Thursday, January 30, 2014

3rd blog assignment

1. How did the Internet originate? What role did the government play?

The internet originated as a military project. It was the first academic researchers to communicate on a network system. This broke down each message so that it would be more easier to route.

2.  Why did Google become such a force in Web searching?

The new algorithm that was invented was the reason why Google became such a force in Web searching. This algorithm calculated popularity. What was cool at the time.

3. What are the democratic possibilities of social media? How can social media aid political repression? Provide a current example in your answer.

Some democratic possibilities of the social media would be the right to speak openly. On the social media, you can express yourself 100%. You can say bascially anything you want. For example, people speak about many things on blogs. This accounts for freedom of speech. Social media can aid in political repression. In China the government system is very strict. There is limited freedom. For example, people in China are so closed in that certain things in history they can't even google.


4. Google’s corporate motto is “Don’t be evil.” Which of the four major digital corporations (Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook) seems to have the greatest tendency for evil? Why? Which seems to do the most good why?

The digital corporation that has the most tendency for evil would have to be facebook. Facebook has many aspects that can cause many problems. From facebook, people commit suicide, recieve depression disorders, and much more. Facebook is evil. For example, formspring was a part of facebook that caused many people to commit suicide. People used this because it was an anonymous was to talk about about someone.


6. Do you have any strong memories from playing early video games? To what extent did these games define your childhood?

My strongest memories from playing video games would have to be when I recieved DDR for christmas. My sister and I would play for hours and hours on end. I also played a lot of games with my bother on the playstation. Many games such as karyoke revolution, I played with my girl friends. This defined my childhood because our days revolved around these games. It brought us together as friends and together as a family.

7. What have you learned about video games?

I learned that the first video game was brought about it 1948. I also learned that the more technology that was brought about, the more video games were too. video games became a huge part of society.

8. Why do video games play such a large role in society? Are they good or bad for society? Please provide examples.

Video games play a huge role in society. In some ways they play a good role and in other ways they play a very bad role. For example, video games are a good thing to do with friends. Some video games are even educational for children. A bad thing about video games is that it takes over peoples lives. They consume their time with video games, and it may take away from adolecsents social skills. 

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