Author Archives: bhayes

Why Women Won’t Learn Computer Science

“Until the day when baby girls like gadgets as much as baby boys, let us look to mathematics itself to see what we can do about attracting young women to computer science.” (Palma, 49) I’ll tell you why I chose …

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Technology is the Enemy! Well, according to this guy…

After reading Five Things We Need to Know about Technological Change by Neil Postman, I am able to see a very clear image of the author dousing his hands in sanitizer after he had to touch that nasty beast of …

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Mass Media Causes Revolutions

Instant access. That is what media has brought to the modern world. Instant access to information of any kind. It once took months to get information from one state to another, but now we can convey messages to people on …

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The Audience Takes Over News via YouTube

With the overload of information available to us every day, it’s hard to choose just one reliable source of news. Audiences today are constantly moving and multitasking. Because of this, many viewers, especially the younger generation, prefer news that is …

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Technology Causes Distraction Socially and Productively

Connectivity has come a long way over the past few years. Social media sites have overrun the internet, cell phones feed us information with just the click of a button, and television allows us to stay in touch with happenings …

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