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, "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.

I found this article to be very appealing; it discusses how the media provides an important background for the social, emotional, and cognitive development of youth with socilized neworks. He also states how facebook affects college students in today's culture.