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Technology-Assisted Abuse Stalking has been a controversial issue due to that the majority of the behaviors did not cause physical harm to the victim. It was not until recent years, after several high profile stalking cases, that laws regarding stalking come into existence. The growth of technology and social media as given perpetrators greater access to their victims. While digital technology and social media can be useful, even to the victims that have suffered abuse, perpetrators can also…

I do not agree with Ms. Taub’s opinion that these attacks will cause so much widespread fear that societies will divide. The attack in Barcelona used a van to drive into a crowd of people. There have also been some other attacks over the past two years involving people using vehicles to do harm to others. The thing is vehicles are a part of everyone’s lives. We all use them to get from one place to the next every single day. Vehicles are such a common occurrence in our lives that we don’t give a…

As society becomes more technologically advanced, the evolution of texting becomes more routine in the daily life of any middle-class individual. With all the texts that are being sent around, one must wonder whether or not this form of communication is damaging the English language. An intrigued linguist known as John McWhorter set out to uncover the truth about texting, and it turns out he believes that texting is not harming the English language, but is modifying it. He believes that…

In the Fall of 2017 Dr. Jean Twenge, professor of psychology at San Diego State University, published a book about today's generation that she named IGen. Her book is called IGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood. IGen were born between 1995-2012, so they have always have some sort of smartphone during their childhood. Smartphones have ruined that generation, with the poor mental and physical health…

Imagine this: you are walking on the street, texting your best friend, and then an older lady is trying to get your attention. You are too involved on your phone, so you completely ignored her. People who are engaged with their phones on a daily basis are slowly failing to communicate with one another. In the TED talk by John McWhorter, “Txtng is killing language. JK!!!”, McWhorter discuses that texting signifies an evolution in how language is being written down in a different form. Language is…

People have started to use email and text messaging (instant messaging as well) to contact each other rather than calling on the phone, or having an actual face to face meeting. Is it possible for people to feel more comfortable behind a screen than being seen in person? Sherry Turkle author of the essay “No…

When a web page doesn’t load after 3 seconds most of us give up on that site and move on. As our yearning for instant results heighten, we start to look at our lives and only aim for that. A lot of people who want to work out and don’t most likely suffer from this, I speak for myself and some of my friends. We all go out to the gym and we want to instantly lose the…

Since time has gone by, has the romance culture change a bit? Like in those 80s movies how the guy prepares himself to ask a girl on a date, then later picks her up at her house and actually goes up the door and knocks on it to get her. What happen to the traditional courtship? Nowadays it is just like people date each other just for fun. They do not really look into the future for a life-long relationship. Too many things have changed for the worst as we progressed throughout time and that is…

Relationships are not what they used to be fifty years ago. Fifty years ago people would go on dates or go grab some coffee and just sit and talk and get to know each other. The internet can be one of the powerful tools that can help people with their relationships, but the internet can also be harmful to relationships. Some people who are busy and do not have time to be with their spouse or even if their spouse is away on a business trip can use the internet to help with long distance…

In the news article “Northern B.C. town deprived of internet for at least a month” by CBC news is describing the situation of a small town called Stewart, in British Columbia, which will not have internet connection for a few weeks, due to the fact that the only internet provider in that town has shut down, and the new provider is unable to get things running until a few weeks. In which the reality for the town would be that they would have no access to internet, which would put a halt to…