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The Impact Of Social Media On Society, Jacob Amedie Santa Clara University

The Impact Of Social Media On Society, Jacob Amedie

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It is the objective of this article to present evidence from several researches that were done by many scholars in different environment that distinctly demonstrates the negative impact of social media in three main categories. First, social media fosters a false sense of online "connections" and superficial friendships leading to emotional and psychological problems. The Second harm of social media is that it can become easily addictive taking away family and personal time as well as diminish interpersonal skills, leading to antisocial behavior. Lastly, social media has become a tool for criminals, predators and terrorists enabling them to commit illegal …

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Lack Of Resources In Classrooms, Juliana Maffea Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Lack Of Resources In Classrooms, Juliana Maffea

English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World

In different areas of the world, classrooms lack resources. Teachers are trying their hardest to teach their students with what is given to them, but it is not enough. The result of having a lack of resources is students not graduating, teachers burning out, parents scared for their students, and students not getting the proper education. An insufficient amount of resources in classrooms comes from the lack of funding or the improper use of spending in schools. There are solutions to this wicked problem, such as raising more money, making cuts, or changing the way schools spend their money. This …

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On Dumpster Diving, Lars Eighner University of Massachusetts Boston

On Dumpster Diving, Lars Eighner

New England Journal of Public Policy

Lars Eighner became homeless in 1988 after leaving a job he had held for ten years as an attendant at a state hospital in Austin, Texas. He lives in a small apartment in Austin and continues to scavenge. This article was originally published in the Fall 1990 issue of The Threepenny Review. Reprinted with permission.

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Too Cold: The Death Of Kate Matrosova, Sandy Stott Dartmouth College

Too Cold: The Death Of Kate Matrosova, Sandy Stott

Appalachia

Appalachia’s Accidents editor tells the story of a young woman whose passion for winter mountains led her to take a fatal risk.

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Pagtatatag Ng Tradisyon At Kumbensiyon: Ang Soap Opera Sa Radyo, 1922-1963, Louie Jon A. Sanchez Ateneo de Manila University

Pagtatatag Ng Tradisyon At Kumbensiyon: Ang Soap Opera Sa Radyo, 1922-1963, Louie Jon A. Sanchez

English Faculty Publications

Ang soap opera, sa pagpapakilala rito sa bansa ng mga Americano sa midyum ng radyo, ay mahihiwatigang nahinuha at tinanggap batay sa tradisyonal at kombensiyonal nitong pagkakaanyo at kagamitan. Isa itong sunuran at bukás (open-ended) na naratibong nailalako’t nabubúhay sa napagkakakitahang tangkilik.

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Behind Social Media: A World Of Manipulation And Control, Spencer J. Keenan Santa Clara University

Behind Social Media: A World Of Manipulation And Control, Spencer J. Keenan

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This article will be arguing that big players, mainly governments and large corporations, use user data, targeted advertising, and selective speech to manipulate users of popular social media platforms. They do this in order to achieve their agendas goals at the expense of the users. These goals may range from selling a certain good or service to swaying a certain percentage of voters to cast their ballots one way or another. Regardless of the outcome, people are being taken advantage of, with most not even knowing it. Users must look past the media in front of them to see their …

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Are Electric Cars The Future?, Nick Gable Kutztown University

Are Electric Cars The Future?, Nick Gable

English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World

My paper is about switching to electric cars for transportation. The end of fossil fuels is soon, and we must preserve them. We must cut down on fossil fuel use to save the environment from pollution. I use statistics on emissions and pollution from conventional cars and explain why we need to switch to electric cars sooner rather than later. I argue that there should be stipulations by the government regarding electric cars and conventional cars on the lot. I also say that we should start producing lots of electric cars as soon as possible.

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Flying Man And Falling Man: Remembering And Forgetting 9/11, Graley Herren Xavier University - Cincinnati

Flying Man And Falling Man: Remembering And Forgetting 9/11, Graley Herren

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Online Dating Technology Effects On Interpersonal Relationships, Anabel Homnack Santa Clara University

Online Dating Technology Effects On Interpersonal Relationships, Anabel Homnack

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The trend of online dating has been around since the emergence of the Internet. In the generation before the online era, people would meet face-to-face in cafes, on streets or at bars or even on airplanes. People make initial contact based on a number of cues and preferences, getting to know one another in person. Today these coincidental or so to say "meant to be" moments seem to be non-existent. Why have they become such a rarity? Is it because we know that there is an easy way out? What will it take for people to be as straightforward and …

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Tragedy At Skyline—September 17, 1967: One Who Was There Investigates, David Govatski Dartmouth College

Tragedy At Skyline—September 17, 1967: One Who Was There Investigates, David Govatski

Appalachia

Fifty years after the worst accident in the history of New Hampshire’s White Mountains, David Govatski, who was there, went looking for the reason it happened.

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Dissertation Chapters Underway: 10,000 Shards, Or Opening And Activating Depth: Handicraft, Value, And The Work Of Art (Shards 00000-00001), Christopher Southward, Christopher Southward 2023 Binghamton University--SUNY

Dissertation Chapters Underway: 10,000 Shards, Or Opening And Activating Depth: Handicraft, Value, And The Work Of Art (Shards 00000-00001), Christopher Southward, Christopher Southward

Comparative Literature Faculty Scholarship

Dissertation Chapters Underway: 10,000 Shards, Or Opening and Activating Depth: Handicraft, Value, and the Work of Art (Shards 00000-00001), Christopher Southward

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Contributors, 2023 Lindenwood University

Contributors

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

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Creating An I.E.P. For My Son, Jeremy Caldwell 2023 Lindenwood University

Creating An I.E.P. For My Son, Jeremy Caldwell

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

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The Lindenwood Review, Issue 13 (2023), Full Issue, 2023 Lindenwood University

The Lindenwood Review, Issue 13 (2023), Full Issue

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

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What Rises To The Surface, Kelly R. Samuels 2023 Lindenwood University

What Rises To The Surface, Kelly R. Samuels

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

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Nostalgia By The Pint, Andrew Johnston 2023 Lindenwood University

Nostalgia By The Pint, Andrew Johnston

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

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The Front Porch, Diane Pickett 2023 Lindenwood University

The Front Porch, Diane Pickett

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

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If I Can’T Swim There, I Don’T Want To Go, Kate McGourty 2023 Lindenwood University

If I Can’T Swim There, I Don’T Want To Go, Kate Mcgourty

The Lindenwood Review: a journal of literary prose

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Home, 2023 John Carroll University

Home

The John Carroll Review

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Sticky Note, 2023 John Carroll University

Sticky Note

The John Carroll Review

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Addicted, Makenna Wilson 2023 John Carroll University

Addicted, Makenna Wilson

The John Carroll Review

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Ryan, Alara Koprulu 2023 John Carroll University

Ryan, Alara Koprulu

The John Carroll Review

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My Father, The Bartender, Olivia Mirmohamed 2023 John Carroll University

My Father, The Bartender, Olivia Mirmohamed

The John Carroll Review

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We're Done Here, Demitri Cullen 2023 John Carroll University

We're Done Here, Demitri Cullen

The John Carroll Review

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Lyb, Demitri Cullen 2023 John Carroll University

Lyb, Demitri Cullen

The John Carroll Review

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Olfactory Reading, Kate Weaver 2023 John Carroll University

Olfactory Reading, Kate Weaver

The John Carroll Review

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Quantum Entanglement, Addison Blakeney 2023 John Carroll University

Quantum Entanglement, Addison Blakeney

The John Carroll Review

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Well, I Have Nothing Else To Do, Liddy Elizabeth Franco 2023 John Carroll University

Well, I Have Nothing Else To Do, Liddy Elizabeth Franco

The John Carroll Review

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Death's Dress, Liddy Elizabeth Franco 2023 John Carroll University

Death's Dress, Liddy Elizabeth Franco

The John Carroll Review

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Mr. Jim, Caroline McDevitt 2023 John Carroll University

Mr. Jim, Caroline Mcdevitt

The John Carroll Review

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Juliana Maffea Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Louie Jon Sánchez Ateneo de Manila University

Louie Jon Sanchez Ateneo de Manila University

Graley Herren Xavier University

Nick Gable Kutztown University

Briana Craig James Madison University

Stephanie Amis The Graduate Center, City University of New York

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