Processed Foods: The Pros and Cons - A Balanced View

 

On the Threshold of Extremism

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

ISIS' Harsh Brand of Islam Is Rooted in Austere Saudi Creed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evaluating Webpages on:
Internet Addiction	The Omnivore's Dilemma
Sports and American Culture	College Athletes
Immigration Reform	Plagiarism
Hip Hop Culture	Music Piracy
Race, Class and Gender	Family Background & Success
Filipino American Immigration	The Occupy Wall Street Movement
The Industrialization of Agriculture	The “Broken Windows” Theory of Criminology
Stereotype Promotion in the News	IQ Testing
A "Top Censored” News Story: Blackwater	A Humanitarian Crisis: Electronic waste
Dragons as Symbols	The Origins and Causes of Stereotyping

Video: Movie Trailer: 50 / 50 - Conversation

Popular Magazines vs Scholarly Journals

Content Farms

Evaluating Webpages on Internet Addiction

1. “Internet Addiction Types and Treatment”
2. “Internet Addiction Disorder”
3. “Internet Addiction Guide”
4. “FOMO: Fear of Missing Out”
5. “Trapped in the Web”
6. To Deal With Obsession, Some Defriend Facebook
7. “Problematic internet usage in US college students: a pilot study”
8. “Internet Addiction: Metasynthesis of 1996-2006 Quantitative Research”  

  Evaluating Webpages on The Omnivore's Dilemma

1. Lessons from Omnivore’s Dilemma
2. The Omnivore's Dilemma
3. Can You Really Save the Planet at the Dinner Table?
4. Stanford Scientists Cast Doubt on Advantages of Organic Meat and Produce
5. Growing sustainable consumption communities  

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 Evaluating Webpages on Sports and American Culture

1. Cultural Values And Trends As Seen Through The Lens of Sport
2. Sports in the United States
3. Sports' culture of intoxication
4. In America, it's win or go home
5. In College Classrooms, the Problem Is High School Athletics
6. Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors, Gambling, and Heavy Drinking Among U.S. College Athletes  

  Evaluating Webpages on College Athletes

1. The Perilous State of Big-Time College Sports
2. College athletics
3. Do College Sports Affect Students' Grades? A Defense of the NCAA
4. Athletes' hunger to win fuels eating disorders
5. Grading College Athletes
6. Risk Profile of Male College Athletes Who Use Performance-Enhancing Substances
7. Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors, Gambling, and Heavy Drinking Among U.S. College Athletes  

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  Evaluating Webpages on Plagiarism

1. Plagiarism - More Than Just a Downloaded Essay
2. Plagiarism
3. Dozens of MBA Applicants Tossed Over Plagiarism
4. Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age
5. Keeping Up With the Joneses: Students’ Perceptions of Academically Dishonest Behavior  

 

  Evaluating Webpages on Hip Hop Culture

1. Controversy in Hip Hop: Misogyny, Violence, Weed & Hypersexuality
2. Hip hop music
3. Hip Hop Framed - Poetic Black Fusion
4. Introducing the King of Hip-Hop
5. For Clues on Teenage Sex, Experts Look to Hip-Hop
6. The Hip-Hop Club Scene: Gender, Grinding and Sex  

 

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  Evaluating Webpages on Filipino American Immigration

1. The Changing of the Filipino Family Unit
2. Filipino American
3. The vanishing Filipinos
4. Filipino Immigrants in the United States
5. Welcome to the Land of Plenty
6. Family Secrets: Transnational Struggles among Children of Filipino Immigrants  
7. Job-Related Stress and Chronic Health Conditions Among Filipino Immigrants
8. Perceived Social Standing among Asian Immigrants in the U.S.: Do Reasons for Immigration Matter?

Evaluating Webpages on Race, Class and Gender

1. Sociology Theory 101 – Social Stratification
2. Social Class
3. Say No to Class War
4. It's still a bear market for US workers
5. Student–faculty interaction in research universities: Differences by student gender, race, social class, and first-generation status

 

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Evaluating Webpages on the Origins and Causes of Stereotyping

1. “Stereotypes and Cultural Differences”
2. “Where Bias Begins: The Truth about Stereotypes”
3. “Stereotype”
4. “Culture and Stereotyping Processes: Integration and New Directions”  
5. “Stereotypes”

Evaluating Webpages on Family Background & Success

1. The Five Pillars of College Access and Success
2. Socioeconomic Status
3. The Role of Parents in Children's School Achievement
4. Angela Whitiker's Climb
5. Upper bound
6. Gladwell for Dummies
7. Escaping Poverty and Securing Middle Class Status: How Race and Socioeconomic Status Shape Mobility Prospects for African Americans During the Transition to Adulthood  

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Evaluating Webpages on Immigration Reform

1. 10 Step Practical Strategy to Immigration Reform

2. Immigration reform

3. Mexican Immigrants: How Many Come? How Many Leave?

4. How US Policies Fueled Mexico's Great Migration

5. Immigration Upended; The Yo-yo Effect: Crossing, Over and Over

6. Labor Market Outcomes for Legal Mexican Immigrants Under the New Regime of Immigration Enforcement

7. Why Do Immigrant Youths Who Never Enroll in U.S. Schools Matter? School Enrollment among Mexicans and Non-Hispanic Whites   

Evaluating Webpages on Music Piracy

1. Music Piracy Costing Economy Billions of Dollars
2. History of music piracy
3. Illegal downloading: An artist's perspective
4. The Age of Music Piracy Is Officially Over
5. A New Try at Curbing Piracy
6. Music piracy among students on the university campus: Do males and females react differently?  
7. Determinants of music copyright violations on the university campus  

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Evaluating Webpages on the “Broken Windows” Theory of Criminology

1. An Overview of Broken Windows Theory of Criminology”
2. “Broken Theory”
3. “Broken Windows Theory”
4. “Assessing the Spatial – Temporal Relationship Between Disorder and Violence”

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Evaluating Webpages on the Industrialization of Agriculture

1. “Grass-Fed Beef: Taste and Nutritional Information about Pasture Raised Cattle”
2. “Cheap Food Nation”
3. “A Review of Fatty Acid Profiles and Antioxidant Content in Grass-fed and Grain-fed Beef”
4. “Factory Farming”

Evaluating Webpages on the Occupy Wall Street Movement

1. Occupy Wall Street – Protest or Politics?
2. Occupy Wall Street is not a Protest but a Prototype
3. Occupy Wall Street
4. Top Earners Doubled Share of Nation’s Income, Study Finds
5. Occupy Wall Street: FAQ
6. Economic Inequality and Democratic Political Engagement   

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Evaluating Webpages on Stereotype Promotion in the News

1. “Stereotypes of Minorities in the Media”
2. “From Bad to Worse: Black Images on ‘White’ News”
3. “Stereotypes of African Americans”
4. “The Treatment of Persons of Color in Local Television News: Ethnic Blame Discourse or Realistic Group Conflict?”

Evaluating Webpages on a “Top Censored” News Story: Blackwater

1. “Secrecy, Controvery Surround Blackwater Founder, Eric Prince.”
2. “The Secret US War in Pakistan”
3. “Blackwater Worldwide”
4. “Soldiers of fortune - holding private security contractors accountable: the Alien Tort Claims Act and its potential application to Abtan, et al. v. Blackwater Lodge and Training Center, Inc., et al.”
5. “Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army.”

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Evaluating Webpages on a Humanitarian Crisis: Electronic waste

1. “How to Deal with E-waste”
2. “E-gad!”
3. “Electronic Waste”
4. “High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health”
5. “Export of toxic chemicals – A Review of the Case of Uncontrolled Electronic-waste Recycling.”  
6. “DIRECTIVE 2002/96/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 January 2003 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)”

Evaluating Webpages on IQ Testing

1. IQ Tests for Gifted and Talented Children
2. Intelligence quotient
3. Success Beyond Success: Time To Redefine IQ?
4. Sorry, Strivers: Talent Matters
5. Self-Discipline Outdoes IQ in Predicting Academic Performance of Adolescents  

Evaluating Webpages on the Symbol of Dragons

1. Celtic Dragon Symbolism, Legend and Lore
2. Dragon
3. Enter the Dragons
4. From Many Imaginations, One Fearsome Creature
5. A Brief Introduction to Chinese Mascot

 

women's studies bibliography  

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