Nicole Chiapperino

                                                                     During one of my classmate's presentation, I learned a lot about the importance of fact-checking the information that we as a society are reading. I always knew what disinformation was but I never really knew where it was coming from. Disinformation has always been a problem, even all the way back to an example used in the presentation, when the Soviet Union attacked the United States government's integrity but saying they are causing the AIDS epidemic. It was explained to me that the Soviet Union was disinforming the public in order to destabilize the government. I am almost disappointed to say that I never really thought about disinformation. I do however think that this is a normal behavior within the growth of social media.      When we scroll through social media we learn a lot about what's happening in our communities and across the world. It was interesting for me to listen to this presentation beca

             What is “Citizen Journalism”? Exactly what it says, citizens that act as journalists. Journalists publicize their work in order to educate their audience. Citizen Journalism is no different. But, it can be found just about anywhere. All social media outlets are able to act at a home for citizen journalism. With technological advancements citizen, journalism has become extremely popular.       Social media is such a huge outlet for people all around the world. Social media makes it easy for citizens to journal. If there is an event, a protest, a fight, or an accident; Citizens are the first ones at the scene usually. Most bystanders are going to reach for their phone and either video, take pictures, or even just inform others of the incident at hand. For example, with the recent Black Lives Matter protests and rallies, I have personally seen countless video recordings of them and that is where I have been getting information. Whether that is right or wrong, people look to s

                                                            Technology is an amazing thing that we are lucky to have. But, that does not change the fact that it can be a dangerous apparatus. Watching Christopher Soghoian's   Ted Talk I was informed on so many parts of technology that I never really thought about. Wiretap is a scary thing and it can put people's privacy in jeopardy. Tapping is a huge part of catching criminals and it has many advantages and can help police and other agencies to do their job. But, it is fair to put everyone else's security at risk? Soighain explained that this new type of encryption would make it harder to catch the bad guys. But, with practice, it will become the new normal, the better normal.       Something said in the Ted talk that stuck with me was "After 100 years of being able to listen to a telephone call... government officials are not very happy". I think it is very comforting that people are fighting for our safety, and p

                                                                                          When talking about the "Diffusion Theory" in class, the first that came to mind was Instagram. Instagram has become one of the biggest social media platforms. In 2010, when Instagram was founded, I don't remember many people having it. I felt like it was a privilege to have Instagram, at least for my age group. I remember vividly that after a few weeks of it being out there everyone started to catch on and be excited about this newly discovered app. The early majority was the older teenagers, at least where I am from. Most younger kids were not allowed to have Instagram because of the unknown. Once people started to feel comfortable with it, it hit its peak. That is when not only younger children started getting it, but also adults. This turned into a real hotspot. That is when the late majority started to come into play, as Snapchat and other social media platforms came the decline

            Watching one of my classmates presenting about VCR's were very interesting. I learned a lot about VCR's in this presentation, the history especially. I thought it was interesting the idea behind VCR was recording and that was why they made them. VCR tapes were able to give everyone such an amazing advantage in regards to being able to watch something that had already been live and played on television. TV was such a big invention that It was obvious that inventions would come after it to enhance the television, this was one of the inventions.       I thought the presenter did a really great job and explaining the pros and cons of VCR to the class. In regards to the pros, one I never would have thought of was global communication. I never thought of that. But, it is certainly true. VCR and recordings were able to expand communication and it was definitely a benefit for everyone.  I thought it was interesting went the presenter started talking about the cons of the VC

                                             Throughout history, there have been many inventions and discoveries that have changed the course of communication. Personally, I think the first email was one of the most prominent. Email’s starting point is very different from where it is today. In 1971, Ray Tomlinson invented what was called “electronic mail”. Tomlinson wanted something that would be an easy and fast way to communicate. So, he was testing out this new form of communication, electronic mail. He began working with ARPANET which was the networked email system. Tomlinson sent his first email to himself. He did this to make sure that the electronic mail was going to work before publishing his findings. Tomlinson needed to find a way to make sure that the message was getting sent to the right place, so he developed what we now know as the at symbol or “@”. This “@” makes it so the message is guided to the message at the right computer and right address. Just a short time later