Research

When I have a research project I normally find a topic and research. Then I start writing and do more research. Sometimes I end up changing my topic to fit my research. The research is the fun part, the only thing is that it is very time consuming so it is hard to find the time to do as much as research as I would like to. APA formating is used the most often with sources related to social sciences while MLA is used most often for papers that have liberal arts and humanities sources. To be honest I really don't know much about either of them. I've only ever used MLA formating so this will be a new experience.
Citing the authors is an important part of any paper. If any person wants their paper to sound credible then they need to have other peoples findings on the topic in their paper. With out citing the authors that the information was found in then no one will think your paper is factual. The audience needs to have evidence and needs to be able to check that evidence. If the evidence isn'y able to be checked out then how does the audience know that the source you found was credible. Or maybe the author of the paper took certain things out of context and didn't consider the article they found it in as a whole.


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Hypertext Reflection

My first major essay in English 105 was a hypertext essay. I chose to write about and article about drugs that help people concentrate. My audience was my fellow classmates, my teacher, and anyone on the web who may be interested in my topic. My hopes in writing this essay were to bring attention to these dangerous drugs that are accepted in our society and may soon be legal. I would think anyone who is against these drugs would like my essay, but I also think anyone who wants to learn more on this topic would find it interesting. Before I read the article by Kaplan and Gellene I had no idea that people were taking drugs to help them stay focused. I guess it really wasn't a shock to me though since drugs are taken for various other things.
I think my essay was well organized but I had wished that I could have made it better. I normally have a problem with grammatical errors and I didn't feel I had enough time to do as many drafts as I would have liked to. If I would have had more time or technical knowledge I would have liked to play with the background of my essay and definitely make it more advanced with graphics and all. That would have been fun. I am glad that I had enough time to at least place a few pictures in each background.
I enjoyed reading the articles about the drugs in the first article we were assigned to read in class. I liked doing the research. It is a very interesting topic to me, especially since I'm going into a health profession. I'm also excited about doing the research on my next essay. Still not positive which topic I'm going to chose but I can’t wait to start. I hope to improve my writing skills and my computer knowledge this semester. I've already learned so much and I have so much more ahead with this next essay. I know Rebecca is looking forward to my many stupid questions:)

When I first saw the cover of Life Magazine October 27, 1972, the children caught my eye. This cover seemed to peek my interest. I feel they picked the perfect picture for what the magazine was about. The picture has children around a man with a polaroid camera and it reads "A genius and his magic camera." I found it interesting that they placed the children in the photo(I'm guessing because most children like magic so they used ethos through them). This was a good cover to introduce Dr. Edwin Land's invention.

My Topic

I would like my topic to be about the negative and positive influences of the internet/ web-based technologies on businesses. I plan to open my own business some day so I think that this would be a good topic for me to research. I want to learn ways to spread the word about my business through the internet and I would like to know things I might need to be aware of after starting my business. I hope this topic will help myself and others, who may be interested in opening their own business, use the internet in a way that will benefit their business.

POSITIVES
-Make a website for my business.
-How to use the computer advertise my business
-How to use the computer to help customers(Refer to other websites)

NEGATIVES
-How the computer could hurt my business(Not sure how, but that is where a lot more research is going to be spent)

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