Social networks

Introduction Recently I have read an online article called, “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?” written by Jean M. Twenge. As the title portrays, the article is about technology’s impact on the younger generation. Twenge states, “I’ve been researching generational differences for 25 years, starting when I was a 22-year-old doctoral student in psychology” (Twenge). She goes on in the article to state her opinion about smartphones and to support it in a variety of ways. Quoting and…

The articles by both Steinmetz and Schaefer and Carr emphasize the differences in which authors portray issues and shape their article in effort to effectively relay a message, a message that plays a role in the purpose, and consequently actions, of individuals based on their identification as an audience. Considering content, Carr concisely yet simply goes through the concept of the medium to relay an understandable idea to a general audience, while Steinmetz and Schaefer extensively go through…

Social activism is an act that has been around for decades. It is mostly used to stress the issues in society that the government is hesitant to fix or talk about. In Malcolm Gladwell’s excerpt, Small Change, gladwell elaborates on his evidence that social media was not around during the civil rights era and the impact social media has on social activist today. While I agree with Gladwell’s claim that social media was not needed for social activism in the past, I in-part believe that social…

his article “Small change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted” speaks about the role of social media in activism and how historically activism has been done since the Civil Right’s Movement. In general Gladwell tends to disagree with the importance of social media in strong risk activism that in which you’ll see in Greensboro, Iran, Tehran, or Germany during the fall of the Berlin wall. Authority, social ties, hierarchy, participation and strategy are the topics in which Gladwell focuses…

have 91% of youths under age 10 these day, been in contact with the internet or other social Medias. When one is a kid, they are unable to use their judgment to everything they see, thus, they do not distinguish between true, false and the reality. Therefore it is dangerous for little ones to wander alone in the internet. A danger to look after on the internet is sexual predators. You can find them in any social media the young ones use. They have moved their “profiles”…

In this day and age, technology is becoming increasingly popular, this leads to a change in lifestyle and especially in children – priorities. Paturel (2014) states that kids so often focus on becoming successful in the virtual world that playing computer games often comes before schoolwork. The increase in technology: Technology is a machine or useful piece of equipment that is used to solve problems (Merriam-Webster.com, 2015). According to Hopey (1999), the use of technology has grown…

as a teenager, people think our day consist of waking up, going to school, coming home, doing homework, falling asleep then continuing the routine once again. What people seem to forget is how harsh the world really is. There seems to be a set of social…

importance on romantic relationships may depend on an individual’s level of self-esteem. Similar to the advertising of consumer products, Internet dating service users promote themselves by emphasizing their positive qualities such as appearance, social status, and wealth, so as to spark the intrigue of other users. Though this feature can be perceived…

Many people find different values on life. Most people strive to have a big house with many fancy cars and all the latest trendy items to spoil their children with. Unlike them I believe the simpler things are what truly what people need in order to truly enjoy what life has to offer. I’d like to describe to you how something as simple as a piece of woods with wheels screwed into it; can give you a whole new perspective on life and how you value it. Skateboarding gives you a whole new…

Harlan Coben posted an online news editorial, titled “The Undercover Parent” (16 March 2008) that suggests to parents that they should have conversations about their teens, and let them know spyware, on their computer, is a possibility. The author was first told about spyware by his friends at a dinner; since then, he has explored the thought of placing spyware on children’s computers. Coben’s purpose was to persuade parents to place spyware on their children’s, or to at least think about it, to…