Category Archives: Science and Technology

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 … Continue reading

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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. … Continue reading

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My Summary of Technologies in Our Society

Today is the day I post my last post for this class. It only makes since that my last post should have some sort of summary of what this class has taught me about the way technology, media, and society … Continue reading

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Connecting With The Classroom

Online classes seem to vary teacher by teacher. It’s an increasingly difficult uphill battle to get a selection of students to perform well in an online environment. Being a veteran of the online structure, I’ve seen many different applications of … Continue reading

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Verizon Doesn’t Understand What Boundaries Are

Verizon would like to know if it’s okay to increase their stock price at the expense of their customer privacy. Their DVR patent that was filed last year shows they are planning using these boxes to scan living rooms for … Continue reading

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Communication is not an exact science

Sometimes I wish I could measure aspects of communication as precisely as science students measure the make-up of organic compounds in the biology lab. Communications is not an exact science, try as we may, a certain percentage will always be … Continue reading

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The Importance of Fact Checking

There are over 500 million Twitter users currently; thats over 500 million people generating over 340 million tweets and over 1.6 billion search queries daily; thats over 500 million people constantly posting information to a network of followers who re-post … Continue reading

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Cyber Monday retailers pull out all the stops

Last week saw the observance of two great American traditions: the Thanksgiving holiday and Black Friday. Black Friday is of course the annual retail frenzy that occurs on the day after Thanksgiving. This special day is always marked by horror … Continue reading

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New Technologies Tell Us More About Ourselves

Technological growth is exponential. Understanding and harnessing this devices has a curve that is a bit milder. I often still hear people complaining about the ill effects of social networking and the unreliable nature of Wikipedia. When are we going … Continue reading

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Human Interaction in the Virtual World

“Distinctions between real and virtual identity will become less sharply defined, particularly for people who spend substantial amounts of time in the virtual world.” This is the claim that Arnold Brown made in the conclusion of his article titled “Relationships, … Continue reading

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