? Why did it stop? In what ways were the victims effected eternally? What were the consequences of those who were responsible?
Missionaries- Where are missionaries most and least welcome? How easy is it to get the Word out? How many people in these places are believers? How can they get the word out easier?

Curious Researcher #1

Exercise 1-
You can't use the pronoun I:
I find this statement to be false. In order to effectively write, don't you have to integrate your own opinion in order to make it your own writing rather than just something copied from another source? I find the answer to that question to be a resounding YES. We need to show the readers the way that we feel about the topic at hand and they need to know that it is the writers opinion not someone else's opinion. This idea comes from the fact that through reading different sections of They Say, I Say, I see evidence that while writing, it is important to show one's own ideas! I remember a section that talked about when professors prefer when students don't use "I", and it just seems silly. "I" makes so much sense because it is your very own opinion and you need it in order to make the paper your own. It just wouldn't make sense to use any other word if "I" is actually what you intend to say
Exercise 2-
There is a big difference between facts and opinions:
I agree with this statement. While there are many people who believe that their opinions are fact, there is an obvious difference, especially for someone arguing the opposite view. When preparing for essay two, we went through and determined which are facts and which are claims and there is a distinct difference between the two. If the topic of conversation were abortion, a fact would be that there are 1.2 million abortions a year. My opinion would be that it is extremely wrong and it should not be done because I value life. Someone else's opinion could be that a woman has complete choice over what they do with their body so it is their choice whether to have a baby or not. I personally believe that it is usually easy to identify what is fact and what is opinion by seeing the tone in which the author speaks. It is easy to determine that being pro-life is an opinion rather than a fact and the number of abortions a year is a fact rather than opinion.