In the article, "Digital Music and Online Sharing: Software Piracy 2.0?", the researchers contributed three factors to an increase in online pirating of music: demographics, economic factors, and technology. They found that females and older people participate in online piracy less and that a person's income, the price of the music (to buy legally) and how much value they attribute to the product affect the likelihood to pirate. Also, they noticed that improved Internet speed and quality leads people to pirate more.
I have determined this article to be scholarly for a number of reasons. First, it had an abstract to summarize its contents. Second, the authors, Sudip Bhattacharjee, Ram Gopal, and G. Lawrence Sanders, have written a number of other scholarly journals. Third, they do not explain certain definitions because they are writing to an academic audience. Fourth, they are sharing original research and findings with their audience. Also, it was published by the Association for Computing Machinery which seems like a credible source and relates to the topic of study.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Sunday, November 6, 2011
The Amazing World of Photoshop
As we all know, the digital era has produced many amazing and new products to use from the iPad to remixing software for music. Pretty much, if we keep going at this rate, the possibilities are endless. These new inventions help us to express our creativity in ways we never imagined. My personal favorite is Adobe Photoshop which is going to be my topic for this post.
I absolutely LOVE Photoshop! I feel with Photoshop one is able to manipulate any photograph into something completely different. Yes, it is a little overwhelming when you see all the different tools and buttons (I still don't know what everything is used for) but once you play with it a little more, you begin to figure everything out. Plus, a lot of the times you stumble across a tool and you learn as you go. My mom is a graphic designer so I had the opportunity to play with Photoshop at home for free (the software usually costs between $700-$1000...) I also was lucky enough to tag along with her to one of the big Photoshop conventions in Austin a couple of years ago. I learned a bunch of techniques that I regularly use today.
I definitely recommend Photoshop to anyone who is artistic and loves technology...it's the perfect combination!
I absolutely LOVE Photoshop! I feel with Photoshop one is able to manipulate any photograph into something completely different. Yes, it is a little overwhelming when you see all the different tools and buttons (I still don't know what everything is used for) but once you play with it a little more, you begin to figure everything out. Plus, a lot of the times you stumble across a tool and you learn as you go. My mom is a graphic designer so I had the opportunity to play with Photoshop at home for free (the software usually costs between $700-$1000...) I also was lucky enough to tag along with her to one of the big Photoshop conventions in Austin a couple of years ago. I learned a bunch of techniques that I regularly use today.
I definitely recommend Photoshop to anyone who is artistic and loves technology...it's the perfect combination!
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