Blog HW 4/2

Research Question: Does fashion help people construct an identity?

Two sources that have helped me answer my question is the book Fashion, Culture, and Identity by Fred Davis and the website Marie Claire.

Davis, Fred. "Do Clothes Speak? What Makes Them Fashion?" Fashion, Culture, and Identity. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1992. 1-18. Print. 

Santos, Rich. "What Fashion Really Means to Men." Marie Claire. N.p., 21 Feb. 2011. Web. 09 Apr. 2013. <http://www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/men/fashion-and-identity>.

Blog HW 4/4

     The digital age and internet are changing the concept of plagiarism traumatically because more and more people are starting to think it is okay. You would think people would make sure and know how to cite their sources.It is just so easy to click copy and paste and forgetting to even acknowledge what source the material came from. They are also changing to concept of plagiarism because there are tools ad apps to where you can edit something and easily thinking its your work and no remembering that you got the idea and formatting from someone else. Writing papers are always a tough one to spot out unless you have a handy computer to look up sentences in the paper or you can spot out words that the writer usually doesn't use.
 

Blog HW 4/24

 -My research question is 'Does fashion help people construct an identity?'
-I do believe that fashion helps people characterize who they are. The clothes they decide to buy show what kind of person they are or what they are into. For Example) Emo people tend to dress in very dark colors such as black because that is what they like or are into.
-I would provide my presentation but I need to add a couple of things before it is complete.

Blog HW 4-11 Prezi

Two platforms that I could use for my presentation would probably be Prezi and Google sites. I have used them both. I feel that Prezi I will be able to put more creativity and style into my project. There are more things you can do with Prezi than a Google Site. Prezi is more of a fancy PowerPoint. They have so many different templates to choose from according to your project. Google sites on the other hand are very simple to me. You cant really add your own style and if you do it will take forever just to change the color of the side bar. I will say that Google Sites is good for just putting of your information on the template and present. Its just that simple. I've used both of these sources for science based classes and they worked perfectly fine. For my final poster, as of now, I will be using Prezi. A homemade video might be an appealing way to present my research to my classmates but I doubt I will be doing that. Maybe, a short video.
 http://prezi.com/ouf-nyvxxhyu/untitled-prezi/