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The New World: Social Media 5000 hours of online observation, done by Southern California University, found that the digital world is creating new opportunities for young people to grapple with social norms, explore interests, develop technical skills, and work on new forms of self-expression that wasn’t possible before social media existed(Goldberg). This brings us to a crippling question that have people on either side of the argument, is social media truly beneficial for society? There are stats

adversely affect the U.S. middle class. According to Pew Research, which claims to obtain its data through non-partisan demographic research and public opinion polling, the American middle class, defined as those making two-thirds to double the median income, makes up about half the population. Further information in this paper is obtained from reliable sources such as the New York Times and the Washington Post, which are typically regarded as center to left, As well as right-leaning sources such as

In “The Great Debate: Is College Still Worth It?” author Ricardo Azziz endorses post-secondary education by stating its economic advantage in today’s society. The author begins his article by introducing a survey done by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, which shows that the majority of college graduates believe college education is worth its cost. Not only are people convinced of the value of a college education, adults with a degree of some sort (bachelor’s degree or

calls on activists such as Martin Luther King. They harassed and blackmailed him. In addition, the Pew Research Center stated, “ ... Americans want to control their personal information, but few feel like they are able to” (Gao). Many people want to control their data but only 9% say they have a lot of control over how much information is collected about them (Gao). According to the Pew Research Center, “A majority of American disapprove of the U.S. government’s collection of telephone and internet

picked up this new dialect very simple using terms such as LOL OMG. They seem to speak in a foreign language to adults. We will take a closer look at a few of these technologies and show how they are changing the way we learn. A report done by pew Center, “99% of all Americans own a cell phone as of 2014, 81% use their phones to send or receive text messages, and 73% used it for email or chat.” The reason for such activity is because of mobile devices such as the smart phone. These phones allow

Spanish. "Spanish is the most spoken non-English language in U.S. homes, even among non-Hispanics. A record 37.6 million persons ages 5 year and older speak Spanish at home, according to an analysis of the 2011 American Community Survey by the Pew Research Center” When visiting a different culture, the language barriers are scary, I recently visited Mexico and not knowing what people were saying was frightening, Luckily Spanish is common so it wasn’t hard to find someone to translate. I remember feeling

Encyclopedia of adolescence. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag. Edited by a well-educated, researcher of youth culture, this encyclopedia looks at several categories of adolescent research. Topics include identity and development, relationships, social contexts, and mental health. These are all important topics for YA librarians to research, as it provides insight into the average YA librarian’s user demographic, and would allow for more thoughtful programming, collection development, and overall YA services

our chances of moving from lower class to upper class? A research conducted by one of the author of "American Dream? Or Mirage?" Found that Americans across the economic spectrum did indeed severely misjudge the amount of upward mobility in society. The research also concluded that for those who saw themselves as rich and successful, it helped justify their wealth. For the poor, it provided hope for a brighter economic future. Another research by Shai Davidai, and the Cornell psychologist Thomas Gilovich

argue that college is “too expensive” and “not essential in succeeding in life”; however, it is stated that college students have a higher success rate in economics and are more prepared in the long run. As to college prices, Pew Social and Demographics Trend, the research center that wrote Is College Worth It, show how expensive student loans are for college students.

continues in these States. At the present time 56% of the people in the U.S. support the capital punishment according to the Pew Research Center (Less Support for Death Penalty....). The support of the capital punishment has had a significant decline in the last decades in the United States if it is compared with a survey in 1996 where the support was 78% (Pew Research Center). The people who support the death penalty believe that it is effective, but it is not. The death penalty is not effective because