Monthly Archives: January 2013

Information Overload: 21st Century Edition

With the development of the World Wide Web, humans were suddenly thrust into a magnificent place: a land flowing with milk, honey, and an endless supply of information.

This information is great, especially when you need to research and discover …

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Technology Leads to Apathy in Today’s Generation

Since the beginning of our generation, technology has been readily available to us.  We have become so accustomed to the obtainability of computers, televisions, cell phones, iPods, and iPads that their constant and unlimited presence has created an apathetic nature …

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Television Programming for Children: Educational vs. Prosocial

When parents are choosing television shows for their young children (ages 2-5), most of them want something that is educational, and is going to teach them numbers, letters, other languages, etc., some examples of educational shows are Dora the Explorer, …

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Are Technological Advancements Hurting Society?

Technology is continuously expanding around every facet of our daily lives.  We have been told that technology brings our society many benefits.  We believe that we cannot live without our smartphones to constantly check our email, text messages, Twitter feeds, …

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Did Disney Princesses Get it Right?

Disney came under criticism for their stereotypical portrayals of damsels in distress. We’ve all seen the princess locked in a tower, captured by the dragon and desperately waiting for her prince to come and rescue her. For years, they were …

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The Internet Today: Is Convience Outshining Substance?

With the recent popularity of internet, books have become a outdated unused thing of the past. Readers Digest can be thought of the first thing that identified and shaped the new American approach to reading at that time, and could …

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In The Beginning Was the Irony – Christine Rosen’s Social Narcissism

It’s difficult to know if when writing “In the Beginning Was the Word”, that Christine Rosen knew that her article, lamenting modern society’s inability to read the printed word, would be reproduced in tiny font in a textbook, making it …

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The Power of Feminism and the Ways Women are Portrayed

Since the beginning of time women have strived to be the equivalent of man. Women did not want to stay at home and take on the “ideal” role that one should maintain. We, as women, wanted to make a difference. …

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TV Can Educate Children, But Should It

Prosocial Programming is television content that is intended to teach children lessons that are geared toward social interactions and a positive lifestyle. These types of shows feature topics like: respect, sharing, working with others and the importance of physical and …

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An Interesting New Trend In M-Commerce

What is it about the holidays that makes people crazy about purchasing? Nobody really stops to think about the volumes that some businesses see during these hectic times of the year; swamped with orders that need to be fulfilled ASAP. …

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