Cyberchondria: The New Media Syndrome By Dana June Ballais Alcazar Have you ever tried to find a treatment for a really bad flu on Google? How about a persistent pimple that won’t go away? Has your throat hurt really badly that you decided to search for instant relief through the internet? Then you’re one of the millions who self-diagnose. Trying to name what kind of medical problem one has by using books‚ medical dictionaries‚ past personal or non personal experiences‚ the internet‚ or even
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I believe that sources for information media have certain responsibilities to the general public. They are supposed to provide news stories that they believe the public will be interested in such as happenings in the political world‚ goings on in other countries such as international treaties and breakthroughs in new technologies. They are also responsible for keeping the general public entertained as well as informed and they do that by including public interest stories about normal people with
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Our Generation If you spend much time with your kids‚ you quickly realize that the next generation of teens is much unprepared to deal with the real world. They are overweight‚ lazy‚ undisciplined‚ disrespectful‚ and disobedient to their parents‚ selfish‚ self-centered‚ and completely addicted to entertainment. And that is just for starters. Their parents feed them insane amounts of sugar and high fructose corn syrup and then when they become overactive we pump them full of prescription drugs
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New Media • Provides unreliable information o Citizen Journalists • Not formally trained‚ hence do not know where to source information. • Isn’t any fact checking and editing to ensure reliability of information. o Search Engines (Google‚ Yahoo‚ Wikipedia‚ etc.) • Doesn’t evaluate reliability or quality of sites that show up in searches. • Gives priority to sites‚ which are associated with sponsors of the search engine or those that are the most popular and highly searched for. • Search engines
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the previous generation used to be‚ Fishman’s evidences are more up-to-date. According to a recent Sun editorial‚ “activism has transformed from sensationalized 1960s tear-gas rallies to online petitions and Internet discussion boards” (Fishman 73). Not only Fishman‚ but also the reality tells that the time has changed. News can be spread worldwide in seconds through the Internet‚ and it can easily gather “Generation Q”‚ written by Thomas L. Friedman‚ and “The Generation of Generation Q”‚ written
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Themes raised in the text: Depression‚ friendship‚ love‚ bullying‚ acceptance. Behaviours that constitute bullying: Physically hurting somebody‚ name calling‚ anti-social behaviour‚ spreading rumours‚. Different forms of bullying include: Cyber bullying‚ verbal bullying‚ physical bullying‚ indirect bullying‚ emotional bullying‚ blackmail. Comprehension: What is a blog page? A blog page is a page on the internet where people write their thoughts and opinions on a certain topic. What
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Destroying Avalon and Mean Girls Comparative Essay What is worse‚ cyber bullying or face-to-face bullying? Argue in relation to both Destroying Avalon and Mean Girls‚ referring to specific events throughout both texts. Cyber bullying and face-to-face bullying are to major concerns in today’s society‚ the movie Mean Girls and the novel Destroying Avalon have themes about bullying in them. The texts show us how more people can be affected by certain types of bullying as well as how it can
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honourable madam. respected teachers. and judges‚and all my dear fellows.. assalam o alaikum! today the topic of my speech is “all the way to greatness is through a winding staircase” no matter how you define greatness it always requires one thing :self discipline. welive in one escator world one that is filled with shortcuts‚quickfixes and distractions that make it all too easy to slide into greatness. how do successful people stay forcused and achieve results and success? success is the
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With the Advent of consumerism on the rise‚ the American culture continues to buy‚ buy‚ buy. Whether it’s a new car or a bag of chips‚ we are constantly spending money on things we don’t need. Once these items become unnecessary in our daily lives‚ we throw them away. Every year‚ millions of items ranging from children toy’s to high tech laptops are deposed of in landfills. These items are then burned to create more space for never ending line of garbage. When landfills burn their trash‚ they
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have heard it all before. However‚ do you see how the parents strive to make their children’s corrupted dreams come true? Do you see how they try to get their daughter’s approval while she is socializing online? And is this really the fault of the media? First of all‚ the internet has become so advanced that people can interact with each other with a click of a button. Our society is disintegrating around us‚ while we ignore our parents when playing video games or texting people. Many parents believe
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