Technology that can easily allow you to see information on your health will make society healthier and better. Owning something like an Apple Watch, you can easily access your heart rate, and other information like how many steps you took that day, can help everyone be a healthier person. In the near future, this technologyContinue reading “3. Wearable devices like i-watches are now fitted with heart rate trackers, gyroscopes and accelerometers to help keep the user healthy and physically fit. Do you think more technologies will create a healthy and better society in the near future? Can you reconcile your response with the high level of obesity in American society?”
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The chances of two people feeling a special attraction and an interpersonal spark (i.e. “chemistry”), are comparatively greater in a digital environment than offline. Do you agree or disagree, and why?
I agree that there is a greater chance of two people feeling a special attraction in a digital environment because in a digital environment, it is easier to show everything good about you, and hide the bad things. When meeting in person, two people might quickly realize everything they don’t like about a person, soContinue reading “The chances of two people feeling a special attraction and an interpersonal spark (i.e. “chemistry”), are comparatively greater in a digital environment than offline. Do you agree or disagree, and why?”
Do people create new, different projections of themselves online, or do they stay close to their face-to-face identities? Discuss.
People tend to create a new projection of themselves online. I see a lot of people that try to make themselves seem “cool” by posting things online that aren’t true to themselves. Typically, this is seen a lot when someone is constantly starting drama online, or constantly has something to say about someone else. TheyContinue reading “Do people create new, different projections of themselves online, or do they stay close to their face-to-face identities? Discuss.”
Does innovation tend to reduce social inequality or deepen it? Provide examples.
In my eyes, innovation deepens social inequality because if gives the rich a better chance to get richer, while the poor are left behind. When new, life changing technology comes out, the upper class is able to buy it, while the lower class, and much of the middle class, is unable to afford it. ForContinue reading “Does innovation tend to reduce social inequality or deepen it? Provide examples.”
Chapter 4
How can you tell when information or websites on the internet are fake or credible? Explain and provide at least one example of each. One good way to tell if a website is credible or fake is to look at the domain at the end of the website link. If the domain is “.gov”, itContinue reading “Chapter 4”
Chapter 3
Do you think the increase in digital spaces (social media platforms, websites, chat areas, discussion boards, online games, workspaces, classes, conferences, hangouts, email and text messages) has brought people closer together and/or encouraged isolation among people? Explain your position. I believe that the increase in digital spaces has brought people closer together rather than encouragedContinue reading “Chapter 3”
Chapter 2
How would the internet and the digital/social media experience have been different if Tim Berners-Lee had not insisted that it be decentralized and allowed to develop in an open fashion? If Tim Berners-Lee had not insisted that the Internet be decentralized, it would be completely different than what we know as the Internet today. ForContinue reading “Chapter 2”
Chapter 1
Do you tend to be an early adopter or a laggard when it comes to adopting a new digital technology, or something in between? Discuss and share your rationale. When it comes to new technology, I use to consider myself an early innovator. At that point, my immaturity caused me to always want the newestContinue reading “Chapter 1”
What I Hope To Learn
While taking digital culture, I hope to learn about how technology has shaped our political participation. I’ve seen in the past that the generation new to voting has not been voting in elections. I would think this would be he opposite with how big social media has become in the last 5-7 years. I’ve alsoContinue reading “What I Hope To Learn”
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