Teenagers Internet Socializing Not a Bad Thing

Parents think the internet is a waste of time, but the kids are actually learning from it. This article is correct for many reasons but it is also incorrect at the same time. Some ways in which it is correct and has the right information is that there are people in the world who are trying different ways to get access to kids on the computer. Some have been successful and it ends up having the child be kidnapped raped, or even killed. This is the scariest thing for parents when there kids are on the internet. Some of the access points have come through kid's myspace pages, facebook pages, and IM
(Instant Messaging).
Parents are wrong if they believe this article also. They worry about their children talking to random people they don’t know when their kids are probably talking to some of their friends. Like the article said, “kids go on the computer to keep in touch with their friends each night,” this is usually what they are doing. It is possible that a predator or a potential pedifle is trying to talk to the kids but there are ways of making sure that your kids don’t talk to these people. You can block them from your screen name or facebook, you can get your parents help because they just want to help you be safe, etc.

Technology and the Presidential Election of 2008

I think this article, Campaigns in a Web 2.0 World, by David Carr in the New York Times, was trying to show how technology has changed over the years and how the 2 presidential candidates used it. In the older days, people were using technological inventions like the radio. Technology was a huge way that people around the country was able to follow what’s going on and who’s saying what in the election. Obama and McCain have been using technology throughout the whole time they have been running for presidency. Some people can’t see what is happening on TV so instead they can go watch it on the web on sites like Youtube. You Tube is a new site that came to be in 2004. It is ran by Google.com. With You Tube you can see videos about anything you can thing of. On TV, the channels to see these debates between Obama and McCain are on NBC, ABC, and CNN. Tina Fey did impressions of who would have been the vice president of the Republican Party, Sarah Palin. The web has been a great source of information in these past couple months. On You Tube, things on the Presidential Election have been seen by thousands of people and in some cases by millions. The internet has proven to be one of the best reliable sources of information.
I think this article is a great way of explaining how important technology and the web affect our everyday lives. If we did not have the web, people would not and could not possibly stay up-to-date with all that’s going on.