Final Exam-Article Reviews

1. To find this article, I just opened up the Clark library page, went to the Online Resources tab, and then opened up articles and databases. I went to Ebsco Host and typed in the author’s name. His article popped up right on top.

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~