JLMC 474: Exam #2 Short answer: Please answer the following short answer questions. Provide at least four to six sentences for each response. Be sure to provide support from the readings/videos for your answers.
1) What is the filter bubble, and what positive/negative implications could it have?
"The Filter Bubble" reading defines the filter bubble as a filter used by Google to narrow our searches to only ones that best fit us personally. Everyone has their own personalized search list based upon past searches and their individual views and personality. A positive implication mentioned by the reading is that it can conveniently filter out searches we don’t care about or don’t want to know about. It will give us only the specifics we typed …show more content…
Provide at least 500 words for your response. Be sure to provide support from the readings/videos for your answer.
3) How will the internet advance in the next 10 years? How will the internet both positively and negatively benefit society?
The internet is expected to grow tremendously in the next 10 years. History has shown us that the possibilities for advancement in technology are endless. However, these advancements may benefit or harm society as a whole. The future of the internet includes wearable technology in the digital age.
Theories involving wearable devices are a big topic in the reading, “The Internet of Things Will Thrive by 2025.” The reading states that these devices will be connected and embedded to human bodies through clothing or luggage. The benefit is that they will allow people to locate one another through the internet, and use nerve impulses to interact. These devices will make it so that people will be engaging in virtual worlds rather than the real world. An example mentioned by Paul Saffo from the reading is that one of the glasses interface will shrink to near-invisibility into conventional glasses. Interacting in a virtual world rather than the real world can be seen as a negative by
1) What is the filter bubble, and what positive/negative implications could it have?
"The Filter Bubble" reading defines the filter bubble as a filter used by Google to narrow our searches to only ones that best fit us personally. Everyone has their own personalized search list based upon past searches and their individual views and personality. A positive implication mentioned by the reading is that it can conveniently filter out searches we don’t care about or don’t want to know about. It will give us only the specifics we typed …show more content…
Provide at least 500 words for your response. Be sure to provide support from the readings/videos for your answer.
3) How will the internet advance in the next 10 years? How will the internet both positively and negatively benefit society?
The internet is expected to grow tremendously in the next 10 years. History has shown us that the possibilities for advancement in technology are endless. However, these advancements may benefit or harm society as a whole. The future of the internet includes wearable technology in the digital age.
Theories involving wearable devices are a big topic in the reading, “The Internet of Things Will Thrive by 2025.” The reading states that these devices will be connected and embedded to human bodies through clothing or luggage. The benefit is that they will allow people to locate one another through the internet, and use nerve impulses to interact. These devices will make it so that people will be engaging in virtual worlds rather than the real world. An example mentioned by Paul Saffo from the reading is that one of the glasses interface will shrink to near-invisibility into conventional glasses. Interacting in a virtual world rather than the real world can be seen as a negative by