UNIT 8: LAW

Disscusion Cybercrime

1. Did any of the statistics surprise you? Why? / Why not?

2. How could you protect yourself from the crimes described?
3. What other types of cybercrime have you heard of?
CRIME DOESN’T PAY
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Cybercrime
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Listening 1 Global listening
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Listening 1 Critical thinking
Study skills Being a good listener
Study skills Being a good listener
Protect yourself online
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Listening 2 Before you listen
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Quotations from reliable sources are often used to support a speaker’s argument. When quoting,
speakers have a responsibility to name the original speaker or publisher of the information. This is called
citing the source. Listeners need to be able to recognize citations in order to know whether information
comes from the speaker or an outside source. Study the following examples of citations. Notice the
signals that introduce them.
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Critical thinking Evaluating source reliability
When evaluating the strength of an argument, it’s important to think about the source of any
information being presented.
In the academic world, the following sources are usually considered reliable: government or university
publications; well-regarded magazines such as Scientific American or Consumer Reports; well-known
newspapers like the New York Times; and web addresses ending in .gov or .org.
The following sources may not be reliable: websites for commercial products, personal blogs, and non-
academic magazines.
To evaluate the reliability of a source, ask yourself these questions:
1. Who wrote or published the information, and what are their qualifications? A reliable source should
be a person or publication accepted as an expert in the field.
2. When was the information published? Outdated information is usually not considered reliable.
3. Is the information objective, or is it written with the purpose of trying to persuade people to behave
or think in a certain way?
Critical thinking Evaluating source reliability

Source Qualification Date published

Bill Laberis, the journal former editor-in-chief of the 2015
(1) ___________________ journal Computer World
Business Insider respected magazine (2) ___________________
(Not given, but reputation is (Not given)
(3) ___________________ well known)
Federal Trade US government agency
Commission responsible for (Not given)
(4) ___________________
Consumer Reports well-known consumer
protection organization (5) ___________________
Krystal Merton (6) ___________________ at (Not given)
Pennbrook University
Director of
Conrad Stewart (7) ___________________ at the (Not given)
Mayweather Institute in
New York.