Writing a senior thesis or senior project? Come learn about RefWorks, a web-based tool for managing resources and more. Thursday, October 1st- 12:50-1:50; and 7pm-8pm. Schaffer Library, 2nd floor, Instruction Room. RSVP to 388-6624 or goldermg@union.edu. (Required)
Bring a laptop if you have one.
The Library will be having more sessions in the next few weeks if you are interested.
Writing a senior thesis? Come learn about RefWorks, a web-based tool for managing resources and more. Thursday, September 24th - 12:50-1:50; and 7pm-8pm. Schaffer Library, 2nd floor, Instruction Room. RSVP to 3888-6624 or goldermg@union.edu.
The Library will be having more sessions in the next few weeks if you are interested.
New Survey from Pew: War in Gaza Quickly Shifts News
From the Survey:
A bloody new chapter in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians dramatically shifted the news agenda from domestic to foreign crises, dominating media attention in an otherwise crowded week of news.
The Gaza fighting between Israel and Hamas, which escalated from aerial warfare to fierce ground fighting, accounted for 21% of the newshole from Dec. 29-Jan. 4, according to the weekly News Coverage Index from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.
This report ties in with yesterday’s post from the Pew/Internet report on Teens, Video Games and Civics. ”Kids’ Informal Learning with Digital Media: An Ethnographic Investigation of Innovative Knowledge Cultures” is a three-year collaborative project funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Carried out by researchers at the University of Southern California and University of California, Berkeley, the digital youth project explores how kids use digital media in their everyday lives.
Read the Final Report as well as a White Paper entitled, Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project .
Digital Youth Research also includes projects, publications, and more.
Juvenile Justice: Are sentencing policies too harsh?
As many as 200,000 youths charged with crimes today are tried in adult courts, where judges tend to be tougher and punishments harsher — including sentencing to adult prisons. But with juvenile crime now on the decline, youth advocates are seizing the moment to push for major changes in iron-fisted juvenile justice systems nationwide. Above all, they want to roll back harsh state punishments. . . .Read full report