Monday, November 5, 2012
(#6) Tech Test
Spend
the next few days being a bit more aware about your social internet usage,
via your computer, your phone, or otherwise. Describe in detail what you
are typically doing when you visit one of these sites. How many hours a
day do you spend on social sites? Are you a multitasker too? Do you
feel that face-to-face interaction is at risk of becoming obsolete, or
do you believe that social ties are becoming stronger via new,
electronic mediums? (Due 11/8)
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Diana Cuevas
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Prof. Addis-D'Amato
E-Journal #6
November 6, 2012
The Infinite Browsing Experience
Spending the weekend being more vigilant of my social internet use was not difficult. Before becoming aware and timing the hours spent on the computer I asked a few associates from my work place a simple question, “What do you think about those who do not participate in any form of social networking sites?” The replies I received from this question were directed into one obvious answer—it is abnormal to not be socially active on the internet. A direct response was, “That’s inhumane; who doesn’t have a Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, or Instagram?” Not having an account or membership in a social networking site has become a taboo. If that is the case, am I just as unusual for not following the crowd of those who do partake in a social networking site?
I have been sober for three-years now. My Facebook days on the computer and cellphone are over. I can shamefully admit that I was addicted. However, I still use the computer for academic purposes, news, data storage, shopping and entertainment. While doing homework assignments and studying through the internet, I find myself “browsing” off topic. I see an interesting pop-up to the right and another one to the left, my curiosity takes potency. I have one tab open with my primary research site, the second tab with gossip news, the third tab with my favorite clothing store and the fourth tab with a captivated video found on YouTube. The homework assignment I was doing was originally supposed to take no longer than one hour, but ended up lasting five hours due to the distractions that I could not overcome during my browsing experience. Using the Internet has its never ending obstacles, which in fact is very similar to those faced during ones’ visit on a social networking site. Click after click after click and you have already ended up looking at a stranger’s pictures and profile.
While on the computer, I spend about two to four hours a day—considering that most of my school assignments get handled by the use of the computer. I consider myself a multitasker; I can be typing up a paper, have an internet browser open with five different websites and emailing, all in one session. In the case of social networking sites, I do believe that face-to-face interactions is slowly becoming old-fashioned in the sense that no longer does one need to travel to a specific destination in order to “catch up” on life with another person; messaging and chats has figuratively speaking, applied for that position and given the job. Conversations are weak and vague when they are exchanged through messages, whereas when interactions take place in a social setting, the dialogue that is interchanging between two people become expounded.
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ReplyDeleteVanessa Raghubar
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Prof. Addis D’Amato
E-Journal # 6
11/6/12
On the weekend when I am home with nothing to do, the majority of my time is spent on my electronic devices. Especially this weekend, my use of them increased because I had nowhere to do, due to hurricane Sandy. When I woke up in the mornings, the first thing I did was check my phone, then after I turned my television on and watched for a while before I got out of bed. Through out the day, I found myself using my cell phone, computer and watching television all at the same time for hours. When there was a commercial on the TV, I would switch to Facebook where I would just scroll through random post put up by friends or just going through pictures. When my show returned I would start watching again. If my phone vibrated, I paused the television to answer the text or call, and then repeat it all over and over again. On Saturday night at 3:00 am, I was on youtube just watching random videos because I was bored and could not sleep. It got to a point where my eye started to hurt so eventually I forced myself to shut it off and go to sleep.
I spent at least 12 hours at day on social sites. I would be bored on these social sites but I could never stop using them. I believe that face-to-face interaction is at risk of becoming obsolete because many seem to have forgotten the importance of physically interacting with another person. Communication is now mostly done through technology; we forget to make time for others. Over the weekend, I realized that sometimes I do not make eye contact with family when they are speaking to me. I am sometimes on my phone or computer when I am spoken to and by the end of the conversation, I would forget half of what was said. It was as if what is being said is just not important enough for me to stop what I was doing.
Ranita Saha
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Prof. Addis D'Amato
E-Journal #6
November 8, 2012
The Black Hole of Virtual Reality
To say that the internet is a part of daily life would be a gross understatement. From sitting idly at work to walking to the train station, the internet can be witnessed as a constant companion. There is a seductive factor to consider when speaking of the internet. It allows one to not leave one's comfort zone, speak freely without any immediate consequence, and keep in touch with countless people. This past weekend, I spent a little time being more conscious of my internet usage and the results were quite startling.
Being able to stay in my comfort zone is a marvelous thing. This past Saturday, I found myself quite bored while at work. To deal with the dullness, nytimes.com and yahoo.com was heavily employed. I am sad to say that a third website, eonline.com, was also viewed. Without moving an inch, I was able to find out about the storm's aftermath, tips to keep a relationship fresh, and the latest celebrity couple breakups.
"Speaking" freely on the internet is always a thrill. While on my way home from work, later in the day, I was quite the multitasker. I crossed the dangerous streets of NYC while, simultaneously, commenting on various friends' pictures. Before I go on, I should state that this should not be done by others. Nonetheless, I was engrossed in this mass commenting, where I did not think twice about inputting positive or negative feedback on the above-mentioned pictures. This happened all while I was walking to the train station and it continued when I was above ground again.
Facebook, a much used and abused application on my phone, has become my gateway to maintaining friendships (with those I consider close) and pseudo-friendships (with acquaintances). This sort of correspondence has definitely taken away from face-to-face interaction. In my case, although I manage to maintain many friendships online, there is a sense of loss for that personal connection one can only obtain through physical interaction. I do believe that with the increase in frequency of virtual communication, physical social awkwardness will also ensue.
To end this tirade with decency, I will say that I am just as guilty as the next technologically-savvy person. The guilt lies in the overimportance placed on the internet, our cell phones, and social networking sites. Because of all of this, which includes our inability to leave our comfort zone, communicating online without caution, and maintaining useful and useless "friendships," we have become a society of people whose only physical contact with others is through our fingertips. To imagine such a trend continuing is frightening.
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ReplyDeleteJared Van Sluytman
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November 8
I personally spend a disgusting amount of time on the computer through out the course of the day.
Usually as soon as i wake up the first thing i do is go on my computer. It has become so imbedded in my mind even over the course of last week when i was out of power i still got up sat in front of my computer trying to turn it on. People always say that we spend way to much time in front of the television, but i know for a fact that the computer is a lot more time consuming. First of all any thing you watch on the tv you can find watch,torrent, or download it on your computer. I spend most of my time on the computer watching essentially regular tv that I have mist because of school work or any other random activity. Since i am actually watching a show or a movie on my computer i don't really do any thing else during that time. The real problem with that is a simple show can take away at least twenty two minutes out of my day at a time and since I am not doing any thing else i have a tendency to lose track of time and than all of a sudden i have lost three or four hours of my day with out even realizing it happened.
I honestly believe that face to face value will suffer greatly because of all the different ways to communicate with one another without actually having to see that person. Despite all this i know face to face discussions will never truly go obsolete because eventually the two people will have to meet and will be forced to speak with one another. As much as some people would prefer to text rather than talk it is not possible for them to survive in a world like ours with out having the skills required to properly communicate with other people. At the same time I do actually believe that these social medias have greatly increased ties and relations with other people. With so many different ways of staying connected with the people in our lives it does allow us to keep in touch with people we often cannot get a hold of.
Tashoya Young
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Eng 125
E-journal #6
Electronics
Due to hurricane sandy I spent tremendous amount of time on my computer, cellphone, and I watched a lot of television programs. When I go on my computer, I usually browse around, sometimes I check email online but, most of the time I go on Facebook, even if I’m not speaking to anyone on Facebook I just feel a urge that I need to log on to Facebook. Sometimes, I don’t even think about what I am going to do on Facebook, once I’m on the computer I automatically go on Facebook. I spent over 12 among hours on the computer. I am a multitasker when I am using the computer, because I can be on a site while I talk on my cell phone and watch television.
Most of my time was spent on my cell phone. I usually check my emails on my cellphone more than on the computer, because it is easier and more convenient. When I use my cellphone, it is mostly for texting; I like to text on my cellphone instead of talking. I am a multitasker when I texting, because I can speak to someone, which is rude, and text at the same time.
I also watched a lot of television this weekend especially about hurricane sandy. Watching television was the electronic I was mostly on this weekend, because I love watching television. I cannot multitask when I am watching the television, because the television program draws me in, and I am so intoxicated with the program that I am watching. Most of the time, I am unaware what is going on around me, and if someone is saying something to me I do not hear them or even know that they are speaking to me.
I think that social ties are becoming stranger, because it is easier and shorter to communicate socially rather than face to face.
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ReplyDeleteMichelle Andrade
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Prof. Addis D’Amato
E-Journal #6
11/5/2012
A complete look into my usage of social media and outlets
Social internet usage opens the door to endless options to choose from because the data is infinite. The social electronic devices such as Cellphones and Computers serve for multi-purposes. Although, the Computer is always the main focus point when it comes to surfing the web. It’s my go to source on a daily basis. Typically, while I’m in the presence of my laptop, I would spend 2-3 hours a day, depending on my schedule and that time is spent on listening to music, learning the beats and admiring the lyrics. As well as, researching the artists and being in the known of all highlights such as: Concert dates, Personal life, Fashion Trends set by them, relationships between the stars and highlights occurring in the news. As for social media, I spend 2-3 hours a day on Facebook and/or on Instagram. These are the only socials media outlets that I really use on an almost daily basis. While, I’m on my computer, I spend time listening to music which serves as a muse for when I choreographing dances and exercising. While, I never really have time to watch T.V during the weekdays, I try to still be in the known of what’s going on with politics, the economy, stories and reports made on the news, through my computer. And lastly, depending on the days of my assignments and essays as well as studying for exams. For example, whenever I don’t comprehend a word or a concept in the textbook, I go and search it on the computer. I usually spend like 3 hours a day on the computer as a resource.
When it comes to multi-tasking, I do it only when it is needed. In other words, if I ever need something to get me started with an assignment, which music usually does the trick, I would play the music low on my computer, while I’m researching a topic or doing an essay. And I try to pick my music wisely, avoiding loud and harsh music at that time and listen to probably R&B and soft music. Sometimes, I use it as a background noise, because when it’s too quiet it feels strange. When it comes to social media, I act like its non-existent and don’t pay attention to it until I finish my work. Speaking of social media, I think it is making face-to-face interaction harder to occur, when it is easy to just send a message rather than to be a part of a conversation with the person. Face- to- face interaction is in danger and by trying to maintain friendships and relationships only through electronic mediums is not helping the issue rather it is weakening Face- to- face interaction.
ADJEWAAH BOAHEN
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JOURNAL #6
THE CHARM OF INTERNET.
Just like how television is very addictive, the Internet in my perspective, is much more addictive. Once you get on the Internet is like a strong urge and pull that causes you to just browse from one site to the other. Even though you try to concentrate on just one site and complete a specific task, it just never happens that way. While on the Internet something always catches your attention which causes you to browse on and on without even realizing. It seems like once you go on the Internet you get hypnotized and just keep scrolling, sliding, clicking , swiping away into other websites .
I use my iPad about 90% of the time every single day. I use my iPad for shopping, studying and interacting with others. I joined the social network "Facebook" a few months ago, within the first week of joining I got addicted to it. I got addicted to it so much that my friends threatened to to change my password and deactivate it. In a day I spend at least 12 hours on the my iPad just surfing the Internet/ social network. I'm a multitasker, I just can't go on the Internet to do one thing, I normally have about 5 or tabs open to sites that interest me. I believe that face to face interaction is becoming old fashioned. Today , all you need is a phone , computer, or any electronic device that has a camera and you could communicate. Face to face interaction is important but not that much now since there are all this social networks available for everyone to interact with others.
Sandra Shamburger
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Prof. Addis-D'Amato
E-Journal #6
November 7, 2012
A tool not a substitute for life
You can see people living their lives online. They describe every single event per facebook, twitter and such. I am waiting for the moment somebody describes his “bowel movements” in the morning. It is sad to see that, thats how I am aware not to fall into that trap. I use facebook rather to stay in touch with my family and friend back in Germany than to socialize here in the states. I do use mostly the messenger than the wall, so my conversations stays between me and the person I contacted. The time I spend on facebook seldom extends more than 30 min a week.
For me Skype is a blessing. My daughter does not live here so Skype is the only possibility to see her once in a while. Same is true for staying in touch with other important friends in Germany. I do not have many friends here yet, but I rather see them face-to-face than over internet if they are close by. I do believe that over the web you can have more social ties but they might stay superficial.
I do use the internet a lot for research and for information. It is just convenient if a question comes up just google it, problem solved. It made me an expert in scan reading and fishing the right information out of that huge pool of knowledge. Meaning that you actually practice certain reading and writing skills via internet. It can be a valuable tool if you do not let it overwhelm you.
Sky Strang
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E-Journal #6
English 128
The internet use is one of the biggest factors in my life. We have gone over cell phone addiction and television addiction, but they have all seemed silly to me because why be addicted to something like that when you have a computer with internet! I will admit it true and clear I am a E-Addict. I have been known to spend up to 15 hours a day on the computer. On school days I still spend about 8-10 hours a day on the computer. There is just always something that I can find myself doing and it cuts out the boredom that everyone seems to complain about. I can talk to people like on a cellphone, I can watch T.V shows or random videos on the computer, and the best part is I pretty much in control the entire time I use the internet. It’s not like the television because there are no commercials and you don’t have to wait until something is over to watch something else, you are the master of your browsing and nobody can change that.
When I use the computer I multi-task. As I write this paper now I am listening to some trance, on Skype with some friends talking about random stuff, and playing a video game. The biggest of those factors for me, unfortunately, is the video game. I have played the popular World of Warcraft since I was 11 years old. I have since grown addicted to it and find myself on it almost all the time when I am at home. But hey why not? I have always been an anti-social creature of the night who doesn’t have too many real life applicable talents, but in my games I am a well-known person. I am great at the game and people know it. They talk to me about the game and I have even become friends with some of them in real life. Why stop doing something that makes you happy and boosts your confidence even if it is in an unorthodox manor. I enjoy what I do no matter what people say or how much I am “Addicted”. I have been warned about health issues but I already have them, it hurts to walk around so what am I supposed to do, sit in front of the television? Text my “BFF’s” all day? No, I get to have fun and do something constructive that I control.
Samar Nadi
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E- Journal #6
Prof. Addis D'Amato
Eng 125
When I am on the internet, or computer typically. I am probably often on Netflix or anything else I can watch my tv shows. This is because I go to school about 5 days and week and I work full time. There is time for myself and that's what I use the internet for, to keep my sanity. As a child, I was extremely addicted to the internet and I had a passion for creating websites. As of now, there isn't much left to do on the internet. Even that I am still without power and my internet connection on my phone is horrible, it's okay.
If I had anything that I was more addicted to than my internet, it's my cell phone or television because, it's something I use on a day-to-day basis.
Mandeep Singh
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E-Journal #6
Prof. D'Amato
The medium of the internet, and the socialization which is constructed through it is especially important to myself. I use the internet every single day, and it probably consumes more time then anything else, other then sleeping and college. Typically, I'm browsing through the archives of YouTube; I'm hopelessly addicted to the array of information which is presented smoothly in the palm of your hands. The experience with You Tube can be both a negative, and the opposite. I also have noticed I spend a sizable recreation towards news, and the many different stories, and headlines around the world. That is something which makes me semi-proud of my hefty use of the internet. However, I admit there's more blank, and dead space on my browsing, which is something concerning me. But unfortunately, feeding myself with the nonsense almost provides a faux-sanity. I definitely do multitask when browsing. Music might be playing on one tab, while I may be reading on another, and looking up interesting things on another. The "person to person" narrative is shrinking in society. And I may dare to say that will become the norm if we don't keep in touch with ourselves. Electronic mediums themselves, are meant to keep the individuals of society closer, and stronger, but there's also an attack on our logic and development, if the devices are the founding pillar in our relationships. They are mean to help, to aid us in interactions, not be the sole controllers. I try to catch myself losing consciousnesses in these ideals, and it does usually hit home.
Mohsina Fayeza
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Professor Addis D’Amato
Ejournal#6
Date: 11/08/2012
Its been only seven months I have migrated to the United States. And for me staying in touch with my friends and family back home is very important. Though I do not have much time to surf the internet whenever I want to as I m working or in school most of the time. But on my days off all I do is sit in bed with the laptop and even before I realise the day comes to an end. I can spend almost seven to eight hours without being bored or tired of staring at the screen. Even when I m busy the whole day, every night before going to sleep I have to check my facebook even for once to make sure that I m updated of everything going on in my friend and family circle.
I m not an addict to facebook. I can ignore the facebook alerts on my phone when I m on work or school. But when I m in pressure I just cant pull myself away from it. If I have exams or papers due I have to change the window and go back to facebook every five minutes and entertain myself with whatever is going on, be it the least interesting thing on earth. Otherwise I can survive weeks without going to facebook and focus on everyday tasks. Its very convenient how even with the twelve hours time difference with my friends back home how I can still stay connected through facebook with all their posts and updates. Social networking has made it easier to stay in touch even without face to face interaction in our busy scheduled day. Maybe my long lost friends from middle school or high school are not there in my everyday thoughts but on the back of my mind I know I can contact them whenever I want as they are still existing in my facebook list.
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ReplyDeleteShafaq Javed
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Prof. Addis D'Amato
Ejournal #6
Without internet life seems empty and impossible. It's really hard to spend a day without internet or cell phone. I am in so love with my cell phone and sometimes I sleep while using my cell phone. Now, when we have internet in our smartphones, it has become the reason to be more addictive to cell phone. While using internet, I open three to four website at same time. facebook.com, Yahoo.com or Youtube.com, I try to use all these sites at same time. Sometimes, I play songs on Youtube, chatting on facebook.com and check email on Yahoo. Once, I am on these websites, I spend about 2 to 3 hours using internet. I try not to use that much time, but once I am on internet, I get stuck on something and again it takes 2 to 3 hours from my time.
I also think, I am a multitasker too. Because I use my cell phones while I am taking bus, crossing streets and even talking to my family, which makes my parents upset. I personally feel that the face-to-face interaction is at risk of becoming obsolete, because I have an example from my life. My cousin visited me last week and asked me to play some sports with him I said no because I was on social sites. Sometimes, I give more importance to my cell phone than a live person. But, I hope there should be something new invented that could help us to get rid of this addiction.
Barry Henderson
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Professor Stephen J Addis D’Amato
11/8/12
After the Dark comes the light
I have spent the past few days monitoring my Internet usage and I realized that I am not a heavy user in comparison to the average user. Not by choice or a lack of effort but it is because of circumstance. My home computer has cough a virus and for the most part my jobs do not require me to check the emails on a regular bases and the majority of my friends either call me or drives to my house when ever they want to talk to me. I mainly use the Internet for Googling information or watching movies on Netflix’s, which takes up most of my time on the computer. When I’m on the computer my activities are spent surfing the web shopping and looking for deals or viewing social media such as Facebook and other interactive sites. But e-mailing and downloading movies, print, and pictures takes the majority of my time. Now thanks to storm Sandy and the Nor’easter that followed a week after New York State has fallen victim to peril. Many have been subjected to spending their days without electricity and their nights truly in the dark. People have been on wits end. Trying there best to communicate with family and friends because the cable service has been interrupted. In turn the Internet was down so the cell phone towers have not been giving out strong signals causing telephone calls to be dropped, leading to panic among the masses. So I do not feel that face-to-face interaction is at risk of becoming obsolete.
Betty Hendrich
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E Journal # 6
Prof. Stephen J Addis D'Amato
11/8/12
To me, the internet is the greatest invention made and I’m sure there are a lot of people that would agree with me. The Internet is a part of our everyday life mainly because it’s with us everywhere we go. We have access to it on our phones, game systems, of course computers and we can even surf the web on our own television sets. The Internet is used for many things such as research, the news, and email and for entertainment. I believe the use to internet has widely increases due to social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Etc. As soon as I turn on my laptop the first place I have to check is Facebook. Even though I just finished checking it on my phone 2 minutes ago and I know nothing changed but just the fact that I have it open satisfy me. Even while on my phone I noticed that I have become so used to Instagram to the point that I try double tapping post on Facebook that I like. It’s sort of addicting and kind of funny now that I think about it. Out of 24 hours in a day I spend about 13- 15 hours on the internet (the other 9 – 10 hours I’m asleep). Even while at work I find myself sneaking to check my phone just to see if I have new notifications or of someone put up an interesting post. People would use the excuse to use Social Networking sites is to check on their friends, but there are plenty of ways of checking on people for example text messages , phone calls, Letters etc. I think that this leads to the reduction of face to face interactions. The point of the matter is using the internet is just easier and more fun to use.
Today's world revolves around the internet, it makes communicating and fnding information much quicker. I feel like without the internet, my life is incomplete. I could be doing nothing on it but browsing but just knowing that i have the internet , im fine. This week due to the storm, i was without electricity. And the internet connection on my phone was actingnup. I felt like a little piece of me died inside. It makes you realize how big of an addiction the internet is and how we take it for granted.
ReplyDeleteI would say I spend about 2-3 hours daily on the internet. But because I'm so busy all thentime i don't get to focus too much on it. I bet if I never had anything to do, I would probably spend all day on the internet doing everything. Sometimes when I'm even doing school work on the computer i catch myself getting distracted browsing random things on the internet. I feel like the internet does take away face to face interactions. It becomes a big distraction, and people usually use it for their own social entertainment.
Gabriel clerval
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Prof. Addis d`amato
Essay#1
11/8/12
The internet is one of the most addicting invention ever. I need to always be connected through my phone,computer, tablet and now even TV. When i go online i have Skype, Facebook, Netflix and YouTube sometimes Hulu. I would consider myself a Multitasker. I feel that a face to face conversation are at risk because of these social sites. Mainly Because of the Laziness to actually meet up. Also one could claim to be busy.
Mazel Kurayev
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Prof. D’Amato
E-Journal # 6
The internet is one of the greatest inventions ever made. Society today is all about getting things quickly. Personally I don’t have internet on my phone, only when I'm on my laptop, I am completely connected to it. I can stay on it for hours and forget about eating and sleeping. I feel like the laptop just feeds me everything I need and when I finally turn it off, I feel a wave of hunger and exhaustion hit me. I spend about 20 hours a week on my laptop, in that time I am almost always connected to Facebook and my email. I keep at least 3 tabs open for Facebook, email, and YouTube at one time. Every time I am on the computer, I also put on my TV because I love to multitask. I know it is a great waste of electricity, but when I'm connected, I don’t think about that. I believe that face-to-face interaction is very much at risk of becoming obsolete. With all the new technology coming out every 6 months, it's growing to be very difficult to actual have a face-to-face conversation with anyone. Everything is now done by texting, instant messaging, or email. Although there is face time, Skype, and Oovoo. Maybe there is still some hope in the future for face-to-face conversations.
ENG 125 - RQ1
ReplyDeleteProf. Addis D'Amato
E-Journal #6
November 8, 2012
No doubt that internet is the greatest invention so far because there are endless possibilities about the internet. It is also very addictive because when we are using internet there is entertainment, social media, games and much more. For example there is lots of website that attracts billions of people like Facebook, YouTube, Google, and much more. I am addicted on internet because you can
Socialize and spend lots of time finding or discovering new things. Also most of my homework is on internet. At same time you can meet people or just surf the web. One of my favorite things about the internet is that you can talk face-to-face with someone who might be in other side of the world. Similarly I do believe that face-to-face interaction is on risk of being absolute and I do believe that social ties are becoming stronger via new, electronic mediums. In about two month ago my smart phone broke down and I was frustrated and bored because I could not go to Facebook, listen to music, get news, and play any games on my phone. It was hard at first, but I got use to not having a smart phone with me. Now I just have a regular phone that does not have all those applications. I use to spend about eight to 10 hours, but I regret wasting so much time that’s why now I spend about four hours a day. I probable never stop multitasking on dangerous situation; therefor I still carry those habits.
S'ade Morris
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E-Journal #6
The internet is one of many inventions that has become highly addictive. I personally spend at least 5 hours a day on my laptop, sometimes finding myself doing nothing but skimming the same websites continuously. I am a multitasker but when on the internet i find it harder to focus on anything else. If i know i have a task that needs to be done , the laptop must be closed. I do believe social networks have helped build social ties. Popular social networks such as twitter and Facebook can be used to socialize with people worldwide not only those we refers to as friends. Face-to-Face interaction is not completely lost, we can actually use webcams to talk to people , the person may not be physically there but in a sense it is still a face to face interaction.