Journal 4

On Tuesday we visit a presentation by a man name Mauricio Garcia’s. Mr. Mauricio had so many ways to inspired into many people lives and also teaching people things that they don’t know. He really put a point on this because I used to be like he to stand up in front of a big crowd because of how he talk and they used to make fun of him. He also talks about the life when he was younger and he came from another country and how it was different.   I really don’t like to sit down and listen to somebody but he really put a lot of key points out there. While he was talking I really was trying to understand what was giving because something that he was saying it didn't make sense to me because I’m young. Some things were understandable and I had to really think about what he was saying. I have never really known what I wanted to be in life I started off with one thing and then change my mind for another. This presentation gave me a little more knowledge and to think about what I want to be in life and to have more goals and to think about it first not just to go right into it. I learn a little bit from him because sometime I used to be afraid of asking questions and also just to mistakes  I don’t like that. I really enjoyed because it has open up me and to communicate better between people. 

Social Media Essay

Rochell Battle

Professor Warren

ENC 1102

12 February 2013

Social Media

Social media has become a common way of life. In the beginning, there were sites such as MySpace, Bebo, & Facebook. Social media has captivated the attention of every living generation. Children are using the internet for more of entertainment and less of education purposes.

            Social media has influenced a great amount of children therefore parents should monitor the different social media websites. The outside world is becoming scarcer than ever because people would rather sit in doors and communicate with strangers that they will most likely never meet then to go outdoors and meet new people face to face. Social media has taken over the minds and lives of our younger society.

Instant fame is the name of the game and more than a little is aspiring to gain it, doing whatever it takes while using the powerful tool of social media. People try to display themselves as prefect individuals but in reality, they are totally the opposite. The worse thing about it is younger children try so hard to portray what they are shown. It’s obvious if there were more positive people being constantly pushed down their throats like they do the negative people, our generation would have a better understanding of what is right and what is wrong. They no longer understand that you are not supposed to be perfect. There is an old saying “too much of anything can kill you”, a lot of famous people have killed their careers from exposing too much. Not only have famous people killed their career, normal people have broken up their families, relationships, and friendships all in the name of social media. The world need to aware that the federal government is managing these sites (USA.gov. 2013).

In recent years, studies have shown students who used social networking sites while studying scored 20% lower on tests. Students who used social media had an average GPA of 3.06 when there are non-users who had an average GPA of 3.82. Parents and teachers both have stressed their concern on how much time children are now spending on the internet. Although some like to argue by saying the use is for educational purposes, the point is invalid. There is no way teens who already complain about doing school work spend that much time on the internet for educational use; the proof is in the numbers (ProCon.org).

There has been a shift in the way families’ have communicated in the past and how they communicate now. It’s very common to get Facebook wall posts instead of phone calls. Things that could be said face to face are now texted, tweeted, or received by instant messages. People tend to state that they are lonely and use social networking as an outlet to their loneliness, but in all honestly they are lonely because they chose to be (ProCon.org).

Social networking has created this idea of another world. People have conversations, relationships, best friends, and even play competitive sports online. The only different is there isn’t any physical connection, so to speak. People have gotten so wrapped up in the idea of things that they never experience what it’s really like. Social networking display things in life differently than what it really is. For example, people have this idea that love is supposed to be perfect. Relationships that is dysfunctional in real life but displayed perfect online. They never tweet about the breakups, arguments, or any other things a normal relationship will have to overcome. So, now we have females 13 and up looking for something that is really not attainable. They want the perfect outcome results right then and there without putting in any effort. But, what they don’t understand is everything takes time; nothing is accomplished overnight (Dwyer, 2007).

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Overall, social media has been around for many years and it is here to stay. Every place of business, home, school, boy, girl, mother, and father use social media in some shape of form. Our society is growing faster when it comes to technology. Social networking targets at all types of audience. Children and Parents are able to communicate more than ever by having some type of technology devices such as cell phones, computers, I-pads, and tablets. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference

Dwyer, C. (2007) “Digital Relationships in the 'MySpace' Generation: Results From a Qualitative Study.”Proceedings of the 40th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Hawaii, 2007.

http://socialnetworking.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=005132#10

USA.gov. (2013).Verify U.S. Federal Government Social Media Accounts

http://www.usa.gov/Contact/verify-social-media.shtml

 

Journal 3

Rochell Battle

11 February 2013

ENC 1102

Professor Warren

Digital Nation

Digital Nation is a common thing in the United States. Watching the video it seems that most of the children had a lot going on wanted to watch Television or just sitting on a video game all day. Most of the time children have a hard time when it’s time to use the computer because instead of them doing their work when getting on the computer they get on it to do games. It does also will hurt them through life growing up as to be an adult. I like that the younger children are using the laptop in school it also teaching the more strategies to teach them while they are younger. Most parents need to understand that computers are bad for their eyes it could harm them.  During the movie most people go to their work area and also playing the game on the Television instead of doing their work. There is more important things they should be doing instead of playing games they can do fun activities on the computer and help them the work that is giving in school. Digital has gotten out of control and it needs to stop or something could happens because also looking at the games that is dealing with fighting the children can also pick up a bad thing about what’s going on in the game or in the street. People would understand a little bit if they would understand about the safety of each child. 

Journal 2

My opinion of reality television is out of control. The reason why I say this is because of the things they have prompting on shows. They need to realize that there are children that are watching them. Some television shows have negatives that are allowing children to pick up on it. There shouldn't be any television shows that are showing their body parts. Even when I look at the children channel they have things on there that the children is doing that I know that many children picks up from just watching it. People are on here make a fool on their selves by going on these show acting up and talking about people fighting people. These shows are just like the real world and it’s not good because when these shows are showing it gives some people to think that they can go out and also does the same thing. I wish that I could just tell the people to just take good care of them and also do what’s best for them. If I had a day to sit down and talk to people I will because maybe they need some understanding that everyone watches the television and also children. By looking at certain television shows I think they have too much going on. Some of them have on point of showing them. So therefore I think people need to watch what they put on television and have more respect for people and their family. I love looking at television.