HERE is the NY Times article about data collection, and HERE is a similar article from the Gothamist with the complete FCC investigation report.

 
Videos:

Matt Cutts — How Search Works

Nundu Janakiram

The Beast File

Google's Dark Side

This paper received an A- and is also a model of strong critical thinking and argumentative writing.

The papers are also mostly free from grammatical errors, awkward phrases and sentence structure, and common MLA mistakes.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Here you will find the publication information for sources you will use in your papers.

The following three essays were from the anthology below:

Thomas Hine “What’s in a Package”

Anne Norton “The Signs of Shopping”

Laurence Shames “The More Factor”

from:

… Signs of Life in the USA. Eds. Sonia Maasik and Jack Soloman. 6th ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martens, 2009. …

You will need to add the author and title of the essay at the beginning of the listing, as well as the page numbers at the end.

Other readings have come from The New Yorker and Time Magazine.

To cite sources such as these, as well as the Levi’s Commercial, please refer to the Little, Brown Handbook or a trusted online MLA website.

Remember that the Works Cited Page needs to be a separate page at the end of your paper (not included in the essay page count). The last names of the authors listed should be in alphabetical order and should directly link to your in-text citations throughout your paper.

Please read Hine’s ‘What’s in a Package’ and write a two page response to be handed in on Monday, Feb 27th.

Please analyze this Levi’s commercial and write a two-page (double-spaced) response about how it pertains to the readings we discussed in class. You can pay particular attention to specific images, but please do not give a summary of the commercial. Your response should focus on how these images play to a sense of identity. You might want to think about what Levi’s is trying to say, do, inspire, or create with this advertisement.

Here’s Underhill’s official site!

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