Category Archives: Science and Technology

The War in the Shadows: Cyberwarfare and Hacker Armies

When the Internet was first created I doubt many of us considered just how powerful of a medium for social change it could be and the impact it would have on global communications and globalization. I know I didn’t, because … Continue reading

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Relationships Brought to the Online Community

In Relationships, Community, and Identity in the New Virtual Society, Arnold Brown begins to describe several ways that the Internet has changed and shaped our lives today.  Whether it be socially or physically, the Internet has had an impact on everybody’s … Continue reading

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The Difference Between Borrowing Material and Plagiarism in the World of Journalism

Today in my Electronic Journalism class we talked about journalist borrowing material from other journalist and what are the do’s and don’t of borrowing information. It is true that most journalists do borrow stories from one another all the time … Continue reading

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Viruses that could kill the power around the world

It has been said that computer viruses that are out there that they have effected the business world computers greatly. It has cost many of business millions of dollars to fix these problem. People have compared these types of viruses … Continue reading

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Who Spends Time Alone These Days?

These days, as the waiter brings out our food, we have our phones out ready to take a photo and upload it to Instagram. It is the norm to check-in at every place we go and let others know our … Continue reading

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Learning…From One Another?

In this day and age, we rely — almost religiously — on technology to get through the daily grind, whatever that may entail.  This technological revolution has finally made its way into the classroom, and is most popular in college/university, … Continue reading

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Social Media Changing Our Lives

It is strange to think that just a few years ago Facebook did not exist.  Social media in general has blown up our internet world, and it seems virtually everyone has some sort of social media account.  And social media … Continue reading

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Is Privacy Not Important to Us Anymore?

Facebook has launched its new Facebook Home app, which works with the Android phone operating system to make it easy to access Instagram, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, and Facebook Camera all within one app that appears on the users’ home screen. … Continue reading

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Learning Collaboratively: Working Together or Hardly Working?

At some point, whether in a work or scholastic environment, we all are faced with collaborative learning. Even in kindergarten, we would sit around the reading table and take place in round robin reading (one student reads while the others listen). … Continue reading

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How the Internet has Impacted Traditional Radio

Up until recently I hadn’t put much thought into the relationship between Internet and radio. I had always thought of them as enemies, separate entities competing against one another. In reality, Internet has aided radio’s recovery as many newer developments … Continue reading

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