Reflection Before starting the process of writing my research synthesis essay, we were assigned multiple readings from Craft of Research. The readings helped tremendously throughout the entire process of this paper, with creating a focused topic and turning it into a question, ways to organize the information collected to help plan my argument, elaborating on the subject using multiple sources and to be able to present supporting evidence, then concluding all the information into strong conclusion. After narrowing down on a topic, I then used Georgia Southern's online library and Googl...

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From the start of electricity to having our whole day planned out in a click of a button. ... Clearly the use of social broadcasting and technology should be restricted and supervised by parents to help decrease the potentially negative outcomes of social media. ... Girls have started to gage their personal image and beauty based on what the view in media. ... In fact, there is a certain statistic that states that girls have issues with their bodies and how they look starting at the age of nine, which is a pretty young age if you ask me. ... It is important for children to know they can come ...

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However, technology is not just used as a helper in communication but is now a substitution for boredom and a real social interaction. ... Carr states: "[M]y concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages. ... A common metaphor David Glenn uses in his essay "Divided Attention " would be of a night-club bouncer as controlled attention, keeping unneeded information from getting to the working-memory. ... However, the only way to learn through technology is through reading, focusing, and retaining that information correctly, however it was just clarified that technology does not he...

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One of the major forces behind the exponential growth of the Internet is a variety of new capabilities in the network -- particularly directory, indexing, and searching services that help users discover information in the vast sea of the Internet. Many of these services have started as university research efforts and evolved into businesses. ... For students, computer is also very effective in our life; we can not imagine having to hand written the large number of essays. Word processors provide a standard font that makes essays legible to all readers. ...

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The most common form of expression on a message board is to simply start a topic about a subject, or a question, and wait for others to respond to it. ... Utilising Berlos" model of communication, you can see that the context in which I started the topic was nationality, and patriotism, as expressed in the title of the topic. ... All these things help to reflect my post and I in a positive light. ... Most people seem to approach semi-formal posts such as mine with an almost essay-like style, often making an introduction, then a body of their thoughts and beliefs, and then a quick summation....

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In this essay I will explain how the media economy has direct connections with this process of "Globalisation". ... This has based a threat on the "free" market place of ideas, because this "free" market was based on low barriers to entry, making it easier to start up new media channels. ... The media provides amusement entertainment, distraction and information about the past and present, it helps to create a common culture and system of values and traditions and ways of looking at the world. ... Domestic media, tradition, language and regulation still hold the key for now and, although the c...

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Abstract Presently, the internet is considered the ultimate bastion of freedom throughout the world. The ability to participate in social media and write/say anything one feels is almost exclusive to the internet. Anybody can be anything they choose within the laws of their nation with m...

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