Monday, November 28, 2011
YouTube
MW3
I love to play games one of my favorite games to play is Modern Warfare 3. Its basically a shoot em up kind of game. One of the things I love most about that game is that I can play with all my friends with out leaving my bed. Since the way video games are today its all connected through the internet so I can play with my friends through out the U.S. If for some reason non of my friends are on I can always play with the rest of the people online through out the world. Which I believe is great way to socialize with almost an infinite amount of people with out ever leaving your bed. I also feel that video games are a good way for social media to flow since yes you talk a lot about the game but, since your meeting new people every where you discuss a lot with them.
Technology the new way to post
In Quinns blog she talks about Technology the New Way to Post she writes about how people can protest to big business through social media with out having to be there. If a big business does something the costumers don't approve then can all ban together online and file complaints or threaten to leave. All with out leaving there couch and the business do sometimes take it serious. I feel that this is a good thing because of today's busy life style you don't always have the time to go the place of business and protest.
Where I lived and what I lived for
In the essay "Where I Lived and What I Lived For" by Henry David Thoreau, he talks about all the different changes around him. He talks about the railroad and the post office and how its moving to fast for him. According to Thoreau he says all we need is simplicity. I think that in his own ways he right that technology advance way to fast to keep up sometimes. I also think that advancement in technology like social media is an amazing thing to be able to contact with people and here the news instant.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Why the Revolution will not be Tweeted
Gladwell, M.(2010, October 4). Small Changes;Why the Revolution will not be Tweeted. The New Yorker, pg 42
The article "Small Changes; Why the revolution will not be tweeted" by the The New Yorker is about the weak bonds with twitter, Facebook and other social media sites gives to people. In the beginning of the article it talks about four African American that were close friends in college in North Carolina that decide to have a sit down in Woolworth that was for white only in the 1960's. Each day they would return with more and more people to help with the protest. The article goes on talking bout because there friendship was so good they were able to do this. I feel that what the article is trying to say is kind of true with the sit down only being possible because of how close there friends ship was but, I believe that if something like this would have happen with Facebook or twitter it would have been a much larger turn out and a faster response. Twitter and Facebook are a great way to reach a lot of people in a short amount of time.
GAMES
Johnson,S.(2011). Game.in S. Cohen(Ed),50 Essay (pp.196-201)Boston: Bedford st martin.
In the essay "Games" by Steven Johnson he talks about the negative and positive of reading and playing video games. Johnson discusses how reading is good. the benefits of reading: effort, concentration, attention, the ability to make sense of words, to follow narrative threads, to sculpt imagined worlds out of mere sentences on a page. He also talks about how video games are good because it improves your visual intelligence, your manual dexterity, and hand eye coordination but what he doesn't mention is how video games help improve social skills. There are also games out there today that actually teach kids how to read. I feel as though Johnson had a good point about books when he wrote this but i do believe that video games are taking over and involving into so much more then pong. The today's video games can go anywhere whether its teaching you to read or learn a new language or even taking you to a new world to fight mystical creatures and solve mysteries by reading and finding clues or even just shooting the bad guy with your friends online from other states and countries video games can pretty much do it all and help all types of needs.
Friday, November 18, 2011
T.V.
In the essay "Television: The Plug-In Drug" by Marie Winn it talks about how television has become the replacement for family time.Winn goes on about how since the invention of the TV it has taken away from family's talking and spending time with one another. it also has made it harder for people to be able to socialize with others in real life situations because its not as easy as the TV situations. According to Winn she believes that if family turned off there TV or just got rid of it all together then that family would function a lot better by being able to communicate with one another. Also having to discuss there problems and not hiding behind a TV.
Sex, Drugs are more common with hyper-texters
In the article "Sex, Drugs more common in Hyper-texting Teens" by Dr. Scott Frank is about a study on the effects texting has on teenagers. The purpose for this article was to show that in his survey of more then 4,200 student he has found that the kids that text over 120 messages are more likely into sex and drugs. The writer claims that the hyper texters are also involved in online activities as well. The majority of them are teenage girls. He also claims that parents need to take more involvement in there teens live by checking there phones and internet sites to prevent teen sex, drugs and other risky behaviors. The relationship with this article compared to our assignment show that majority of teens today text and use online chats other then calling but the ones that seem to spend more time with this usually end up with serious problems.
online bullying
In the article "Online Bullying Rampant Among Teens" by Tech Media Network it talks about online bullying and the affects it has on kids. The purpose of this article is to show that online bullying is becoming more of a problem to children. The writer claims that kids are not just getting bullied in school. They are being bullied on Facebook. Which is starting to becoming a huge problem. Sometimes ending with fighting or feeling nervous going to school the next day. The article base there finding off a survey by Pew Internet and American Life Project, The Family Online Safety Institute and Cable in the Classroom.The article explains that online bullying is becoming more of a problem and that if parents don't start checking on there kids online activity it could lead into serious problems.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Teen killer: social media led to murder
(2011) Teen Killer says Social Media led to her Murder
Retrieved March 9, 2011, Sarina Fazan, abc action news, web site
In the article “Teen Killer Says Social Media led to her Murder.“ by Sarina Fazan, abc action news. The article is about a girl named Rachel Wade who’s story is about a teenage love. A fight over one guy through texting and internet websites ended in the death of Sarah Ludemann. The writers purpose is to show how far texting and internet fighting can really end up possibly in death. The writer claims that when fighting through texting or the internet that it’s a lot easier to hide behind technology. You can be a whole new person you can pretty much threaten or say whatever you want and you don’t have to be face to face. Fazan received most of her information from Rachel wade and her lawyer Jay Hebert. I feel that the usefulness of this text is to show that even though you can pick a fight through texting and the internet, doesn’t always mean your safe from danger and you should always take it seriously.
Social Media Murders
(2011)Twitter users ask for Protection from Mexican Cartel
Retrieved November, 11 2011 Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY, website,
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/11/twitter-users-seek-protection-from-violent-mexican-drug-gangs/1 In the video "Twitter users ask for Protection from Mexican cartel" by Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY. Douglas talks about a social media killer, and how twitter users are asking for protection. what the writer is claiming is that the people that are using social media to report crimes on the Mexican cartel are turning up dead. also the Mexican media is not reporting the crimes and the law enforcement are unable to control violence. The twitter users are asking for protection of there freedom of speech. There are letter being left behind by the murder telling people not to use social media to report crime and explains why these people are being killed. Other twitter users issued a manifesto asking for protection. I feel that the usefulness of this video is to show that social media is so crazy that some people will kill to keep what they are doing hidden from the world. They will kill and cause fear in peoples lives to keep there crimes hidden from social media.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
CIA and Social Media
This article’s topic is the CIA Open Source Center’s use of social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook to track events and trends around the world. The author’s purpose is primarily to inform the public about this new tool the government uses to monitor emerging international news and measure the effectiveness of American foreign policy. The article claims that social media has changed the political and informational landscape in the Middle East. The CIA, for example, knew through their monitoring of social media, that the uprising in Egypt was coming but they were powerless to do anything about it. At the same, even though internet access in some poor nations is limited, the CIA has a powerful new information-gathering tool that rivals traditional methods. Dozier supports her claims with current case studies and interviews with CIA Open Source Center Director Doug Naquin and a CIA spokesperson, who assures us that this technology is not being used to spy on Americans. This article demonstrates that Facebook and Twitter are key resources for following fast-moving crises and news around the world.
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