christina's english blog

  Doing this bibliography helped me realize that "cancel culture" is about more than just internet drama; it is actually a complex system of rules and consequences. By connecting these sources, I can see how big institutions use "social borders" to decide who is allowed to participate in society and who gets kicked out. This has clarified my argument by showing that accountability only works when the rules are fair for both the community and the individual. Moving forward, I will argue that we need better systems to make sure that punishment leads to actual growth instead of just permanent exclusion.

 The part of the annotated bibliography that was the most challenging for me is the summary because I have 10 sources to decipher and read. Most sources are 6-8 pages long and it will take ample time to read and come up with a summary in only a few sentences. This challenge will help me grow as a researcher because it will help find more efficient methods when creating a annotated bibliography. This will help me when writing my research paper because I will be easily able to know what resource to reference or use when speaking on a certain topic.

 As I gathered information, the differences I noticed between my sources is that cancel culture is viewed in many different perspectives. The attitude usually depends if the topic is more social justice and politics centered or social;-control. I noticed that magazines and news sources were usually more against cancel culture because of its mob-mentality tendencies while academic journals were usually more for it and acknowledged that individuals need to accountability for their actions. 

Today, In class we used Galieo to find sources for our project. In my opinion, using Galieo was honestly harder than just using Google. Using Google you find exactly what you need easily and I found that for me Galieo was harder to navigate. Sometimes there would be thousands of search results but none would be relevant to my topic and I would add key words or filters and then there would be even less or random results.

This cartoon criticizes Donald Trump for using foreign wars to distract people from what is happening in the United States. The image suggests that while everyone is looking at the conflict between Iran and Israel, the government is passing a "Big Beautiful Bill" that hurts the country, which is shown by the crushed Uncle Sam. The cartoonist wants the audience to question if they are being tricked into ignoring domestic problems, like immigration enforcement and budget cuts. Overall, it asks the viewer to reconsider whether the news they are being told to watch is just a cover for more harmful laws.

  In the past, "Googling" a topic often meant typing in broad keywords and going through thousands of  results to find the most useful source. Creating specific search phrases is different because it uses precise words to help narrow the field, targeting the exact context or data needed. This strategy improves the quality of research by reducing information overload and ensuring the sources found are more academic, credible, and directly aligned with the research goals. By being intentional with language, you spend less time filtering out "noise" and more time analyzing high-quality information.

 My research topic is Freedom of speech v. Cancel culture and our research question is should individuals face consequences for past statements or actions? Why or why not? I think that the fact that opinions can vary and it is a very arguable topic makes this topic difficult to answer/solve. Two viewpoints of this topic are public figures like politicians and celebrities and regular everyday people like teachers and employees. Understanding viewpoints is important because when most people think of cancel culture, they usually think of public figures but cancel culture can affect anyone.