...Question No.: 1 & 3 Question #1: “With friends like these ...” Tom Hodgkinson article question(s): In the article written by Tom Hodgkinson, his clear intention was to convince the viewer/reader to deny, reject, negate social media specifically, Facebook. The writer focuses on the aspect that social media, specifically, Facebook, destroys people’s ability to connect with one another. He further states that the essence of social media is controlled by a select few whose sole motive is control and profit and their own agendas. (Hodgkinson 327, 328) It is obvious from the beginning of the article Hodgkinson, is opposed to social media. The writer attempts to narrow his thesis into specific principles or burdens, which is difficult. He supports his thesis and supporting arguments with the criterion or value premise of a moralistic or ethical intent of social media. The writer attempts to prove this in three ways. One, he demoralizes social media by stating it erodes the interaction of intrapersonal skills. Meaning social media takes away the person to person interaction. This results in antisocial behavior and desolation of verbal speech. He then moves on to disclose the unique background of the primary investors in the largest social media corporation, Facebook. The representation of the primary investors is very disturbing. He presents data that is very disturbing about the three major investors. The writer states claims of mafias, “The Pay Pal Mafias” (Hodgkinson...
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...dynamics of contemporary culture, its historical foundations, defining traits, conflicts, and contingencies. Researchers in this field investigate how cultural practices relate to wider systems of power associated with or operating through social phenomena, such as ideology and class structures. For Stephen Loosley, who was a New South Wales Senator in the 1990s, culture is ‘a complex of social customs,...
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...Assignment 2: Essay In Brief: This assignment is worth 25% of your mark for this unit. Please refer to the calendar in your Unit Outline for the due date. Instructions: Essay Question: Choose one Web 2.0 platform discussed during module two and analyse the extent to which this platform has changed the way people communicate and collaborate. The Web 2.0 platforms specifically discussed in module two are Delicious, blogs, wikis (in general), The Wikipedia, Twitter, Flickr and YouTube. However, if you have discussed other Web 2.0 platforms during the unit in tutorials or on the discussion board, you may select this platform if it is approved by your tutor at least one week before the essay is due. The word limit for this essay, excluding the reference list, is to be confirmed by David Cake (between 1000-1500 words). This essay asks you to analyse one of the Web 2.0 platforms that you’ve been examining in the unit, looking in particular at how that particular platform has changed the way in which users/participants both communicate and collaborate. Given the context in which you’re examining these technologies, it is a good idea to think about how Web 2.0 in general is thought to indicate a general shift in the character of online interactions and use these changes to help think about your chosen platform. You will be expected to use some of the readings/viewings provided in the unit, but you will also need to seek out appropriate secondary material...
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...grammar and word choice, being that my highschool did not have the best learning environment. I was a very low funded school and the teachers did what they could with the little amount of supplies they were given. However I’ve always loved creative writing, I like to think of myself as a creative person. I had my doubts about taking a class that required so much writing in a little amount of time but I took on the challenge head first, just like I do with the rest of my problems. In my first essay I wrote my argument paper about how “white feminism” isn't as inclusive as it claims to be and discriminates against numerous minority groups. I chose this topic because it’s something I’m extremely passionate about. I’ve been officers of several social justice orhinatiocs and I’m always up for rallying for human rights. The arguments that I made in this essay were showcasing a couple of ways that “white feminism” left minority groups feeling left out and not worthy of a voice within social justice platforms. Such as Patricia Arquette giving a speech about how minority groups did not help out feminism, even though many people in minority also identify as women....
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...for our world, but at what cost? In “Tapping into Text Messaging”, Janet Kornblum examines the proposal that texting has hollowed our mental presence. She cites large communication companies as saying that our physical presence and mental presence are often misaligned. It is indeed an intriguing thought, and is observable on a day-to-day basis. Kornblum presents statistics, cites high authorities, and examines the counterargument to create a very compelling argument. One may be quite skeptical when reading Kornblum’s essay, as texting is such a huge part of modern society. However, Kornblum seems to have quite the resume backing up her argument. Janet Kornblum is an award-winning journalist, who specializes in the field of social media. She’s written about social media for publications such as USA Today and CNET, and even trains other people in her field. It’s fair to say she should know what she’s talking about. For the first two pages, Kornblum uses statistical analysis to show the popularity of text messaging. Her essay was written in 2003 and already 45% of American teenagers had a cell phone! It’s plausible to believe that number is around 95% today. In addition she cites the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association for providing a stat that claims texting has grown from 33 million messages in June 2001 to 1 billion messages in December 2002. When these monstrous numbers are put on the table, it really gives a perspective on how prominent the “alternate reality”...
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...Gladwell observes that social media based activism is not as creditable or reliable as it used to be during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. throughout the essay he compares the sit-in of four college boys from Greensboro, North Carolina to the modern activist done through Twitter and Facebook. In Gladwell’s view, “Where activists were once defined by their cause, they are now defined by their tools.” (404). In other words, Gladwell believes activists are associated more with their social media platforms than their causes. He refutes the idea of social media based activism because there is no centralized authority, weak-ties among the activists, and little to no discipline or strategy. Unlike Twitter and Facebook activism, traditional...
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...The essay focuses on the social construction of crime, and the possible reasons for these social constructions. In the first section, the essay explains what crime is, and the constructionist perspective theory. In the Second section my essay focuses on the crime as socially constructed and why it is socially constructed. In the third section essay explains, three levels of explanation in the study of deviant and criminal behaviour. In the final section, it focuses on the historical theoretical periods, which plays an important role in revitalising past discoveries. Crime is a term that refers to many types of misconduct that is forbidden by law. There are a number of different reasons as to why crime can be viewed as a social construction. There cannot be 'social problems' that are not the product of social construction - naming, labelling, defining and mapping them into place - through which we can 'make sense' of them' (Clarke, 2001). In this essay I will explain what is social construction, also what crime is, and why we think, that crime is socially constructed. Furthermore, I will explain how media construct crime and the stigma of black crime. In the last paragraph I will explore the importance of Marxist and Durkheim's theories on the emergence of crime....
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...Argumentative Essay The function of an argumentative essay is to show that your assertion (opinion, theory, and hypothesis) about some phenomenon or phenomena is correct or more truthful than others'. The art of argumentation is not an easy skill to acquire. Many people might think that if one simply has an opinion, one can argue it successfully, and these folks are always surprised when others don't agree with them because their logic seems so correct. Argumentative writing is the act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of inferring propositions, not known or admitted as true, from facts or principles known, admitted, or proved to be true. It clearly explains the process of your reasoning from the known or assumed to the unknown. Without doing this you does not have an argument, you have only an assertion, an essay that is just your unsubstantiated opinion. Argumentative essays are often organized in the following manner: 1. They begin with a statement of your assertion, its timeliness, significance, and relevance in relation to some phenomenon. 2. They review critically the literature about that phenomenon. 3. They illustrate how your assertion is "better" (simpler or more explanatory) than others, including improved (i.e., more reliable or valid) methods that you used to accumulate the data (case) to be explained. Finally revise and edit, and be sure to apply the critical process to your...
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...Hurts Is the social media corrupting the youth of the world? The technology in our modern society affects the youth in many ways. “We star in our own movies, we photograph ourselves incessantly, we click the mouse and a machine confirms our sense of mastery.” The social media is like a machine that creates an imaginary self-image of its users. In the essay “Linking Is For Cowards. Go For What Hurts” published by Times Magazine May 28, 2011, is the author, Jonathan Franzen, describing how the social media has influence on the youth of our modern society and furthermore how love is affected by the social media and how real love should be like. The title “Linking Is For Cowards. Go for what hurts” refers to the Facebook-function “like” which is basically just a command which is an expression for your interest in a status/picture etc. This function though, has a negative side-effect according to Jonathan Franzen, “But if you consider this in human terms, and you imagine a person defined by a desperation to be liked, what do you see? You see a person without integrity [..] You see a narcissist” by this quote, he tries to inform the audience about his attitude to the subject that the social media emerges narcissists. The subject is the social media and its effect on the society as well as the comparison of the facebook “likes” and real love. This is an ideal subject as approximately 95% of the audience, which are the College students of Kenyon College, uses a social media and most have...
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...Yvan Cruz March 13, 2012 Essay #2 Many of us have one in our living room, kitchen, bedrooms and even the garage of our homes. No family can live without one. Can you guess what it is? If you thought of television then you are correct. Nowadays, television is the media’s most powerful influential tool throughout the world. On the one hand, television is used for entertaining; encourages family gathering and it is a great way to socialize with friends. In addition, television is very persuasive, has limited points of views, and has negative repercussions. For instance, in her essay, “What’s the Matter with Kids Today?” Amy Goldwasser claims that young people are strong critical thinkers when it comes to the manipulation between the media and them. On the contrary, Naomi Rockler-Gladen’s essay “Me Against the Media” states that young people are being easily manipulated by tons of consumer advertising from the media. At the same time I believe Goldwasser’s claim that we are strong critical thinkers, I also believe that the manipulation keeps progressing through people’s lives. We as human beings have the choice to let the media manipulate us however, we also have the choice to stop the manipulation. Not only has the media used television to manipulate us, it has also used the Internet. The Internet is much more powerful than television due to all the social networks on there. Literally, it seems like many people have forgotten the fun of being outdoors because...
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...Teaching Period 3, 2013 SLSS102 Explorations in Sociology Assessment 1: Minor essay Word limit: 1000 (+/- 10%) Due date: 9am AEDT Monday 2 December (Week 5) Weighting: 20% Assessment details Write a 1000-word essay on one of the following topics: TOPIC 1: Which is more important in shaping individual identity: social structure or social interaction? TOPIC 2: Explain how culture and socialisation interact in a sociological context. In your essay you should: • • • • • Demonstrate your understanding of themes covered so far in this unit. Use the three texts listed in the resources box (right) to answer your selected question. In addition you should use a minimum of TWO references to augment the material in these texts. Support your discussions with examples from the social world. Use correct Harvard referencing style. Essay resources To answer your chosen topic, use: Your eText: Sociology: a down to earth approach (Possamai & Possamai-Indesedy 2011). The following eBooks: • • Plummer, K 2010, Sociology: the basics, Taylor & Francis e-library. Back, L, Bennett, A, Edles, L,Gibson, M, Inglis, D, Jacobs, R, Woodward, I 2012 Cultural sociology: an introduction, Wiley. To augment the material in these texts you may use other sociology textbooks, articles from the Swinburne library database and current media articles. 1 SLSS102 Explorations in Sociology Assessment criteria Your essay should clearly address the question and include relevant ideas addressed in the...
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...Warning You do not have permissions to perform this activity Courses Download Save Link Courses View Syllabus English Composition II Details | This course explores various types of research writing, with a focus on constructing essays, arguments, and research reports based on primary and secondary sources. A writing-intensive course. Prerequisite: ENG-105 | Credit Hours | 4.0 | Pre-requisites | ENG-105 | Co-requisites | None | Course Add-Ons | Textbook1. Finding Purpose Through Argumentative WritingGrand Canyon University (Ed.). (2015). Finding purpose through argumentative writing.http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/grand-canyon-university/2015/finding-purpose-through-argumentative-writing_ebook_1e.phpElectronic Resource1. The Writing Process Mediahttp://lc.gcumedia.com/zwebassets/courseMaterialPages/eng105_writingProcess.php 2. Rubric Peer Review Mediahttp://cola.gcumedia.com/phi105/rubric/rubricCompare.html 3. Flashcard DeckUtilize the flashcard deck to review key terms and definitions.http://lc.gcumedia.com/mediaElements/gcu-flashcard-application/v1.1/#/add/ENG-106 Additional Material1. Developing Academic Skills GuideReview this resource as you move forward in the course. It will be important to come back to this resource periodically.ENG106_DevelopingAcademicSkillsGuide.docx 2. Academic Writing GuidelinesReview this resource as you move forward in the course. It will be important to start your assignments. Come back to this resource periodically...
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...on the issue of how the World Wide Web will affect the thought processes of the people who frequently use it; however, they are in complete opposition of each other in their viewpoints. When comparing “Is Google making Us Stoopid?” to the components of an argument, in Chapter 5 of Dialogues: An Argument Rhetoric and Reader by Gary Goshgarian and Kathleen Krueger, the essay is properly structured. The introduction is in place, although it does not clearly state the thesis or position of the essay. If the target audience is not familiar with “A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick” the desired effect will likely be lost resulting in confusion from the very beginning. Mr. Carr’s position on the implications and effects on the human brain is stated in the title and again in the second paragraph and is in clear contempt of the alleged outcome. He proffers that the media, which most of society divulge in, not only supplies the train of thought but may actually sculpt the train of thought. The sources that he refers to are a mix between being verifiable while others are identified merely as friends and acquaintances. It is in the second paragraph when the intention of the essay becomes clear. The author begins his argument by claiming to be suffering from physical and mental symptoms that are allegedly plaguing him and causing him to fret. The ability to concentrate is interrupted by fidgeting and he complains of his minds “desire to do something else” as if...
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...ways in which these minorities are located in society and the levels of discrimination and systematic exclusion that they have suffered through time. This discrimination has affected them at a social level, but also at an institutional level, since they have been systematically marginalized and denied of their basic human rights. Although racial and ethnic discrimination might be manifested in multiple ways, the current research proposal will focus on the Afro-Peruvian population , one of the groups that are most vulnerable to experience racism and discrimination, and that has been invisible both to society and to the Peruvian government for decades. Because of it, the proposal will analyze the ways in which this...
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...1. What is the major thesis of each essay? The thesis of Dennis Baron's essay titled "Facebook Multiplies Genders, but Offers Users the same Three Tired Pronouns" complies of the fact that Facebook has 58 different kinds of genders to choose from, yet the social media site only allows three pronouns: she, he, it. The thesis of "How to Be a 'Woman Programmer’" written by Ellen Ullman is the struggles of a woman becoming a computer programmer and enduring the sexual prejudice of man in the workplace. 2. How do their arguments differ? How are they similar? What are some of the major argumentative points each piece makes? The arguments differ in the way that Baron's essay was merely just nagging about not having more pronouns to identify others, while Ullman's argument is giving first hand stories and experiences to support her claims. The only thing similar about the arguments is that both essays are somewhat about gender issues. An argumentative point that Baron makes in her essay is that Facebook users can now identify as 58 different genders, but their friends can only wish him,l her, them a happy birthday. I love the point that Ullman makes when she states that when she was working as a computer programmer, women stood out in...
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