As I was reading our first handout, there were two terms that caught my eye. The first term was “text”, a coherent set of symbols that transmits some kind of informative message I noticed that many times when people send text messages, they are more comfortable using abbreviations or symbols in place of larger words. The other term was intertextuality, the theory that a literary work is not simply the product of a single author, but of its relationship to other texts and to the structures of language itself. When I’m on Facebook, I’ve observed some of my friends post quotes of famous poets or rappers in an effort to encourage and lift the spirits of the people around them. I’m guessing that their other friends enjoy the posts, because they would often either click “like” or simply just post a comment.
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To be honest, I’m actually embracing a lot of the technology that is being used by society today However, I’m afraid to say that I do not own an iPod or MP3 player. It still hurts for me to see others listening to whatever music they choose while they’re walking or riding on the Metro. Nonetheless, it does surprise me to discover that my mother is even taking full advantage of the many modern day technologies that are available to us today. It’s almost as if she is addicted to text messaging at times. These days, I hardly get the chance to hear her voice over the phone during the day, because she would much rather send me or my sister a text message to give us new information. I find text messaging more useful today, because I feel like I am no longer forced to have a live and verbal conversation with someone who I do not like. I can ignore their calls and just send them a text message when I’m ready. So in other words, this technology has worked in my favor as well as the people around me.
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I feel like I’ve been addicted to the internet since I first discovered it at age 12. Although, I have noticed that the internet has become more advanced than it was in the mid 90’s. Nowadays, I’m able to watch movies, purchase books, do research, and listen to music while I’m surfing the net. It was nothing like this in 1996. At that time, the internet seemed to be more of a search engine than an entertainment system. I never in a million years would have though that the internet would have become this fun and helpful.
