Peer Review

Peer review is the process of having another individual evaluate and crettic your work. This person is usually in the same field of study or class so that you can guarantee a high level of review. You want to make sure the person making corrections know the information well so that they wont let any errors go by mistakenly.  Peer review is important because other people usually spot out errors and weakness in your work better than you can. This way, your information is verified for validity and ready to be submitted. You can tell if an article has been peer reviewed based on the length and the actual context. Articles that have been peer reviewed go into more depth and contain more terminology than common magazine articles. A good time to use the peer review process in your research is when you want to verify your primary sources. Getting another opinion is always a good idea. On a daily bases we use the peer review process. You exercise this act when you comment a ones outfit, discuss a tv show or when you get help with homework. With all of these, your are exchanging ideas and receiving constructive criticism. During my research, I will seek peer review from one of my classmates to make sure my information is factual and makes sense.
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Discussing Resources

With our research topic being media piracy,a lot of the sources we discussed in class would be difficult to use. The few sources I believe would be helpful are the newspapers, magazines, and scholarly articles. Media piracy is a current topic in this day in age and new details are always unfolding. Because the newspaper and the magazine are always new and relevant, I find them to be perfect sources.The information I receive will be factual because they are written by journalist and experts. What are also useful about newspapers and magazines is that they often incorporate interviews. This is very important with my research because I can find out exactly how it is affecting both the customers and the producers. Also, the information is often presented in a way which in unbiased. With the scholarly article, I can trust that that the information is reliable because it is often written by a professor or scholar in that particular field. For example, I found an article written by a government official who claimed that media piracy is costing the economy over 4 billion dollars each year. This would be a perfect example of a statistic that could be used in my research paper. 

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*Blog Prompt: * Did you change your research question since Monday? How? (DId you narrow it? Did you make it broader?) Why did you decide to change it this way?
I did not change my research question since Monday but I am working on how to make it a stronger question. As of now I focusing my research as a compare and contrast between the two main types of media piracy: music and film. Since I started my research I have found many similarities between the two but not so many differences. As i continue my research, I plan to find a way to narrow my search and focus on just one main concept. 

Research Question

My research question is a little different. I chose to do a compare and contrast between piracy in the music industry and piracy in the film industry. I think this is a good idea to research because there is alot of  information about both aspects of media piracy. After doing some pre searching, I found that many people are looking at piracy as a crime that is worth committing because the risks are very low, but the reward is extremely high. Pirates and counterfeiters can make more money than drug dealers and do not face the same risks. Since the act of piracy can so easily be done from home, its hard to catch every single person who commits the crime. An article I found online stated that the economy looses almost 5 billion dollars each year due to this act. One aspect I would like to research more, is how the film and music industry plan to adjust to media piracy. What changes can they make to make sure they do not loose any more money?

Media Piracy

For our research project my group decided on the topic of media piracy.Media piracy is basically illegal downloading or selling of unauthorized copyrighted material. I think you had us choose a topic this way because it forced us to decide what subjects were good enough for a good research paper. You taught us that topics that are too broad cant be used as well as topics that are too narrow. After doing some pre searching, the most interesting aspect to me is the fact that media piracy is illegal but so many people continue to commit this crime. Since illegal downloading can be done so easily from home, it makes it hard for law enforcement to convict ever person. In a sense they just gave up. The produces and artists continue to loose money while countless people are enjoying free media.

Ethnography Project

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvZygksKVSU&feature=g-upl  This is ou erthography project. This video show you step by step how to find a book in the library. The information was researched by both my parter and I. We both went through the book finding pocess and took pictures of each step. However my partner was responisble for the video editing and the music. I hope this video can help you as you check out books from the library. Enjoy!