Discussion Questions
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| Chapters 1 and 2 |
| Do you feel your personal privacy is threatened on
the Internet? Why or why not? |
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| Napster was forced to pull copyrighted music off
the Internet. How do you feel about this if: a) You want to
download music, b) You are a musician, c) You are you. (Please think
about answers to ALL of the parts of the question. |
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| Chapter 4 |
| What is Your favorite search engine and why? |
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| Chapter 13 |
| One of the super searching tips on page 412 is
"find and use synonyms for your most important concept." You
are looking for synonyms or terms related to "the role that the
media plays in crime."
What are some of them? How would you find them? |
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Extra Credit Questions - 3
paragraphs (Except "Advanced Searching" question)
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| Chapters 1 & 2 - |
| In Chapter 1, why did they describe the Internet as
"all that glitters is not gold?" |
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| Who runs the Internet? |
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| Chapter 4 |
| Why should you pay attention to whether or not a
search engine accepts money for placement? |
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| Advanced Searching (Using Altavista) |
| Look at the Altavista help screen at:
http://www.altavistas.com/help/adv_search/syntax. Now,
using the chart, set up a search that would find the following: An
image of a dog, that has "greyhound" in the title (bar), but only
from a non-profit organization's website. |
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| Chapter 12 |
| Evaluate the website
http://www.dhmo.org |
