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 COOKSON Upon looking at The Atlantic’s website (see picture left), you come across an article about a new role, the Chief Data Officer, for big data workers. Maybe you are interested in this position and are dying to learn more. But once you get to the last few paragraphs of the piece, you […]
By JESSICA ROSS Kitten adoptions are soaring with the help of an interactive, web-based pet toy implemented into adoption centers. Shelters have seen up to an 18 percent increase in kitten adoptions, and up to 295 percent increase in sponsorships, according to the iPet Companion website thanks to the newly added toys. Reach- In technology […]
By CAITLIN STEDGE-STROUD Photoshop has become the most powerful multimedia tool ever made, having made a huge impact in the world of the Web. This tool has given people the opportunity to completely change appearance, leaving a lot of questions and concerns about what beauty really is. Images we see on the web are usually […]
Young people who grew up with technology these days are breeding a new brand of celebrity: the YouTube star. Ask any young person between age 13 and 18 who Jennifer Lawrence is and they might know who you’re talking about. But mention “Pewdiepie,” arguably YouTube’s biggest celebrity, and they’ll go crazy. A recent survey from Variety found […]