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pretty broad description. Miriam-Webster’s full definition is: “Habitual diversion of the mind to purely imaginative activity or entertainment as an escape from reality or routine” I see it as whenever someone escapes their reality in any form, be it Video games, Novels, Movies, Writing etc. Pretty much anyway you escape your troubled reality and delve into something better, to be someone else.. But why? Some people probably question why this is even necessary. I know that no one has a perfect…

Have you ever wondered how people are able to communicate to others from across the world? Satellites are also the reason we are able to watch tv and find out what road to go on when your husband doesn't ask for directions. Most people use GPS in their everyday life, but do they know how it works? A satellite is an object that moves around a bigger object. The earth and the moon are satellites because the earth moves around the sun, and because the moon also moves around the earth. Many…

Values Across Pop Culture Have you ever watched a movie or an episode of TV? Have you seen how society values other people and their objects? It is just straight up trash how we treat people nowadays. What about music? Have you actually listened to what the singer is saying? It is all putting negative images in the listeners head. Possibly one of the most negative affects of social networking or media is that it causes the users to get addicted. A value is a general idea that certain types of…

December 1, 2014 Can Video Games Change the Way People Behave? 1.2 billion people play video games because they’re addictive, entertaining, and fun. (Venturebeat, “More than 1.2 Billion People Are Playing Video Games,” page 2). Many people play video games for different reasons, such as to relieve stress, avoid schoolwork, chores, which could get out of hand. Brian Knight, one of the authors from the book, The Ultimate History of Video Games, remarked, “Before video games were introduced,…

Analysing characteristics of existing interactive videos in media In this essay I will attempt to understand the principals of video technology of two different types of interactive media, such as viral marketing videos and generated videos, I will be explaining the difference between the two while giving examples. With the knowledge that I will have after doing this essay, I will be able to create my own piece of work which will be a video. The term interactive media comes from the use of…

learning mathematic (Bilhartz et al., 1999, pp. 615-636). This activity will allow them to use the digital technology to watch two video clips, about the people using many glasses with different levels of water inside the glasses to compose the songs. One video clip is to show the children how to play their music in a simple way with the glasses and water. One video clip is for the children to reference about the high level…

Video games are including female characters at an unprecedented rate, and this is reflective of the popular culture’s evolving depiction of gender equality. One of the very first video games ever created was Pong in the early 1970’s. The goal was to use the paddle to hit the ball past the opponent and score. When evaluating these early games…

When a video goes viral on Youtube, the person who produced the video is bombarded by advertisers asking if they can sponsor them. Companies will send free stuff and hope kids will promote it in their videos. Marketers want to promote themselves on these viral videos because of the sheer volume of people who view them. Teenagers are making increasingly attention grabbing videos in order to become famous in the digital world. Gaining “likes”…

Sherry Turkle and Jane McGonigal once stated that we as humans thrive on nothing more than the physical aspect behind social media and video games. We as humans want to be a part of something bigger and better and we want to leave a mark on this world. We are the generation that is attached and connected to our technology and without out technology, we would be nothing. We need the reassurance that we are liked in this community. People are constantly needing to check their phones to see…

challenge. Without visual and audio elements I felt I had trouble communicating with the reader. My remediation into a prezi uses a combination of videos and images to present the consequences of playing football. To support my claims I use evidence from expert researchers and certified doctors. Prezi’s template allowed me to incorporate videos from youtube and outside sources to communicate by using the visual mode to the reader. By cutting short clips of the documentary “League of Denial”…