Kevin Robles

Digital Literacy Assignment

CSIT 101
Digital Literacy Assignment

Kevin Robles
Digital Literacy Assignment
CSIT 101
9/19/15

1)
A) The keywords I used were Security and Emerging Technology.

B) The databases I used were Business Source Premier and Science

Direct Civil.

C) I chose these databases because it showed me more articles that I

could relate to and because it showed more interesting articles to me.

D) I am using the MLA format.

Denning, Tamara, Kohno Tadayoshi, and Levy M. Henry. "Computer
Security and the Modern Home." Business Source Premier (2013): 1. JanuaryFebruary 2013. Web

E) I am using MLA format.

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Bierwishch, Antje, Victoria Kayser, and Erduana Shala. "Emerging
Technologies in Civil Security." (2014): 1. Science Direct Civil. Web.

F) Screen Print #1- scholarly article #1

Screen Print #2- Scholarly article #2

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2)
The title of the newspaper article is Hotspot Shield Launches VPN Plug-ins for
Chrome and Firefox to Help People Liberate Their Internet Browsing.

A) This article is about the Company called Hotspot Shield that just launched
a pair of web browser plug-ins for Chrome and Firefox browser. It will make
browsing blocked content easier while securing and anonymizing online
activity. The person using the computer can access sited like Facebook,
Netflix and YouTube regardless if the website is blacklisted in their country.
B) Matney, Lucas. "Hotspot Shield Launches VPN Plug-ins for Chrome and
Firefox to Help People Liberate Their Internet Browsers." N.p., Sept.-Oct.
2015. Web.

3)

A) The keywords I used were Emerging Technology in Civil Security.

B) Miller, Ron. "New IBM Tool Wants To Bring Shadow IT Under Control." Sept.Oct. 2015: 1. Web.
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C) The 2 new search engines I used were CNN.com and ZDNET.com

D)

CNN.com

ZDNET.com

4)

Why?
Its better because it gave
me options/links to help
me search my topic even
though it gave me no
answers or news to my
search
Why?
It didnt give any options
or links that connected to
my topic like CNN did.

How?
I felt it tried to help me
find what I was looking for.

How?
It gave me less options

A) The article was written on September 18, 2015 and it hasnt been updated.

B) Yes, it relates to my topic because it deals with computer security.

C) The author is Ron Miller. I think the author is qualified because hes been a
journalist since 1998 meaning that he has a lot of experience. He helped
launch and still runs the blog called www.socmedianews.com and others.
D) I think the information is trustworthy because it contains quotes and
supporting evidence, but it hasnt been tested for accuracy yet.
E) The purpose of this article was to inform and persuade the audience. The
material might be objective because he didnt add any flaws that the new
idea might have.

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5)
A) The ease of access for internet article 1 and database article 1 were
relatively easy to find. All I had to do was to type my keywords and my articles
came. It wasnt difficult at all to find them.

B) The timeliness of the internet article is probably better that that of the
database because it was written more recently. The internet article was written
when technology is at its peak.

C) The authority of the journal is stronger because it was written by a

scholar. A person who has studied the topic for a long time and who is
more educated in the topic than the newspaper articles author. The
author of the newspaper article doesnt necessarily need to know about
the topic to write about it.