Entry 6: Research URLs

By Nick Tingle on October 22, 2009 5:40 PM | 60 Comments | No TrackBacks
Hi all:

For this blog comment, please cut and paste into the comment box three URLs that give some suggestion of the research topic you are looking into.

Write a sentence describing what we will find in the URLs.

Also,  bring to class, hard copy--2 or 3 pages--downloaded from the web (includes the library) that can give some idea of the kinds and sorts of materials you are finding.

These will provide material for discussion with others about your possible topic.

And we need to discuss a bit too the trustworthiness of web sources.

Nick

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Justin3 | October 24, 2009 11:00 AM | Reply

I am doing my research paper on the prevalence of plastic in America and how they have helped to create a consumer society and the impacts plastic has both our consumer society and the world.

http://www.essortment.com/all/whatisthehist_rgoq.htm
This website offers a unique perspective about the relationship between plastics and society and then provides a brief history of the rise of plastic materials.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phthalate
This article is about phthaltes, a chemical found in plastics that can mimic certain hormones. It is known to leech from plastics into the food and water and we consume.

http://www.reusablebags.com/facts.php?id=18
This website offers some interesting facts about plastic production, use, and effects.

http://discovermagazine.com/2008/may/18-the-dirty-truth-about-plastic
This article examines plastics impact on society, animals, and nature.

Karina Barrero | October 26, 2009 9:14 AM | Reply

The Food Industry

Welfare of Farm Animals: http://www.hsus.org/farm/resources/research/welfare/welfare_overview.html

Here you will find an overview of farm animals and what their living conditions are like.

Genetically Modified Foods:

http://truefoodnow.org/campaigns/genetically-engineered-foods/ge-crops/

Here you will find the kinds of foods that are already Genetically Modified or are undergoing research to be approved to sell on the market.

Pesticides

http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/

Here you can click on any type of food (fruit, meat, vegetables) and see which kinds of pesticides they have found in them and what kinds of things they cause in humans such as cancer or birth defects.

EricV2 | October 26, 2009 9:44 AM | Reply

http://www.trizle.com/topics/715-does-advertising-work

Brief, informal, layman's explanation on the process of advertising.

http://www.slate.com/id/2149594/

Review/synopsis on a book that researched ad spending from 30 corporations to determine if advertising works.

http://www.allbusiness.com/marketing-advertising/advertising/528461-1.html

Paper that uses way too many numbers to examine if tv ads affect sales (they conclude no).

Kylie3 | October 26, 2009 1:12 PM | Reply

http://www.nrdc.org/reference/topics/greenenterprise.asp

http://shop.littlearth.com/

http://www.scribd.com/doc/20015128/Narratives-of-%E2%80%98green%E2%80%99-consumers-%E2%80%93-the-antihero-the-environmental-hero-and-the-anarchist-by-Autio-Heiskanen-and-Heinonen


http://www.scribd.com/doc/21044473/Opportunities-for-Green-Marketing-Young-Consumers

My research topic is on "green marketing" and these URLs should help me support this thesis--In modern consumer society, an ecological and ethical consumer ethos has emerged as a counter-discourse to the current romantic, hedonistic consumer ethos.

Kylie3 | October 26, 2009 1:13 PM | Reply

http://www.nrdc.org/reference/topics/greenenterprise.asp

http://shop.littlearth.com/

http://www.scribd.com/doc/20015128/Narratives-of-%E2%80%98green%E2%80%99-consumers-%E2%80%93-the-antihero-the-environmental-hero-and-the-anarchist-by-Autio-Heiskanen-and-Heinonen


http://www.scribd.com/doc/21044473/Opportunities-for-Green-Marketing-Young-Consumers

My research topic is on "green marketing" and these URLs should help me support this thesis--In modern consumer society, an ecological and ethical consumer ethos has emerged as a counter-discourse to the current romantic, hedonistic consumer ethos.

Katherine2 | October 26, 2009 2:30 PM | Reply

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2180552.stm
This article is what got me interested in this topic -- it explains what a quarter-life crisis is and some possible explanations as to why it’s becoming a serious problem in today’s society (obviously not a research journal article).


http://www.nymft.com/Atwoods_Articles.html
click on: The Quarter-Life Time Period: An Age of Indulgence, Crisis or Both?
A journal article that examines the impact of social factors on the quarter-life crisis and how the generation gap between parents and young adults influences and contributes to this trend.


http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118492275/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
A journal article that explores the theory of emerging adulthood and how it is conceptualized in our society.

Jenna2 | October 26, 2009 5:41 PM | Reply

http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy.library.ucsb.edu:2048/ehost/detail?vid=2&hid=13&sid=191c9fee-446b-4ba1-9b52-3540af23da27%40sessionmgr14&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=33388789
"Branding Consultants as Cultural Intermediaries"
This is an article about the nature and significance of branding through its history, every day use and visual form, and knowledge regarding its decision making processes.

http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy.library.ucsb.edu:2048/ehost/detail?vid=3&hid=13&sid=e49b8387-203f-4bea-afb9-38520d859b0c%40sessionmgr11&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=36270049
"The Civilizing Brand: Shifting Shame Thresholds and the Dissemination of Consumer Lifestyles"
This article draws conclusions between the civilizing process and the growth of consumption.

http://books.google.com/books?id=2H7DnsppfG4C&dq=Naomi+Klein&printsec=frontcover&source=an&hl=en&ei=aUHmSoq0HpK-Nry4hJ8D&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=11&ved=0CDIQ6AEwCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
"No Logo: Branding Bullies"
This book is Klein's viewpoint on branding, how its risen, how its affected people, etc.

Megan3 | October 26, 2009 8:47 PM | Reply

http://nymag.com/fashion/09/spring/54331/
This article describes a young teen who is facing 1-2 years in prison due to his theft of a pair of designer jeans.

http://www.globalissues.org/article/236/creating-the-consumer
In this article you will find the description of the fact that consumption of designer goods is no longer for the wealthiest of classes.

http://collegecandy.com/2008/08/17/designer-brands-why-are-we-so-obsessed/
This article is from a college student's perspective on why so many college students choose to wear designer jeans.

Megan3 | October 26, 2009 8:53 PM | Reply

http://collegecandy.com/2008/08/17/designer-brands-why-are-we-so-obsessed/
This article is from a college student's perspective on why so many students wear designer jeans.

http://nymag.com/fashion/09/spring/54331/
In this article we learn of a teen who is facing 1-2 years in prison when he was caught stealing designer clothing.


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/article5573221.ece
This article describes the effect of celebrities on the purchasing of designer labels.

Lauren3 | October 26, 2009 9:19 PM | Reply

The Organic food movement vs. "natural" and commercial food

http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.library.ucsb.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=44417719&site=ehost-live
www.productcenter.msu.edu/documents/Working/organicfood1.pdf
www.intracen.org/Organics/
www.commondreams.org/views04/0531-11.htm
www.organicconsumers.org/

Myra Joy Veluz 3 | October 26, 2009 9:35 PM | Reply

http://www.jstor.org/stable/623343

This paper argues that the authenticity of a commodity is not as important as the relationship people have with the actual commodity.

http://jmk.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/19/1/20

This paper talks about aboriginal art and how its meaning is changed when bought from a tourist.

http://74.125.155.132/scholar?q=cache:6gGRM88TGNQJ:scholar.google.com/+aboriginal+art+and+consumerism&hl=en

This essay talks about the challenges of authenticity in relation to aboriginal art. The author argues that the authenticity should be more valued than the actual commodity however, evidence proves that people only care about the object and the status it provides them.

Renei2 | October 27, 2009 12:29 AM | Reply

http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.library.ucsb.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=9691357&site=ehost-live

The article talks about how adoption has been handled in the media and how Americans view different adoption procedures and scandals regarding costs and treatment of children.

http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.library.ucsb.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=9209213265&site=ehost-live

This article talks about the average cost of an adoption and how to avoid corrupt adoption.

http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.library.ucsb.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=9710161697&site=ehost-live

This last article talks about the average cost of an adoption and offers advice for adopting a child from an economical standpoint.

Chantelle2 | October 27, 2009 1:48 AM | Reply

The Application of Marketing Techniques in Politics

http://www.campaignstrategy.org/index.html
This site elaborates what is needed to conduct a successful political campaign, including regarding the electorate as consumers.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/16/obama_data/
An article on the marketing tactics Obama used to win the 2008 presidential election, and why the American consumer "bought" Obama.

http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2002/02/11/smallb7.html
Highlights the connections and intertwining of marketing and politics.

http://www.obamagearonline.com/
An online store webpage dedicated to selling all things Obama. Proves, without saying, the commodification of politicians.

whitney | October 27, 2009 8:58 AM | Reply

my topic of choice is about the demonstrative effects of fast food advertising as well as the consumption of unhealthy food at schools that have become the two leading culprits fostering obesity in todays youth.

http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/feeds/hscout/2007/08/06/hscout693.html
this link researches the visual aspect of food and youth. kids say that food tastes better with McDonalds logo.

http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec01/fastfood.html
the suthor of this link claims that obesity is not always the result of bad genetics, and that it is an abundance of unhealthy cheap food.

http://www.tylerpaper.com/article/20070912/FOOD/709110313/0/FOOD
this link makes claims about how the food epidemic began.

http://www.jamieoliver.com/schooldinners/
this link goes into detail about the types of food being fed to children at school, and how these meals that lack nutrition become a catalyst for obesity in youth.

Jennifer2 | October 27, 2009 10:48 AM | Reply

1) This site talks about global consumption and consumerism.

http://www.globalissues.org/issue/235/consumption-and-consumerism

2) This site describes how consumerism affects the economy, the environment, and society.

http://www.verdant.net/society.htm

3) This site describes the negative impacts that consumerism has on the environment.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/01/0111_040112_consumerism.html


Courtney Steele2 | October 27, 2009 11:34 AM | Reply

My possible research topic is on spending money on pets.

The Pet Economy: Americans spend an astonishing $41 billion a year on their furry friends
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_32/b4045001.htm?chan=search

Pet Products and Services Businesses Serve a Lucrative Industry
http://womeninbusiness.about.com/od/businessopportunities/a/petprod-service.htm

American Pet Ownership Statistics
http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/resourcesgeneral/a/petstates.htm

Do We Spend Too Much Money on Our Pets?
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977423830

Nicole3 | October 27, 2009 11:47 AM | Reply

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/30/AR2009093004997.html
Discusses rising interest rates on credit cards.

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/04/bankruptcy_column.html
Discusses Bankruptcy bill that George Bush signed in 2005.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6borpDebEHc
Video clip from Nightline discussing Maxed Out, a documentary on consumer credit card debt.

Tyson 3 | October 27, 2009 11:55 AM | Reply

My topic might be the consumption of energy drinks

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/19/health/healthspecial/19drinks.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2
health concerns of energy drinks

http://www.nutritionj.com/content/6/1/35
a survey of energy drink usage among college students

Tyson 3 | October 27, 2009 12:00 PM | Reply

http://brianx.com/nightlife/energy-drinks.html
the dangers of energy drink ingredients

Brian2 | October 27, 2009 12:16 PM | Reply

How much is enough?: the consumer society and the future of the earth (Alan Thein Durning)
link

Suitably modern: making middle-class culture in a new consumer society By Mark Liechty
link

The codes of advertising: fetishism and the political economy of meaning in a consumer society by Sut Jhally
link

Andrew S | October 27, 2009 12:27 PM | Reply

Topic:
Consumerism, resource depletion, the end of industry as we know it

Sources:

1) Peak Everything: Eight Things We Are Running Out Of And Why, http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/05/peak-everything-8-things-we-are-running-out-of.php
2) Peak everything : waking up to the century of declines. http://pegasus-16.library.ucsb.edu/F/2NSM5T5KA8A38SVQ7QQ7DIR9Q3RAP1VHIFXFNV148G4NPR6UHK-34242?func=full-set-set&set_number=015440&set_entry=000001&format=999
3) Peak Oil, Life after the oil crash, http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/
a. Eating fossil fuels http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/100303_eating_oil.html
4) The Party's Over, http://pegasus-16.library.ucsb.edu/F/2NSM5T5KA8A38SVQ7QQ7DIR9Q3RAP1VHIFXFNV148G4NPR6UHK-62617?func=full-set-set&set_number=016123&set_entry=000002&format=999
5) The transition handbook : from oil dependency to local resilience
6) The transition timeline for a local, resilient future
7) Future scenarios : how communities can adapt to peak oil and climate change
8) The long descent : a user's guide to the end of the industrial age
9) Reinventing collapse : the Soviet example and American prospects
10) The long emergency : surviving the end of oil, climate change, and the other converging catastrophes of the twenty-first century
11) Depletion and abundance : life on the new home front
12) Sacred Demise: Walking the Spiritual Path of Industrial Civilization's Collapse
13) Plan C: Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change
14) Blackout

Ju Ping Li | October 27, 2009 12:48 PM | Reply

http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/57/3/649
This url defines overfishing from an ecosystem point of view.
http://www.ifremer.fr/docelec/doc/1991/acte-3058.pdf
The 2nd url describes the impact of a century of fishing on the Chesapeake oyster population.
http://ichthyology.bio.auth.gr/files/pdf/paper14.pdf
The third url describes overfishing in the Black
Sea.

Ju Ping Li | October 27, 2009 12:49 PM | Reply

http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/57/3/649
This url defines overfishing from an ecosystem point of view.
http://www.ifremer.fr/docelec/doc/1991/acte-3058.pdf
The 2nd url describes the impact of a century of fishing on the Chesapeake oyster population.
http://ichthyology.bio.auth.gr/files/pdf/paper14.pdf
The third url describes overfishing in the Black
Sea.

Ping | October 27, 2009 12:50 PM | Reply

http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/57/3/649
This url defines overfishing from an ecosystem point of view.
http://www.ifremer.fr/docelec/doc/1991/acte-3058.pdf
The 2nd url describes the impact of a century of fishing on the Chesapeake oyster population.
http://ichthyology.bio.auth.gr/files/pdf/paper14.pdf
The third url describes overfishing in the Black
Sea.

Michelle3 | October 27, 2009 12:56 PM | Reply

http://marketinggreen.wordpress.com/category/green-consumerism/
I'm writing a paper on green consumerism. This blog is mostly on marketing strategies for green products.

http://www.ujf.net/page.aspx?id=148734

This website is from the United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh (random?) and it follows my own opinions regarding green consunerism fairly closely.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/green-consumerism-contradiction.htm

Discusses the question of whether or not green consumerism is a contradiction.

ElleKay2 | October 27, 2009 1:01 PM | Reply

My possible research topic is going to be packaging, and disposal items
I think people forget that packaging alone produces ridiculous amounts of trash. Think of everything you've ever bought and then think of the packaging that came along with it. Cell phones, head phones, i pods, computers, pens, pencils, etc

I found this website that has to do with packaging, and it has news on packaging and plastic industries around the world
http://www.packagingtoday.com/newsplastic.htm

There is a publishing of a conference on the recycle industry and plastics

http://pegasus-16.library.ucsb.edu/F/LAHAHXQFBXC4Q9TUJDF5K96XVF11AAV95LF1R53P88JCCA3VHP-51191?func=full-set-set&set_number=011101&set_entry=000002&format=999

this is a book on plastic manufacturing and recycling
http://pegasus-16.library.ucsb.edu/F/LAHAHXQFBXC4Q9TUJDF5K96XVF11AAV95LF1R53P88JCCA3VHP-71577?func=full-set-set&set_number=011125&set_entry=000002&format=999

This document reviews degradable plastics and bills that are going to pass regulations on plastic manufacturing
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Publications/Plastics/2009001.pdf

Alicia2 | October 27, 2009 1:21 PM | Reply

my topic centers on the commercialization of the american christmas.

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ahl&AN=A000315160.01&site=ehost-live

this link looks at the history of christmas through the 19th century, and the changes that took place.

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ahl&AN=A000543195.01&site=ehost-live

looks at the rise of christmas traditions, like lighting a christmas tree

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ahl&AN=A000434929.01&site=ehost-live

Looks at how christmas has united americans since the civil war

Josue 3 | October 27, 2009 1:22 PM | Reply

My topic has to do with how different companies lobby politicians in order to get their products on the market.

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE55G6RA20090617
This article has to do with flavored tobacco being outlawed because it was usually marketed for youth.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/drugs/2005-04-25-drug-lobby-cover_x.htm
This article has to do with how our nation’s pharmaceutical drug companies continue to lobby our politicians.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/03/cbsnews_investigates/main4646424.shtml
This article has to do with how even though automakers are doing horrible in this economy they are still investing a lot of money in lobbying politicians.

Khashi | October 27, 2009 2:12 PM | Reply

My topic centers on the rise and privatization of the military

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/26/washington/26contractor.html?_r=1

This article relates to the PMC Blackwater USA and their connection to the Iraq war along with many questionable actions that have taken place.

http://books.google.com/books?id=ItKQSxatKqkC&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=private+military+companies&source=bll&ots=PArkaGitc-&sig=crFfvY6aRVqvMUOdypPRnVr_ewI&hl=en&ei=2mDnSvuROJPCMLGXlJ8I&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=11&ved=0CDUQ6AEwCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false

This book relates to the beginning of PMCs especially Executive Outcomes, which was crucial to the war in Liberia as seen in the movie Blood Diamond


http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA473255&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf

This PDF covers some history of PMCs and the reason for the high demand for PMCs such as Blackwater

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