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Media Review – Andrew Keen: What is Social Media Really Doing to our Society?

Posted on November 12, 2013 by wendyjstewart

Andrew Keen is described as a supreme cyber grumpy and the anti-Christ of Silicon Valley, due to his negative views on the digital age. He recently wrote a book entitled Digital Vertigo: How Today’s Online Social Revolution is Dividing, Diminishing … Continue reading →

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Why Newspapers Gave Away The Future

Posted on November 11, 2013 by allangates1

In the e-book Why American Newspapers Gave Away The Future (2012), prominent newspaper executive Richard J. Tofel takes a detailed look at the series of strategic mistakes, coupled with new technologies that led to the decline, and in some cases … Continue reading →

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Memory Institutions: Still useful in today’s society?

Posted on March 20, 2013 by elizabethccross

To say that the world has increasingly become more tech-savvy in the last decade would be an understatement. Technology plays such a predominate role in today’s society, that most of us cannot go a day without updating our status on … Continue reading →

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Online communities: Yay or nay?

Posted on February 27, 2013 by elizabethccross

As the amount of information, knowledge, and advice available online grows vastly each and every day, so does the number of communities that discuss various topics. These communities are multiplying at exponential rates becoming as unique as the demographic of … Continue reading →

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The Medium is the Message

Posted on January 30, 2013 by elizabethccross

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In today’s mediated society, you cannot watch the evening news, surf the net, or engage in a news-related conversation without the term ‘citizen journalism’ popping up along the way. Blogs, forums, and uploading of photographs or videos to the Internet … Continue reading →

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Does technology impact culture?

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Sandra

In today’s technology driven world, people expect to have the means to communicate with others at any given moment. The ability to create relationships based solely on mutual understandings and shared common interests have fed the social media phenomena. In … Continue reading →