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UGS 303: Science, Technology, Politics / Wellhausen

Developing a topics and searches through exploring viewpoints

Different sides of the argument

Ex: Should Apple comply with the FBI's demand to unlock a terrorist's iPhone?

Stakeholder: consumer
Concerned with: Privacy, data encryption, civil rights, constitution

Stakeholder: law enforcement
Concerned with: safety, terrorism, intelligence

Stakeholder: Technology or Software company
Concerned with: customers, law, stocks, sales, shareholders

See how the investments of a stakeholder change the perspective - and therefore the keywords you would use to find those perspectives?

Liberal and Conservative Publications

Click on a title and choose a database to search the full text of that magazine for your topic.

Liberal           Conservative
American Prospect    American Conservative
Dissent American Enterprise
In These Times American Spectator
Mother Jones Commentary
The Nation Human Events
The Progressive National Review
Tikkun Policy Review
The New Republic Weekly Standard
Washington Monthly World

Note: This is a partial list of popular magazines. Other publications not included on this list may have a strong political viewpoint or bias.

Evolution of a search

In this first search, I am trying to find more articles that present research. I know researchers use words like cut or reduce.

meat OR animal products and cut or reduce and schools or government

In the second search, I am eliminating all words that get at reduce because I am learning people are concerned with sustainability and consumption and measuring those aspects. I am also learning people write about a lot of different geographical areas.

meat or animal products and sustainable or consumption and united states

In this last search, I realized that ONE way to get at more sustainable meat consumption is to create and market substitutes for meat, some of which are labgrown. That is one proposed solution.

meat or animal products and sustainable or consumption and united states and labgrown OR substitute

Where to find Viewpoints and Perspectives

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