Annotated Bib Part C November 7, 2008

Annotated Bib Part C

            To find my popular articles I went to the web pages of several popular magazines (i.e. TIME and Newsweek) and searched their article databases for related articles. I found my scholarly articles by searching through the databases on the UNCW Randall Library webpage. I used EBSCO and SpringerLink databases to search for my academic articles since they contain articles on a vast array of topics. For all of my searches I used keyword searches first using (Internet and Privacy), then I would try and narrow down the results by relevance and date.

 

Popular Articles:

1) Citation:

Dell, Kristina. “Welcome to Wi-Fi-Ville.” TIME. 5 January 2007. 4 November 2008. <http://www.time.com>.

 

Author:            After doing some research on the author of this article Kristina Dell I found that she frequently writes for TIME magazine. Since she is a frequent writer for such a well known magazine I feel that this is a credible source of information written by a credible author.

 

Audience:        This article is aimed at any individual who is interested in technology or learning about new technological advances. The author does a good job of describing the technology in laymen’s terms so that almost anyone could read and understand the information discussed in this article.

 

Summary:        This article discusses how many cities are starting to create wireless internet systems for the use of entire cities. The plan is for wi-fi to replace the use of cable internet systems and or internet systems that use phone lines. This article discusses the many pros and cons associated with wi-fi systems. One of the cons against wi-fi systems is the loss of privacy that users must face.

 

Critical Comment and Relevance:    I felt that the author did not go into enough detail about the privacy issues that wi-fi could create. Seeing as privacy is one of the main issues with using wi-fi I would have thought that she would have discussed it in more detail. Seeing as the author did not go into much detail I do not see this as being a relevant source of information for my research.

 

2) Citation:

Barrett, Jennifer. “How Much Will New Technology, Legislation And Consumer Awareness Efforts Help Protect Your Privacy?” Newsweek. 29 March 2002. 4 November 2008. <http:// www.newsweek.com/id/75063>.

 

Author: After researching Jennifer Barrett I found very little information about her. I did find that she has written many articles for Newsweek magazine. I feel that since she is employed at Newsweek that she is more than likely qualified to report on the topic in an unbiased an informative manner.

 

Audience: This article is written for the general public. Some basic background and knowledge of technology may help the reader understand this article. Since this article is in a popular magazine the language is very easy to read and comprehend. She does a great job of explaining the topic.

 

Summary: For this article Jennifer Barrett interviewed Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington This article goes into great detail about one of the main privacy issues associated with using the internet; identity theft. The author and Marc Rotenberg discuss the laws/regulations that many states have created in order to stop/reduce identity theft from occurring.

 

Critical Comment and Relevance: Since Marc Rotenberg was the executive director of the Electronic Privacy center I felt that he should have touched on other privacy issues that are associated with the internet. I feel that this would have given the reader much more basic information about the privacy risks associated with using the internet. Even though this article only discussed identity theft I still think that it will be relevant for my research, since identity theft is one of the main privacy issues that stems from the internet.

 

Scholarly Articles:

1) Citation:    

 Docter, Sharon, and Miriam Metzger. “Public Opinion and Policy Initiatives for Online Privacy Protection”. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. September 2003. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Randall Library, University North Carolina Wilmington. 4 November 2008. <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hgh&AN=13713195&si>.  

 

Author: Miriam Metzger is a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbra; she graduated from the University of Southern California with a PhD in communications. Sharon Docter is a professor at California Lutheran University and she also graduated from the University of Southern California with a PhD in communications. With these credentials both of these women seem to be qualified to perform these types of studies.

 

Audience: Since this was a study published in an academic journal it is not meant for leisurely reading. Typically an article of this type is meant for someone in the field to read. It is not written for the average Joe to read. The average person might not be able to follow of understand and article of this type.

 

Summary: This journal article is written about a study that was conduct to find out what the publics’ concerns at the time were over online privacy and what industries and governments were going to do about these growing concerns. The study ultimately found that the public was not happy with the amount of regulations that the government and industries had placed on internet technologies to protect privacy. The public did not feel that the government was doing enough to protect citizen’s privacy.

 

Critical Comment and Relevance: There are many statistics and facts from this journal publication that would be useful for my research. Parts of this article are very relevant to my research. For example this article discusses many of the privacy issues that have arisen from internet use, which is my research topic.

 

2) Citation:

Gotterbarn, Donald. “Privacy lost: The Net, autonomous agents, and ‘virtual information’”. Ethics and Information Technology. 28 October 2004: 147-154. SpringerLink. Randall Library, University of North Carolina Wilmington. 4 November 2008. http://0-www.springerlink.com.uncclc.coast.uncwil.edu/content/hl7j668m3813w373/fulltext.pdf>.

 

Author: Donald Gotterbarn is a professor at East Tennessee State University, where he teaches in the computer and information sciences department. He teaches classes that focus on technology and ethics. Don Gotterbarn seems to be a credible source of information.

 

Audience: Even though this article was a scholarly article I felt that it was written for the general public. It was easy to understand and follow. I feel that most people would be able to read this article and understand it with no major problems.

 

Summary: This academic article focuses on the privacy issues that the internet has created and looks into ways privacy can be protected. This article also looks into the effectiveness of the different methods that can be used to protect a person’s privacy while using the internet. This article discusses how the internet has changed privacy concerns since it has begun.

 

Critical Comment and Relevance: Since this article was written for a scholarly journal I was surprised at how easy it was to read. I did not feel that this was the type of article that would be published in an academic journal. I did find a lot of good information from this article and I do feel that it would be helpful in my research.