Monthly Archives: July 2012

Changing Behavior in Virtual Worlds

Posted on July 24, 2012 by chrisba1986

World of Warcraft and Second Life are an example of massively multiplayer online role-playing games, or MMORPG’s that involve social interactions among players getting to know eachother, accomplish tasks like defeating powerful enemies, and exchanging goods and services. This sort …

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How Would You Look In a Virtual World?

Posted on July 24, 2012 by pascalk09

MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games) have been around longer than any of the social media sites we use today. With this in mind, I’m actually surprised that social media practices didn’t start even earlier than they actually did. …

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Is the Convenience of Technology Making Us Dumb?

Posted on July 24, 2012 by maraya figueroa

We no longer have to worry about history repeating itself, because with the invention of the Internet anything and everything can be looked up in a matter of seconds. There hasn’t been enough time to properly evaluate how the Internet …

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Are we living in a Digital Generation?

Posted on July 24, 2012 by chelsiesloan

A digital generation, some would say we are surrounded by it while others will fight and say it does not exist. I would have to admit I am more on the side that says it does not exist.

First, I …

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Google: The Last Frontier?

Posted on July 24, 2012 by jmandel

In a very thought-provoking article entitled “Is Google Making us Stupid?”, Nicholas Carr compares our modern age to that of the Stanley Kubrick film, “2001, A Space Odyssey”. In the movie two astronauts are haunted by a computer system that …

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We are not Alone, Thanks to Social Media

Posted on July 24, 2012 by kelly casas

Although I grew up entirely without a computer to myself or access to the internet whenever I wanted, it’s hard for me to remember a time when I wasn’t updating my profile. First it was MySpace in high school, and …

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Are virtual societies harming us in “real” life?

Posted on July 23, 2012 by jumarshall17

It has now been around five days since the terrible shooting in Aurora Colorado. As more and more information has come out about the shooter- his background, and how people described him, I can not help but start to carefully …

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Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Technology

Posted on July 19, 2012 by wnmcelveen

Technology has undoubtedly changed the lives a people all over the world. And also because of technology we have been able to grow and become more prosperous; while being linked to everyone around us. But, have we ever considered how …

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Google will take over the world. If you can’t beat them, should you join them?

Posted on July 19, 2012 by raymond

Google is a powerhouse that is, excuse my English, “HAS” taken over the way we search the web. Literally, I typed the word baby in the explore bar and I was recommended every combinaton that could be associated with a …

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Our Automated Motivators

Posted on July 19, 2012 by elan iles

When it comes to the impact that the automation revolution has had on our society, no one is without an opinion. Many of these varied viewpoints were clearly expressed in Haye’s article “Automation On the Job”. After absorbing the numerous …