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From the authors' abstract: "The purpose of this study was to examine the practices of two teachers who had chosen to use the social network site (SNS) Ning to create online classrooms as supplements to their physical classrooms in order to bridge the self and school-selected literacies of adolescents. The study further aimed to identify whether the ways in which the teachers were using the SNS constituted a new literacy practice and if so in what ways. It supports and adds to the new literacies theory in four ways: 1. by revisiting the notion of what constitutes literacy, 2. by identifying attributes that do and do not constitute new literacies, 3. by supporting the view that new technologies do not automatically correspond to new literacies, and 4. by showing that new technologies may end up devaluing other modes of learning."

In the online article Zero- Thumb Game How To Tame Texting, written by Sara Bernard, directly focuses on how to use texting as a tool in the classroom. This article doesn't look at texting as a horrible thing that needs. Another main topic in this article is how comfortable students are with text talk, that it creates an atmosphere where passive students feel as if they can participate. This directly shows how students feel more comfortable to participate because they are more comfortable with the technology. So maybe this idea of text messaging in the classroom isn't such a mad idea after all, it creates a comfortable environment for almost all students, and creates a new form of teaching when to use the text talk and when not to.

In the basement are our paid consultants -- members of the online watchdog group Perverted Justice. Its volunteers set up profiles of 12- or 13-year-olds, go into chat rooms, and wait to be contacted. If a man starts chatting, expresses a desire for sex and is willing to meet, the decoy then invites the man over.

The article, How to Use Social-Networking Technology for Learning, tries to get teachers to understand how to get students to interact with others by being "effective collaborators." It also goes into how to keep students engaged since many students can become easily distracted. By having open discussions about why students are using or abusing their social network, students can hopefully find a better way to portray themselves online.

The author is discussing this new classroom idea that will actually promote Social networking sites helping students create accounts, organize and share interest with others. The author shares a valid point, "Schools should reflect the world we live in today". The evolving world of Internet communication -- blogs, podcasts, tags, file swapping -- offers students radically new ways to research, create, and learn.

The article focuses on the increased popularity in online social networks like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, social media, and user generated content. The author states that these sites have redefined the way the Internet functions because they incorporate the features that allow Internet users to publish opinions, connect, build community, or produce and share content. Video sharing is the fastest-growing platform in history, according to the author. The author also explains how this social revolution is impacting the field of marketing research.

Sanjukta Basu is a Ted Follower who has inspired woman to become from the social world and has expressed her life online and be against her Indian Culture.

The article presents an analyis of the prevalence of piracy in music trade which has affected global sales of CDs. It points out that technological developments such as file sharing, MP3 players, and CDRs have increased music piracy. Accordingly, most common forms of music piracy are Internet piracy and compact disc (CD) piracy. It discusses the association between music piracy and organized crime, which is defined as profit-driven illegal activities motivated by profit maximization. It explores the vulnerabilities of music trade which include the nature of the product, degree of law enforcement, and pricing. It suggests that it is necessary for music companies to change their business plan through music online marketing in order to minimize the incidence of music piracy.

In this article, it talks about how the development of the internet create a popular place for discussion of political and social issues. In recent years, sites like Facebook are illustrations of the outstanding growth social network sites.

This source is useful and helpful when researching about the usage of social networking among teenagers (boys and girls) from the ages 12-17. It explains and gives examples and key facts between teenage boys and teenage girls and their differences of usage on the social networking.

This is interesting! This article focus on gaming addiction how people are paying less attention to their family and friends and what kind of a person you can become.

In this article, Annette Lamb focuses on the importance of the students' use of social technologies. Although students have the right to free speech and expression, they are encouraged to be responsible for their own actions online. Decision-making practices will help students improve on their moral reasoning to make better use of social technologies.

This article talks about how keeping a running log of your running activities can be helpful to see your progress and get a better idea of when problems and injuries start coming up.

This article is about young teen girls shaping their identities around fashion through blogs.

This article is about the remix cultures and mashups of online products and the copyright laws. The copyright laws are the restrictions of the remixes and mashups of the creators innovation.

In Social Anxiety and Technology the author Tamira Pierce did a study by examining teens, and the use of the socially interactive technologies. For example social sites, cell phone/ text messaging, and instant messaging. The position that social anxiety plays on how teenagers communicate with others from technology or face to face.

Annotation 1: In Social Anxiety and Technology the author Tamira Pierce did a study by examining teens, and the use of the socially interactive technologies, for example social sites, cell phone/ text messaging and instant messaging. The position that social anxiety plays is how teenagers communicate with others from technology or face to face. The people that participated were 280 high school students, statistics indicate that from those students, 35%-40% said they use cell phones/text messaging and online sites around one and four hours daily . In which females use more cell phones and social networks than males. After these results it comes to a conclusion and affirms a relationship between social anxiety, meaning students seem to be more comfortable to talk through phone, text or use social networks than talking face to face. Females tend to feel more comfortable communicating through phone or computer than males.

In this article it mainly talks about the new invention in the Microsoft Xbox 360 system. This invention is only for the Xbox 360 and it scans your body so that your body can be the controller. This has made a huge impact on other systems like the Nintendo Wii or the playstation Move. But those systems require a remote control not your own body. Also it explains how the Xbox kinect has many games that copies real life activities. It even has many weight loss activities that you can do and the kinect has made a social change by making your body the remote so that you don't have to be just sitting on the couch all day eating chips.

This article tells about how teenagers interact online; exposing themselves to a myriad of ideas and cultures.

Author: Bernie Hogan The article talks about how one person acts in a different way that he or she normally do. Is it all pretending or just one of many characteristics that a human being have?Fake or are they being themselves in reality!!!!!????

This social media article is about the different ways people portray themselves (pictures, videos..etc..) how we have learned to present ourselves in the face of others.

This article talks about how online communication like social networking sites Facebook, Twitter and Youtube, by terrorists and their supporters. It also looks at how chatrooms and electronic forums are used by terrorist groups to communicate with members and its supporters and to share tactical information.