Social Media And The Affects On Mental Health Final Blog

     Social Media is a network that contaminates peoples brains and the way they think. Overall it has a negative impact on society and the way that people work within the world. Society has been changing since social media has entered our world and in a negative way. Since the beginning of its appearance people have started questioning themselves and the way that they think. Social Media impacts people in the following ways; takes away creativity, makes people question their appearance, and also isolates people from how beautiful the world is. 

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    Creativity is something discovered within that everyone maintains in different ways. However when social media became a thing it more so took away creativity than expanded it because people started the process of trying to be like everyone else and following trends. Although trying to fit in has always been a thing social media grew people more and more into that mindset. That is one of the main issues with social media and the process behind why it was created. The creation of social media allowed for people to shift their mindset to a more broad basis, people see someones post online and think let me post something similar instead of taking that persons post and making it their own by opening their mind. Expanding the mind while being a process of learning to think for yourself. But people will always influence others, the difference is wether is an influence to think like you and not like someone else. Think of it this way, you become more like the people you surround yourself with and not in a bad way. However social media has made it possible for everyone to be surrounded by everyone and that is the reason people are loosing their creativity. According to the article How social media can inhibit creativity? "The study’s authors suggest that social media may make it harder for people to think outside the box and that the constant stream of information from social media can be overwhelming and lead to decision fatigue (seomajid)." The way people loose their creativity through social media is because they feel overwhelmed to keep up with the daily posts and with that they loose their reality discovered within themselves and the real world. 

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    Being insecure is a natural habit created within yourself that impacts the way you view yourself and others. Although judging yourself is a completely natural habit, social media plays a major role in why people around the world struggle to love themselves. Looking at how people view themselves and then viewing yourself from that perspective is impacted when social media was created. People see someones post and think why don't I look like them, or why aren't I as happy as that person. However social media is the way someones life appears on the outside and not how they feel on the inside. Social Media has made the world more shallow in that since, people care more about how they appear than who they are on the inside. With this a world is created where people care more about what others think of them, then a world where you are just who you are. According to the article Social media effects on body image and eating disorders "Research clearly shows that media exposure contributes to body dissatisfaction and disordered eating. Social media is unfortunately shaping our concept of beauty (Fleps)." Eating disorders and views on body image have been increasing since the beginning of social media due to the world growing a more shallow viewpoint.  

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    Isolation is something that impacts the brain and the way it works, it is not good thing. Teaching yourself isolation from others and the world causes feelings of loneliness. Technology is something that causes a distraction from everyday life, it causes people to not be in touch with the real world and all it provides. According to the article Technology Use, Loneliness, and Isolation "Technology compulsion, like other forms of behavior compulsion, may lead to obsessive thinking and behavior and feelings of anxiety when not connected (Lancaster)." The way that technology makes people feel bad about themselves and challenges their point of view not always for the best. Although challenging perspectives is a good thing the outcome from looking at a screen all day isn't healthy. 

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    Technology while providing a more stable way of communication, also causes a more chaotic environment to form. These different forms of technology although have some good outcomes cause a lot of bad ones too. Technology causes a lack in creativity, feelings of insecurity, and isolation. So technology more so harms society than benefits it, with the way it makes people feel about themselves.  

Living In The Age Of AL

     The documentary Living In The Age further explains how artificial intelligence allows for a positive and negative way of life. It also shows how China chases an AI future. They are embracing a newer generation, and will be leading the world by 2030 with how their future keeps growing. China's AI is something that continues to grow and build a foundation for their future, and thats why they have caught up generation wise. I learned different take aways from this video, including surprising take aways and frightening take aways.

Artificial Intelligence: What It Is and How It Is Used

    The surprising and frightening take away from an AI future is the national security aspect. This has a positive and negative side to security, because it was placed their to make us feel safe but it also allows for government to abuse its power. According to the article Security in the Age of AI with Mike Hanley "Machine learning can help companies better protect their networks, but it also provides attackers with new tools (Hanley)." This article shows why an AI experience causes a downside to form because security is easily hacked with other countries catching up to us technology wise, where as in the US. we have been ahead of the game. But with China catching up to us with technology we experience a negative side too technology. The positive side to and AI future is that it makes people feel safe in their environment, and allows for a more secure future to form. According to the article How does technology support security today? "CCTV, access control systems and alarms, as well as integrated IT management systems can support the security operation to keep organizations and their people safe (Berkoff)." People begin to feel more safe in their environment due to national security, but it also allows for government to abuse its power and for other countries to have easier access to us. 

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    An AI future also causes pro's and cons to form when it comes to personal privacy. As the video continues it starts to talk about the differences between personal security and national security the pro's and cons provided with it. According to the article PROBLEMS ARE DETECTED BEFORE THEY CAN ESCALATE "AI security systems are the key to a reliable security system, with the ability to detect threats in a fraction of a second in any environment (coro.net)." This makes people feel safe in their home environments and allows for people to continue their path to feel safe in their comfortable environments. Their is also a downside to personal security with an AI future because security breaches are very possible. According to the article AI and Ethics: "Balancing progress and protection AI systems used for security purposes can collect and process large amounts of data, which can raise privacy concerns (dataconomy)." These privacy concerns are very similar to a national security stand point just from a more personal perspective, the pro is it makes people feel safe and the con is it can allow for the system to be easily hacked.

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    From another perspective regarding AI identity theft and online security raise high concerns. These life experiences have become more prone to happen because of the updated lifestyle of technology. Identity theft is becoming more known personal experience because of spear phishing and cloud computing and storage.  According to the article 5 Ways Technology Assists Identity Theft cloud and computing and storage "The ability to access the cloud from mobile devices also encourages engaging with unsafe Wi-Fi connections, allowing hackers to monitor any traffic coming to and from the cloud (Peterson)." Hackers being able to access these types of storage spaces causes identity theft to occur on a more known basis. Online security has been declining since the moment technology started to form because as technology grows so does the ways to access personal online sources. According to the article Lack of Trust in Internet Privacy and Security May Deter Economic and Other Online "Activities Privacy and security concerns deterred each of these important activities in millions of households, and this chill on discourse and economic activity was even more common among online households that either had experienced an online security breach or expressed two or more major concerns about privacy and security risks (ntia.gov)." These security risks form because technology is a source that cannot be maintained. 

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    All of these different sides to AI are what cause the different sides of technology to be exposed. These programs and different views are the reason that everything occurs technology wise. They're are positive and negative aspects to this which cause different point of views on technology to form. 

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     Different technologies taught us to express ourselves and expand communication. This allowed for a new mindset to form about different ways to expand technologies. Technology has changed points of view on many different aspects of life. A lot of these different versions of technology help the world further understand how the world works. But their is two sides to technology a bad side and a good side. 

      

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    The newspaper was a change in technology in a way that was extravagant. The newspaper helped spread town news, specifically news about the community and what was going on with it. It started to spread nationally and grow bigger throughout communities. Once this way of communication changed technology started to escalate. In the article How America's largest newspaper company is leaving behind news deserts"You have the page layout and editing done elsewhere. The thought was you could achieve these economies of scale and make a profitable business (Restrepo)."

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    The VCR was invented in 1956, and escalated technology. Once the VCR became more and more relevant other technologies started to escalate. The VCR allowed for a more versatile communication to form, and allowed for people to find new ways to communicate. The VCR changed the way people took time our of their day, by watching movies. According to the article A Brief History of the VCR "He wanted a worldwide standard. He knew it would take years for people to adopt the new technology, even comparing it to the steady growth of a bonsai tree." The VCR changed the way people viewed life cinematically. 

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    Motion picture changed society because it changed the way society viewed the world. The motion picture was invented in 1895, and changed the way people viewed. This caused movies to be invented and this allowed for people to be entertained while they're bored. This also helped get information out to people about the world and caused people to find there creativity in creating movies. According to The Early History of Motion Pictures "Experimenting with ways to exhibit photographs, several inventors came up with a simple toy that made it possible for a series of pictures to be viewed in rapid succession, creating the illusion of motion (Pickford)."

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    All these different types of communication changed the way that society portrayed, the different world views. These types of technology allowed for newer perspectives to form, and allowed for new world view to form. With technology escalating the values started changing throughout society. 

    

civil war and reconstruction

     The civil war reconstructed society in many different ways. The world turned around after the civil war, due to the way society was starting to run. The civil war changed society due to the supreme court, and in economic ways. These ways helped influence society because it changed the way the world is run.

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    The supreme court formed after the civil war and was created by the United States constitution. The Supreme Court changed the way the court system is run and placed a security blanket for the people. According to the article THE SUPREME COURT COULD FOSTER A NEW KIND OF CIVIL WAR "Craig Green, professor of law at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law, expects that their potential targets could include a whole host of legal protections: on workers rights, consumer protections, environment, health care and much more (Berstein)." The supreme court changed the way society looks at life, and all the things that are provided with it. 

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    Another way that the civil war changed society was economically. After the civil war a rebuilding of how society was run was put into place. The civil war changed society for women in the best way possible. According to The Women Who Revolutionized Nursing"But the Civil War would change the social, economic, and political landscape for women from every walk of American life—perhaps nowhere more so than in the field of nursing (ADRIENNE)." These economic stand points gave us a new world view perspective on money. 

    The civil war was a turning point for our world, women gained more rights in all fields. The civil war reconstructed the way society was run for the better, and allowed for a new beginning to occur. This was a huge step forward for modern day society. The civil war played a huge role in what expanded our horizons and opened our eyes to what had be done. Women branched out into the work field because they had too because the men were at war. This then led to a bright and changing future for women. According to the article Women in War "the Civil War profoundly altered women’s lives, opening new paths and allowing them to take on roles previously held largely by men. Nursing, which had been a male profession, is the best-known example (Heriones)." The benefit of women branching out with in society allowed for new chapter to begin in everyones lives. Because women started the process of creating their own identities and not just sticking to gender roles. This was the starting point to the shift in gender roles throughout society.

blog #2 privacy online and offline

     Technology has been increasing its capacity of what it is capable of throughout the years. This can either cause a good effect or a bad one depending on how you view it and handle it. Three videos that really show the bad rippling effect of technology is 3 ted talks given by Juan Enriquez, Christopher Soghoian, Catherine Crump. These videos show us the hidden side of technology that not everyone sees the perspective of. 

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    The first video by Juan Enriquez shows the explanation behind electronic tattoo's and how whatever you put on the internet is bound to stay there. It shows the behind the scenes of how anything you put online can be tracked back to you. The video first starts explaining facial recognition and how through online devices they can track you based off of your facial features, and see exactly what you post. What people need to be careful of is keeping a good reputation online, because anything you post can either make you look good or bad. He then refers back too greek gods and how they each have their meaning, which he then ties into how these greek gods our a metaphor for what goes on in the internet. 

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    The Christopher Soghian ted talk about how to avoid surveillance, with phone in pocket. The government can see what, and where you are at all times due to the upgraded technology. This ted talk explains the behind the scenes of how the FBI and official's can track where you are through a radar, and drones that they have. This is the behind scenes of what the government does with the new technology produced and how they use it too track the people in our country. 

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    The Catherine Crump ted talk explains how the NSA keeps sensitive information about all of us. The government can get detailed information about your privacy. They know too much about everyone and violate peoples private information. They keep records of license plates, so they can see where your going on a daily. The government has photos of you going about your daily life, which is an invasion of privacy. The reason that the government hangs on too this information is just in case they find it useful one day. These pots of data are all under the one file, the uses and abuses go further than the United States. Once the police maintain large portions of data the data gets abused. 

    All of these ted talks conclude the fact that government has been abusing its power with technology. They have been taking advantage of the technology and the information provided. With technology increasing and becoming more enhanced we have to be able to maintain a balance of personal privacy that has already gone over the line.

    

blog 4# eight values expression

     The following values of free expression, are what provides are governmental habitat to be stable. In which has been abused over the past years. These different values of free expression allow for the government to not have too much power, which is the most important thing. While all of these values hold their importance, some of them hold more of a higher standing then others. 

    Individual self fulfillment is the part of freedom of speech that allows individuals to express themselves and thereby create their own identity, which then allows for an aspect of human dignity, agency and autonomy too form. This is very important to human rights because it allows for people too be who they are, and express their uniqueness as individuals. This also keeps us more united and less divided because it causes a better understanding of what you belief, and once you do that you can better understand others. It also makes people less likely to rebel against the system because people feel safe and can be who ever they want to be. A true leader knows that placing fear into others doesn't work because that leads to no trust, no understanding, which then leads to a rebellion. A big part of this process values helping others, someone who better understands themselves learns to help others better understand who they are as a person. Once this happens a more joyful and peaceful society is created. For example a quote from the article Can Helping Others Help You Find Meaning in Life?"Although happiness and meaning overlap significantly, researchers suspected that helping others is especially crucial to developing a sense of meaning (Hopper)." Us as individual's have one goal in this life and that is to find our purpose and meaning. The constitutional right that allows us to find this meaning is self fulfillment, this is the most important value of self expression because it keeps the peace between ourselves and others. This is elaborated in the news source Can Helping Others Help You Find Meaning in Life? found on google news.

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 The next most important value of expression is check on government power. This value of expression holds a strong power and meaning because it illustrates freedom of the press which then enables citizens to learn about the abuses of power. Having a country that understands the difference between holding power and abusing power allows for a stronger society to be maintained. This is because learning and knowing your rights is super important, that way if the government which they do starts to uphold too much power it can be turned around by the citizens in our society. For example the internet has held am abuse of power for years, we enter in information to the accounts we create without further understanding the power it holds. The government also abuses this power by not teaching citizens what the internet really provides and what they do behind the scenes, and this needs too change. In the article Your Data Is Diminishing Your Freedom "We’re simultaneously loading more and more of our lives into these systems and feeling that we have little to no control or understanding of how these systems work (Marchese)." Without knowing how these systems work we open ourselves up to a dangerous world that should not be the one we live in. The government with holds information too by keeping information out of the news and this is a further extent into an abuse of power. If us as citizens can further understand are rights we can stand up and change this.

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    This abuse of power goes further once we start to talk about prior restraint. This goes more into the government and the media because prior restraint is when the government stops you from speaking or writing before you have even done so. The government has been doing this since technology has escalated. The reason for this is because when there is more information provided about people it can be easier to take abuse over. Since we live in a world where everyone knows everything about everyone, it can be used for either good or evil. The government has been using it for evil because they have not been respecting our rights while doing so. Learning to control and restore the power into more the peoples hands then the government is the truth behind how the country should be run. While technology makes this hard too do it is still possible, learning how to control the internet has to be the first step. Because the government restricting and giving out too much information causes an unbalanced society. For example in the article Supreme Court Should Address Prior Restraints on Former Gov’t Employees Employees "Finally, the regimes also lack the procedural safeguards required to mitigate the risk of illegitimate censorship—including perhaps most critically any firm timeline for government review (Kaufman, Jaffer)." This quote emphasizes the fact that government restrictions have been increasing through time which is highly illegal due to the value of expression written in the constitution. 

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    Promote innovation is a community in which free speech is encouraged and a must, because it is valued. With it being protected it leads to a more energized, creative, and interesting society as its citizens actively fulfill themselves by being there true authentic selves. When citizens are encouraged to show their creative side, we discover and learn more about ourselves and others around us. In a society where we can see everyones perspective and view we have less a chance of the people in society being dissatisfied with how its run. For example in the article The Emerging Field of Political Innovation "To understand how political innovation works and how it creates impact, we find it useful to elaborate on the democracy work and the impact pathways characteristic of political innovation (Mair, Kindt, Mena)." This plays a role in promote innovation because when we open our minds too new ideas and use our energy to see people for who we are we have a more stable society as a whole.

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    All of these concepts that are the first amendment written in the constitution, are expression of value needed to maintain a stable environment. Without these amendments the country becomes unstable and becomes a monarchy. To maintain a democratic view we have to maintain all the rights provided in the constitution and learn and understand our rights too. 

My Five Favorite News Sources

     When going through life everyone has a place they get there information, and because of the way technology has escalated, the boundaries from where you get your sources keep growing. I get my news information from many different places whether its through word of mouth, a book, or online. The news sources I use vary depending on what type of mood I am in. Some of my favorite news sources include; Netflix, Family and Friends, Tik Tok, Music, and Books. While these sources have all helped me get through life, and provide myself with information I have realized that I need to expand my boundaries of news to learn more about what is going on in the world, if I ever want to accomplish my goal of becoming a journalist. 

   

Everyone has turned on a TV at least once in there life, and has a show that they watch. The TV source I turn too when I need a good laugh, or something to watch is Netflix. This news source either provides me with something funny, suspenseful, action packed, or scary. So depending on the day I will watch whatever I feel I need in that moment. Sometimes I will turn it on as background noise as I am doing something else because it gives me that extra push to get through my day. One of my favorite shows to watch on Netflix is New Girl because it has those funny comedy moments. While this is totally irrelevant New Girl actually isn't my favorite show its How I Met Your Mother, but unfortunately they don't have that on Netflix and that needs to change. One of my favorite parts of the show New Girl is when Schmidt says "twenty- nine, twenty- nine." Another one of my favorite shows on Netflix is Stranger Things. In this show it has suspense with a tad bit of scary. But what I actually love about this show is that the plot line develops super well. It's one of those shows where you can't turn away from the screen because you want to know what happens next. Once you get to the end your completely flabbergasted. But what I love to do with shows like these is to try and guess the ending, and if I get it right then I'm like yea I did that. 

    Another one of my favorite news sources is through word of mouth through friends and family. A skill that I have developed over time has been communication it's something that I have learned to love doing because as a kid it was always hard for me. But once I started to grow and push myself I became quite good at it. Growing up I was more so on the shy side, but once I reached middle school I started to engage more so with others and started to enjoy it. I found that I love learning new things about others, and engaging in daily conversations because that is how relationships grow. Getting over the leap and doing things that are hard pushes you to grow and improve your life. And now I want to be a journalist and teach other people how to develop there communication skills. Being able to tell the world who you are and being open is an important skill to have because once you learn the level of honesty that communicating takes, you develop who you are as a person. 

    Although when listening to music you aren't speaking with others its still a form of communication and a news source because it's how artists speak to the world about what they feel. Music expands and grows your mind and it has helped people grow there creativity. Without music people would struggle too express their emotions. Throughout time whether you listen or create music it has helped people survive struggle, gain strength, expand their mind, and express emotion. My favorite song changes depending on the time period and what I'm thinking about in that moment. That is also the reason every Spotify listeners top listened too song changes depending on the year. This is because it depends on what that person went through, accomplished and did in that year. Music helps show people that life is always changing and that its inevitable. People who create music with the touch of a note or lyric express their creativity, expand their mind, and learn more about themselves and their emotions. That is why I love music and the rest of the world does too. If someone says they have never listened to music then they are lying because it's in everyday life. For example you walk into a restaurant whats playing music. Or when you go to work a lot of places play music over the speakers. And more than half the world listens too, or creates their own version of music when they are at home. 

   Tik Tok is an app that had been growing and expanding throughout the nation, and is how a lot of this generation communicates and gets their news. Too tie this into music it's also how a ton of artists have started to grow their brand. Their are many different sides to Tik Tok theres daily life updates, funny moments, music, dances and much more. Tik Tok creates this side called the for you page that is specifically branded too you and what you like. They market it so that once you start scrolling through you can't stop. It's a blessing and a curse because while some of the stuff provided helps expand your mind, a lot of it can be fake news. In other words it also causes people to grow a short attention spam. So although this app has done good things for me, watching how much you intake this app is important. My favorite part of Tik Tok is the motivational videos, and the music ones too. I like this side of Tik Tok because it helps me think outside the box, and also gives me the push I need to get through my day. It has taught me to be grateful for what I have, how to be positive, and how to be comfortable being out of my comfort zone. 

    When I was a kid I would pick up children's books, before I even new how to read and pretend I was reading them. This started my book process of growing my creativity. Because once I actually learned too read I developed the skill of using my imagination. Reading, and writing books is a form of news due to how many different genres that are provided. You can think of anything and their is definitely a book along the lines of that topic. While reading books has slipped passed a lot of this generation due to short attention spams. Their is a way to change that by finding a book you really are interested in, or an author that you like. Books help expand your communication skills because once you put imagination and words in your mind you reach a point where you develop a way too communicate. For example even people who can't speak because they are deaf, develop the skill of reading and with that they learn to write. And once they learn to write they can communicate in the whatever language needed. Reading and writing also expands your vocabulary, and helps you find who you are in your mind. It brings you a level of peace, and you learn more about yourself. Authors provide the world with a way too process emotions and feelings. It's kind of similar to how movies and shows work, but the process is different. For example when you can't sleep at night reading a book will put you too sleep do to how the brain works. Where as watching a movie or a show will keep you up at night because your staring at a screen. 

    All of these news sources have helped me understand and develop the way my brain works, and who I am as a person. These news sources allow many different aspects of yourself too show. And while these sources mean what they mean to me, it is different for everyone. The one thing that I hope for the most is that everyone learns more about themselves, and the world through their news sources. Because once you can find yourself you can helps others find themselves too. With this you find the joy in life and the process of how life works.