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The article How Does Maintaining an Online Identity Affect Adolescent Identity Formation? By Lesley Cowie is all about social networking and the impact and influence it has on a person's identity. It discusses an identity transfer starting in the adolescent years because that is when kids are allowed to sign up for these social networks.

In this video, it clearly shows how new music in today's society is influenced, sampled & remixed through old "classic" music.

The article, "Flash Mobs: Social Influence in the 21st Century" by Anne Duran, explains the many ways flash mobs are used throughout the world by social media, such as cell phones and websites in order to come together as one and organize the event. He also gathers participants of the flash mob and asks them specific questions regarding the event and their experiences.

Today's online gaming is increasingly realistic and technologically advanced. It is said that social networking has even made its way into the video game industry with online gaming. The article, "The influences of interaction during online gaming on sociability, and aggression in real life" by, Yoshidia Fujio, evokes the numerous ways online gaming interacts with ones social life based on a study done in Japan. The results supported the hypotheses and suggested that online gaming resulted in positive outcomes for those who are socially, but negative outcomes for those who are not.

the article it written by Anne Duran a PH.D graduate and a instructor at New Mexico state University. She discusses about an experiment she performed with her students relating to flash mobs and how the event affected them after their participation in the flash mob she organized

Social media should play a role in eliminating the problem of cyber bullying. Popular sites such as Facebook and MySpace have a big influence on teens and should be the ones promoting solutions to this issue. These social networks should create stricter penalties against digital bullies.

In the article Mobile Identity: Youth, Identity, and Mobile Communication Media, by Gitte Stald, the author states how the mobile phone is a source of identity for the youth. The focus of the article is on the meaning of the mobile phone in young people's lives and how it somehow shapes their identity as a person. Most young people's identities are influenced by the media they use. The idea that the youth's identity is mobile means it is always changing every moment, and changing relations between friends and family. The mobile allows the youth to communicate within physical and virtual spaces always in transition. This tool (mobile phone) has become such an important part in the young people's lives and it is almost impossible for it to not be a part of their identity.

This article discusses a study done with 5-6 graders and their faculty. It talks about how allowing 24/7 access to laptops for each student in the class effects certain tasks that they are asked to complete that shows different skills.

This article explores the influence of teacher's assumptions and attitudes about boys and their learning practices. The introduction of this article begins explaining "overwhelming evidence that boys are falling behind in our education system"(74). It further explains that this problem is crucial to boys everywhere because boys with low literacy skills are less likely to engage, complete and advance their education. Henderson argues that there are multiple factors that are contributing to boy's low level or underachievement in learning. Teachers, students, parents, siblings and friends play a vital role in shaping children's literacy practices outside of school that are then instilled inside of school. Henderson asks an interesting question, why do the literacy practices at school, home and in the community have to be different? Why can't all of these practices be viewed equally important and valuable? Henderson questions whether boy's bad behavior in school is a result of underachievement or is it the cause of it? Do teacher's play the most important role in shaping children, especially boys, learning identity in school?

This review focuses on children's use of communication technology and talks about the possible benefits and drawbacks of its use. How children's learning of language and literacy skills are changing means of communication.

This article converse about how social networking can influence the way people communicate and practice religion.

This article raised a lot of good points and questions that have to do with gaming and where it is going in the future. It looks at the topic in different directions like group dynamics, game motivation, in-game behavior, and game play communication. The article also looks at the levels of hostility that may be associated with most online multi player games.

This is a study of undergraduate students who uses social networking sites, and how it influences students' social integration into university life.