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Information Literacy Research Guide

This guide is focused on assignments for LIBS 110G but can be a good starting point for any research related to information literacy.

Invisible Labor

Amazon's Mechanical Turk a Digital Sweatshop? Transparency and Accountability in Online Research.
Article available via the ODU Libraries.
Facebook Content Moderator Speaks About Mental Health Impact of Her Job
Online article from REI
The Internet is Enabling a New Kind of Poorly Paid Hell
Article from The Atlantic.
Precarious Playbour: Modders and the Digital Games Industry
Article available via the ODU Libraries.
The Politics of Labor and Play in Popcultural Industry of Online Video Games
Open access peer-reviewed article.
The Trauma Floor: The Secret Lives of Facebook Moderators in America
Article from The Verge, video included at the end of the article
Uber-worked and Underpaid: How Workers are Disrupting the Digital Economy
E-book available via the ODU Libraries.

Plagiarism

Example broad topics:

Plagiarism and college students
Perceptions of plagiarism

12 Literary Plagiarism Scandals, Ranked
General audience article from Literary Hub.
Academic Dishonesty Beyond Cheating and Plagiarism: Students' Interpersonal Deception in the College Classroom
Article available via the ODU Libraries.
Dartmouth Professor Resigns After Plagiarism Finding
Article available via ODU Libraries
Our Bodies Encoded: Online Test Proctoring in Higher Education
Article provided by the ODU Libraries
Student Success Stories: A Student's Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism and Understanding Citations
Streaming video available via ODU Libraries
To Show How Easy it is for Plagiarized News Sites to get ad Revenue, I Made My Own
Online article from CNBC

Platform Regulations

Example broad topics:

Who is responsible for the spread of fake news?
What are the impacts of tech company monopolies?

How Does Google's Monopoloy Hurt You? Try These Searches.
Article from The Washington Post

Surveillance

Example broad topics:

What online behaviors of the general public are tracked by the U.S. Government?
Tracking GPS and vehicle use data- who has access and why?
Surveillance and healthcare
How is personal data collected and mined by big companies through quizzes on Facebook?

Dylan Curran's Twitter Feed
Twitter feed by Dylan Curran, Senior Software Engineer.
Ethics in an Age of Surveillance Personal Information & Virtual Identities
E-Book available via the ODU Libraries.
Social Media As Surveillance: Rethinking Visibility in a Converging World
E-book available via the ODU Libraries.
Garbage In, Garbage Out: Face Recognition on Flawed Data
Article from Georgetown Law Center on Privacy and Technology
Web Tracking: What You Should Know About Your Privacy Online
Online article from Free Code Camp.

Virtual Assistants

Example broad topics:

Use of AI to help those living with illness or disability
Smart houses
Consumer knowledge about AI in households

Ethics of Using Assistive Technology in the Care of Community-Dwelling Elderly People: An overview of the literature
Journal article provided by the ODU Libraries.
Ethics of the Health-Related Internet of Things: A Narrative Review
Journal article provided by the ODU Libraries.
Manipulating Users' Trust on Amazon Echo: Compromising Smart Home From the Outside
Journal article available online

Copyright

Example broad topics:

Copyright and use of materials for educational purposes
Copyright law and art, music, film, etc.

Copyright and Copywrong
A help guide created by the ODU Libraries
Music Rights Unveiled: A Filmmakers Guide to Music Rights and Licensing
E-book available via the ODU Libraries.
Open to the Public: Paywalls and the Public Rationale for Open Access Medical Research Publishing
Peer-reviewed journal article available via the ODU Libraries
Paying the Piper: The Anatomy of a 9th Circuit Music Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
Article available via the ODU Libraries.
Publishers are Using eBooks to Extort Schools and Libraries
Article from The Daily Beast

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