Note: This is being typed on an original iMac and no iMacs were harmed in the making of this project. Modern technology consists of the Post-PC world around us. One … Continue reading The iMac 2.0: How the Original iMac led to the iPhone…and Modern Communication
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Live Music’s Evolution of Collective Effervescence in the Physical & Digital World rituals, Live Music, & collective effervescence One of Sociology’s founding father’s, Émile Durkheim, described a vivid scene throughout his famous Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1915): “… on every side one sees nothing but violent gestures, cries, veritable howls, and deafening noises of…
Carah, Nicholas. “Algorithmic brands: A decade of brand experiments with mobile and social media.” New Media & Society. Vol. 19, no. 3, SAGE, March 1, 2017, pp. 384-400. DOI: 10.1177/1461444815605463. SAGE Journals, Accessed: July 17, 2019. Durkheim, Émile. Elementary Forms of Religious Life, Translated by Joseph Ward Swain, Fifth Impression, Kindle Edition, George Allen & Unwin LTD, 1915….
“In the 21st century, the revolution may not be televised-but it likely will be tweeted, blogged, texted and organized on Facebook, recent experience suggests” The Arab Spring was the first revolution of its kind. Instead of just word of mouth communication and relying on news outlets to spread information, people used social media websites like … Continue reading Final Essay
Televisions are very common in many homes around the world. They are used mostly for entertainment. The television has become a mass medium for new, entertainment, and advertising. From when it was introduced in the early 1900’s up until now in 2019, television has changed massively, and it is continuing to change. When the internet […]
As far as we know, non-internet inventions of mankind, namely televisions and books, are not going to be completely replaced by internet-based inventions, such as streaming services like Netflix and e-books. However, internet-based inventions are certainly growing very rapidly and efficiently. Many people and companies have been recognizing this fact and starting to acknowledge that […]
In an increasingly technological world, digital devices are becoming a commonplace luxury in every household, regardless of class status. Personal devices such as laptop computers and cell phones are owned by nearly everyone in the United States, and institutions make it increasingly difficult to participate in day to day activities without owning these devices. Additionally, … Continue reading The Technosphere and the iPhone
With the surge of new media and technology over the past decade and beyond, it’s no surprise that entertainment preferences are changing with each coming generation. One of the most recent trends comes from not a streaming service or television, but rather from YouTube. Blogs have taken a new form through “vlogging,” or “video blogging,” […]
(iMac G4 running PowerPoint 2004; iMac G3 running OS X 10.3 with Sherlock, iChat and Safari 1.0) (iMac running AppleWorks-Apple’s answer to PowerPoint) (iMac running Outlook Express 5 under the … Continue reading Going Back in Time…
From MySpace to Myspace Myspace is a website which had a rather dramatic fall from grace. What was once the most popular social media site on the globe now stands as a virtual ghost town. While competition with Facebook is to blame for much of Myspace’s loss, it is not the only contributing factor; privacy… Continue reading Final Research Paper