English IV Research Project

Beginning Your Research

Complete the following: 

Make sure you also practice using in text citations.​I have two examples for you below. You can either introduce the article/website 
and follow it with a quote, or you can use the traditional (author #). If there is no page number, you just put the author.  

Topic:  

Page  Summary of  How does this source help  Quotes of Importance  Source: MLA Format 
Topic  source in your  you? 
own words: 
 

Example:  The article discusses  This talks about conforming  The article “The  LaFrance, Adrienne. “The
Topic:  the convenience of  to the idea that you have no  Convenience-Surveillance  Convenience-Surveillance
Censorsh having surveillance  right as a citizen to fight for  Tradeoff” states: “Most  Tradeoff.” ​The Atlantic​,
ip in the  in our society in  your privacy. People are  people who responded to  Atlantic Media Company,
USA  simply okay with the fact that  Pew seemed to view the 
today’s time period.  14 Jan. 2016,
Relevant  websites, cameras, social  erosion of privacy as 
It discusses topics  https://www.theatlantic.com
Article  media, etc, can simply track  inevitable. ‘It feels hopeless,’ 
like social media 
(15  what you like, where you go,  one person said. ‘Information  /technology/archive/2016/0
points)  being able to track 
how you behave at home,  retrieval is a way of life, but it  1/the-convenience-surveilla
what you do online, 
and so much more.   inhibits human interaction’”  nce-tradeoff/423891/.
  even if your account 
is private.   (LaFrance). 
  This highly focuses on the 
A lot of citizens feel  questions we will be asked for  LaFrance covers a survey by 
angry knowing how  this page. We are thriving as a  Pew, in which one of the 
much their internet  society, being able to connect  participants states: “I think 
behavior can be  across oceans, but at what  privacy will be stripped away, 
tracked, but realize  cost?   because people are 
there is not much  permitting it—one trade at a 
they can do. People  time...The cameras for 
realize that in  security evolve into cameras 
exchange for getting  to ensure compliance. And 
things for free, they  once those are in, the next 
have to forfeit some  thing is easier to get in.” 
privacy and are 
weirdly okay with it.  
 
           

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society 

  

  

  

  

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