Cyberspace

“My eyes see nothing but crosshairs. My right-hand does nothing but clicks. In this cyberspace with no cares, finally, happiness sticks. My ears hear nothing but bullets. My left-hand does nothing but W, A, S, D. An experience that's as good as it gets, for at least a few hours, I'm free! My feelings are nothing but joy. My thoughts are nothing but video games. A place I can dominate a boy without having to say any names.” (Outcast). This poem portrays the feelings of most video gamers, who find…

The affordances of new information and communicative technologies have allowed the organisation of uprisings, protests and global activists to break geographical boundaries, increase the speed of information delivery, assist in the growth and flexibility of the people involved and challenges the power that tradition media and hierarchies hold. Jeffery S. Juris concurs. He states that “Facilitated by the greater speed, adaptability, and flexibility afforded by new information technologies,…

(Stauffer et al.). Schools are only allowed to punish students who cyber bullying if anything effects the learning environment makes it unsafe and threatening to students. “School administrators and teachers are being asked to oversee students in cyberspace, which is anyone can access just about anywhere anytime day or night” (Franek 40). Throughout every school that involves cyber bullying is becoming overlooked because the cyber bullying did not occur on school grounds. The only time schools…

The United States Constitution gives us the right “ to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” and to do so without the fear that our privacy will be intruded upon. We have the ability to own land and put a fence around it so no one can come on to our property without our permission. We value our privacy and protect what we say or write on our phones and computers from prying eyes. There are laws set in place, like the Health Insurance Portability Act (HIPPA) that helps protect an…

Many would say that teens are “the future of tomorrow” where thanks to what they learn, it will impact them and the future of society. It is with that knowledge that, when we see many teenagers on their phone using some kind of social media, we worry for the future of America. A justifiable worry as 95% of teenagers in the United States currently go online and 80% of them partake in some type of social media. (Cookingham and Ryan 2). Teens make up a large portion of the most famous social…

Social media is a type of online application, platforms and media channel that are used to interact, collaborate and share information and content (Richter & Koch, 2007). Simply put, social media is a computer application that mediate or media in cyberspace to allow users to create a variety of information on various matters for relaxing in the form of text, images and video shared with other people in a virtual network. in fact, the word of 'social media' itself describes the main role of that…

“The research of Kowalski and Limber (2007) indicated that of the 3,767 sixth-eighth graders from the southeast and northwest United States that participated in their study, 11% reported having been cyberbullied...One third of American teens were bombarded with cyberbullying” (Yang, Lin and Chen 526). This is only a tiny part of their study and from the article it becomes clearer that 11% and one-third of the Southeast and Northwestern part of the United States have been Cyberbullied. This…

Abstract IT590: Legal and Ethical Issues in IT Unit one discusses the concept of using special bots on social networking sites in order to interact with other users. There is much controversy on the use of these social bots in regards to ethics. It is estimated approximately fifty percent of web traffic is through use of bots. These bots have been set up to send email, monitor forums and others used for malicious activities such as phishing scams and steal information. Social bots utilize social…

September 11, 2001 is a date in history that will never be forgotten by American’s. On this date, the World Trade Center otherwise known as the Twin Towers collapsed by two planes getting flown into them. This was a terrorist attack by the group al-Qaeda. They were able to overtake the two planes and run them right into the buildings. This is the reason why airport security is so intensive. The last thing most people want is another terrorist attack and one like this one. September 11, 2001…

Should Electronics Be More Restricted In Our Society Do you remember how when something tragic happened in your life, you could always rely on your best of best friends? You remember those hugs full of tender love that they gave to you, as you felt the harsh stinging of tears roll down the side of your face? Well to put it simply, it’s all coming to an end. Due to the constant use of electronics instead of human interaction it could be said that we as people are actually being demoralized, and…