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adults continue to access the their phones to access the internet, talk, or text because we are in an age where people like to constantly be connected to their friends, family, and people that they follow and friend on the Internet. This is the age of instant reaction and response and people want to stay in the know about what's going on with who and where. People that text and talk on the phone while they're driving have the same mentality as someone who drives drunk because in their mind they…

provided me with an instant messenger reference experience. I wrote the librarian that the Mona Lisa was stolen in the early 20th century and asked when it was returned and what information is known about the theft. Again, I was looking for a book or possible information from an art or history database the university may have that a public library would not. The librarian did not conduct a reference interview trough the instant messenger. The thing that I enjoyed about the instant messenger…

From the early 2000’s to present time, texting started to become popular all around the world. We are constantly on our electronics chatting with friends, family, or loved ones, but the most used tool that we use is texting. As these years have passed by we are getting lazier and lazier when we text. We’ve come to the point where we just a single letter like “u” to portray the word “you”. While we continue to text like this, we need to stop and think and ask ourselves, is texting killing writing…

Txtn or texting Michaela Cullington’s article entitled “Does Texting Affect Writing” presents an argument against the way we write and the way we text. The article argues that as often as we text and the way we text changes the way we write. The position that the writer takes on in this issue is exaggerating the effects that texting has on our life by stating in the beginning of his article, “its taking over our lives” (Cullington, 791). The thesis states “it has become a concern of doctors,…

At the time, Facebook and Myspace were big amongst the adult communities. With a steady amount of children accessing computers and the internet, parents did not want their kids to associate themselves with the adult group. This sparked Lane Merrifield, a father himself, to create a virtual world where kids could interact with each other in a safe but fun community with no advertising and negative messages. “Kids had too much advertising in their lives and we didn’t want to add to that clutter”…

Slang Can Be a Positive Thing Many articles are written in order to discuss topics that people do not agree with. Martin Grebing wrote an article titled “Don’t Say Animations” in order to argue that the use of slang or improper grammar in a professional field makes the speaker sound ignorant. Martin Grebing claims that the use of slang in the business world takes away from the appearance of professionalism and cliches make you seem as if you do not know what you are talking about; it is the…

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…