It is difficult to imagine a world without a computer or phone. ... This problem is described in the article "Ethnographic Approaches to the internet and computer-mediated communication". "While there exists a huge body of research on the Internet and computer-mediated communication (CMC), only some of this research is qualitative ... most ethnographers still conduct studies Firmly in the" offline "social world. ... Behaviors of Internet users are bound to a zeitgeist. ... Smileys or emoticons are symbols with which Internet users can express a feeling or mood. ...

• Word Count: 1233
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

On these sites, users typically create pages that represent them in any way. ... This concept seems simple enough, but its use is very different depending on the age of the user. ... The victims are vulnerable and online insults made towards them is deadly because computers mask faces. ...

• Word Count: 608
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Etc. but now we have the computer to do that all for us. ... "The average Facebook user spends almost seven hours each month on the site - that's well ahead of Tumblr and Pinterest, which tie for second place for most time spent. ... Nowadays people would rather talk to you through a computer screen then engage in a face to face interactions. ...

• Word Count: 1335
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School