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Social Media And The Erosion Of Journalism Overtime, everything must evolve. From fashion trends, to the human understanding of the universe, the world is a never ending string of fluidly shifting events. Even the way information is created and consumed is relentlessly altering and adapting. In the digital age, journalist, the gatekeepers and protectors of public information, are hard to distinguish from the herds of bloggers, and the countless soap box preachers. Often, the lines between fact…

In what role does the Internet and technology play in daily lives around the world? If the Internet were taken away from us, how would people feel? Many humans would feel like an entire part of their life is missing, due to technology now being a necessity in everyday life (Walker 2). What exactly is the Internet? Is the Internet only what people use when they need to look up a piece of information? Sure it is, but it’s also much more complex. The Internet is a global network connecting millions…

Internet is the most important way to communicate to receive the knowledge. The Internet is now known as a milestone of the new world of communication and knowledge. Some people believe that the Internet creates many problems. It is a new world that has advantages as well as disadvantages. Innovations of the Internet have many positive effects. However, there are negative effects that come with the usage of the Internet. There is a great concern from the family also the teachers and psychologist…

of The Shallows, this abundance of knowledge will in fact hinder our intelligence from growing. He believes that, “With each expansion of our memory comes an enlargement of our intelligence¬. The Web provides a convenient and compelling supplement to personal memory, but when we…

verything is hard in the beginning, I think this maxim reflects the complexity of web analytics, it is "the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of web data for purpose of understanding and optimizing web usage"(n.d.), whereas goals, events, key performance indicators (KPI) are chief components of the aforementioned process, all these elements have their particular jobs to do, but they also interrelate with each other. Let 's define them individually in the following first. To start…

decided to give this new device a shot, in hopes of somehow meeting more people to talk to about whatever was burning in the back of her head everyday. She spent the first day with her phone a bit confused. She had no idea how to work the device or what site to go on to meet others. A week after getting the phone, she is found, on her bed, tapping away on her phone. Her parents, concerned about the idea of her becoming like her hermit brother who rarely ever goes out and does not have many…

The reading for this week declared accurate data of how the media (newspapers articles and television stations) can control and manipulate salience and how it impacts the general public on immigration as a whole. I did appreciate the article speaking of the reasons why the media uses only certain data or stories to release. The media has studied Americans and knows what will encourage them to watch the news or read their articles. The news media is the gatekeeper to what the public hears…

I believe that I have been following the rules outlined in our group learning agreement at the start of our group above the standards that were set in the agreement. For instance, I let anyone in our that has an idea speak before I do and know not to interrupt them when they are speaking their mind about the idea or opinion about about a topic. Also, If there are people working on an in-class assignment, I always if I there is any way I could help in any way to complete the work faster for our…

technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills” (Visser, 2012). This is the web as many think of it; a democratic environment where content is created by users for users. Content being created by, shared, commented on, evaluated and recommended, all by users. In short it is a “read/write” web. A user can create content, this spurs another to comment, another reads the comment, and creates content based on the relationship…

How is Internet Censorship Used in China and Around the World? The internet is the language of the current era for all people and the internet is the most important means of social communication for people in all countries of the world. Even though the internet is the most important way to find information and communicate with others from different countries of the world, there are several systems of controls use with internet. The internet has many benefits such as education, research such as…