Big data has become an increasingly important part of the sports medicine field, as it can be used to notice trends in injuries, leading to an improved ability to diagnose, treat, and prevent injuries in the future. Possible Sources: Source 1: (Brian Sharp, “Sports focus of UR big data research”, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Newspaper … [Read more…]

In my every day life, there are many ways in which I generate big data. Probably the most common way that I generate it would be through my dialy social media use. Every day, I spend lots of time scrolling through different social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. On these sites, I … [Read more…]

After listening to and watching the two TED talks, I found the talk by Kenneth Cukier to be the more interesting of the two. I feel that his was more interesting, as he talked about big data as a whole, instead of only focusing on the social media aspect. One of the most interesting parts … [Read more…]

For my 50 minutes of Global Revision on my paper, I spent more time with sources and then spent some time writing my paper. After looking at my first draft, I realized that I should probably add a third point to my paper. In order to do that, I was going to need to add … [Read more…]

Both Sherry Turkle and Susan Greenfield bring up the idea that the recent growth of social media has resulted in a culture where people prefer to have superficial relationships in great quantity online over a handful of meaningful, intimate relationships in the physical world. These women both touch on the idea that an online interaction … [Read more…]

In the first chapter of Boyd’s book, she discusses the effect that the internet has on our lives, and how it impacts teens.  Teens need to be more self-aware about how and what they are doing when they are online, because the internet is a dangerous and tricky place for teens to be navigating. Some … [Read more…]

As my current social media self, I regularly use Twitter and Instagram, but rarely go on Facebook. I use Instagram primarily for sharing images of things that are happening in my life. Facebook is the social media directed toward sharing things with family, while Instagram and Twitter are more directed towards friends. I use twitter … [Read more…]

Alex, when you first joined Facebook back in fifth grade, you commented on all kind of posts, shared random videos you saw, and tagged people in stupid picture saying “Tag someone who…” You wrote posts that seemed funny at the time, but now seem very strange.

In this TED Talk, “Connected, but Alone?” by Sherry Turkle, she talks about how the desire to constantly be connected has actually made us more alone. Because of the increase of use of technology, people are in constant connection with anyone they want. However, this connection isn’t to the same strength as having a conversation. … [Read more…]