Author Archives: Ian Pei

Research Hunt

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An Old and Bad Hobby

When I was in high school, I did a lot of crazy things like many other high school kids do. However, I always had a hobby playing with fire, responsibly, and use to do it on a regular basis. This … Continue reading

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realizations

As this semester flies by in addition to continuing this research essay, I feel that I have learned a lot. Not just how to properly research, but time management when it comes to researching, media and what it has become, … Continue reading

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research journal

It has been difficult to develop this research outline. For some reason, average teenagers now a days have difficultly creating an adequate intro for their paper which can lead to difficulties in their body paragraphs. It can be because they … Continue reading

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Research Journal #2

Using the search engines have been very useful after knowing how to input the keywords I need. However, I am finding difficulty on which documents to use and how to incorporate them into my research paper. There is so much … Continue reading

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Research Journal Entry #1

For some reason, developing a research/essay proposal has always been difficult for me. From knowing what to say, how to say it, and making sure if it’s all relevant to my topic. Unfortunately, I’m still having some difficultly trying to … Continue reading

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Behind the Scenes: Search Engines

After reading Andrew Leibman’s article, How Search Engines Work, it’s interesting to see how much goes on for a search engine to work efficiently for it’s users. From the software to the manpower, there’s actually quite a lot that goes … Continue reading

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Fair Use of Media Literacy

First of all, what is media literacy? As stated in the article, it “is the capacity to access, analyze, evaluate, and communicate messages in a wide variety of forms.” Now the fair use of media literacy is when a group … Continue reading

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Is Online Privacy Really Private?

We all know that online privacy has a large gray area of what’s usually seen and what’s not. And we all know too well that our online privacy isn’t really private because anyone with the right programs and technological skills … Continue reading

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Research And It’s Politics

When the topic was first introduced, IĀ interpretedĀ it as the “behind the scenes” of general research. What I mean by that is the issues from social or governmental parties that may get involved, how research is taught to others, what is … Continue reading

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