Journal 10

Respond to "Is Google Making Us Stupid?". After having researched and written about media, do you agree that the nature of writing, power, and knowledge is changing as technology is increasingly democratized? Does this inform your ePortfolio assignment?

Yes, i completely agree. I have actually thought this for a while now. Specifically about the new greatly expanding social networks, (facebook, mediafire, twitter) I think they are ruining social interactions between people. Only about 30% of interaction is what people actually say and the rest is facial expressions, inflection of voices...etc. All that is lost with communication on social networks. Plus, personally i think the excitement of talking to a new friend in person or a girl you lost is lost in social networks. Its not as exciting or nerve wrecking and therefore not as rewarding. Also there is not nearly as strong of a connection made. I know I talked to girls by texting, IM, or facebook and our friendship just fizzled so quickly when we didnt talk online. Its not a real social interaction, its not reality.