3 Articles, Article Summary - 11/9/09

The MySpace Generation that was printed on December 12, 2005 in Business Week, the facts about how big social networking sites have grown in the past years. They also describe how social networking is more in tune for the teenage crowd. They try to convey the idea that these social networking sites are the new gateway to advertise new music to middle to upper class teenagers.

Raloff’s article, Researchers Probe Cell-Phone Effects, “She reviews research studies that show the effects of cell-phone usage on the human ear and brain. Contrary to popular opinion, she notes that, in some people, cell-phone waves seem to improve rather than harm mental functioning.

Dyson’s article, Cyberspace: If You Don’t Love It, Leave It, describes the “virtual real estate” of the internet. She discusses the long debated question, should the government control what sites people can and cannot go to? Also the idea of freedom, you can be who you want to be without worrying about criticism from your neighbor. She supports the idea that people can choose what want to look at on the internet and it should stay that way. It is one of the only frontiers that are not censored by the government.