Digital media

we know it attempts to make life easier for people and it certainly has. But what if technology, more specifically digital media, actually makes us stupid? Nicholas Carr’s magazine article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” explores the relationship between digital media and how it is sabotaging our cognitive development. More specifically, he is interested in the impact that digital media has on our mind, how it is hindering our mind’s performance and what research can tell us about the impact.…

Using social media is the newest trend of today's children and adolescents. Any website that allows social interaction is considered a social media site, including sites such as Facebook, and Twitter, video sites such as YouTube and blogs that are very popular among today’s youth. Sites offer today's children is a portal for entertainment and communication and have grown exponentially in the last couple of years. We have been using social media so much that it has been slowly embedded on our…

The internet has forever changed the landscape of the music industry. This is certainly common experience to artists who have made use of effective digital technologies such as file sharing as well as digital marketing promotions through a never ending selection of social media channels . Despite the fact that all of this might seem like painfully obvious information, the truth remains that a large number of music artists are up till now having trouble with selecting the most appropriate online…

required. Phase One Website: Ghana Tourism Authority’s website should be refreshed and optimized as it builds trust and identity, and it is your tourism seller (store) and digital ambassador.…

Mass and social media have their effects in the socio-political life of any nation. Understanding the phenomenon of mass mobilization and socialization has its big part in the political sciences. Mass mobilization emerged with the modern industrial era, this technique to mobilize the masses to a certain political agenda or set of goals was used in its most port to serve political and business goals. Mass media tends to achieve a successful and direct communication between the authorities and the…

The internet is another world; websites such a social media bring many kinds of new communications, drama, opinions, news, and much more. Social networking has become very detrimental to modern society. Two-time jeopardy winner, author Jacob Silverman, wrote “Terms of Service”, and he argues while the internet and social media keeps users connected, it’s nearly impossible for users to disconnect themselves in the 21st century, Social media and technology has become somewhat an addiction to user…

Overview The utilization of social networking mediums to acquire information in regards to a company’s products or services, exemplifies why Social Media marketing strategies have become prevalent in the business realm. This is one of the primary reasons organizations must be able to adapt and keep up with technology in order to survive the digital age. In other words, since the emergence of social networking, businesses have modified its marketing efforts to align with the modern world. Not…

the idea that new media tools have altered how people communicate. Interactivity has been studied long before the Internet came into existence with the examination of feedback as a concept (Wiener, 1948; Shannon & Weaver, 1949; Kiousis, 2002). Those in an online environment are more likely to be seeking feedback than those in person (Ang & Cummings, 1994). An early study about interactivity assumed frequent interaction with media generates a high degree of dependency upon that media outlet…

I took classes such as Digital Imaging, Social Networking, Advertising, among many others. These classes, on top of the opportunity to take two internship credits: one with The Awesome Foundation of London, and the other with Western Housing, allowed me to realize what I really…

and portable allowing you to pop them in your pocket and take them with you anywhere. This type of storage comes in different amount of memory capacity based on your storage needs. These devices make it easy to transfer digital data between your computer and gadgets such as the digital camera, smartphone or…