Category: Student Work

Do you feel as if the Internet and your devices have made you unable to retain information?

Being without social media was not stressful at all but reading all the articles made me more interested in educating myself and understanding the future of technology.  I strongly believe that the internet and devices have made me unable to retain information because I am very dependent of Google , Apps and my phone. I …

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No social media FAILURE

This experiment was extremely difficult for me the first thing I usually do when I wake up is look at my social media accounts and check my DMs and messages. on day one when I woke up went to grab my phone and check but then I stopped myself from looking at it I had …

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A Week Without Google and Facebook

I tried, but I failed! I’d probably be successful if there was an incentive like payment. For my communications course at Lehman College with Professor Brucker-Cohen he gave us a challenge of no Facebook and Google for a week. I’m aware that I’m invested deeply in the Google echo system. Before google, I had a …

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A week with no Social media

It might be surprising but I did not struggle at all. I have no social media no instagram no Tik Tok, facebook ( I HAVE AN ACCOUNT BUT CANNOT REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I LOGGED IN). The only social media I have is snapchat and its mainly because of the news and stories I like …

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A Week Without Google/Instagram

I’d like to start off with the fact that I knew this wasn’t going to work out for me. I really depend on Google on a day to day basis. If I don’t know the answer to a question, Google. If I want to see a restaurant’s hours, Google. Literally anything you can think of, …

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No Social Media

Well to start things off I want to say this challenge was not easy and I did not pass the challenge. This challenge became very difficult as time went by because to go from something you do everyday to suddenly just stopping, was the hard part. People use social media for many things besides posting …

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Public Sphere, Linked Info & Good Riddance Google/Facebook Experiment

Reading Reflection: In relation to Network Theory, the web in an incredibly rich source of networks, information, user-generated data and much more. According to Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the “World Wide Web”, the web is immensely significant when it comes to the creating connections and relationships between sets of data known as “linked data”. …

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week without using Google and Facebook Products

So my week going without google or Facebook products went horrible I failed the first day Just due to the fact that I use it every day well mainly google and Instagram. The reason for me breaking so quickly is because whenever I use a different search engine its always inaccurate to what im specifically …

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Networks

How are Networks and Network Theory changing the way we organize and categorize information? From an early adolescent age, toddlers categorize things into groups to better understand the world around them. People are connected to each other through many different socially connected networks. The term, “it’s a small world”, gives an insight to how we …

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No Google

In this challenge, I somehow survived. I successfully did not use Google and Facebook products. At first, I struggled because I usually checked my email, but I told myself not to. Now, I accumulated more than 165 emails. I’m surprised I did not check them at all because everytime that I see that 165 emails, …

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