2. This one was a bit more complicated
to find because there was so many results. I found the domain name after
pasting the authors name on Google and scrolling down to what I figured was it.
Then it took me to the Guardian webpage and I scrolled down to find this
article.
3. The first article by Merrill Distad
looks very credible. The “A” is already shown for the author, “S”, this author
looks like he uses many in text sources and it looks like it this article is
part of a book, so the bibliography should be at the end. “P”, the purpose of
this article seems very straight forward. He is informing the audience about
how print books are important. “E”, it looks like he talks an even amount about
both sides of the story and “C” and “T” is accurate as well, he covers one
topic and it was published recently.
The second article by Ewan Morrison
seems a bit sketchy. I do not know what the Guardian is or much about it. It
seems like a magazine or news page. I do see there is an author, but no sources
because it seems like an interview. I do see the purpose he is trying to get,
but the “E” and “C” are poor. The article rambles on about so many different
topics and does not really get a good argument going. “T” seems accurate, it
was published in 2011.
4. Ewan
Morrison writes his article, “Are books dead, and can authors survive?” in an
interesting manner. His main points in this argument are to get through to
people that books and other history may be coming to an end, or evolve into
newer, greater things. He says e-books are the new books, and technology has
advanced so much that many of these once paid for objects, are now free.
Morrison talks about the decreasing salary of not only authors, but many
companies and individuals because of piracy, availability, and the Long Tail,
which he calls companies like Amazon, I-Tunes, Netflix, and EBay (Morrison). The
idea that all these creations of history may someday disappear makes Morrison
wonder about how people will make a living.
Morrison
gave quotes from people in different industries about how this change in
technology has cost decrease in production, salaries, and profit. He states
that over 69% of people are committing piracy, which means that percentage of
companies or industries are losing profit (Morrison). Morrison also makes the
point that the biggest profited companies like Google, Amazon, and Apple, are
providing free content, while advertisers are buying free space to sell stuff
to us. Therefore, these big non-profit companies that do not sell anything,
will provide entertainment for us, last a long time, and advertisers will sell
through them. Books will become intertwined with this free entertainment, and
may even evolve into a new era technology of books.
~Kendra~
~Kendra~
