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Dave Eggers' s The Circle serves as a warning to its readers against modern-day society's reliance on social media and the virtual world of the internet. The book introduces Mae Holland, a young ambitious woman who has the opportunity of a lifetime to work for The Circle Company. The Circle's innovations such as the SEECHANGE cameras permit anyone visual access to any place at any time. Eventually, these cameras are used by Mae to monitor her every move, every day and to supply her whereabouts…

Through the use of radio, the internet, and social media, numerous amounts of people are able to be connected immediately. With this, comes the notion that users must be careful of what they say and hear because of the immediate impact it has. In “The Fake News Fallacy”, Chen raises awareness to the fake news that is put out onto social media and the websites of unreliable sources. He creates a parallel with this to radio, by using the social hysteria created in the 1930s and how it has…

In modern society, we live with the constant struggle of people attached to their electronic devices becoming closer to social isolation. On public transportation, realistically, the number of times we would talk to a stranger daily is none. In the article, “Hello Stranger,” Elizabeth W. Dum and Michael Norton argue with the conducted social experiment to show the difference in experience between acting sociable or isolated. The results given proves that the way people act in public…

Imagine a world where you could choose your destiny with the click of a button. You could have any experience, anytime, anywhere. With the only exception being to give up the life you are currently living. Would you choose to have your own life experiences? Or would you create your own destiny in order to fulfill your desires of living a perfect life? This is an argument that is discussed within the ethical view of Hedonism, and is contradicted with the theory of the “experience machine”, by…

The study of human behavior has been an interest explored by many people over the last century. Humans are constantly evolving and creating new ideas to benefit society, however it can also destroy society. Although some individuals are always looking for innovation, some on the other hand believe we are a “well established” species. Innovation of technology and Health are the topics most favorable by scientists and theorists which include both articles, “Alone Together” by Sherry Turkle and…

to being likable, however, and if you adopt whatever cool persona is necessary to make it happen, it suggests that you’ve despaired of being loved for who you really are” (145). The use of media platforms to broadcast daily occurrences has painted Internet users as movie stars and celebrities in their own minds, taking pictures of nearly everything and creating a page of their greatest accomplishments. However, the connection between technology and interpersonal relationships is not all that…

gamers should not be prosecuted for virtual theft. The title of his argument, “Should Gamers be Prosecuted for Virtual Stealing?”, immediately draws the reader. At first glance, the reader might think he means stealing real economic money via the internet. To that question, many would say no. However, that is not what Weiss…

in an internet safety kind of way rather than physical safety. He explained that his role was to watch what he posted on social media whether it was directed toward someone or he was just posting for his own amusement. When I explained to him how I saw it more as we need to take care of ourselves first so we can ultimately take care of others, he expressed to me that he like my point of view and agreed with me. Since we were on the topic of social media I went ahead and asked him how internet…

1. A brief summary of the range, contents, and argument of the article.As we tried to answer the question #2 of case study 1 – SPE Breach: The Hack of the Century, “Discuss why despite substantial investments made by at the past, Sony still suffers security weaknesses?” (Bechor, 2017), this article by Julisch (2013) attempts to answer the similar question, “why despite substantial investments, there are still major security weaknesses in today’s information systems” by identifying the four…

Marcus Gladwell in his article “Small change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted” speaks about the role of social media in activism and how historically activism has been done since the Civil Right’s Movement. In general Gladwell tends to disagree with the importance of social media in strong risk activism that in which you’ll see in Greensboro, Iran, Tehran, or Germany during the fall of the Berlin wall. Authority, social ties, hierarchy, participation and strategy are the topics in which…