Digital Media Improving Intelligence BA 353 The debate over media affecting intelligence has been around even before Socrates theorized that the evolution of written text would make people forgetful and unwise. Our increasing use and immersion in digital media makes us stupid and intelligent at the same time. In this paper I will outline how digital media is making us dumb but ultimately smarter‚ how we use technology as an extension of ourselves‚ and where digital media will take us in the future
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Digital Communication We are now living in a generation where instead of writing a letter we will send an email and instead of making a phone call we will send a text; Digital communication has taken over. Digital Communication is any form of communication that happens through any digital media‚ For example: Twitter‚ text‚ you tube and Facebook. A recent example of how digital communication is taking over our language is Facebook. In 2004 Facebook was made global and now 9 years later‚ 1 in 7 people
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While I do understand that surveillance cameras have many practical purposes in today’s world‚ I still find the very notion of them disturbing and unnerving. It is too easy to slip over the line between necessary and invasive . That line is just too thin. While I realize that many of the surveillance cameras are installed in buildings for sound reasons‚ the idea that I am being watched as I walk through a store‚ across a parking lot or
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transitioning to digital photography‚ despite having invented the core technology used in current digital cameras. 2007 was the most recent year in which the company made a profit.[5] As part of a turnaround strategy‚ Kodak focused on digital photography and digital printing and attempted to generate revenues through aggressive patent litigation.[6][7] In January 2012‚ Kodak filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.[8][9][10] In February 2012‚ Kodak announced that it would cease making digital cameras‚ pocket
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In “Literacy and the digital knowledge revolution” (2006)‚ Claire Belisle refers to “digital knowledge”‚ as a way that knowledge can be “processed and transformed”‚ by the various technological tools‚ i.e. search engines‚ databases‚ sorters and linguistic analysts‚ that we have available (Belisle‚ 2006‚ p57). Belisle moves in to the revouloution Literacy- believes that literacy is the basis of knowledge acquisition and‚ with the stronger interaction between humans and technology and the way we
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Hidden Surveillance Cameras Shawn Pettis Westwood College Hidden Surveillance Cameras Topic & Purpose Hidden surveillance cameras are an important topic because time and time again‚ the use of hidden cameras has given us better ways to catch criminals in the act. “Did you see?” has become an obsolete question; just go to the video. Imagine waking up to an intruder in your home‚ getting robbed at gun point or witnessing a crime being committed. I have experienced all of these events
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Body camera research http://0-go.galegroup.com.skyline.ucdenver.edu/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA392257319&v=2.1&u=auraria_main&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&authCount=1 A study conducted by Cambridge University in 2012 and 2013 examined the effect of body cameras when the full local police force in Rialto‚ Calif.‚ began using them. In the first year of the technology ’s introduction‚ use of force by officers fell 60 percent‚ while citizen complaints against police plunged 88 percent. (https://www.aclu.org/files/assets/police_body-mounted_cameras
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Surveillance Camera Smile‚ you are on a surveillance camera. Walking along a major street and looking up‚ people will probably see cameras glaring back at them. Perhaps people cannot see them‚ but they are staying there. In these years‚ society has seen the rapid proliferation of different measures aiming to prevent or reduce crime. Surveillance cameras have become ubiquitous in many cities and countries. These smaller‚ less noticeable cameras are used not only by the government but also by individuals
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Are Law Enforcement Cameras an Invasion of Privacy? It is the job of the Government to keep us safe‚ without compromising our privacy. The Law enforcement takes many precautions to make sure people are safe‚ whether this means putting more police officers on patrol‚ making sure our prisons can keep people in‚ or even putting up cameras to catch people running red lights. The precautions seem necessary‚ and welcome. But where is the line between public safety and breaching privacy
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TeAM YYePG DN: cn=TeAM YYePG‚ c=US‚ o=TeAM YYePG‚ ou=TeAM YYePG‚ email=yyepg@msn.com Reason: I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Date: 2005.05.07 14:28:47 +08’00’ Digital Economy: Impacts‚ Influences and Challenges Harbhajan S. Kehal Varinder P. Singh IDEA GROUP PUBLISHING i Digital Economy: Impacts‚ Influences and Challenges Harbhajan S. Kehal University of Western Sydney‚ Australia Varinder P. Singh University of Western Sydney‚ Australia IDEA GROUP PUBLISHING
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