Psychology of Social Media Week 6 Post:

Psychology of Social Media Week 6:

The good, the bad and the ugly of social media:

This week in social media psychology we learned a little more about the negative aspects of social media, and negative behaviors on social media and on the internet, and then later on in the week finally introduced to some positive aspects of social media again. Some final points on the negative sides of the internet were topics such as oversharing. Dr. Kinghorn showed us real life stories, even with his own Facebook friends stories of oversharing and doing ridiculous things online, it was interesting, funny but honestly at times sometimes ridiculous the things people overshare. One of the examples of how oversharing, or sharing so much personal information on the internet is detrimental was an example of a Florida teenage girl who posted a crude Facebook post, that costed her father an $80,000 legal settlement. The father was fired from a school, and after suing the school, they offered him $80,000 if they wouldn't go tell everyone about the stipend he received (part of the confidentiality agreement.) The daughter, not thinking before she let her fingers type away, posted with ignorant excitement, "Mama and Papa Snay won the case against Gulliver. Gulliver is now officially paying for my vacation to Europe this summer. SUCK IT." (Stucker, Matthew CNN.com.) Since it broke the confidentiality agreement, they didn't end up giving the stipend to the father and former professor at Miami private school.

Everyday people are oversharing, and because of this- identity theft, burglary, people getting fired from their jobs from Facebook posts, and many other consequences happen every day that honestly a lot of people, don't think the consequences could  happen to them, but it happens every day! From this we learned to stop and think before we post things on Facebook that could be detrimental to ourselves, our futures or for the things we want to represent or become. 

Article of this story talked about in class: http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/02/us/facebook-post-costs-father/

Video telling about the story we learned about in class: http://youtu.be/UInaWMPZIL

In addition, to help bring in the introduction to the positive effects and aspects the internet and social media has on mankind, that we will be learning next week also, Dr. Kinghorn brought in the guest speaker again, Paul Wilson as an introduction, to finally start talking more about the wonderful and positive effects and aspects the internet has had, and is currently having on mankind. 

Paul Wilson basically stated a lot of similar statistics tendencies, that we have heard of in class before that show the increasing numbers of people and hours spent on social media usage each day around the world. Dr. Kinghorn already stated some possible reasons of why these social media tools are so appealing to us; such as, based off attending or mimicking to certain psychological needs such as the need to belong, or the need to feel like our voice is heard and more. Although the statistics just proved the overall spread of social media once again, one other additional topic and other statistics that Wilson brought in that we haven't heard of before, were statistics that focused more on YouTube more than on Facebook, Twitter, and/ or other social media websites.

In regards to the statistics showing the social media usage on Youtube, Dr. Wilson stated that there are over 1 trillion views just in one year on YouTube alone. To help us reach a realization of just how large 1 trillion views truly is, the guest speaker asked us a question of about how many years we thought 1 trillion views would add up to and he stated it was about 33,688 years it would equal to match the amount of views that happened, in just in one year on YouTube!

The guest speaker, that Dr. Kinghorn thankfully introduced as adding more topics and information in regards to social media and its impact on humans and their behaviors, the guest speaker, Paul Wilson also talked about some strategies, as asked from Devin Supertramp and other social media guru's about how to make social media videos or information go "viral" and reach large groups of people on the internet. He introduced this topic by naming his speech, "How to Become a YouTube Superhero." He also introduced a fake and made- up, joke business that people would pay for clicks to get their social media to go viral, that some classmates honestly believed was real at first. But after the joke, we learned that there is actually some attributes that actually do make YouTube videos or online media more likely to go viral in the first place. Some advice, he listed as some possible, correlated attributes and strategies that allowed videos and information to go viral on the internet included some of the following attributes and advice. First, the video or information should have the qualities of; introducing novel ideas or tricks that surprise or haven't been done before, or that don't happen every day; second, keeping content short or "bite size," third, relatability and fourth and finally, consistently publishing videos or information, or commenting on the links allows for more consistent audiences- all in which, Paul Wilson stated he learned from some guru's like Devin Supertramp and others that these behaviors allow for the success of videos and information to go viral, and to reach and appeal to largest groups of people online and more! 

DevinSupertramp- Fly Boards

http://youtu.be/m4Bm3cs9TFo

Here's another video shared in class Will It Blend Brand - Coke Can Smoothie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qySFp3qnVmM

After the lectures introduced in class this week, all this talking about the realities, of how much time, and how many people truly use social media and internet every day, every month and every year around the world and in the U.S. like most people, who are becoming aware of this social media becoming ever so present in the world, made me think and wonder...is this technological tool referred to as the internet, and world wide web, providing more help or more harm to humans physical, cognitive, social, emotional and moral health and well being? From being taught by Dr. Kinghorn about the positives and negatives of social media on mankind, I learned that when used in moderation, I feel like technology, the internet and social media, can actually help mankind improve in their physical, cognitive, social, emotional and moral health than ever before! Why do I think this? The internet, lets information and knowledge reach more people and places than ever before, and allows people to learn skills and knowledge about different topics that might not be available to them in their communities. For example, awhile back Dr. Kinghorn told us a story and showed this video of a young boy who around ten years old learned how to break dance incredibly good, just from using YouTube to teach him how to do different break dance moves and from using the internet to teach him to develop his talents. 

http://youtu.be/EIZwPMrBBcU

Additionally, from a click of a mouse, you can get help in the worlds larger communities with any concern, advice or health issue out there, even I know people who use WebMD, to look up emergency health questions and answers before even going to a real life physical doctor. The opportunities to spread truth, light, knowledge and even participate in charity and altruistic behavior, by donating money to causes online or even providing answers to random people's questions that you specialize in or have knowledge of to represent online;  the opportunities seem to be nearly limitless and abundant. If, like most Christians believe, we are here on earth to become like God, and according to the Bible "the glory of God is intelligence," and he wants everyone to become like Him, well then this incredibly inspired tool, helps us to spreads all varying topics of knowledge we had the opportunity to receive in our life, that others may not have, around the world, and to helps aid in the search for understanding and putting all the life's many questions and puzzle pieces together.

On the other hand, since the world is almost, in some peoples' opinions, being overcome with social media and the internet, is it crucial and imperative than ever before- that parents, teachers, and all individuals become educated of what using technology in overly excess amounts and not using technology in moderation, or what viewing the negative or filthy webpages or behaviors online, can truly do to them and their societies. 

Sadly there are thousands and thousands of households, that I have even been in that use the Ipad, and internet or t.v as the babysitter, and who instead of playing outside running, strengthening their bodies and lungs, instead are on their technology video games the whole time. Not to mention there are also thousands and thousands of households around the world, that parents don't teach a single thing about internet safety, or don't even place a single internet safety block or password on their computers to protect their children from accidentally or curiously running into trouble. This social media over-usage, seems to be- even in many of my own personal friends and even actual and extended families lives-an epidemic problem in my opinion. If households, communities and school systems would just provide even more education about internet safety itself, about using internet in moderation , and the physical, cognitive, social, emotional and moral negative health effects of over-usage, and/ or the negative short long term consequences of attending or observing filthy sites, then the internet would become more of what it was meant to be, a tool if used in moderation, could help spread truth, light knowledge and altruism happiness around the world.

All in all, like I stated before; from class this week, my final reflections are that, if people become more educated, and seek to educate their families and others about moderation and about the positive websites and tools the internet puts out there( that humans should be thankful for,) it is then the internet could be the tool it was sent out to be-one of most incredible, awe-inspiring and back in the day unimaginable tools, to help aid in spreading truth, light, knowledge, goodness, and altruism to reach individuals who would have NEVER had the opportunity to access this information. As well as we all know have the ability, to reach further nations of people, and further individuals than ever before. The internet, breaks the bonds that physical space sometimes has on our access to information, people and events, that the limits of physical space wouldn't allow us to previously access knowledge and events to occupy at a single time, that the internet allows. Additionally, the internet allows people to present good information and release much good third order thinking out there in the world. From class this week, and my reflections from them, it is my hope that people will focus on using technology, internet and social media, with moderation, with focus and intent before opening their computer-to control the time and control their ability to reach ones purposes for getting on the internet in the first place. Additionally, it is my hope and wish, that everyone could focus on using the internet, with the intention of doing good, all of these concepts I reflected upon, as learned from class, I believe when implemented, can help aid in allowing the positive aspects of the internet to outweigh the negative aspects that so many people seem to be complaining about in their health and relationships these days.  

#use-the-internet-for-good. #psych-social-media. #moderation-in-all-things, #focusandpriorities

In Finale, Here are some links on the topics of using technology, information and our time to do good.

Random quote I like, to do with moderation and balance with social media and all things: "We have thousands of times more available information than Thomas Jefferson or Abraham Lincoln. Yet which of us would think ourselves a thousand times more educated or more serviceable to our fellowmen than they? The sublime quality of what these two men gave to us—including the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Address—was not attributable to their great resources of information, for their libraries were comparatively small by our standards.Theirs was the wise and inspired use of a limited amount of information."Available information wisely used is far more valuable than multiplied information allowed to lie fallow." -Dallin H. Oaks, "Focus and Priorities" Ensign, April 2001  https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2001/04/focus-and-priorities?lang=eng “I have learned that it is very difficult, if not impossible, to unclutter one’s life by starting at the top of the pile with the idea that the solution is just to get things sorted and better organized.  It is nice to get better organized, but that is not enough. Much actually has to be discarded. We must actually get rid of it." -Elder William R. Bradford "UnclutterYour Life" Ensign, May 1992 https://www.lds.org/ensign/1992/05/unclutter-your-life?lang=eng (reminded me of the golf ball and sand analogy that Dr. Kinghorn taught us about.) #focus and priorities, #use the internet for good. #moderation-in-all-things THINK Is it Thoughtful, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary, kind? only use internet for life's main focuses and purposes.

The End of me OVERSHARING about OVERSHARING

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Psychology of Social Media Week 5 Post:

Opposition in All Things; (Even On The Internet, And How We Use It!)

This week in social media psych we had many required readings, that were meant to finish up talking about some positive aspects of social media, and positive things that social media can bring to societies, and humanity as a whole. Additionally this week, we discussed some negative aspects about the internet and the web. Some of the required readings which I thought were interesting included articles, videos on the news where people used social media to show altruism, as well as talked about the difference between slacktivism and activism.

My opinion on slactivism which I learned from reading the required articles and videos is defined as "anyone who does something in support of an issue or cause that requires minimal personal effort" versus activism " anyone who does something in support of a cause that requires maximum personal effort" is that there must be a balance between the two Slacktivism by itself won't do hardly anything for people, but activism by itself sure will.

Even though in my opinion, slactivism doesn't bring as much power to good causes or changes as does maximum effort of activism gives in face to face help of problems, we learned from the required readings that slactivism, still does bring a lot of good in the causes for humanity, at least because it brings awareness to causes, and may inspire those slactivists, or others viewing the causes online to make a difference through what the viewed online.

Here's an example of a kid that inspires people to donate to a cause online, that actually attends BYU Hawaii.

As seen in this video, through social media this kid at BYU Hawaii has earned over $8,725 for his familys cancer cause to help cancer research, that a kid that is currently attending BYU Hawaii has helped earn $8,725, through this social media sites like Facebook, YouTube and people also donate to this crowdrise.com website.

https://www.crowdrise.com/HelpKiliCancer/fundraiser/spencerhayter

http://youtu.be/qWlTN8rb8UE

Additionally here are some links to articles and good news stories where social media, helped people show, or become aware of altruism happening in their communities, that we were required to read and watch for psychology of social media class.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/31/olivet-middle-school-football-play_n_4182924.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw3aWPxtpfE

As well as articles and a video that talks even more about slactivism and activism, that is also very helpful in understanding the differences, and social media's effects on prosocial behaviors.

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/17066016-in-defense-of-slacktivism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EQFKKJBjwE

In addition to the required readings, I arrived half way through Paul Wilsons talk but the general idea and gist of it I asked my group members, during the group meeting because that I missed the beginning, was that there is a whole lot thousands upon thousands of websites that none of us, even know about or have access to. A technology called TOR allows people to not be identified, but to present, sell, view and engage in mostly very very negative acts. I went online to YouTube, to describe this better, because it was kind of confusing to me since I showed up later, and this a you tube video that described it better. From this video I don't know if it's real statistics, but it says that 80 percent of the deep web's budget comes from the U.S gov't and then the rest of the budget comes from other gov'ts and other groups. I was never aware of the fact of the "deep web" existing, but it sounds kind of dangerous so I want to stay away. I wasn't aware, of all the evil that is truly out there also. People watch T.V shows like NCIS, but you think "oh people don't do this stuff in the neighborhood around me," but the thing is the deep web has thousands of pages, selling drugs, showing people killing others, really bad porn and more. It just broke my heart to hear that people just to stay entertained or whatever purpose go look, and then engage in these sites! I guess there is some good things people can do with the software Tor like donate to causes to remain anonymous, and also the deep web or known as hidden web to some, is also used by our government, to send data to the military and help in protecting our national safety and wellbeing. Overall though, I want to discover what's on there, but the classmates said its mostly all bad things, so I want to know if there is only bad things on the deep web, or can people access good information on the deep web that could benefit us? I of course honestly would only want to access the good information, but right now "no body got time for that!" Way too busy with school, and would only go browse if it was required for my classes because between work and school and trying to sleep I don't have time to go get more distracted in the deep web, the Google browser is good enough for me right now! :)

Lastly, When talking about this topic, about the "deep web" and thousands and thousands of sites and things out there on the web that we aren't even aware of, it made me think, the internet really is like a whole other world on top of our world sometimes. Having so much technology and loads of random information constantly popping up lighting on our browsers, up our smart phones, all over the internet, out there makes me extremely thankful to learn knowledge honestly, but at the same time, wouldn't go completely Amish, but sometimes makes me want to have no TV, sometimes go back to a flip phone.

For example, I recently got a smart phone and I'm extremely thankful but it seems to constantly be going off with notifications from emails, Facebook, text messaging calls, updates, there is barely ever time it's not flashing, but hey that's life it's not going to stop. Overall, I hope to always live in the moment where I am at, not be living in the past looking at old friends Facebook updates from high school, or looking at other random people from Arizona or extended families websites. Might sound confusing or dumb, but although every Sunday I make sure to  use the internet for good as I email my little brother on his mission, or use my smart phone to call my family, those things I am extremely grateful for. But for those that literally can't live without their constant postings and smart phones, I learned that when I live in the moment, face-to-face with people and events in the physical world I have deeper revelation, and deeper experiences and deeper learning. 

Talking about some negative dark sides of the internet, and using internet in moderation, made me think of a video Dr. Kinghorn showed us awhile back in class was really incredible and really good, 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dLU6fk9QY

heres another video called " I forgot my phone" about balancing technology social media, and real face-to-face communication.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dLU6fk9QY 

All in all, lessons on altruism in social media, as well as some negative things on the internet shows, fulfills the scripture "there is opposition in all things." Even though there is a lot of scary, negative and bad things on the internet, many things on the internet that I have no idea, what it's like for example, like the deep dark web, drug sites, or pornography scary things sound scary, luckily I have never ever ran into those sites, I just got lucky though. I honestly always have, and always want to only use it for good educational, helping spread a smile to others, to help others and help share information to gain truth, light and understanding, not deep dark filth found on the deep web supposedly my classmates were describing to me! I know some of my friends on facebook post filth, and I have walked into a party where guys were literally looking at porn which was absolutely disgusting. But I honestly on my own time have honestly strived to always only look up good things always, but I need to limit my time online sometimes, like a lot of people these days, but in regards to my browsing, I want to keep my browsing to a minimum, as least time on the internet as possible, and I want to when I'm finally done with school, have a job that's outside.

Those are all my thoughts, reflections, from this week regarding the links, assigned readings and topics of altruism, slactivism, the negative affects the web has such as cyber bullying, pornography and learned about the deep web, which was a really scary thing, made me think of!

Here is some more links to sites that allow people to donate to causes and show altruism!

http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Social-Networking-for-Good

Psychology of Social Media Week 4 Post:

Psychology of Social Media Week 4 blog:

          This week in the Psychology of Social Media class we had a lot of required readings on topics on social media and the information age, and the positive aspects that social media brings to societies. The required readings that we read included, reading chapters from Clay Shirky's book called "Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations" and also reading a chapter from another social media book, from chapter 3 called "Revolution 2.0" by Wael Ghonim.

            From reading the whole first chapter of "Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations" I was just shocked, that Evan, through the use of social media and technology was able to reach the NYPD even from having a phone stolen, which cops could care less to pay attention to at times. After reading this chapter, and then talking about it in class it made me think that it's hard to get the police full on attention with any theft crime something that costs a couple hundred of dollars, let alone a phone in one of the largest crime filled cities, which a phone stolen is its smallest crime probably happening at the time, so social media can definitely aid in getting peoples causes or voices heard, thats an incredible but also scary thing in some cases. It made me realize, its true with all the points the author was making that in addition I realized that the new format of  forming groups and social connecting through technology and social media, is truly changing a lot about society, and one of them is getting one's voice heard! I feel like the last sentence of chapter one, really made a good point, and showed me that through technology and social media, now groups and individual voices can be heard in a way that was never allowed before. Movements can even be created and huge events in history can be started for the case of good for humanity and ill for humanity, the freedom of expression allowed in America, and then the use of technology, can spread ideas faster and farther than ever before.

            Next, then in Thursdays class one of the required readings we talked about was from Chapter 3 of "Revolution 2.0" by Wael Ghonim Revolution, I was also surprised of how many people joined the group within a short amount of days, and shows when everyone has a cause and comes together their voice I guess is more likely to be heard and once again, through the use of technology, can spread ideas faster and farther than ever before.We read a lot of additional required readings but, one of the websites Dr. Kinghorn gave us taught us about video game addiction, but he even stated wasn't the best website, but I still felt like it gave a little more knowledge about how you can tell, and what you can do if children or adults are addicted to video games.

            My favorite part of this week, was how Dr. Kinghorn introduced different websites, groups and individuals that use social media to show or lead others to serve and show altruism. Some sites he introduced that I honestly never heard of before and am interested in include, One of the sites we talked about was Kiva, which lends people money, and other sites like Allstarter and of course lds.org and others. We also talked about in class, the definition, and the use of crowd sourcing within social media. Different ways that people have used crowd sourcing to show altruism include, those mentioned in the CNN video in class like for example, the use of crowd sourcing to submit images to try and find a crashed plane, and also crowd sourcing to submit pictures to find the Boston Marathon bombers. All in all, just in this week, Dr. Kinghorn and other students brought up so many different positive aspects that social media brings to societies, so I'm excited to learn even more of them, because often people seem to focus on the negatives of social media and the internet. 

Psychology of Social Media Week 3 Post: Living in what Dr. Kinghorn calls "The information Age:"

Living in "The information Age."

Reflection blog 5/9/13

          This week in the Psychology of Social Media class we had a lot of required readings on topics on social media and the information age. The required readings that we read included,  finding many articles about topics of technology information age, and statistics on social media usage in the united states and the world. One article I read found on the media shift website, included a website http://www.mideastmedia.org/media-and-leisure/introduction.html where it mentions a six-nation survey done at Northwestern University in Qatar, that showed statistics on entertainment media usage in the middle east. It was really interesting to me that even all around the world Facebook seems to come out on top as the site where people go to for entertainment or to even connect. It made me question, I am interested to find more information about why exactly besides being social creatures, why is Facebook so popular around the world, and MySpace not as popular etc? I want to ask this question in class next week, or maybe do some research into what is it about Facebook that grabs humans attention so much and keeps them addicted, and second why Facebook is the most popular social media medium on the internet? This website didn't answer why Facebook is so popular around the world it just included the numbers of billions of people, and the numbers of hundreds of hours a month that people spend on Facebook. I feel like it just gives us a sense of creativity, sharing, and gives us the opportunity to present ourselves in a way we want to be presented. The scary thing is that they say that Facebook is truly making people narcissistic though mostly only thinking about themselves, their self importance etc. Some articles I read about twitter, stated that twitter and instagram might replace the popularity of Facebook in the future, but I personally think Facebook will be around for a very huge amounts of time, but I guess the future and past history will only be able to see the outcomes of Facebook if Facebook will continue to be one of the number one social media websites that people love and use even compared to Twitter, Instagram, and of course an earlier chatting site MySpace.

           To prepare for class, and in our class discussions we also got to talk about amazing ted talks discussing social media, and also even amazing lds talks that give direction about the incredible changes in use of technology and even advice as I think the world will keep on getting obsessed and use technology more and more for all different reasons as time comes. Why? Technology, computers, internet and fast information, makes life and answers come more quickly and at times, answer our questions even better. I absolutely loved the talk that Dr. Kinghorn required us to read, by Dallin H. Oaks given in 2001 conference called "Of Focus and Priorities." I don't remember ever hearing this talk in conference I think because it was given so long ago, but this talk I was honestly so thankful to read because it had so much truth and literally so much application to my life and everyone's life in this fast speed information age, and the need to keep up with the seemingly increasingly increasing speed of society and information, but still keep up with being in tune with the spirit.

        This article on "focus and priorities" reffering to the blessings and changes in internet and technology, in this fast paced world literally I think made an eternal impact on me, if I apply what I read. In this article, it talked about listening to the spirit, accountability, and the internet and information inventions were inspired by God and we need to use them with moderation to do good. Although it's always good to use our agency with technology and information to do good, and be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and as elders oaks talks about technology; "Every discovery in science and art, that is really true and useful to mankind, has been given by direct revelation from God."(Oaks1.) Elder Oaks also stated "We should take advantage of all these great discoveries …and give to our children the benefit of every branch of useful knowledge, to prepare them to step forward and efficiently do their part in the great work” (Oaks1) Although it's always good to keep up with the world with improving our individual talents and individual abilities even with technology, Elder Oaks stated about technology usage, "The principle of accountability also applies to the spiritual resources conferred in the teachings we have been given and to the precious hours and days allotted to each of us during our time in mortality. Each of us should be careful that the current flood of information does not occupy our time so completely that we cannot focus on and hear and heed the still, small voice that is available to guide each of us with our own challenges today."(Oaks1)

      In addition to the wonderful insights from honestly incredible ted talks about why social media and online videos and entertainment are so popular, and wonderful talks to give literally eternal knowledge about technology to lead us to eternal progression, in addition to these amazing opinions, facts, resources and required readings we also learned interesting facts within out discussion groups. We talked about a teacher who tried to spread the word about teaching her class how fast information can be spread on the internet about internet safety, and Dr. Kinghorn stated that the reason why this picture was spread over millions of times, was first, it was one of the first teachers to do such a thing on Facebook, and second, the cause wasn't for what some might call selfish narcissistic needs like, "if I get 1,000 likes my girlfriend will get me a puppy" but was for a cause that reached the hearts and interests of many. The cause seemed to be hidden messages of bringing in values of educating children, keeping children safe on the internet, and also made people feel included in this cause. Another way that some messages, news or pictures are spread are there is a sense of unexpectedness, or relating to emotions and topics that people can truly relate to.

     Overall, this week on learning about all of the literal changes, benefits, advantages that come with the increasing numbers and speed of information available, I learned so much information it's hard to fit into this whole blog, but my reflections I described on the insights an facts I thought were insightful and interesting,  and in addition the questions I listed above, that the discussions made me wonder, and even find out what my classmates thought, and even just being able to learn about different topics from other students I learned so information that I would bore people if I listed all my reflections and insights I got from taking notes and class discussions , and sadly would make the outcome be that my blog could probably get like 5 pages and would feel horrible if I anyone had to read that long so to summarize all my reflections on the discussions required readings and information from the book and in class,  that I basically, this week I learned a lot, and my favorite thing was the talk given by elder, oaks I'm literally saving this talk because times are increasing in speed and knowledge and it is easy to get overwhelmed, but when we make good use of our time, we can accomplish all we were sent here on earth to do, with the resources and the grateful billions and billions of information available around us and even with our fingertips can either find information for to lead us to learn how to better serve others, and lead us to our eternal progression for the better good, or if people pay attention to just video games or social websites in a unhealthy 10 hour a day thing, then people would join in distractions without eternal progression and meaning to them. Instead of being against social media, I've tried to accept it more, and since then I actually have found incredible quotes and knowledge. For example even though I thought I would hate twitter, although I don't like posting things, I have found incredible photos and even unique history facts about the united states and even inspiring, motivating quotes by C.S Lewis, or being inspired by the new engineered technologies Google company on twitter that posts there working on, that help me to see, that if technology is used wisely and moderately in balance with all other aspects in life, then it forsure can add beauty, knowledge and even further skills such as looking up a new recipe, that can help in aiding and serving our future families and others in this life!

    Here's links to just some of the cool articles, talks and topics required to read for class.

http://www.mideastmedia.org/media-and-leisure/introduction.html

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2001/04/focus-and-priorities

http://www.ted.com/talks/chris_anderson_how_web_video_powers_global_innovation.html