How Twitter and Social Media Impacts Mexico’s Drug War

Austin, Texas — Twitter, but increasingly Facebook and YouTube, are becoming essential elements to the way ordinary people in Mexico protect themselves from the war on drugs, according to experts sitting on a panel at South By Southwest Interactive called, “Life on the Line: Tweeting the Drug War.” Panelists included University of Texas at Brownsville […]

 

On Facebook, you are what you like

When Facebook users clicks on the ‘like’ button, they are not only approving a video, a friend’s status or a page, they are revealing more than they think about themselves to perfect strangers. A team of researchers at the University of Cambridge have analysed 58,000 Facebook users’ Likes and were able to paint a very […]

 

Mr Happy Man – I Love You

Just when I was feeling down, the Universe send me to this video. There is something reminiscent here of the Free Hug campaign. After watching this I couldn’t help thinking of the story always shared by Dr John Demartini – he used to do seminars with Louise Hay. And in all her seminars she used […]

 

Communication Breakdown: The Effects of Social Media and Texting On Relationships

When the line at Starbucks is long, when class gets dull, when conversations get personal, when loneliness strikes, we grab the phone like an Old West quick draw. Though our generation is marked by social media, experts are anxious of its effects on relationships, specifically our capacity for communication. “We’re setting ourselves up for trouble,” […]

 

The Rise of Voyeurism in Reality TV and Internet

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Television became the de-facto voyeurism tool with the arrival of “reality television” like the many incarnations of Big Brother or Survivor. The seemingly random opportunity to see naked bodies is like playing a sexually driven slot machine in the privacy of your own home. You become not only addicted to the moving images, the lights […]