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    probably might say that the first one is more expensive is not because it is actually better than the second one but is because it has TV commercial cost. Then why are people still buying the first brand? Is it the magic of advertisements? Sherry Turkles in her article "Virtuality and Its Discontents" ‚ Virginia Colwell in her article “Mail-Order Brides: The Content of Internet Courtship” ‚ and Charles Baxter in his article "Shame and Forgetting in The Information Age" all talked about how virtuality

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    I am tired‚ exhausted if I am being honest. Life has become the equivalent to a sideshow‚ people see the act and cheer loudly only to inspire you to keep it going‚ but behind the scenes the real mess is hidden by a tattered velvet curtain. The phone rings‚ text ding‚ Facebook likes sore‚ and retweets beg for my attention all expecting a witty upbeat remark that I respond with through the filter of my digital self. Everyday I receive perfectly worded digital questions and take my time crafting and

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    Professor A Technology and Culture 11/13/13 Technology and Culture In the essays “How Computers Change the Way We Think” and “Is Google Making Us Stupid” both authors address the issue that throughout the years technology has changed the way we think and process information. In Nicholas Carr’s "Is Google Making Us Stupid" he describes how the internet shapes the way we process material when reading. Before people use to take their time and read and analyze text‚ but now we skim through it

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    English 101-21 15th July 2013 Knowing How to Protect Ourselves from Privacy Problems There are many Americans that worry about the invasion of their privacy. An American’s privacy can be lost by- an IP address internet cookies‚ government surveillance cameras‚ and social networking sites. There are many ways Americans can control their privacy‚ but sometimes the invasion of privacy is out of their control. For example‚ computers save all of the American’s private information without their

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    until the other two came along. I love to use social media. I am not a very talkative person therefore social media is even better for me to use. “Technology makes it easy to communicate when we wish and to disengage at will‚” writes Sherry Turkle (Turkle‚ 236). The introduction of new technology makes communicating through social media even better. Tablets and cell phones have apps for social media sites. There are gaming consoles that allow you to communicate with other gamers that are online

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    internet‚ for example‚ has interfere with those kinds of regular connections. I believe we should keep emphasizing the importance of the authenticity and do not recognize those virtual stuff as a new kind of authenticity. As topics raised by Sherry Turkle‚ a professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT‚ in her book ‚ “authenticity” is one of the most basic issues related to technology advances and everyone should consider how to treat it. Being Authenticity means less than old

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    July 7‚ 2014 Generation Me We are the first generation surrounded by technology. We were the first to grow up with computers‚ smart phones and internet. Within two seconds of using our phones‚ we can get ahold of any information our little heart’s desire just by typing words into google. We are Millennials‚ also known as Generation Y. Born between the early 1980s to 2000s‚ our generation has much more confidence than the generation before us. We are smarter‚ confident and always connected. In fact

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    are more focused on what all the fake news is about‚ or who did what this weekend‚ than spending time with their children‚ teenagers‚ and loved ones. “16 year old boy-’ Some day‚ but certainly not now I’d like to learn how to have a conversation‚’” (Turkle). It has come to the fact that parents and people are on social media so much that teens are confronting the problem. This 16 year old boy from Turkle’s article has exemplified this claim. Teens do not have a concept of good communication‚ because

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    totally opposite to most people’s common sense. One extreme case is that a women bought a robot to substitute for her boyfriend because she believes the machine is safer and will never betray her (Turkle‚ 2012). The main reason why she abandoned human boyfriend is the eager for “no-risk relationship” (Turkle‚ 2012). However‚ does this machine which always obeys her order and never has different thoughts really give her boyfriend-like care? The technology of human replacement robots is not advanced enough

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    Facebook‚ Twitter‚ online social network‚ “Smart” phones and the tablets are the hotshots in our life. Many years ago we asked what we would use computers‚ Internet and artificial intelligence for. Now the question is what don’t we use them for (Turkle‚ 1). Now‚ through the new technology‚ we create‚ navigate‚ and illustrate our emotional lives by those electronic machines and those transmit signals. At the same time‚ we are losing something called “connection” or “relationship” which we are not

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