Three Items for Annotated Reference List

1. Schuurman, N. (2012). Walking through life with a series of happy coincidences: Cookies at every step. 56(4), P391-392. Retrieved November 16, 2014, from Academic Search Premier.

The editor discusses the working of cookies in computers and its role in gathering user specific data. He elaborates how many companies use cookies for data compilation and sell them to various Internet advertisers. The author also informs on the website Do Not Track Plus, that informs on the use of user perambulation information by different social networks, advertising agencies and other businesses. The use of gathering user specific data I can be used as an explanation of privacy concern for consumers. 

2. Doctorow, C. (2012). The Curious Case of Internet Privacy. 115(4), P65-66. Retrieved November 16, 2014, from Business Source Elite.

The author looks at issues of privacy on the Internet as of 2012, focusing on the tracking and collection of information on Internet users and its sale and use by commercial entities. He argues that consumers have too little control over their personal information and are vulnerable to various kinds of harms from unintended release of information. He discusses various ways of addressing the problem, including limiting Internet cookies in the same way pop-up advertisements have been limited. This reference would be great source to prove the problem of secrecy that Internet Cookies come with: Many consumers don't have the expertise to limit cookies on their computer.

3. Kumar, S., & Sharma, R. (2014). An Empirical Analysis of Unsolicited Commercial E-mail. 18(1), P1-19. Retrieved November 16, 2014, from Business Source Elite.

This article discusses the benefits of cookies for computer users and the problems which come with the technology. The authors also conducted several studies to come to the conclusion that consumers are negatively inclined toward e-mail marketing and feel as though the marketers are unethical. This reference can support the security and privacy issues that consumers have when using cookies. 

4. Ralph, H. (2014). The Internet: Mass Communication Gets Personal. In Mass Communication: Living in a Media World (4th ed., p. P251-256). Canada: SAGE Publications.

Chapter 10 of Mass Communication: Living in a Media World further explains the privacy of the web and conflicts over digital Media. This reference will enable a greater detailed explanation of all three problems that cookies come with: Privacy, Security, and Secrecy.