LIB 1015 – Fall 2010 – Francoeur

Does the use of texting and social networking sites affect the level of comfort with face-to-face communication amongst teens?

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

How do the unannounced changes made to the Facebook platform expose a user’s page and therefore violate Facebook’s own privacy policy?

Are the constant adjustments of the privacy policies on Facebook providing adequate safeguards in restricting the visibility of a user’s personal information?

Does the nature of the humiliating material posted online by offenders of cyber crime contribute to the prosecution of those offenders and the amount of public sympathy received by the victims?

To what extent does online communication affect the social behavior of teenagers?

In what ways do the social network websites such as facebook violate the privacy of ingenuous teenagers ?

To what extent is it fair to say that America’s fashion industry is unprotected by intellectual property law because much of the industry and American consumers thrive on inexpensive knockoffs?

What role does gossip play in the social norms of Arab societies regarding femicide?

To what extent does artificial scarcity increase the value of digital goods, such as E-books and software programs?