Dominican University of California
The Dark Side of Computer-Age Communications: Misguiding Our Way to Knowledge
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>Computer-age modes of communication have evolved exponentially over the past fifty years since the installation of the first mainframe computer. Tools in the form of slide presentation software, Internet technology, online social networking sites and personal media have been conceived to expand an individual’s ability to learn and connect with the global community. However, their usage is becoming misguided and abused, bombarding the consumer with information that leads away from knowledge rather than towards it. This study explores the cognitive and sociological value of Microsoft PowerPoint, Google, blogs, Facebook and mobile phones and the resulting impact they are having on our social and mental construct by the very nature of their configurations and the ways in which users are exploiting their capabilities.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Master's Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Humanities
- Year
- 2010
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- La Bash, Nancy Ann
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Leslie Ross, PhD
- Bradley Van Alstyne, MA
Subjects
dc:subject × 2Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholar.dominican.edu/humanities-print-theses/277
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholar.dominican.edu:humanities-print-theses-1276