Internet Ethnography

Imagine having to turn off all electronics and not being able to use it for a week. Technologies, such as the Internet, have provoked questions about the effects it has to students overtime. Although Internet users have become dependent to the internet, schools should not participate in national “Shut Down Your Screen Week” because the Internet is an exceptional source of information, the Internet is used for instant communication, and Internet users have shown increased signs of social interactions.

In contemporary times, the technological advancement known as the Internet, has revolutionized the way in which society is educated. This tool greatly impacts not only the field of education, but every aspect of society. Indeed, Lewin documents, “those ages 8 to 18 spend more than seven and a half hours a day” (A1), connected to the Internet. This citation illustrates the extensive amount of time today’s youth are online. To that end, the Internet is prevalent in many homes throughout the world and continues to influence the way in which people are educated both in the classroom and even while performing homework. The impact of the Internet becomes evident when one begins to examine similarities and differences between the slew of

The internet today is more than just social media. It’s a way of finding others a stronger way of communication. With other source of engines. Social media is used to communicate with others that wouldn't be possible unless social media existed. Having social media in our lives helps us keep in contact with family and friends out of reach. On the other hand, it gives others the power hide behind their profile on the internet, “At the screen, you have a chance to write yourself into the person you want to be and to imagine others as you wish them to be, constructing them for your purpose”.Those who “ hide behind the internet” are just using the internet in a different way than others would. At the end of the day the internet is being used to communicate yourself in more than one way. The web is a un recognize networking site used on an everyday basis. Without knowing so the web has expanded the people you know to a larger number. Without the web the people you know would be a low number that just includes family, friends and co workers. Now that number includes friends of your friends. It lets you advertise different things going on in your life. As i grew older i used the internet as another way to get my voice out there whenever i'm fundraising. This helps me reach to people that wouldn’t have been possible without social

There are many forms of communication in life. The internet is a great way for people to communicate. Without the internet we would not have discovered people like Justin Bieber, Jenna Marbles, Rhett & Link, etc. who wanted to share their talent to the world through the internet. According to Stephen Marche, “Over the past three decades, technology has delivered to us a world in which we need not to be out of contact for a fraction of a

Social media is a place where lots of people put themselves forward and project how they want to be seen by people around them. Especially with features such as "liking", "disliking", and commenting, when someone posts a photo to social media they are well aware that they are putting the photo up to be "approved" by society. When I examine my social media presence in relation to the ways in which I "do" gender, there are many very common themes and patterns in which I see myself following. This photo of me picking up my dog at the beach superficially seems like any generic picture that one may see on Instagram, and it is. However, there are underlying reasons as to why I had chosen this photo to represent myself to the people around me on social media. Many of these underlying reasons

As much as the people criticize the internet there are some importance to it being here today. The internet allows people to stay in contact with others, social media is one of the distractions that the internet provides us with but it does help keep in touch with family members we don’t see every day. It allows us to know what’s happening in the world, for example the news about the chemical bombs that were hit in Syria. The internet provides information to the brain at a faster rate than what a newspaper would do.

There are few places on this Earth, if any, where the possibilities are truly endless. However, if you detach yourself from the physical world and emerge into the “online” world, you find that this just might actually be accurate in this realm. The World Wide Web has had so much to offer to us since the early 1990s, but with this comes controversy. Unleashed onto a plane of seemingly immeasurable freedom of anonymity, was the world ready for such responsibility? Since those early days when new emerging technology changed our lives immensely, have we at all become a better place, or have we bitten off more than we can chew, and doomed our human relations forever? Exploring these concepts are three in-depth articles, including: “Growing Up Tethered” by Sherry Turkle, “The Loneliness of the Interconnected” by Charles Seife, and “Cybersexism” by Laurie Penny. Although it is thought that the Internet brings the world together, it actually does not help us politically, culturally, and economically like one would believe, as it makes us unable to be independent, isolates us from different points of view, and encourages real-world violence against women and other minority groups.

With the introduction of the Internet, there has been a global shift in our human culture. A profound, intense change in which every one of us has been impacted by, and one that has never been so pervasive or immediate as the one we have seen grow with each passing day. Now, the Internet was conceived with the purest of notions, where the intentions were good and the purpose was true: a glorified, all-encompassing systematic collection of the world’s expressions, where ideas, thoughts, reforms, and opinions can circle the globe, for conversations to be sparked and a global culture to be established. However, through the passage of time, certain facets of the Internet have become polluted, perverse even, where the malicious and ill willed could

What did mankind do before the internet? Educational technologies are changing the lives of current and future generations. For years, technology has been flooding into the classrooms of youngsters. On an average, a student uses up to three devices daily. Teenagers count on a cell phone to do things, from waking them up in the morning to giving them any information needed during the day. The incredible World Wide Web saves many hours of research for a paper compared to three decades ago when days were spent looking up research that is now available almost instantly. The floppy discs of a few decades back cannot compare to digital textbooks on mobile devices, e readers, laptops, or tablets of the day. Technology plays a huge role in today’s world impacting education on major levels in regards to accessibility, communication, and opportunity. Education will continue to be part of people’s lives, regardless of age or lifestyle.

As the years progress, our society as a whole, is advancing in technology at a rapid rate. Nowadays, according to the article of the week paper, The next civil rights frontier is digital by Juan Andrade, states that access to home internet connection is a prerequisite for academic success, and for the most part it is true. Teachers now have access to new websites such as Google Classroom where they are able to post homework assignments and is expected by the teacher for the student to get the homework done. Unfortunately, many families cannot afford Internet access, and are limited to public library visits and to mobile data plans, these people find themselves at a disadvantage compared to their peers. In this essay I will elaborate on the subject matter of, digital access and if it is a “fundamental civil rights issue”, how Internet access can “radically change lives”, and if I make wise use of my Internet time.

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The burgeoning literature on digital ethnography and its processes of collecting information requires attention especially how social networking sites are integrated into everyday lives of participants (Hine, 2015; Markham, 2013; Murthy, 2011; Numerato, 2015; Postill & Pink, 2012; Ulmer & Cohen, 2016). It is important to critically evaluate digital methods throughout the study and to be cognizant of routines, movements and social relations in and between the online and offline worlds (Markham, 2013). While some scholars see the online world as just another context where social phenomena occur it is important to be critical of the process and mindful of ethical issues (Markham, 2013; Numerato, 2015; Postill & Pink, 2012).

Since its introduction on a public scale in the 1990s, the internet has been associated with many changes in social experience. Many aspects of social life such as education, work, commerce and even personal relationships have changed through the internet. However, researchers have found that, at least in the early years, access to the internet is shaped according to gender, class, ethnicity and education. During the 1990s the typical information technology user was a white, male, professional with a background in IT. This bias in internet access was named the ‘digital divide’ to point out the implied social inequalities. It was said that the internet was

The Internet is the key to development. In the United States, the Internet has a positive effect on education. It has broadened the amount and kind of resources accessible for research, provided students successful techniques for collaboration (discourse boards and forums), and has allowed for social networking to become not as formal and more widespread. The internet has the potential to be an enormous force for augmentation by giving fast and inexpensive information. It has turned into an instructive means for students, expanded communication, and allowed learning of all subjects to be shared.

The internet has also been a key factor of popular culture that affects the American identity. Through different social media applications and websites, the internet has broken down communication barriers between different cultures in a way that was nearly impossible in the past. The internet has also changed how Americans go through their daily lives. In the past people had to meet in person to meet with each other and communicate. However, today people communicate with each other through the variety of social media applications on their phones. Dating applications on devices have changed how people build relationships. Nowadays, most people meet their spouses and friends through the internet. Since America is very multicultural the internet has helped these cultures to share and communicate with each other and create a more informed and understanding relationship between different cultures. While America has been multicultural for so long it does have a history of racism but the internet has helped break down some of these walls.