Monthly Archives: January 2013

Spice Girls add a different spice to the hearty plate of feminism.

 

“If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give, taking is too easy, but that’s the way it is” – “Wannabe” by the Spice Girls. As I read this article, I can’t help but to feel compelled …

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Age vs Overload: How Children’s Programming Gives Adults a Break

As adults, our minds are constantly at work. Yes, we stress our brains at our job, the bank, driving home, and even cooking dinner. However, with today’s technological advancements, information is EVERYWHERE whether we seek it or not. Even while …

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Too Much Information to Handle

Today’s society is obsessed with technology to say the least. Every year, more and more electronic contraptions and applications come out to satisfy the public’s want for fast and easy access to information. People are able to surf the web …

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To be Independent or Dependent? That is the Women’s Choice.

I often find myself pondering over the question of “what has our society come to?” Between women fighting over a man they do not even know to women barely wearing any clothes doing “wild” things, you have to think that …

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The “Web’s” Takeover: What It’s Doing to the Present and Future

I seem to recall a time when I was five years old, and had my first memorable experience with the computer in my house.  There was this learning software on a floppy disk (already sounds ancient) involving a happy-go-lucky rabbit, …

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The potential of children’s television as a tool for socialization.

The evolution of the human race is woven together by storytelling. Any significant societal, religious, or artistic breakthrough from Greek Mythology to The Bible has survived through this means of communication. Oral Storytelling was the original form of information going …

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Are television programs programming our youth to be socially impaired?

“Idiot box”, the well known nickname for the all-American television set. For many years people have been slandering television and the problems said to have come along with it. Violence, obesity, and explicit content are some of the most commonly …

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Send a tweet, change the world

Growing up, I learned two very important lessons from my very opinionated parents. Number 1: the media is evil. Number 2: you can do anything you want to… if you set your mind to it and don’t mess up. For …

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Information…Information… and more information… YAY!

As technology advances and sources of information become easier to obtain our knowledge in the world and our surroundings expand beyond what we could have ever imagined. With just one push of a button to our remote control we can …

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Dealing With Modern Day Information Overload

In today’s fast-paced society we are constantly inundated with information about choices that we have to make. It makes even the simplest task a two-hour ordeal, with a hasty decision being made in the end, because you are so tired …

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