"Dating Online"

Epstein, R. (2009). The Truth about Online Dating. Scientific American Mind, 20(3), 54-61. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

Online dating has become more and more acceptable in society, this article is about the trends and studies about online dating. More than fifty million people in the U.S. are using online dating and the satisfication levels are high, some studies have also shown that twenty percent of online daters have admitted to being deceptive; lying about age, weight, business, income. Sara Kiesler claims that by nature "computer-mediated communication," has no restrictions or restraints. This allows users to be able to say anything they feel like saying with no repercusions. Plus lying about age, weight, or income increases a users chance of more responses. Despiste the many problems of online dating, the services are booming. It is now a six-hundred million dollar industry with over eight-hundred companies worldwide. The next step in online dating is "virtual dating," which gives people the chance to interact with eachother by a virtual tour. Studies have shown virtual dating is subsequently more successful face to face meetings, it eliminates some of the safety concerns which prevents many from meeting face to face.

"Response To Classmate's Blog"

In one of Ansley's blog entries called "Internet Addiction," it discusses internet addiction in college students and how their more vulnerable to having internet addiction compared to other age groups.

I agree with her completely, I think as college students we have so much going on in our lives: school, work, homework. So we're constanly on the internet on our smartphones, laptops, in the library looking up information for homework assignments, going on Facebook, checking our grades, looking up our scheduele for work. We have to be multitaskers to do all these things and be successful at them. Internet addiction is something we need to pull back from, because there is other things besides the internet. I think as college students that's what we get wrapped up in and lose sight of. Interntet addiction is a problem in our students, we need to find a resolution.

"Myspace"

Myspace has quickly been forgotten, it has now being replaced with Facebook and Twitter. Myspace opened the door to all the rest of the now social networking site that we use today. When Myspace was created everyone wanted to get one it was new and fresh, it opened the door for old friends to reconnect and keep in touch, while being able to express yourself through the background of your page and your about me. I think Facebook and Twitter will be soon forgotten, too. The way society is moving there is bound to be a replacement.

"Is Google Making Us Stupid?"

In this article Nicholas Carr explains how people are more in need of "right now," information without researching manually. He compares the web search as a hierarchy of other previous inventions that changed how people connected to words and knowledge. He concludes people are getting more dependent on quick fixes of immediate information instead of searching through written material.
This article on "Google," gives a better perception of how people have lost their ability to relax and "have a good read," in which the text is absorbed slowly into the brain and into our long term memory, instead of quick text notes that are read and soon shortly forgotten.

"Youtube"

Youtube is what some would call a household name now. I've never met someone who didn't know what Youtube is; its like Google in a sense, you search something and there's thousands of results. It is used for virtually everything: speeches, video diaries, music videos, commercials, ect. It has everything, it has infinite things that you could search. It's Google but with videos.

"The Machine is Us/ing Us"

I found this video to be very eye-opening, it shows how we as a society have evolved from writing on a piece of paper and having to erase our mistakes to digital text. With didgital text we can change it, move it around, put links and pictures in it, the possibilities are endless. It show how us as a society have evolved over the last half century. People across the globe can gather, send, collaborate on information, we're able to communicate in a whole other light. We can go on the internet and put anything we want, we can revise, change information. We create the web into what it is today, the web is also a place we seem some what addicted to. We are quick to steal others ideas and call them our own, we as society need to rethink a few things: ethics, privacy, authorship, copyright. Because on the "Machine," everything is out in the open and free; we should put limits.

"Are Smart Phones Making Us Stupid Too?"

People are relying on technology more than ever, as smart phone become more advance and obtain more information, we tend to lose sight that they are not always right. We think that since it technology gives us this information it must to be accurate. We tend to try and find the easiest and quickest way to do things, but in reality that's not always the best way to get things done.