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Bored of Bulger After reading Adam Bulger’s piece, “How addictive is social media, really?” on BTRtoday.com, I found myself feeling disoriented and confused. His article is filled with empty allegations, statements oozing with bitterness, and references to a few random pop culture references (Werner Herzog’s “Grizzly Man”, and “Black Mirror”) which required me to fire up the Google machine. Allow me to analyze this article, and save you the headache of reading it. Bulger relies, on more than…

In the article, “The Undercover Parent,” author Harlan Coben zones in on the currently advancing issue of children and their online safety and growing cyber independence to unknowing parents all around the world. His relatable style helps to hook the audience in conjunction with usage of both logos and pathos style set-ups. He continually brings up different types of scenarios and arguments to get into the heads of his audience. Although throughout the argument generalization is used there are…

negative comments about the company and its brand; it is thus the company’s job to turn the negative comments into positive ones. Listen to what people are expressing, and use it as a source of knowledge. If you manage to provide great customer service, it can go a long way in impressing your customers and increasing their likelihood of giving you positive referrals, which brings us to our next key…

Memetic video In this critically analysis of the article of An anatomy of a YouTube meme by Limor Shifman. This essay is trying to convey in the article message of a wide-spread phenomenon of today YouTube memes. Shifman explain the content and creation of the video, “Defined as units of culture that spread from person to person by means of copying or imitation, memes were identified, discussed (and disputed) long before the digital era (Dawkins, 1976; Hull 1982). Each of the YouTube memes…

rather enlighten its readers about the effects of net neutrality, and how it can impact the lives of everyone. To start off we need to comprehend what net neutrality is. “Net neutrality is the principle that an Internet service provider (ISP) should give consumers equal access…

The purpose of this paper is to answer the question of how people should rethink journalists’ ethical responsibilities to their readers and to one another by rhetorically analyzing two articles. The article, “Is All of Twitter Fair Game for Journalists?” by Amanda Hess, focuses on the author’s point of view in whether journalists should be allowed to consent to use information from people’s Twitter profiles. “Digital Media Ethics,” by Stephen J. A Ward is mainly focused on the ethics journalists…

tv. Frequently, celebrities’ private lives often draw more attention than their professional lives (Turner). According to Chris Rojek, author of the book, Fame Attack: The Inflation of Celebrity and its Consequences, research has found different beliefs about celebrities including “Star Paranoia.” When one believes in this paranoia they, “believe celebrities…

Eli Pariser’s talk called “Beware Online ‘Filter Bubbles’”. In the talk, Pariser discusses how Google and other online media forms, are confining users by creating what he calls “filter bubbles”. These bubbles form when online sites tailor their services, including news, videos, and search results, to their user’s personal preferences. While this personalization may sound promising, it can actually lead to users not being exposed to content that could challenge or broaden their worldviews.…

In Macdonald's essay, "Reading and Thought", the author cautions his readers that our society has developed bad reading habits due to an abundance of information. He proposes that because there is so much information supplied by newspaper articles and magazines, people are beginning to read less and skim through important details. His ideas are supported both by Carr and Crovitz who have written specifically on this issue concerning reading habits and how recent generations have reacted…

On Saturday, November 30, 2013, at approximately 3:30 in the afternoon, Paul Walker; the actor who played Brian O’Connor in the Fast and the Furious movies, was involved in a tragic car accident in Santa Clara, California. He and a renowned racecar driver were speeding down the streets in a 2005 Porsche Carrera Gt, when they suddenly collided with a lamppost and two trees. Paul died instantly, and the driver died of broken bones from the crash shortly afterwards. When news broke out that it was…