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Archive for September, 2008

Rhetorical Analysis

Throughout writing my rhetorical analysis, I found that there are different ways to go deeper into meaning. I thought that by describing the person I was in a sense analyzing him. I did not realize that when analyzing a person and their use of Internet, it is not only important to look at what is [...]

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Face what?

            Today’s society seems to spread out more than in the past. Travel is much easier and cheaper, so people move all over the world. Instead of losing contact with people from previous places, people have resorted to the World Wide Web to stay in touch. The name describes it perfect; [...]

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Mark Udall is currently involved in an extremely competitive race for Senate in Colorado. He started serving in politics in 1997 in the Colorado State House and has served in the U.S. House for the past 5 terms. Growing up, Udall was no stranger to politics; his father was in politics for thirty years, eventually [...]

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So much time!

Shirky brought up many valid points during his speech at the 2.0 Web talk. It is incredible how much time people spend consuming a product that they have no interaction with, and that requires little to no thought. I agree that people should be contributing to society more, instead of just consuming. If we want a sustainable [...]

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Protected: Shirkey 2 and 3!

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What I’m doing 24/7

            Twitter is useful when you want to see what friends are doing at any point in time of the day. It’s a helpful tool when you want to see who is free to chat or go do something with.  It allows friends to stay connected whether they are next door [...]

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Social Butterflies at work

My perception of social networks as a whole is that it’s a way for people to have their voices heard by an international community. Any person with access to a computer has access to these networks, and to find out who you are. Social networks create a global community. Many people use social networks [...]

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