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Clipson, Wilson, and DuFrene The Social Networking Arena: Battle of the Sexes http://ehis.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.lib.usf.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=5f1e7489-e255-4075-b8d4-b5c6741ecfe9%40sessionmgr11&vid=3&hid=2
This article talks about the different prospects and usage of social media by gender. According to the article, women are predominantly more active on social networking websites, and that women are more involved in activities of correspondence with loved ones than males. Males were found to lose interest in online communities because they were made to join them due to peer pressure, as opposed to women having their own desire to communicate and keep in touch with people.
Judging from my own experiences with friends, I believe that the article is accurate. Many of my male friends do not frequent their social media accounts unless they are asked or told to check something on it, whereas my female friends are often on and keeping up to date on the website.
Kerryann R.
Merchant, G. (2012), Mobile practices in everyday life: Popular digital technologies and schooling revisited. British Journal of Educational Technology, 43: 770–782. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2012.01352.x
The article talked about how cell phones and advanced technology has become a fabric of our day to day lives. According to research, social media has become an outlet, and it has caused many individuals to lose verbal communication. The article states that social media and cellular phones has become a routine. And routinisation offers “ontological security,” which helps us to account for the ways in which new technologies become integrated into existing social practices, in turn developing them, as they are taken up and absorbed into daily life. overall, the article expressed how the use of technology, social media, and cell phones play a major role on why school institutions functions the way they do, why individuals text more than they talk, why social media is a security factor for many , and why we adapt to certain things the way we do. In conclusion, I think the article was very beneficial and goes hand and hand with this class. I also agree with the author. I believe we as humans have fell in love with social media and cell phones. Some individuals don’t purchase a certain phone if it doesn’t have certain apps such as Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. Soon us as a community will be able to everything online. I don’t think that’s a great habit or quality. Because verbal communication will be tossed out the window, texting and other distractions will cause even more accidents, and all social factors will become deceased.
KIMBERLY F