Category: FYS 142

Throughout my life I have had many different encounters with technology. I have received and given people many different technological devices that have impacted them in different ways. There are many early experiences I had with technology. The earliest form of technology other than a television was receiving a nintendo gamecube. On Christmas of 2005

“Social Media Is Changing How College Students Deal With Mental Illness, For Better Or Worse,” discusses the pros and cons that come with social media affecting college students overall well being. On one of the spectrum it is easy to say that social media provides false realities to college aged young adults who are trying

“What can be done about the Blue Screen Pandemic?” In today’s society it is easier than ever to connect and communicate with new people near and far, all over the world. But somehow, the idea of face to face communication is fading away, How is this? If we as a society are talking to more

Ever since I was young, I have always had an interest in the newest piece of technology. New Nintendo DS? It was already on my Christmas List. Though I loved all of the other gifts I received each year and was very thankful for them, technology was always my biggest interest. I loved any kind

My very first experience with Technology, as far as I can remember, was talking on my familys home telephone to my grandmother for the first time. I must have been four or five at that time. I remember thinking, that the phone and my grandmother must have been related or united in some way. I

If the iPhones, iPads, and tablets of today existed 30 years ago, then I could technically not exist right now. To further explain, I must tell the tale of how my parents found each other. My mother, born in Argentina, spent her childhood and adulthood living in both Argentina and Columbia with her family. Her

Doug Ridley’s article, “How Today’s Colleges and Universities are Using Social Media” touches upon the new trend of social media aiding in connection and productivity for universities. Ridley’s work explains how social media helps promote the school to their students, future and current, as well as alumni. Posting pictures of clubs, events, and functions of

Katie Hurley’s article “Social Media and Teens: How Does Social Media Affect Teenagers’ Mental Health” on psycom.net addresses the prominent issues of social media and how it affects one’s mental wellbeing. Hurley describes the lack of research done on the aforementioned theme, and how it is difficult to come to a conclusion in this regard

Technology has changed our lives in ways that are clear to us and in ways that are underlying. It is clear that the internet is helping us to advance as a society, but is it hurting us too? In, “The Internet’ Everything you ever need to know” written by John Naughton, the idea of how

“digital technology has provided internet users with software tools which make it trivially easy to copy, edit, remix and publish anything that is available in digital form” This quote shows how users are now given the chance to do what ever they want with the internet. This means that if they ever want to edit