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Social networking has become the most widely used communication between family, friends and even strangers. People are spending more and more time on social networking sites than they should. Many of my friends use social networking for various reasons. Whether it’s via Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, social media plays a major part in many people’s lives. Due to its low costs and large audiences, it's easy to get carried away with social media. So it’s wise to think carefully and be aware of…

As years go past, violence in sports has not decreased, but has now been considered a “social norm” among modern day society. Athletes that participate in sports see their actions and emotion expression as being controlled and managed, but this has also led to spectators viewing their actions as “controlled” violence. Violence in sports goes beyond the consequences for the athlete, as it changes others to believe that it is acceptable behavior outside the game. As fights abruptly break out among…

Can you imagine being a NHL player and fighting one of your rivals in front of thousands of screaming fans? Fists pounding, helmets banging, referees pushing and pulling, blood dripping onto the ice until the feuding players are finally sent to their penalty boxes. For over 100 years, the professional ice hockey leagues of North America have allowed fighting in their games. In most professional hockey games in North America fights occur in almost every game, however, many people want it to…

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Caulkins 1 Facebook is used for communication with others using social media whether it’s work, school, events, or emergency related, it’s resourceful to the people on the site. People often wonder how private their post or message can be. Facebook has safety features such as selecting who can see the post, block people who someone may not want to see any of their posts, and one can make their account private so only their friends can see what they have posted. Facebook has these features to…

to exact revenge on an opponent.” Gillis, (2009) this example happened back in 2002. Marcus Nasuland the star of the Vancouver Canucks got knocked out of the game with a concussion, from a dirty hit from Steve Moore a forward for the Colorado Avalanche. The next time these teams played was three weeks later. In that game late in the third period Todd Burtuzzi a forward for the Canucks chased down Moore punched him in the side of head and drove his head to the ice. Moore was knocked out, laid…

east and fifteen teams in the west. Also, Montreal is only 158.7 miles (255.4 km) away from Quebec City, whereas the distance from Vegas to Glendale, Arizona, is 279.7 miles (450.1 km). When talking distance from Seattle to a nearby team, the Vancouver Canucks are only 142.4 miles (229.2 km) away. The team in Vegas helps fill a gap in the southwest where there is no…

Known essayist and writer, Navneet Alang, in their journalistic essay, “Big Brother, C’est Moi: Vancouver’s Post-Riot Web Vigilantes Can Be Tamed”, describes the aftermath of the riots that took place shortly after the defeat of the hometown Canucks in the Stanley Cup finals; on June 15th 2011. The riots brought great controversy, due to various pictures and videos of the perpetrators, surfacing online from bystanders. Those images of violence and vandalism, were taken by citizens, where they…

How Technology and Social Media Negatively Affects Your Life More than 9 people are killed, and more than 1,153 people are injured in crashes that are reported to involve a cellphone daily in the United States alone. (CDC) This is one big way that lives are affected by technology. While there are many benefits to having technology be such a big part of life, there are many downfalls as well. There are many advantages to limiting the amount of time spent on technology as well as the way it is…

A perfect example of using brutal body contact in sports is when Michael Vick played for the Eagles and took a took a hard hit from New England Patriots defensive end Jermaine Cunningham, Vick had injured his ribs, which led to Vick leaving the game and having an MRI and CT Scan (Hanzus, 2012). An example of using borderline violence is when the NHL San Jose Sharks and the St. Louis Blues players fought at the end of their playoff series in 2012 (Murtz, 2012). A recent example of quasi-criminal…