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Verizon has been linked as a phone company in which the government can easily access your phone records. in an article written by paul la monica he compares it to the book 1984. In that book all hope in a democracy was lost. Big brother who was the government controlled everything and overlooked everyone. he thinks that the NSA has an army of people who just sit in company head quarters spying on every verizon phone call. This honestly isn't as ridiculous as it sounds. i believe that the NSA has a situation similar to this if not identical. If a phone user were to use words that tip off the government they could react faster than one could click end to the call. Certain words that could link someone to being a terrorist could cause this reaction. If you have nothing to hide then i don't really think its that bad that the government knows.

annotated bibliography

1.clarke, neils. Game addiction : the experience and the effects / Neils Clark and P. Shavaun Scott.. jefferson NC: McFarland, 2009. Print. a) the topic of addiction is examined neutrally, using accepted research in neuroscience, media studies, and developmental psychology, among others, to reveal how today's gamers interact with and become consumed by the virtual worlds of their video games" this book breaks down every aspect of addiction. 2.Feature, Sherry RauhWebMD. "Video Game Addiction." WebMD. WebMD, n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. B)this website gives a look to the effects of video game addiction. it shows ways to cope with the addiction. Also it shows you signs that you are indeed addicted to video games 3.Kem, Lee. "Gamer Addiction." Gamer Addiction. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. C.) this article shows the college student aspect. How college students grades drop and their lack of hygenine decreases as a result of video game addiction. The interviewed 1500 teenagers and show how they react. 4.Patterson, Sean. "Video Game Addiction Risk-Factors Pinpointed by New Study." WebProNews. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. D) during this article i read about how kids use video games to escape their lives. while doing this they become addicted and take on traits of the video game characters. this is very useful for talking about video game addiction because i know people its relatable too

August Runyon, Foster King, Justin Twarog, Matt Collard

Digital Story

Intro: For my digital story I am doing video game addiction. Kids who play video games are becoming more and more addicted. I have friends who will sit in their rooms for hours when new games come out and will be anti social. World of warcraft is known as an extremely addictive game. Reports have been done and its shown that they cause kids social, emotional, and physical problems. Things I would include: -kids buying the game and avoiding school -kids not leaving their rooms -effects of the game on weight -how it causes them to be anti social These games will continue to become more and more addictive. It is even resulting in lower self esteem for these participants. They put on weight which leads to them feeling bad about themselves. For my digital story id like to put together a cause and effect diagram from playing this with comics. In one of the comics I would have someone right before they started to play the game. I would let that one lead into another comic which would show someone after they've been playing the game for a while. This is after they've put on weight, avoided all social gatherings, and how they've gradually lost self esteem. This diagram would show kids what could happen if they begin to obsess over video games. On some occasions people have been so addicted they began to act as if they are in the game. Grand theft Auto 5 caused a friend of mine to speed on occasions because he had been so used to it in the game. Overall I think this could cause kids to rethink whether or not they are going to make the choice to get involved in this game.

how digital media is changing

digital and social media are changing rapidly now a days. a book club in california used " #Religion" to create a discussion. when you hashtag something whenever someone types in religion on twitter it allows them to see this post. This is a whole new way of being able to get the message across. social media is allowing you to connect yourself to religion. it is meshing two things one constantly does. Photos are constantly snapped for Instagram no matter where you are. whether you are eating dinner, at a sporting event or whatever digital media is taking over even more so then it already has. this is in my opinion a good thing because it will continue to make life easier.