Monthly Archives: July 2012

Mr. Postman’s Thoughts on Technological Change

Posted on July 17, 2012 by amanda decarlo

Besides money running the world, technology is the next thing that we all want to survive. All of these wants have been turned into needs. Technology is not a basic necessity to survive but it seems in this day and …

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Johnny! Sally! Be Nice To The IPad

Posted on July 17, 2012 by ljthom

A few weeks ago I was very lucky to have spent some time with my extended family. My cousin has three younger kids and I couldn’t help but compare my child-hood with theirs. I know we have all heard the …

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The Powerful Google

Posted on July 17, 2012 by laurentm

A few years ago when people had a question or a doubt about something, they used dictionaries and encyclopedia to look for the answers. That was pretty much all the resources they have to find an answer. But, since the …

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The Problem with Online Advertising

Posted on July 17, 2012 by jmandel

To most people in this day and age advertising online seems like an obvious route. We all use the itnernet and we all see how many ads are there. We realize them especially when we try and watch videos on …

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Internet on the Rise, Advertising to Follow

Posted on July 17, 2012 by bsnider92

The internet is a big part of anybody’s life these days. People can’t even seem to go a full day without having to cruise to one of their favorite site. It would seem to have become a new epidemic, due …

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Google: the Backbone of the Internet

Posted on July 17, 2012 by joecool12

I remember back when I was young, how hard it was to do a school project. You went to the library and tried to find some book that had the information that you were looking for. There were stacks upon …

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It’s 2012, Where is Automation?

Posted on July 17, 2012 by kelly casas

I had never heard of the term “automation” until reading the very insightful article “Automation on the Job” by Brian Hayes. Automation was the idea beginning in the 1950’s that at some point in the near future, automatic machines and …

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Are We Willing to Pay the Price?

Posted on July 16, 2012 by loganperatla

There is no such thing as a free lunch.  Really, there isn’t.  Someone somewhere had to pay for it.  In his article titled “Five Things We Need to Know About Technological Change”, Neil Postman takes this cliché to the next …

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Technology Giveth and Technology Taketh Away

Posted on July 16, 2012 by maraya figueroa

With the advancement of technology jobs that once belonged to humans are slowly being replaced by machinery. This is not a new concept, and has impacted the country since the 1950’s during the Industrial Revolution. Factories used to be operated …

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Ways To Avoid The Wasteland That Is Mass Media

Posted on July 16, 2012 by earl m

In Newton N. Minow article “A Vaster Wateland”, he spoke about the changes that face mass media and the regulations that need to evolve along with them. Minow created six goals that will help mass media run more effectively.

His …

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