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RELATED TO MY ENGLISH RESEARCH: It is not difficult to observe the ubiquity of "Internet Addiction" as a phenomenon and/or accepted part of every day life in the Digital Age. Much less mentioned is the even more pervasive "cell phone addiction", "Crackberry addiction", "gaming addiction", or "texting addiction".

It is not difficult to observe the ubiquity of "Internet Addiction" as a phenomenon and/or accepted part of every day life in the Digital Age. Much less mentioned is the even more pervasive "cell phone addiction", "Crackberry addiction", "gaming addiction", or "texting addiction". Are we now at risk of seeing a vast presentation - a cultural commonality - of "Facebook Addiction Disorder"? (Or is sometimes FAD just a fad?) :-)

This article discusses whether our constant use of the internet might actually be changing the way our brains do their work - physically and mentally. Why should the brain retain information if it knows that Google can supplement what it's lost? Studies have shown that our habitual practices can actually change our neuronal structures, and what is more habitual than our constant use of the internet? This article posits that we may be losing some of our capability for contemplative concentration due to technology and a culture that is no longer print-based.

It is inherent in human nature to express oneself in order to forge a personal identity. The medium has only recently taken a complete shift into new territories, the online identity. An online identity is anything and everything we want it to be. Facebook has become a phenomenon, reaching millions of people all over the world. It has also become our generation's form of personal expression. Through it we can create a profile of ourselves that we wish to share with others. We are allowed to see our own profiles and therefore our own identities from the third person perspective. This different perspective is imperative to how Facebook has changed our identities.

This is a great site for my research about identity online and how identity is always going through construction or being changed to obtain positive feedback from peers.

Interesting site discussing cyberbullying, how to stop it, much more information to learn about how it works and how common it is.

While some interpret popularity to mean ''widely liked,'' or accepted by one's peer group members (Bukowski, 1989), others see it as being ''socially dominant'' (Parkhurst &Hopmeyer, 1998, p. 138). Social network researchers often leave the definition to survey respondents and simply ask: ''Who on this list is popular?'' or they ask ''Who on this list is a friend of yours?''

This video is based on the work of Sir Ken Robinson who emphasizes the importance of teaching relevant information to today's youth to further united them. A degree is not a guarantee of a future career anymore and here he discusses the economic impact of teaching relevant information and recognizing different learning styles and types of intelligence.

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This is a survey on surveymonkey.com. I have posted the link below. I would ask if everyone would kindly take it as it is important to my research with the results. Thank you.

This is my survey I created for my research project, it is not very long, and pretty easy to fill out! Please do this survey if you get a chance, I really appreciate it!

Music has many adverse effects on people. This website gives more information on exactly what music therapy is, how it has helped many, and how it can help you!

Since I can't give you a link to the actual book, I'm giving you the link to a google doc with a few quotes taken from the text that have been helpful to me and my research on music!

Talks about what makes Facebook so interesting to some people and what makes the same people become addicted to facebook.

This video is an allegory that compares a community with social media. It's not so much the topic as the presentation - instead of giving us a dry and boring synopsis of what social means and can achieve, it found an analogy and uses simple animation and enthusiastic narration to get its point across.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Parents often have to convince their kids to stop playing video games and do their homework. But now some schools are using video games in their curriculum to teach students some very important lessons. Not only do students at IS 123 get to play educational video games, they have a choice of games to play.

Quote from Introduction, "While teenage conflict is nothing new, today's gossip, jokes, and arguments often play out through social media like Formspring, Twitter, and Facebook. Although adults often refer to these practices with the language of "bullying," teens are more likely to refer to the resultant skirmishes and their digital traces as "drama."

This is so great. I want a dog to do this after I was gone for a while.

Google Images. This picture is really funny and a representation of online dating

RELATED TO MY ENGLISH RESEARCH: facebook addictions, why there is and how to stop it.