NATS 1505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Infotrac, Proquest, Thesis Statement

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1505
• Professor: Vera Pavri

Document Summary

The purpose of this assignment is to get you to start thinking critically about some of the current day issues directly related to the use and impact of information and communication technologies (icts). This paper is not your traditional argumentative essay where you have a thesis statement and then spend your time trying to prove your point of view. The type of paper i have assigned you will allow you to explore a current day ict controversy from different points of view. You will have various topics to choose from and they are listed below. Once you have done this, you will have the opportunity to tell me your opinions and ideas about the topic, and relate it to course material. This assignment involves picking a controversial topic from the list below and examining the different sides of your issue using academic (scholarly) sources only.