The explosive development and expansion of a wide range of digital technologies—from networked systems to advanced image processing—have greatly enhanced the utility and appeal of electronic devices. Our consumption of social media is fast and interactive, our phone calls reach people across the world, our movie theaters provide 3-D virtual worlds, and our ability to learn and process information online is unmatched by any other capability in human history.

My heels thumped methodically against the back of the waiting room chair in the doctor’s office. My father had warned me not to fidget, but I could not help it; my seven-year old mind was nervous about my visit and the several shots I knew I was to receive. To distract myself, I resorted to kicking the back of my chair while watching the other patients come and go. The office was quite busy today. I noticed several men exit the back room of the doctor’s office, but I paid them no mind. My father, in an attempt to calm me down, commented.

The word “dope” originates from a Dutch word used to describe a cheap brandy that was given to racing dogs and horses in South Africa in order to slow them down (Hart 383). In athletics, the term “doping” refers to the use of illicit substances, typically stimulant drugs or steroids, in order to gain a competitive edge over other athletes.

Walking down the snack aisle in the grocery store, I could almost taste the sweet goodness of my favorite Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies. When I was a child, there was almost nothing more enticing than the array of cookies and chips packaged in colorful, cartoon-covered boxes all along the shelves. “Can we get those?” I asked my mother, pointing to the bright blue box on the shelf. She picked up the box and turned it over to look at the ingredients. “Partially hydrogenated oil,” she read, shaking her head.

In recent years there has been great concern over the growing demand for energy, and the lack of non-renewable energy resources to meet the demand in the future. In addition, the question of "sustainability" — the ability to balance social, economic, and environmental needs in energy production to meet both current and long-term requirements—has come to the fore. It is clear that America must expand energy production quickly, and that we must develop renewable, sustainable energy sources to meet long-term demand and protect our future.

The Israeli-Palestine conflict has been a topic of great debate for many decades. I myself have been personally involved in this conflict to a certain extent, not only as an Israeli citizen but as a former soldier of the Israeli Defense Forces. Serving in the Air Force for two years of my life and spending up to ten years in the country before my service, I have seen the effects on Israeli citizens of stereotypical media depictions of Palestinians and the choice of a specific type of narrative.

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?  If software does not benefit users, does it even matter?  Presently, users are facing a dilemma choosing between open source and proprietary software.  Although open source software (OSS) offers many benefits, it has been struggling with abandonment.  One study shows that, on average, 33% of all commercial software projects are abandoned, while nearly 67% of all OSS projects are abandoned (Bieman 290).  If OSS is to remain useful, if OSS is to have any significance, this high r

When combating stigma and negative attitudes towards mental illness, a commonly accepted solution is to educate the general population about mental illness and foster greater connections between the public and people who suffer from mental illness. According to the studies discussed in this paper, a “negative attitude” may include stigmatization, doubting another’s capabilities, social distancing, dehumanization, and supporting restrictions of people with mental illnesses.

In the past decade, with the rise of social media sites, blogs and file-sharing sites like YouTube, citizen journalists on the Internet have begun exploring the ever-expanding broadcasting powers at their disposal.  According to the definition set by Dr. Joyce Nip of the Hong Kong Baptist University, citizen journalism is media content created out of a professional context (218).  Lauded by its creators as a voice to the voiceless, citizen journalism has goals that are certainly admirable: Dr.

My sister and her boyfriend have the same names as the characters from the movie The Notebook. When a girl from our high school realized this, she tweeted, “I JUST REALIZED ALLIE AND NOAH GO OUT AND THAT MEANS #THENOTEBOOK #IMFANGIRLING okbye” (Sievers). They were horrified. Although they have tried to avoid becoming one of those “annoying couples” – graciously withholding posts about the intimate details of their blossoming relationship - sometimes friends, colleagues, and acquaintances have posted sappy details for them.