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Anonymous StudentProfessor Sheldon CooperENGL 111 99C1 April 2014Title of Your Exploratory EssayYour exploratory essay goes here. It should be doublespaced, 2 full pages or more, and should address the questions about your topic discussed in class and explained in the description for Project #2 (go here for details). You title for your exploratory essay should be original (NOT the name of the assignment or the title of one of your sources), should attempt to gain the attention of readers, and should indicate what your topic is.Annotated BibliographyGomez, Alan. “Cities Crack Down on Panhandling.” USA Today 10 June 2009. Web. 20 Mar. 2014.The Writer: Alan Gomez is a news reporter at USA Today. He’s been reporting for over a decade and specializes in reporting on issues of immigration, congress, and regional stories in Florida, USA. The Publication: USA Today is a renowned news source for many topics including domestic/international news, politics, social issues, etc. This article was found through the EBSCO HOST database. The Summary: This is a news report highlighting the opinions and facts connected to a policy change effecting the homeless population of St Petersburg, FL. It offers perspectives of government officials, advocates, as well as local residents on the effect of the new laws as well as the issue in general. The Stance: Being that this is a report, Mr. Gomez does not take a stance on the issue, but rather offers many perspectives from many stakeholders in local policy. The Use: This is a useful article because it provides a broad range of opinions on the issue of homelessness and the usefulness (or failure) of policy solutions to the issue. This article will help me to provide perspectives from multiple sides of the issue, rather than providing a one-sided argument. Katel, Peter. "Housing the Homeless." CQ Researcher 18 Dec. 2009: 1053-76. Web. 20 Mar. 2014. The Writer: Peter Katel is a CQ Researcher staff writer. He has previously reported for Time and Newsweek and has also written for some newspapers in New Mexico. He’s received numerous journalism awards and holds an A.B. in university studies from the University of New Mexico. The Publication: CQ Researcher provides in-depth coverage of the most important issues of the day. Reports are written by experienced journalists and are professionally fact-checked. The Summary: This piece is an investigative report on how homelessness is changing in the United States and highlights the necessity for change in the context of homelessness services. Katel emphasizes programs related to shelters or affordable housing. It outlines the current situation, issue outlook, pro/cons, a chronology, multiple graphs, and provides other resources on the issue. The Stance: Being that this is a primarily investigative piece, Mr. Katel seems to refrain from holding a stance on the issue. Overall though, it can be assumed that Katel believes in the need for updated issue analysis as time goes on. The Use: This is a useful article because it provides an in-depth analysis of the current state of homelessness in the United States and gives perspective on specific solutions such as shelters and affordable housing. It mixes opinion with fact and will help me to build an argument involving both individual perspective as well as data grounded in research. Ross, Winston. “Internet Addiction Left My Brother Homeless.” Newsweek 10 July 2009:Web. 16 Feb. 2014.The Writer: Winston Ross has been a writer for thirteen years and outside of his personal blog has been a national correspondent and freelance writer for magazines entitled The Daily Beast and Newsweek. The Publication: Newsweek is a news magazine that provides in-depth analysis, news and opinion about international issues, technology, business, culture, and politics. The Summary: This piece is an expose of one man’s experience with internet addiction and its connection to homelessness. Further, this piece provides opinion and some data regarding different perspectives on the causes of homelessness as well as the many solutions proposed to combat the social issue. The Stance: Mr. Ross can be seen to advocate for a strong connection between internet addiction and homelessness. Further, Ross seems to hold that everyone’s experience with homelessness is unique and to some extent seems to advocate for intentionality when seeking to combat the social issue. The Use: This is a useful article because it provides multiple perspectives on the causes of homelessness as well as provides examples of multiple treatment options in existence. This piece will help me to provide analysis over the causes of homelessness (specifically addiction and internet addiction) as well as add a human-ness to my argument being that it is largely biographical in nature. Stein, Joel. "The Real Face of Homelessness." Time 1 Jan. 2003: 54-60. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 20 Mar. 2014. The Writer: Joel Stein is an American journalist who has written for the Los Angeles Times and is a regular contributor to Time magazine. He’s also contributed to The New Yorker, GQ, Esquire and BusinessWeek, among others. The Publication: Time is an American weekly magazine published in New York City. It has the world’s largest circulation for a weekly news magazine and has a readership of nearly 25 million. It covers a variety of topics including politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, and science/entertainment news. The Summary: This piece discusses homelessness in the United States as well as some policy efforts to combat the social issue. Provided in this piece are statistics on homelessness, analysis of the causes of poverty, and profiles of homeless families/individuals including information regarding how they became homeless. Also included is a poll in which US citizens answer questions regarding homelessness. The Stance: This piece is primarily an investigative report and as such, Mr. Stein cannot be seen to hold a specific opinion. That being said, Stein can to some extent be assumed to support government spending on the homeless issue in the US based on his language. The Use: Although this piece is full of information regarding homelessness, I believe that most useful to my efforts will be the profiles of homeless individuals and families. Not only does this section provide perspective on who the American homeless are but also how they became homeless, which is pivotal to my discussion. Triplett, William. "Ending Homelessness." CQ Researcher 18 June 2004: 541-64. Web. 18 Mar. 2014. The Writer: William Triplett joined the CQ Researcher as a staff writer after covering science and the arts for such publications as Smithsonian, Air & Space, Nature, Washingtonian and The Washington Post. He also served as associate editor of Capitol Style magazine. He holds a B.A. in journalism from Ohio University and an M.A. in English literature from Georgetown University.The Publication: CQ Researcher provides in-depth coverage of the most important issues of the day. Reports are written by experienced journalists and are professionally fact-checked. The Summary: This is an investigative/research piece. Mr. Triplett provides extensive data and articles related to the issue of homelessness including the current state of homelessness, past efforts to end homelessness, expert views on homelessness, and evaluation of the issue from a social, economic, and political context. The Stance: Mr. Triplett provides data regarding the effectiveness of various programs’ pursuits to end homelessness and sees high importance in maintaining intentionality when creating policy, implementing programs, and brainstorming solutions to effecting homelessness.The Use: This is a useful article in the argument for revolution and intentionality within the context of fighting homelessness. It provides extensive information on what programs work and what programs hurt. This is a strong research piece that will help me to ground my argument in fact, rather than opinion. Waters, Richard D., and Meredith L. Wang. “Advocacy on the Internet: Lessons Learned from the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act of 2005.” Journal of Promotion Management 17.2 (2011): 241-256. Academic Search Premier. Web. 20 Mar. 2014. The Writers: Waters is an Assistant Professor at the University of San Francisco and teaches courses in nonprofit fundraising, organizational behavior, and nonprofit marketing. He holds a Ph.D. in Mass Communications and sits on many review boards for various scholarly journals. He has been published in many prestigious journals including the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly and the Journal of Public Relations Research. Wang is a professor of communication studies at Collin County Community College in Texas. She teaches classes in nonprofit fundraising, communication, and mass media and has been published in multiple outlets including the International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing and the Journal of Promotion Management. The Publication: The Journal of Promotion Management is an academic journal providing coverage of applied research and planning in promotion management, designed for practitioners in advertising, public relations, and personal selling, as well as academicians, researchers, and teachers in these areas.The Summary: This piece provides insight on how nonprofit organizations can ban together for social causes through media outlets (specifically internet outlets). To do this, the authors analyze a situation in which multiple organizations came together via internet to advocate against new policy (The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act of 2005). Although they failed to stop the policy from becoming law, the authors give insight to how organizations can participate in joint advocacy efforts via the internet. The Stance: The authors of this piece believe that internet advocacy for social issues is highly feasible but must be done strategically and with great care. They provide multiple “best practices” to organizations seeking to improve their media advocacy efforts. The Use: Although not specifically about homelessness, I believe that this piece is useful due to its insight on the commonality and practicality of using the internet to advocate for social causes. Its provision of best practices will help me to build an argument for using the internet to advocate for homelessness. ................
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