April 11, 2007 HOMEWORK
The Pathfinder I chose is: Psychology
3 Things I discovered:
1. Epilepsies is where the Seizure Focus is in an Area that is Essential for Function
2. Epilepsy can be caused by small tumors or malfunctions in the brain.
3. Mental Illness ranks second in terms of causing disabilities.
2 Things I found interesting:
1. Road Rage is a possible mental disorder but studies are still researching on the topic.
2. The brain during sleep may review and sort the knowledge that has encountered during the day.
Can camera surveillance be helpful or harmful to others?
- Are people going to take it as an invasion of privacy?
- Can criminals also use surveillance for their victims?
- Can surveillance help prevent crime?
- Will all criminals be caught?
Keywords: camera, surveillance, evidence, privacy, pictures
HOMEWORK
ARTICLE # 1 Title:The Screening of America Source: Reason Author: Brian J. Taylor Publication Date: May 1997 Page Number: 44-46 Database: SIRS Researcher
3 Things I Discovered:
1. Following the lead of Great Britain--where several hundred localities already monitor and record everything from cars driving the wrong way on one-way streets to random faces in a crowd--cash-strapped municipalities are lining streets, sidewalks, boardwalks, and subways with surveillance devices in place of police.
2. Placing cameras in the public square is usually supported by businesses and residents whose neighborhoods are plagued by drug- and gang-related violence. Support from the business community.
3. Three minutes away from the camera locations, at a Tacoma police substation, officers can control the cameras with toggle switches and watch the displayed images on a pair of color monitors.
2 Things I Found Interesting:
1. University of Oklahoma law professor Randall Coyne disagrees. The use of cameras, he argues, is indeed an invasion of privacy. Coyne says the captured images constitute a search within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment.
2. According to a "researcher" for the tape quoted last year in THE WASHINGTON POST, video footage in the tape was purchased from insurance companies, private security companies, and local government officials. It was such a hot seller that two similar tapes were shortly released. 1 Question about the article:
1. How much was the first camera?
ARTICLE # 2 Title:The New Surveillance Source: Phi Kappa Phi Journal Author: Gary T. Marx Publication Date: Summer 1991 Page Number: 32-36 Database: SIRS Researcher
3 Things I Discovered:
1. The study of undercover police is ultimately about much more than cops and robbers: it is one strand of the new surveillance.
2. Human Informers. Perhaps most clearly related to undercover means, though less costly, is informing. In what amounts to a break with eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American attitudes, informing is now seen as an element of good citizenship, commanding growing institutional and technical support.
3. Federal cabinet agencies, for example, now provide hotlines for the reporting of instances of "fraud, abuse, and waste." Protection for whistle-blowers has increased. The Federal Witness Protection Program provides relocation and a new identity to informers.
2 Things I Found Interesting:
1. The government's use of computer matching and profiling has come into increased prominence in the past decade.
2. The IRS generated public controversy when it sought to buy commercially compiled lists that direct-marketing companies use for targeting customers.
1 Question about the article:
1. Who used the first camera surveillance?
April 16,2007
HOMEWORK
ARTICLE # 3 Title:You Are Being Watched Source: Focus Author: Robert Matthews Publication Date: Oct. 1997 Page Number: 34-39 Database: SIRS Researcher
3 Things I Discovered:
1. The applications of the new systems seem limitless. For instance, anyone hoping to sneak into London by jumping a train is likely to be disappointed: Rail-track and the British Transport Police now have almost 2,000 cameras keeping watch on the capital's 16 major railway stations in what's thought to be the largest and most complex surveillance network of its type anywhere in the world.
2. The 'digital clarity' puts forensic scientists on the right track.
3. Known as 'neural networks', these computers are now triggering a revolution in surveillance. Instead of just waiting for something to happen and then scouring videotape for clues, the new 'smart' cameras allow the security forces to take pre- emptive action.
2 Things I Found Interesting:
1. Since 1960, when the US launched the first military reconnaissance satellite, Tiros 1, hundreds of them have flown over the Earth in low, elliptical orbits, beaming back top-secret information.
2. A periscope-like rotating mirror reflects images onto the primary mirror, enabling the Key Hole to take pictures at oblique angles, imaging objects hundreds of kilometres away from its flight path.
1 Question about the article:
1. Who invented the first camera?
3 Things I Discovered:
1. People spy on their spouse, their babysitters, and even their children. Businesses catch customers and employees committing crimes on tape.
2. But some say hidden cameras invade people's privacy, catching their most vulnerable moments on tape.
3. Companies advertising on the Internet offer cameras hidden in picture frames and wall clocks, in pencil sharpeners and lamps, in sprinkler heads and smoke detectors.
2 Things I Found Interesting:
1. Most places that rely on surveillance systems, such as casinos, hotels and shopping centers, won't talk about them.
2. The rest are hidden cameras, some about the size of a wristwatch, placed in the park's retail shops.
1 Question about the article:
1. Will having camera surveillance ever be illegal?
April 18, 2007
CLASSWORK
WEBSITE # 1 http://www.largeformatphotography.info/ Title: America's First Look into the Camera Author: Library of Congress Publisher: Library of Congress Publish Date: 2002
3 Things I Discovered:
1. The Library of Congress presents these documents as part of the record of the past.
2. These primary historical documents reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times.
3. The Library of Congress does not endorse the views expressed in these collections, which may contain materials offensive to some readers.
2 Things I Found Interesting:
1. The Library's daguerreotype collection consists of more than 725 photographs dating from 1839 to 1864.
2. Portrait daguerreotypes produced by the Mathew Brady studio make up the major portion of the collection.
1 Question about the article:
1. How are the first cameras made?
April 20, 2007
CLASSWORK
WEBSITE # 2 http://www.cdt.org/ Title: Center for Democracy and Technology Home Page Author: CDT Staff Publisher: Center for Democracy and Technology Publish Date: 2007
3 Things I Discovered:
1. The Fourth Amendment's Protections against unreasonable searches should extend to the Internet as well as the home.
2. CDT seeks to develop policy solutions and technology tools that empower users and enhance privacy online.
3. CDT is working for individual privacy on the Internet.
2 Things I Found Interesting:
1. CDT advocates for stronger legal standards controlling government surveillance to keep pace with the growing exposure of personal information in communications media.
2. They believe that the content of communications, stored information.
1 Question about the article:
1. Who uses the CDT program?
WEBSITE # 3 http://www.eff.org/about/ Title: The Electronic Frontier Foundation Author: The EFF Staff Publisher: The Electronic Frontier Foundation Publish Date: 2007
3 Things I Discovered:
1. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is the first line of defense.
2. EFF broke new ground when it was founded in 199, well before the Internet was on most people's radar
3. EFF has championed the public interest in every critical battle affecting digital rights.
2 Things I Found Interesting:
1. EFF is a donor-funded nonprofit and depends on your support to continue successfully defending your digital rights. Litigation is particularly expensive
2. Two-thirds of their budget comes from individual donors, every contribution is critical to helping EFF fight and win.
1 Question about the article:
1. Who created the EFF and what was their purpose?
April 24, 2007
CLASSWORK
Pathfinder Introduction:
Camera surveillance is a big part of technology, people use camera surveillance for many things. The government uses surveillance as a way of keeping in check with who comes by. In most cases, many people are creating non-profit organization to help find justice among privacy surveillance. Many people think that camera surveillance is a good way of watching who comes in and who leaves, but other people think that it's just an invasion of their privacy. People who opposed the idea of surveillance created their own organizations explaining why surveillance should be illegal. According to one article, it states that the government uses camera surveillance for security issues, but people want to know, really who's security is it protecting? I strongly believe that surveillance is a good purpose in some cases, but I don't think it should be legal to place surveillance cameras in public areas. Not only can surveillance help people, it can also hurt people. Most criminals might use these surveillance cameras to spy on their victims, use it to watch other neighbors and capture it on tape.
For anyone who wants to research more on surveilance privacy and cameras, should visit the ACLU webpage. The ACLU stands for American Civil Liberties Union, which is an organization created to help people with their individual civil rights. On that webpage it explains how surveillance can be a good and bad thing.
Article Taken from other Student Article Citation: Title:Private Eyes Source: Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA) Author: Geraldine Baum Publication Date: July 25, 1991 Page Number: E1+ Database: SIRS Researcher
3 Things I Discovered
1. Half a million camcorders were sold in that year.
2. There is no shame in using video cameras everyday.
3. One in six American families own a camcorder.
2 Things I found Interesting
1. A woman uses the camera to show her kids and herself in the future what she went through.
2. A man from Detroit taped a gang of girls beating up two bystanders.
1 Question I Still Have
1. What was the main purpose of this article?
April 26, 2007
Experts and Organizations
PRIVACY JOURNAL editor Robert Ellis Smith-created guildlines to protect peoples privacy regarding surveillance.
ACLU-stands for American Civil Liberties Union and it created a news report warning surveillance.
Robert Matthews-investigated Big Brother Technology
HOMEWORK
The Pathfinder I chose is: Psychology
3 Things I discovered:
1. Epilepsies is where the Seizure Focus is in an Area that is Essential for Function
2. Epilepsy can be caused by small tumors or malfunctions in the brain.
3. Mental Illness ranks second in terms of causing disabilities.
2 Things I found interesting:
1. Road Rage is a possible mental disorder but studies are still researching on the topic.
2. The brain during sleep may review and sort the knowledge that has encountered during the day.
1 Question I have:
1. Why do humans need sleep?
April 13, 2007
CLASSWORK
SIRS
Librarian's Index to the Internet
Internet Public Library
HomeworkNYC
Can camera surveillance be helpful or harmful to others?
- Are people going to take it as an invasion of privacy?
- Can criminals also use surveillance for their victims?
- Can surveillance help prevent crime?
- Will all criminals be caught?
Keywords: camera, surveillance, evidence, privacy, pictures
HOMEWORK
ARTICLE # 1
Title: The Screening of America
Source: Reason
Author: Brian J. Taylor
Publication Date: May 1997
Page Number: 44-46
Database: SIRS Researcher
3 Things I Discovered:
1. Following the lead of Great Britain--where several hundred localities already monitor and record everything from cars driving the wrong way on one-way streets to random faces in a crowd--cash-strapped municipalities are lining streets, sidewalks, boardwalks, and subways with surveillance devices in place of police.
2. Placing cameras in the public square is usually supported by businesses and residents whose neighborhoods are plagued by drug- and gang-related violence. Support from the business community.
3. Three minutes away from the camera locations, at a Tacoma police substation, officers can control the cameras with toggle switches and watch the displayed images on a pair of color monitors.
2 Things I Found Interesting:
1. University of Oklahoma law professor Randall Coyne disagrees. The use of cameras, he argues, is indeed an invasion of privacy. Coyne says the captured images constitute a search within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment.
2. According to a "researcher" for the tape quoted last year in THE WASHINGTON POST, video footage in the tape was purchased from insurance companies, private security companies, and local government officials. It was such a hot seller that two similar tapes were shortly released.
1 Question about the article:
1. How much was the first camera?
ARTICLE # 2
Title: The New Surveillance
Source: Phi Kappa Phi Journal
Author: Gary T. Marx
Publication Date: Summer 1991
Page Number: 32-36
Database: SIRS Researcher
3 Things I Discovered:
1. The study of undercover police is ultimately about much more than cops and robbers: it is one strand of the new surveillance.
2. Human Informers. Perhaps most clearly related to undercover means, though less costly, is informing. In what amounts to a break with eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American attitudes, informing is now seen as an element of good citizenship, commanding growing institutional and technical support.
3. Federal cabinet agencies, for example, now provide hotlines for the reporting of instances of "fraud, abuse, and waste." Protection for whistle-blowers has increased. The Federal Witness Protection Program provides relocation and a new identity to informers.
2 Things I Found Interesting:
1. The government's use of computer matching and profiling has come into increased prominence in the past decade.
2. The IRS generated public controversy when it sought to buy commercially compiled lists that direct-marketing companies use for targeting customers.
1 Question about the article:
1. Who used the first camera surveillance?
April 16,2007
HOMEWORK
ARTICLE # 3
Title: You Are Being Watched
Source: Focus
Author: Robert Matthews
Publication Date: Oct. 1997
Page Number: 34-39
Database: SIRS Researcher
3 Things I Discovered:
1. The applications of the new systems seem limitless. For instance, anyone hoping to sneak into London by jumping a train is likely to be disappointed: Rail-track and the British Transport Police now have almost 2,000 cameras keeping watch on the capital's 16 major railway stations in what's thought to be the largest and most complex surveillance network of its type anywhere in the world.
2. The 'digital clarity' puts forensic scientists on the right track.
3. Known as 'neural networks', these computers are now triggering a revolution in surveillance. Instead of just waiting for something to happen and then scouring videotape for clues, the new 'smart' cameras allow the security forces to take pre- emptive action.
2 Things I Found Interesting:
1. Since 1960, when the US launched the first military reconnaissance satellite, Tiros 1, hundreds of them have flown over the Earth in low, elliptical orbits, beaming back top-secret information.
2. A periscope-like rotating mirror reflects images onto the primary mirror, enabling the Key Hole to take pictures at oblique angles, imaging objects hundreds of kilometres away from its flight path.
1 Question about the article:
1. Who invented the first camera?
April 17, 2007
CLASSWORK
ARTICLE # 4
Title: Who's Watching? Use of Hidden Cameras May Endanger Privacy
Source: Kansas City Star (Kansas City, MO)
Author: Stacy Downs and others
Publication Date: Sept. 3, 1998
Page Number: A1+
Database: SIRS Researcher
3 Things I Discovered:
1. People spy on their spouse, their babysitters, and even their children. Businesses catch customers and employees committing crimes on tape.
2. But some say hidden cameras invade people's privacy, catching their most vulnerable moments on tape.
3. Companies advertising on the Internet offer cameras hidden in picture frames and wall clocks, in pencil sharpeners and lamps, in sprinkler heads and smoke detectors.
2 Things I Found Interesting:
1. Most places that rely on surveillance systems, such as casinos, hotels and shopping centers, won't talk about them.
2. The rest are hidden cameras, some about the size of a wristwatch, placed in the park's retail shops.
1 Question about the article:
1. Will having camera surveillance ever be illegal?
April 18, 2007
CLASSWORK
WEBSITE # 1
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/
Title: America's First Look into the Camera
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher: Library of Congress
Publish Date: 2002
3 Things I Discovered:
1. The Library of Congress presents these documents as part of the record of the past.
2. These primary historical documents reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times.
3. The Library of Congress does not endorse the views expressed in these collections, which may contain materials offensive to some readers.
2 Things I Found Interesting:
1. The Library's daguerreotype collection consists of more than 725 photographs dating from 1839 to 1864.
2. Portrait daguerreotypes produced by the Mathew Brady studio make up the major portion of the collection.
1 Question about the article:
1. How are the first cameras made?
April 20, 2007
CLASSWORK
WEBSITE # 2
http://www.cdt.org/
Title: Center for Democracy and Technology Home Page
Author: CDT Staff
Publisher: Center for Democracy and Technology
Publish Date: 2007
3 Things I Discovered:
1. The Fourth Amendment's Protections against unreasonable searches should extend to the Internet as well as the home.
2. CDT seeks to develop policy solutions and technology tools that empower users and enhance privacy online.
3. CDT is working for individual privacy on the Internet.
2 Things I Found Interesting:
1. CDT advocates for stronger legal standards controlling government surveillance to keep pace with the growing exposure of personal information in communications media.
2. They believe that the content of communications, stored information.
1 Question about the article:
1. Who uses the CDT program?
WEBSITE # 3
http://www.eff.org/about/
Title: The Electronic Frontier Foundation
Author: The EFF Staff
Publisher: The Electronic Frontier Foundation
Publish Date: 2007
3 Things I Discovered:
1. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is the first line of defense.
2. EFF broke new ground when it was founded in 199, well before the Internet was on most people's radar
3. EFF has championed the public interest in every critical battle affecting digital rights.
2 Things I Found Interesting:
1. EFF is a donor-funded nonprofit and depends on your support to continue successfully defending your digital rights. Litigation is particularly expensive
2. Two-thirds of their budget comes from individual donors, every contribution is critical to helping EFF fight and win.
1 Question about the article:
1. Who created the EFF and what was their purpose?
April 24, 2007
CLASSWORK
Pathfinder Introduction:
Camera surveillance is a big part of technology, people use camera surveillance for many things. The government uses surveillance as a way of keeping in check with who comes by. In most cases, many people are creating non-profit organization to help find justice among privacy surveillance. Many people think that camera surveillance is a good way of watching who comes in and who leaves, but other people think that it's just an invasion of their privacy. People who opposed the idea of surveillance created their own organizations explaining why surveillance should be illegal. According to one article, it states that the government uses camera surveillance for security issues, but people want to know, really who's security is it protecting? I strongly believe that surveillance is a good purpose in some cases, but I don't think it should be legal to place surveillance cameras in public areas. Not only can surveillance help people, it can also hurt people. Most criminals might use these surveillance cameras to spy on their victims, use it to watch other neighbors and capture it on tape.
For anyone who wants to research more on surveilance privacy and cameras, should visit the ACLU webpage. The ACLU stands for American Civil Liberties Union, which is an organization created to help people with their individual civil rights. On that webpage it explains how surveillance can be a good and bad thing.
April 25, 2007
CLASSWORK
Subject Headings
ARTICLE # 1
Cameras
Police patrol, Surveillance operations
Privacy, Right of
ARTICLE # 2
Electronic surveillance
Privacy laws
ARTICLE # 3
Closed-circuit television
Electronic surveillance
Privacy, Right of
Space surveillance
ARTICLE # 4
Cameras
Electronic surveillance
Privacy, Right of
Article Taken from other Student
Article Citation:
Title: Private Eyes
Source: Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA)
Author: Geraldine Baum
Publication Date: July 25, 1991
Page Number: E1+
Database: SIRS Researcher
3 Things I Discovered
1. Half a million camcorders were sold in that year.
2. There is no shame in using video cameras everyday.
3. One in six American families own a camcorder.
2 Things I found Interesting
1. A woman uses the camera to show her kids and herself in the future what she went through.
2. A man from Detroit taped a gang of girls beating up two bystanders.
1 Question I Still Have
1. What was the main purpose of this article?
April 26, 2007
Experts and Organizations
PRIVACY JOURNAL editor Robert Ellis Smith-created guildlines to protect peoples privacy regarding surveillance.
ACLU-stands for American Civil Liberties Union and it created a news report warning surveillance.
Robert Matthews-investigated Big Brother Technology