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  #1 debbie_shankar on 03 Sep 14

   

  The novel 'the media equation' deals with the issue and subject of how technology users in society tend to treat computers, television and new media like they are real people and places. Is it a bad or good thing? It's difficult to say, as we are all users of these mediums, and it becomes difficult to often separate ourselves from it. We become entranced with a tv show, as if we know the characters personally and want them to have a happy ending at the end. Whereas, people on social media often create a 'personality' online, that may or may not be true.
  
  The use of friends or followers develops a group on social media, with one leader- you. It can be weird to think that you are connected to a person online, when you may not even talk to them outside the virtual world. Once again with the use of the term world. It is a universe, where people have the ability to change and create a new image for themselves, as they can be anonymous or someone new.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The novel 'the media equation' deals with the issue and subject of how technology users in society tend to treat computers, television and new media like they are real people and places. Is it a bad or good thing? It's difficult to say, as we are all users of these mediums, and it becomes difficult to often separate ourselves from it. We become entranced with a tv show, as if we know the characters personally and want them to have a happy ending at the end. Whereas, people on social media often create a 'personality' online, that may or may not be true. <br /> <br /> The use of friends or followers develops a group on social media, with one leader- you. It can be weird to think that you are connected to a person online, when you may not even talk to them outside the virtual world. Once again with the use of the term world. It is a universe, where people have the ability to change and create a new image for themselves, as they can be anonymous or someone new.</div>

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