“Social changes were and will always be harder in early days in history”
In today’s day in age society is culturally more open to other people’s values and perspectives. This is partially due to the information available on the internet. The internet has opened a tremendous amount of various information from different points of view. These different points of view help others with no knowledge accept and perceive the information as if they were a person who may be dealing with racism, assault, and or discrimination. Gladwell might have mentioned people misunderstand something written by a stranger on the internet, but proved that point wrong by showing the positive aspects of technology being more helpful for protesting. The three main
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The way the author proved the internet in a positive view was validating the point of the internet spreading awareness on a faster rate. Gladwell explained how Twitter and Facebook have gotten politicians and higher ranked people in the world to listen to people that have never had a say in society. With people which whom may have never had a say in society post an opinion about some social problem, they might have a chance to make it aware to other people due to the internet. Again with referring to the whole idea of social change is easier to be accomplished in today’s world is due to the internet. With that being said, Gladwell perfectly validates social change is clearly faster with technology.
Another very important social change the internet has helped throughout the existence of technology is how many wars have been won or ended faster with information being posted onto the internet. Without information being posted on the internet people on the total opposite side of the war would never be aware of what kind of war is being fought, and how it ended. In the essay “Small Change” the quotation which was stated by Glassman “Sites like Facebook, give the U.S a significant competitive advantage over terrorists” (Gladwell 171). This quotation shows a complete understanding of how the internet makes countries that may use the internet and sites as in Facebook, have or will
Although Baron makes valid points that agree with Gladwell, he also made a point that proves otherwise. Social media can actually make a change in society and create a huge revolution. The President of Egypt was overthrown due to social media. At the beginning of Baron’s writing, he discusses how the role of “Twitter, Facebook, smartphones, and the Internet in general” (329)
He says it has altered how people interact and develop relationships with each other these days. He states, “you can have thousand friends on facebook, and not have a single one in real life” (407). Gladwell’s argument became confusing when he mentioned how “the traditional relationship between political authority and popular will has been upended, making it easier for the powerless to collaborate, coordinate, and give voice to their concern” (401). This is confusing to the reader because it seems like his counter argument is becoming his actual point. He fails to realize that all the marches and walk outs were inspired through social media. With social media the words travel easier and much faster. Social media gets the word to other geographic regions as well as social classes. With Twitter, celebrities can get more involved and give their views on a issue close to them, which tend to get their fan base on board. With that in mind, it is reasonable to say that Gladwell believes that social media are actually debilitating modern society by replacing our willingness to actually sacrifice for the greater good with a constant flow of snide comments hashtagged with important
Timing is everything. Gladwell knows this and executes his timing effectively. He wrote this article at a time when social media was really starting to explode. In the year 2010 Facebook users overtook the number of google users, Time Magazine named Mark Zuckerberg its person of the year, and companies started to have social media policies; these are only a few of the social media happenings around this time. Gladwell was aware of all
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Although problems with the inappropriate use of social networks are not new, in recent years, it has been observed by many authorities how the internet allows any actor to perform information operations with amazing ease and effectiveness. Indeed, several countries and individuals are using online multichannel platforms and social networks like Instagram, Snapchat Facebook, Twitter or YouTube, the mentioned sites allows any actor to collect an enormous amount of information on their potential adversaries and influence public opinion through propaganda and counter-propaganda activities. The armed forces of several countries, including the United States want to take action on the issue, this has caused a domino effect that not only touches us
The internet is something that has affected the last few generations. Today's students are affected immensely because they are young, impressionable, and exposed to many more resources through the internet. In Andrea Lunsford’s article, “Our Semi-Literate Youth? Not So Fast,” she and her research team prove that, when used wisely, the internet is not harming students and enhancing their writing skills. In Nicholas Carr's article, “Hal And Me,” he writes through personal and second hand experiences about how the internet is reducing people's ability to absorb information. Many people have different opinions on technology. The ongoing debate is whether or not the internet is affecting people, mostly the younger generations, in a bad way or in a good way.
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In 1931, General MacArthur could not have imagined many of the forms of warfare that would be used just a few years later during World War II. He understood, however, that changes in methods and weapons could alter the nature of the conflict. Just as machineguns, tanks, and aircraft changed the nature of conflicts, so did the telegraph, radio, television, and eventually the Internet. The advances today in the information world, specifically with the advent of social media and new media, may prove as profound (great) as any of these inventions. We must, therefore, observe and adjust our information communication strategies in order not to “go
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When we get on the internet, there are certain things we expect. We expect to be able to search anything, connect to any website we want and basically be in control of what we do. Without net neutrality, we would no longer be able to search or look at what we want. Net neutrality states that internet providers must treat all data on the internet the same and not discriminate or charge differently by any means. This means that internet service providers (ISPs) cannot prioritize certain types of data or companies. The internet is so vital in todays society and without net neutrality there may not be access to some of the programs used everyday for both work and schooling.
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The internet is more readily available today than it has even been before; Individuals feel that they can implement their freedom of speech right on the internet as they please. This raises concerns about how we can regulate offensive or harmful forms of speech such as pornography, hate speech. The internet has actually created special problems for censoring and posting materials online. In this paper I will discuss the most feasible way of regulating online content, when to draw the line between what is simply offensive or what is harmful and hateful, who should be responsible for censoring these materials, and the modes of regulation.
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