Resources connected to Rheingold readings

Lauren Dugan, "How Addictive is Social Media?" August 2012. http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/addictive-social-media_b27409

Indeok Song, Robert Larose, Matthew Eastin, Carolyn Lin. "Internet Gratifications and Internet Addiction: On the Uses and Abuses of New Media."  CyberPsychology & Behavior, Number 4 2004. http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/cpb.2004.7.384

Ned Smith, "Social Media Addiction Based on Fear of Missing Out." Yahoo! News. August 2012. http://news.yahoo.com/social-media-addiction-based-fear-missing-143357943.html

Adam Singer. "Why 'Social Media Addiction' Makes Absolutely Zero Sense." The Future Buzz. April 2010. http://thefuturebuzz.com/2010/04/18/social-media-addiction/

Mary McConnel, Attacking Online Education: the good, the bad, and the ugly. http://educatingourselves.blogs.deseretnews.com/2011/12/14/attacking-online-education-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/

No author, The Calstate Online Initiation, A Critical discussionhttp://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CFkQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csulb.edu%2Fdivisions%2Faa%2Fgrad_undergrad%2Fsenate%2Fdocuments%2FTYamadaASCSUOnlinePresentation3.31.12.critical.discussion.ppt&ei=Dzh-UMP9EYqxygGswIG4CA&usg=AFQjCNHsb-7kgfjot22WGga5ZRKsypV6IQ

Richard Serlin, The Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Courses

http://www.gened.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/AdvantagesDisadvantagesOnlineCourses.pdf

Reporting., Matt Richtel; Malia Wollan Contributed. "YOUR BRAIN ON COMPUTERS; Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction." The New York Times. The New York Times, 21 Nov. 2010. Web. .

Fang, Berlin. "From Distraction to Engagement: Wireless Devices in the Classroom (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAUSE.edu." From Distraction to Engagement: Wireless Devices in the Classroom (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAUSE.edu. Educause Review, 22 Dec. 2009. Web. .

Ashley Halsey, III. "28 Percent of Accidents Involve Talking, Texting on Cellphones." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2010. Web. .

Nicholas Carr, Is Google Making Us Stupid?, Atlantic Magazine, July/August 2008, http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/306868/

Fiona Macrae, Facebook and Internet 'Can Rewire Your Brain and Shorten Attention Span', DailyMail UK, September 15, 2010, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1312119/Facebook-internet-wire-brain-shorten-attention-span.html

Kimberly Young, Internet Addiction: The Emergence of a New Clinical Disorder, CyberPsychology and Behavior, Vol 1, Number 3, 1998, http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/cpb.1998.1.237

"Wikipedia Pros and Cons," Libraries at Northern Essex Community College. 2012. http://necc.mass.libguides.com/content.php?pid=65749&sid=490710

Schiff, Stacy, "Can Wikipedia conquer expertise?" The New Yorker, Annals of Information: Know It All: The New Yorker, 2006.

Faiza. 1^st Web Designer Article, “Pros and Cons of Multitasking in Information Technology Jobs.” Posted 539 days ago. <http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/design/pros-cons-multitasking-it-jobs/>.

Taylor, Jim. “Technology: Myth of Multitasking.” Psychology Today. 30 March 2011. <http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-power-prime/201103/technology-myth-multitasking>.

Nass, Clifford. “Cognitive Control in media multitaskers.” Stanford University. 20 July 2009. <http://www.scribd.com/doc/19081547/Cognitive-control-in-media-multitaskers>.

Carr N. "The Web Shatters Brains" http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/ff_nicholas_carr/all/1  Wired Magazine. May 24, 2010. 

Lawrence J. "Technology Could Lead to Overstimulation in Kids". http://www.educationnews.org/parenting/technology-could-lead-to-overstimulation-in-kids/  Education News. June 1st, 2012.

Griffiths M. "Does Internet and Computer Addiction Exist?" http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/109493100316067 Cyber Psychology and Behavior. April 2000.

Ophir E., Clifford N. et al. "Cognitive Control in Media Multi-Taskers" http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/08/21/0903620106.abstract Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences. August 24, 2009.

Junco R. et al. "No A 4 U" http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S036013151100340X. September 2012. Computers & Education.

Michael Kurzidim, Wissenswettstreit. Die kostenlose Wikipedia tritt gegen die Marktführer Encarta und Brockhaus an, c't 21-2004, p. 132–139, October 4, 2004.

Wikipedia, Reliability of Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reliability_of_Wikipedia&oldid=517901534 (October 17, 2012), October 15, 2012.

Daniel Terdiman, Study: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica, http://news.cnet.com/2100-1038_3-5997332.html (October 17, 2012), December 15, 2005.

An article by The Art of Manliness

http://touch.artofmanliness.com/artofmanliness/#!/entry/how-to-quit-mindlessly-surfing-the-internet-and-actually-get,502ecf94444f6789471f3143/2

A blog by Harvard Business Review

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2009/10/why_the_internet_is_so_distrac.html

An article from The Telegraph Newspaper (a major uk newspaper)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/9522845/Shutting-out-a-world-of-digital-distraction.html

A short YouTube video

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=lnX-fFLzvAw&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DlnX-fFLzvAw

http://www.ncsu.edu/meridian/jul99/downloads/diglit.pdf

Eshet, Y. (2004). Digital Literacy: A Conceptual Framework for Survival Skills in the Digital era. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 13(1), 93-106. Norfolk, VA: AACE.

http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArticle/1107/1027

http://projectinfolit.org/pdfs/PIL_Fall2009_Year1Report_12_2009.pdf

http://tcla.gseis.ucla.edu/divide/politics/besser.html

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/video_will_google_glasses_augment_our_reality.php

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/08/25/how-augmented-reality-will-change-way-live/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=t3TAOYXT840  ß this was pretty cool

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/sep/10/augmented-reality-glasses-google-project

http://www.fluentin3months.com/android-google-goggles/

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20081029wednesday.html

http://www.usatodayeducate.com/staging/index.php/ccp/digital-era-blurs-line-between-multitasking-and-distractions

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/only-a-few-can-multi-task/

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/technology/for-multitaskers-multiple-monitors-improve-office-efficiency.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

http://www.academia.edu/1879003/In-class_multitasking_and_academic_performance
Popcorn Brain. cnn.com, Elizabeth Cohen (Senior Medical Correspondent)

·      Attached to Technology and Paying a Price. Matt Richtel. New York Times 2010

Cookson, Peter W. "What Would Socrates Say?" Educational Leadership. ASCD, Sept. 2009. Web. 17 Oct. 2012. .

"Howard Rheingold: The New Power of Collaboration." TED: Ideas worth Spreading. TED Talks, Feb. 2005. Web. 16 Oct. 2012. .

Thomas. "Teacher Pay – Current Model Definitely Outdated." Open Education. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Oct. 2012. .

"Illinois Online Network: Your Source for Technology Enhanced and Online Education Information." Illinois Online Network: Your Source for Technology Enhanced and Online Education Information. N.p., 2010. Web. 17 Oct. 2012. .

Staff, NPR. "Online Education Grows Up, And For Now, It's Free." NPR. NPR, 30 Sept. 2012. Web. 17 Oct. 2012. .

"Why Do Students Like Online Learning?" Benefits of Online Learning. N.p., 2012. Web. 17 Oct. 2012. .

Resources people found on names and identity

"Anonymity on the Internet Must be Protected" Rigby, Karina http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/student-papers/fall95-papers/rigby-anonymity.html

"The Online Disinhibition Effect" Suler J. http://users.rider.edu/~suler/psycyber/disinhibit.html

Hanania, Ray, "The Problem With Online Anonymity," October 12, 2012, http://swnewsherald.com/the-problem-with-online-anonymity-p2215-1.htm

Jeynes, Karen, "Who the bleep are you?:The pros and cons of onlien anonymity," August 22, 2011, http://memeburn.com/2011/08/who-the-bleep-are-youthe-pros-and-cons-of-online-anonymity/

A paper on anonymity on the internet: http://people.dsv.su.se/~jpalme/society/anonymity.html

Al Iverson, March 2010, Is Online Anonymity a Bad Thing?

Alex Masters, Identity on the Internet: The pros and cons of anonymity, http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/09/19/identity-on-the-internet-the-pros-and-cons-of-anonymity/ (October 9, 2012, 9:48 PM), The Independent Blogs, September 19, 2011.

Anderson, Craig Alan, Douglas A. Gentile, and Katherine E. Buckley. Violent Video Game Effects on Children and Adolescents: Theory, Research, and Public Policy. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2007. Print.

Barcelona, Robert J., Brent A. Beggs, and Jason Bocarro. Dimensions of Leisure for Life: Individuals and Society. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 2010. Print.

Bianca Bosker, Facebook's Randi Zuckerberg: Anonymity Online 'Has To Go Away', http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/27/randi-zuckerberg-anonymity-online_n_910892.html(October 9, 2012, 11:20 PM), The Huffington Post, July 27, 2011.

Bilton, Nick. NY Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/weekinreview/21bilton.html

Buffardi, L. E., and W. K. Campbell. "Narcissism and Social Networking Web Sites." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 34.10 (2008): 1303-314. Print.

Cary, Mary Kate. "Nothing Good Can Come of Formspring, Cyber Bullying's Newest Venue." US News. U.S.News & World Report, 06 May 2010. Web. .

Christopher Poole, Ted Talk, “The Case for Anonymity Online.” http://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_m00t_poole_the_case_for_anonymity_online.html, Tedx Conference 2010.

Dino Grandoni, Fake Names Make for Better Internet Comments, The Atlantic Wire, January 10, 2012, http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/01/fake-names-make-better-internet-comments/47229/#

Eric Limer, The Department of Justice Wants Fake Facebook Names To Be Illegal, Geekosystem, November 15, 2011, http://www.geekosystem.com/doj-tos-violations-illegal/

Gentile, Douglas A. "The Multiple Dimensions of Video Game Effects." CHILD DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES 5.2 (2011): 75-81. Print.

Goldring, Orit. "Think before You Click: Online Anonymity Does Not Make      Defamation Legal." Law Journal Library. Heinonline, n.d. Web. 9 Oct. 2012. .

Gutierrez-Folch, Anita. FindingDulcinea: Librarian of the Internet. http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/technology/No-One-is-Anonymous-on-the-Internet.html

Hempel, Jessi. CNN Money. http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/03/31/in-praise-of-anonymity-why-chatroulette-matters/

Hout, Anton. "Cyber Bullying." Cyber Bullying. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Oct. 2012. .

http://gigaom.com/2011/09/06/can-gamification-help-solve-the-online-anonymity-problem/

http://gizmodo.com/5945043/stop-using-fake-names-on-facebook

http://kohenari.net/post/19734258017/anon

http://lubbockonline.com/interact/blog-post/bert-knabe/2011-07-28/need-pseudonyms#

http://techland.time.com/2012/05/24/the-new-york-bill-that-would-ban-anonymous-online-speech/

http://www.brighthub.com/internet/security-privacy/articles/2848.aspx

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-57440895-501465/new-york-lawmakers-propose-ban-on-anonymous-online-comments/

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0585597c-1435-11e1-85c7-00144feabdc0.html#axzz28qpojlE7

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/27/randi-zuckerberg-anonymity-online_n_910892.html

http://www.itworld.com/answers/topic/internet/question/it-better-use-your-real-name-or-fake-name-social-networking-site

http://www.npr.org/2011/09/28/140879480/who-are-you-really-activists-fight-for-pseudonyms

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/05/technology/naming-names-on-the-internet.html

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/06/21/youre-mad-youre-on-youtube/the-virtues-of-anonymity

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/03/13/the_real_problem_with_online_anonymity_113457.html

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/01/fake-names-make-better-internet-comments/47229/

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/07/case-pseudonyms

https://www.torproject.org/about/torusers.html.en, TorProject.  

Iverson, Al. SpamResource. http://www.spamresource.com/2010/03/is-online-anonymity-bad-thing.html

Jeynes, Karen. "Who the Bleep Are You?:The Pros and Cons of Online Anonymity." Memeburn. N.p., 22 Aug. 2011. Web. 9 Oct. 2012. .

John Dvorak, "Pros and Cons of Anonymity". http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,801688,00.asp, PC MAG. Dec. 30, 2002.

John P. Davis, Microsoft Research Social Computing Group, The Experience of ‘Bad’ Behavior in Online Social Spaces: A Survey of Online Users

K. Rigby, "Anonymity on the Internet Must be Protected". http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/student-papers/fall95-papers/rigby-anonymity.html, MIT student publication. Fall 1995. 

Longman H, O'Connor E, Obst P, "The effect of social support derived from World of Warcraft on negative psychological symptoms." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19817567, PubMed. October 15th, 2009.

Messieh, Nancy. "Online Anonymity: A Gateway to Freedom or Abuse?" The Next            Web. TNW, n.d. Web. 10 Oct. 2012.       .

No author listed. PR Newswire. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/chatrandoms-soaring-traffic-outpaces-airtime-chatroulette-and-other-video-chat-players-170159956.html

No author listed. wiseGEEK. http://www.wisegeek.com/does-the-anonymity-of-the-internet-allow-people-to-be-meaner.htm

Palme, Jacob. "Anonymity on the Internet." Anonymity on the Internet. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Oct. 2012. .

Papacharissi, Zizi. Temple University, USA http://www.ict-21.ch/com-ict/IMG/pdf/DemocracyOnline.pdf

Papworth, Laurel. "Social Network Identity: Anonymity, Pseudonymity and Accountability -Media140." » Laurel Papworth @SilkCharm. N.p., 2011. Web. .

Quigley, Robert. GeekoSystem. http://www.geekosystem.com/chatroulette-map-anonymity/

Rigby, Karina. "Anonymity on the Internet Must Be Protected." Anonymity on the Internet Must Be Protected. MIT, n.d. Web. 10 Oct. 2012. .

Sara Gates, “Anonymous Comment Ban: Internet Protection Act Threatens Online Anonymity For New York-Based Websites,” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/24/anonymous-comment-ban-legislation-new-york_n_1543033.html, May 24, 2012.

Shaw, Lindsay H., and Larry M. Gant. "In Defense of the Internet: The Relationship between Internet Communication and Depression, Loneliness, Self-Esteem, and Perceived Social Support." CyberPsychology Behavior 5.2 (2002): 157-71. Print.

Sun Joo Ahn, "Embodied experience in immersive virtual environments: effects on pro-environmental attitude and behavior". http://vhil.stanford.edu/pubs/2011/ahn-embodied-experiences.pdf, Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab. May 2011.

Tamer Lewin, Teenage Insults, Scrawled on Web, Not on Walls, New York Times, May 5, 2010

Taylor, Jim. "Technology: Virtual vs. Real Life: You Choose." Psychology Today (2011): Web. .

V. Heffernan, "Granting Anonymity". http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/magazine/19FOB-Medium-t.html?pagewanted=all, New York Times. Dec. 17, 2010.

Verberg, Dustin. "Search Engine Journal." The Case for Anonymous Writing. N.p., 4 Oct. 2012. Web. .

Links from Howard Rheingold dinner

Neil Postman
Teaching as a subversive activity

Alan Kay
Initial 1972 article A Personal Computer for Children of All ages

Vannevar Bush
1945 article As We May Think

Douglas Engelbart
1962 paper
Mother of all demos

Ivan Illich
Deschooling society

Stewart Brand
Whole Earth Catalog

Howard Rheingold
TED book - Mind Amplifiers
Stannford Social media literacy class Comm 183
Cooperation Theory, including Eleanor Ostrom and Hardin's tragedy of the commons
http://peeragogy.org/

Shimon Shocken
From nand to tetris


And of course you can look up all these people on Wikipedia

Additional references students read for topic 1

A great variety of material! I haven't tried to clean up the formatting.

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 "Carnegie Mellon Study Reveals Negative Potential of Heavy Internet Use on Emotional Well Being", 1998 http://homenet.hcii.cs.cmu.edu/progress/pressrel.html

"Negative Effects of Internet Usage." Yahoo! Contributor Network. Yahoo Voices, 25 July 2006. Web. 08 Oct. 2012. .           

"News Bureau | University of Illinois." Online Interactions Have Positive Effects for  Real-life Communities. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. .

Alex Lickerman, “The Effect of Technology on Relationships.” Happiness in this World. Psychology Today. June 8, 2010. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/happiness-in-world/201006/the-effect-technology-relationships

Anderson, Craig Alan, Douglas A. Gentile, and Katherine E. Buckley. Violent Video Game Effects on Children and Adolescents: Theory, Research, and Public Policy. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2007. Print.

Barcelona, Robert J., Brent A. Beggs, and Jason Bocarro. Dimensions of Leisure for Life: Individuals and Society. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 2010. Print.

Bargh, John A., and Katelyn Y. A. McKenna. The Internet and Social Life. Publication. Yale University, 2004. Web. 7 Oct. 2012. .

Bessière K, Pressman S, Kiesler S, Kraut R., "Effects of internet use on health and depression: a longitudinal study.", PubMed, March 12th, 2010. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3234167/

Bettencourt, Joyce. "Wonderland - Virtual Relationships." YouTube. BBC Program "Wonderland", 12 Feb. 2008. Web. 07 Oct. 2012. .

Birch, Kori. "Negative Effects of Internet Usage." Social Media in Higher Education. N.p., 28 Feb. 2011. Web. 07 Oct. 2012. .

Buffardi, L. E., and W. K. Campbell. "Narcissism and Social Networking Web Sites." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 34.10 (2008): 1303-314. Print.

Cara Pring, 216 Social Media and Internet Statistics (September 2012), The Social Skinny, http://thesocialskinny.com/216-social-media-and-internet-statistics-september-2012/ (Oct 7, 2012, 11:34 PM), Sep 15, 2012.

CBS News, "Study: People Who Are Constantly Online Can Develop Mental Disorders," July 17, 2012 http://charlotte.cbslocal.com/2012/07/17/study-people-who-are-constantly-online-can-develop-mental-disorders/

 Chapters: Socializing in Cyberspace, Two Theories: Virtual Society or Virtual Desert, Comparing the Internet to Telephone and Television adoption, and The Progression of Internet Addiction, all from Understanding Audiences: Learning To Use the Media Constructively By Robert H. Wicks    A report on Carnegie Mellon research into Negative Potential of Heavy Internet Use on Emotional Well Being: http://homenet.hcii.cs.cmu.edu/progress/pressrel.html  

Introduction of a paper on Law and Economics in Cyberspace by NIVA ELKIN-KOREN AND ELI M. SALZBERGER http://directory.umm.ac.id/Data%20Elmu/jurnal/I/International%20Review%20of%20Law%20and%20Economics/Vol19.Issue4.Dec1999/5116.pdf

Conley, Dalton. "Wired for Distraction: Kids and Social Media." Time. Time, 19 Mar. 2011. Web. 04 Oct. 2012. .

 Dixon, Kenneth M. "Researchers Link Use of Internet, Social Isolation." Researchers Link Use of Internet, Social Isolation. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. .

Gentile, Douglas A. "The Multiple Dimensions of Video Game Effects." CHILD DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES 5.2 (2011): 75-81. Print.

http://www.debate.org/opinions/is-spending-too-much-time-on-your-computer-bad

http://www.deepleafproductions.com/utopialibrary/text/rushkoff-godfathers.html

http://www.education.com/magazine/article/Ed_65_Americans_More/

http://www.governing.com/blogs/view/gov-us-youth-spend-more-time-on-computers-less-in-front-of-tv.html

http://www.policymic.com/debates/6636

Jiyan Wei, “Sociability and the Internet”. Found on The New Influencer, http://www.newinfluencer.com/mediapedia/sociability-and-the-internet/

John Sule, The Psychology of Cyberspace, Cyberspace as Dream World, http://users.rider.edu/~suler/psycyber/cybdream.html (Oct 7, 2012, 11:50 PM), July 1996, revised April 1999  (v1.2).

Jurgenson, Nathan. "The IRL Fetish." The New Inquiry. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. .

Kraut R, Patterson M, Lundmark V, Kiesler S, Mukopadhyay T, Scherlis W., "Internet paradox. A social technology that reduces social involvement and psychological well-being?", September 1998.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9841579

Mathias Scriptor, “Cyber communication: Progress or problem?”, Oct. 8, 2009. http://www.helium.com/items/1610097-cyber-communication

 Cohen, Patricia. "Internet Use Affects How We Remember." The New York Times. The New York Times, 15 July 2011. Web. 07 Oct. 2012. .

National School Boards Association and Grunwald Associates, "Creating&Connecting". July, 2007.  http://socialnetworking.procon.org/sourcefiles/CreateandConnect.pdf

Queensland University of Technology (2008, July 21). Second Life Improves Real-life Social Skills. ScienceDaily. Retrieved October 8, 2012, from http://www.sciencedaily.com­/releases/2008/07/080717210838.htm

Rachel Emma Silverman, "Web Surfing Makes You Work Better, Study Says". Wall Street Journal Online. August 22nd, 2011. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904070604576518261775512294.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews  

Sriram Chellappan and Raghavendra Kotikalapudi, "How Depressives Search the Web". New York Times Online. June 5th, 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/opinion/sunday/how-depressed-people-use-the-internet.html?_r=0

Sen, Arnab. "The Real and Virtual Worlds Are Melding Together." Mashable. N.p., 9 Jan. 2012. Web. 04 Oct. 2012. .\

Shanyang Zhao, “Do Internet Users Have More Social Ties? A Call for...”, Sept. 6, 2006.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2006.00038.x/full

Shaw, Lindsay H., and Larry M. Gant. "In Defense of the Internet: The Relationship between Internet Communication and Depression, Loneliness, Self-Esteem, and Perceived Social Support." CyberPsychology Behavior 5.2 (2002): 157-71. Print.

Taylor, Jim. "Technology: Virtual vs. Real Life: You Choose." Psychology Today (2011): Web. .

The Final Showdown Between In-Person and Cyberspace Relationships. John Suler, Sept 97

The Rise and Rise of Social Networking, Could Facebook be making us Less Social? Andrew Pettigrew. April 2010

Thornton, Terri. "MediaShift." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. . Sam Laird, Is Social Media Destroying Real-World Relationships?, Mashable, June 14, 2012, http://mashable.com/2012/06/14/social-media-real-world-infographic/.

Uimonen, Paul, "The Internet as a Tool for Social Development," United Nations Research Institute for Social Development. http://www.isoc.org/inet97/proceedings/G4/G4_1.HTM

Zweite Deutsche Fernsehen. "ZDF Reportage - Amoklauf Von Winnenden Teil 1/3 (The Shooting Rampage of Winnenden)." YouTube. ZDF, German Public Television Documentary, 16 Mar. 2009. Web. 07 Oct. 2012. .

The Mobile Internet Revolution Thurs 4:30

Internet Law in Philippines Takes Effect, Raising Fears

By FLOYD WHALEY

Published: New York TimesOctober 3, 2012

MANILA — A new Internet law that took effect in the Philippines on Wednesday could lead to imprisonment for common activities like sharing Facebook and Twitter posts, critics say. The new law, the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, which was signed by President Benigno S. Aquino III on Sept. 12, sets penalties for several computer-related crimes, including child pornography, identity theft, online fraud and illegally accessing computer networks.

But critics are concerned about the law’s provisions related to libel, which in the Philippines is a criminal offense that can result in imprisonment. Harry S. Roque, president of Media Defense South East Asia, an advocacy organization, said the law applied the existing legal definition of libel to the online activities of individuals, meaning that if a comment on Facebook or Twitter were deemed libelous, the writer of the item and those who shared it could be prosecuted.

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