4DL Homework

Practice Questions:

1)             For answering the question “Is a vegetarian diet healthier than a meat-based diet?”, scholarly/ academic journals would be best because, actual hands on research that sought to find such answers and were peer reviewed would be most reliable. Additionally, chances of finding very current information is greatest here, and still be reliable.

2)             For answering the question “Target often forces musicians to alter lyrics in order to have their CDs sold in Target stores. Is this censorship?” , I would say a subject encyclopedia is best to first educate yourself on what exactly censorship is defined as. With this knowledge, one can for an educated opinion.

3)             For answering the question “How much more can a college graduate expect to earn over someone with a high school diploma?” , I would want to consult a few statistics. Reference book or statistical web sites would have to most promise.

4)             For answering the question “Should educators use commercial services to combat plagiarism?” , I would consult official web sites in order to get the perspective of professors and teachers. The popular press may also have a few tid-bits here and there.

5)             To answer the question, “Is the current lack of sunspot activity affecting global warming?” I would seek hard research in academic journals because I can feel safe from biased perspective and know that the tested results were peer reviewed.

As for my personal questions, I have re written a few of them, as I know better what my objective is.

·         Is there evidence of companies killing our wireless hardware by "brute force" packeting?

·         Is it right for ISPs to censor American internet without our knowing?

·         Should there be an age verification system in place to bar children from access to social networking web sites?

·         Why do Americans work so much and have so much less leisure/ family time than Europe?

1)      For answering the question “Is there evidence of companies killing our wireless hardware by "brute force" packeting?” , I would first look for popular magazine article because this information can be fairly current and although possibly biased, can provide me with good leads to other sources.

2)      For answering the question “Is it right for ISPs to censor American internet without our knowing?” I would need to know the pros and the cons. A subject encyclopedia could be good for finding the effects of internet censorship in other countries.

3)      To answer the question “Should there be an age verification system in place to bar children from access to social networking web sites?” , I would look in scholarly books to find any accumulated peer reviewed data and review the outcome of the author.

4)      To answer the question “Why do Americans work so much and have so much less leisure/ family time than Europe?” I would first need to consult subject encyclopedias in order to build a working knowledge foundation from the more specialized information found in this source.

Why do Americans Work so much?

GVRL

Topic: American Labor

Search Method: Gale Virtual Reference Library

Search term: “Labor”

"Overtime." International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Ed. William A. Darity, Jr. 2nd ed. Vol. 6. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. 99-100. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 24 Jan. 2011. <http://0-go.galegroup.com.oswald.clark.edu/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CCX3045301852&v=2.1&u=clark_integrated&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w>

"Wage and Hour Laws." Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law. Ed. Jeffrey Wilson. 2nd ed. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 1131-1134. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 24 Jan. 2011.
<http://0-go.galegroup.com.oswald.clark.edu/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CCX2588700220&v=2.1&u=clark_integrated&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w>

Wikipedia

Topic: American Labor

Search Method: Wikipedia

Search term: “Labor”

Keywords

Wage labour	Employment	Flextime	Job satisfaction	Organization development	Ken Bamforth
Labour economics	Wage	Retroactive overtime	Work design* (good one)	Cost of living	Job enrichment
Leisure	35-hour workweek	Recession-proof job	Sociotechnical systems	Eric Trist	Division of labour

Wiki page: Eight-hour day (cite information not available)

Wiki page: Workaholic (cite information not available)