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On Monday, October 5th we discussed how we would going about not using your phone to text for 24 hours, so I decided that I would not text from Monday at 11 o’clock until the same time on Tuesday. My immediate thought process was that this assignment was going to be rather challenging because sometimes you just need to text people to remain in contact and coordinate your daily routine. But as I began to think more about it, I realized how easy this task was going to be. All I had to do was…

Overall, the evolution of technology has positively bridged the communication and information gaps around the world. In our society, there are over 36 billion text messages sent each day; over 1.19 billion active Facebook users; and 320 million active Twitter users each month. It stands to reason from these usage statistics that people have been positively influenced by social media and find it beneficial. But like all things in life, it’s not just sunshine and rainbows. There is growing…

On June 29, 2016, at approximately 1624hrs, I spoke with Hanna Singleton w/f, DOB 11/29/1989, at the Brookfield Police Department in reference to child endangerment. Hanna advised me her ex-boyfriend Jeffery L Glasgow Jr b/m, DOB 3/14/1988, had threated to kill her child, Dayten Glasgow, DOB over via text message. Hanna handed me her phone and I reviewed the text messages. The text messages read “Ive got D where u at And if u went and signed any type of papers. Ull never see him again. alive.…

Casey had been my best friend since I was old enough to know what a friend was. Casey was a year older than me and she was a senior at our high school. It was her graduation day and she was supposed to give a speech as the Valedictorian. No one ever dreamed she would never arrive to the ceremony that day. I had been with Casey that morning. She asked me to come over to her house to curl her hair and help with her makeup. I left Casey’s house about an hour before graduation. Casey said she…

For this quantitative project I was extremely at a loss at first. For instance, the first set of questions I chose for this project would not work since the answers to the questions were not numerical answers. Since I was confused I contacted the instructor, Mr. Reutz, however I was still confused. Then I decided to take the opportunity to work with a classmate since that option is available. I asked my fellow peer Deanna Hubbard if she would be willing to help me with this project. To begin…

Multitasking has been proven to be ineffective in many cases. Russell Poldrack went so far as to say it “changes the way people learn” making a person’s new knowledge “less flexible and more specialized” (qtd. in Rosen 376). The term effective, however, is used very loosely, largely depending on which exact process you wish to be effective. For instance, no one would say that a Big Mac is an essential ingredient to a person’s health. Be that as it may, it is useful in regards to satisfying a…

Today everyone is glued to their phones and it is no surprise the urge to pick up your phone in the most unappropriated situation is so common. It is a primary law in New Jersey and many other states, that the driver is prohibited from using any hand-held devices while driving. Nevertheless, people will continue to peek at their phone at any chance they get. Theoretically speaking, if an accident was to occur and the driver was texting the driver should be held liable for any resulting injuries…

As young children, everyone is told how to cross the street safely, but what happens when phones are brought into the picture? From children to adults, everyone is wrapped up in their phones nowadays, whether it's at home or even crossing the street. Texting while walking might not seem like that much of a problem, but in 2016, more than 6,000 people have died from it, in the U.S. alone. As more and more people are becoming more addicted to their phones, more people are becoming susceptible to…

Technology is all around; it always seems that there is a new phone out or a new and better tech trying to race to the top of the market every year. In reality, is the tech that people are buying affecting them in ways they never thought? People depend on technology like depending on a car with low gas; if it runs out, then people are stranded and soon panic. People are too dependent on technology and it’s causing a negative impact on mental and physical health. In addition people are on…

She Must Like a Male The commercial I chose to analyze is a Thai advertisement, it described a tough day which a taxi driver has experienced. At first, the commercial started at displaying that the driver has experienced lots of problems, such as customers who took the taxi without paying the fee, or customers who puked on the taxi, and the most dangerous one is that a robber was trying to rob and even beat the driver. After the driver back home with a bleeding face, a child appeared and asked…