By GREG GIORDANO The Internet began as a way to send information from one person’s computer to another. The concept of Net Neutrality offers an equal pipeline of sending that information out to the users of the Internet. A recent proposal before the Federal Communications Commission would disrupt net neutrality and affect your access to […]
By JESSSICA ROSS, MIKE MONTALTO and GREG GIORDANO The college life you experience is very different from what your parent’s may have faced. Twenty-five years ago the Internet became commonplace as a way to share information, and over the years the Internet has inundated all areas of our lives. The Web has allowed for easier […]
By DANIELLE COOKSON and MICHELE MATTIA Satirical content may not be riddled with legitimacy, but it is considered a unique sector of the internet that dances between entertainment and news reporting. So real, in fact, that many legitimate news outlets have sporadically picked up fake stories and initially reported them as fact. This phenomenon is […]
By SAMANTHA BELL, JESSICA WRIXON and CAITLIN STEDGE-STROUD Young people have been bullying each other for generations. The latest generation, however, has been able to utilize technology to expand their reach and the extent of their harm. This phenomenon is known as cyberbullying— the use of computers, cell phones or other electronic devices to repeatedly […]
By DANIELLE COOKSON The use of health monitored app technology is about to change the impact on healthcare in the United States. Not only can health professionals monitor these apps, but they give patients the range to monitor themselves and learn more about the state of their health. We are entering the age of digital […]
By JESSICA WRIXON October 27, 2014 For many people, the Internet serves as a public book for documenting their lives. Posting pictures, tagging locations, and sharing information may seem like a fun way to get connected and involved with social media, but sometimes sharing too much information can go too far, affecting the future of […]
By MICHELE MATTIA With the rise of personal branding platforms, the celebrity social media scene skyrocketed over the past decade, allowing for a greater amount of self-promotion than ever before. Branding on social media has become a new way for not only companies, but individual people, to market themselves online. The creation of a personal […]
By DANIELLE CORCIONE Thursday, October 23rd, 11:28 p.m. The Internet can be a tough realm for female writers. Several prominent female journalists suffer from a form of inadequate criticism: trolling. Trolling refers to when users (the trolls themselves) provoke arguments and upset others by posting inflammatory, irrelevant, and excessive messages within a comment thread, forum, […]
By MIKE MONTALTO It’s no secret that the Internet has revolutionized the way that we follow sports. Dedicated fans who can’t watch a game for any number of reasons can follow their favorite team from mobile apps or the team’s Web site. This on-demand availability of sports content has reached beyond professional leagues, to make local sports […]
By LARISSA FORESE, JESSICA RINZUELLO and DANIELLE CORCIONE Google has transformed immensely from a secondary to a primary search engine and global brand. Google rose from just a simple beta layout to progressing into a search engine that changes the way people research and obtain information. Through the many different outlets google has to offer, […]
