Cyberculture Today and Its Hold on me

When I was about 13 or 14, I was introduced to the web past the point of doing homewrork or resarch papers. I learned early what an actual chat site was becuase of my older cousins always inside a chatroom. At that point I didnt really know what was going on, but now that I'm older I dont get what is so special about talking to individuals online. I dont do anything on the internet (besides homework), but check my e-mails, check my info on PC Star, or go on myspace or facebook. But even then I just check to see if I have messages and then I get right back off. The computer world is not of much importance to me. I dont think that cyberculture has affected me per say, but I do think it has a strange hold on younger people. For instance, my little sister is on the computer 24/7! Whether she's talking to her friends or changing her page on myspace every other day or whatever. When she comes home from school she's on it until she goes home. I would have to say that that is a negative influence. There shouldn't be anything that a little girl can do from sun up to sundown. I can't say that the internet has let me down or anything because I don't have any expectations. One thing that does really bother me about the internet thoug, is the fact that there is no way to really trace who your kids are talking to. I mean there have been way too many stories about kids getting attacked or abducted because of online "friends". That really scares me. I mean what if it happened to someone you knew or a family member? The internet is not as safe a place as some people think.I wish there was a way to change that.

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Today's Popular Culture

We're supposed to write a new blog explaining how popular culture has shaped our lives. I honestly do believe that culture has affected everyone in about the same way. When dealing with popular culture, I believe it has morphed my way of living. When you look for friends, you look for people who interest you. Do they dress like you? Talk like you? Contain the same interests? Whether it's music or beliefs. When looking back, my friends did dress the part. The world can be blamed for making us the way we are today. My choice of music is indeed due to the damage of popular culture. If the type of music or artists I listen to weren't on tv or fam ous for what they do, I wouldn't give a crap about them or that certain music. I would like to believe otherwise, but you wouldn't know until society changed it around. Considering our generation, popular culture can be blamed for a hand in our time. Society practically shows us what they want to show us. What's cool to wear and what's not, What you should be acting like and so forth and so on. If it wasn't for society don't you think that some of us might be lost?
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