Match.com

It is easier to get things such as appointments, relationships, and even food by using the internet. Sites such as eharmony and match.com help people find potential ones to pursue a relationship based on each other’s compatibility. These sites ask a series of questions to match each person up with the potential “love of their life”. Since these sites have specialists designing the…

Sorry Orwell, It’s Not 1984 Anymore. “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity”(Albert Einstein). The novel 1984, a dystopian classic written by George Orwell, depicts Winston Smith, the protagonist, being watched everywhere he goes, even in his own home and public restrooms through telescreens; everywhere he looks he sees propaganda which illustrates the face of the Party, a figure known as Big Brother. He is constantly anxious and paranoid due to…

Introduction Over the past decade more and more social networking sites have popped up such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, and Tinder just to name a few. With the increase of social media use it is important to investigate how it affects the individual’s self-esteem that are using it in order to improve the affects it in the future. Finding out how social media affects users self- esteem is important because a majority of people all around the world use it everyday…

Introduction: The Social Penetration Theory interests me because it can help the general public understand why they have different levels of self-disclosure with different people and in different situations, and it can help them to understand how they can develop more intimacy with people and gain greater relationship satisfaction. I will be reviewing the Social Penetration Theory when it comes to self-disclosure in online dating. Jiang, Bazaarova and Hancock explain how people participating…

The negative impact of the use of social networking and technology on society is a very broad topic that incorporates many different points of interest, including bullying, employment, education, relationships, and communication. Social media and technology both play an immense and rapidly increasing role in today’s society, which is especially evident among the younger generations. The twenty-first century is known as the “app generation,” due to the fact that technology is steadily starting to…

Dating after Divorce is a challenge, to say the least. There are many aspects of dating that have changed since you were dating your ex, whether that was five, fifteen, or thirty years ago. You’re older now, and unfortunately, there’s a smaller pool of eligible people to choose from. These are just some of a million frustrations that come with post-divorce dating. If you were married for a long time, you’re probably nervous about going out on a date with someone else. You’re also probably…

On a bright and sunny Saturday at the neighborhood park, children hustle about laughing with glee, letting their imaginations run rampant. Playing sports games or running wild. Spontaneous, free spirited, joyous this is how most parents would perceive this scene. But, if you took a closer look there might be something or someone missing. Children of Asian descent. Not because they are not wanted, but they are not allowed. As western parents watch with admiration for their child’s vast…

Conservative ideas of the beginning of a romantic relationship hinged upon a person’s accidental meetings with additional single adults in his/her physical nearness (e.g., meeting somebody at work, a communal appointment, or grocery store), or being introduced by associates of his/her communal network (e.g., being set up by a family member or friend). Online dating websites and applications are different from these conservative ideas by providing persons with “increased information about a wider…

In America, there is a growing problem that exists with money fraud, laundering and sly scams. “Americans are criminally defrauded of $12.76 billion annually,” (Kita) a number that will continue to rise with the prevalence of technology being used in the work space and also in the common day household. People can be tricked into giving their money away in a variety of ways. In “The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale” in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, he elaborates on this idea, and allows us to…

In Psalm 118:22, Jesus said “The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief corner stone.” Throughout Faulkner’s book As I Lay Dying, Cash Bundren is identified as a background character, with a seemingly demure and setback attitude compared to the rest of his family. He tempers his mind with hard labor, and only tries to fix broken things rather than fantasize about nice things he might have had in a different life. Over the course of the novel, he uses his steady attitude to…