Using insights from any of the three readings in this unit, discuss whether or not you have an eco-identity now and whether or not you believe you will have an eco-identity in the future.

Assignment # 4

Read “Eco-Identities” and watch the embedded TED talks. Also read “The Making of an Environmental Activist.” in the Supplemental reading link. Then respond to both parts of the Reading Response in your blog on your website.

PART ONE
In “The Making of an Environmental Activist,” Matsuba and Pratt (2013) note that pleas to support the environment and attend to human damage that has been done to it have “gone unheeded” (p. 60). They search for the reasons that calls to action have been largely unsuccessful through a consideration of identity formation. In particular, their research examines both experiences in nature and stories about experiences in nature. In this Assignment, summarize what they learned about people with environmental activist identities; pay close attention to how the researchers argue such identities are formed. In a second paragraph, connect insights from the article to the arguments made in Reading One about Place Attachment and Place Identity. How do personal and social experiences of place matter in the development of environmental activists? Explain your reasoning, using information from the “Place Attachment” reading where useful.

PART TWO
Choose two of the individuals featured in Reading Two on “Eco-Identities.” Use Matsuba and Pratt’s ideas about environmental activist identities to explain whether or not each of the individuals you have chosen is or is not an environmental activist.

The conclusion of this assignment is about YOU. Using insights from any of the three readings in this unit, discuss whether or not you have an eco-identity now and whether or not you believe you will have an eco-identity in the future. Since Matsuba and Pratt share research that claims these identities are frequently formed in the early part of life, through emerging adulthood, many college students would seem to be potential environmentalists in some sense. Are you? Why or why not?

Describe at least three of the reasons why people commit cybercrime.

Part 1
In a 1-2 page essay address the following:

Describe at least three of the reasons why people commit cybercrime. Make sure to include what their thoughts are on the most prevailing reason.
You may search online for additional supporting arguments
Read the Case Study under section 2.68 of the report and the following three sections. Compare and contrast the reports opinion of who commits cybercrime with the information supplied in the text book.
Incorporate your opinion into the essay of whether the Virus Writers and Learning Theories hold true when dealing with those whom write viruses to obtain money as in the Case study on 2.68.
How does the Report’s definition of hacking compare with the textbook? What category of hacking in is the Report describing?
Part 2Read Box 3.6 Time Bomb Attacks by an Insider on page 64. Does Agnew’s General Strain Theory or Gottfredson and Hirschi’s Self Control Theory best apply to how William Carl Shea came to commit this crime? Why? What type of hacker is William Shea? How would you define him based on his actions?

Describe a product or service that you believe has been designed (or redesigned) using properly integrated design and service practices as discussed in Chapter 6.

One of the most important strategic decisions that any firm makes is the design and development (or redesign) of its goods and services. Describe a product or service that you believe has been designed (or redesigned) using properly integrated design and service practices as discussed in Chapter 6. Next, describe a product or service that you believe has not integrated proper goods and/or service design practices. Give a brief explanation to validate both of your opinions.

Please use online sources only.
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What is/would be the soundtrack to your life (or even better, your writing life)?

What is/would be the soundtrack to your life (or even better, your writing life)? To clarify: you can view “soundtrack” as a specific song which you think might be related to your experiences, or perhaps illustrate your experiences. You can also think of a set or kind of songs, a kind of music, a kind of sound in general. It would be fine to consider something other than a song as the ‘background sound’ of your life. The choice is entirely yours. Think of this as choosing a sound which explains something about who you are/what you do/how you work (in writing?), and so on.

summarize the short reading and then explain how it supports, broadens ,challenges, contradicts or changes your understanding of the social issue that the article address .

You will need to summarize the short reading and then explain how it supports, broadens ,challenges, contradicts or changes your understanding of the social issue that the article address “pulling out” at least two points to comment on. Although you will need to provide a short overview of the op-ed somewhere in the beginning of your essay, you should focus on what new information you have acquired and how the professional journalists discussion of the issue has affect/ impacted your understanding of the topic. Further more you will research and select an academic source that will support, demonstrate, challenge and or expand on your analysis and document that source according to MLAspecifications.
The topic of the essay you working with is “Get a Knife, Get a Dog, but Get Rid of Guns” by Molly Ivins. Contact me for any questions
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