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Citations Activity

Boyd, Danah M., and Nicole B. Ellison. “Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship.” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 13.1 (2008): 210-30. Print.

Facebook. “Privacy Policy | Facebook.” Welcome to Facebook. 5 Oct. 2010. Web. 29 Nov. 2010.

Lessig, Lawrence. Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock down Culture and Control Creativity. New York: Penguin, 2004. Print.

Sisario, Ben. “U.S. Shuts Down Web Sites in Piracy Crackdown.” New York Times [New York] 26 Nov. 2010. Print.

The New York World’s Fair, 1939-40 – Treasures of The New York Public Library. 1939-40. The New York World’s Fair, 1939-40 – Treasures of The New York Public Library. YouTube.com, 1 Oct. 2008. Web. 29 Nov. 2010.

Yardi, Sarita, and Danah Boyd. “Dynamic Debates: An Analysis of Group Polarization Over Time on Twitter.” Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society 30.5 (2010): 316-327. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 29 Nov. 2010.

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BEAM Activity

Background: Fernback 1999

Exhibits: Jones (1997)

Arguement: Alinsky (1971)

Method: Koh and Kim (2003)

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Sam’s Class Thoughts

Three Things Learned:

  • How to use the Web of Science database.
  • How to check how much an author is cited.
  • How to use “Find It” button.

Unsure about:

  • Why Google Scholar’s works cited count is inaccurate and if there’s a way to get a true estimate using it.
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Research Question

What can the government do to ensure the legitimacy of online gambling websites?

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Information Technology Subject Headings

The subject headings are all sorted alphabetically. It sorts information technology by the different types, and then further sorts it geographically.

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Hello World.

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