To check out my short video explanation, click here! The Impact of Communication Technology on Privacy and Data in a Digital World In a world dominated by the Internet, information is shared with ease,[…]
Author: lim320
Lehigh 2020, majoring in Cognitive Science & Anthropology, minoring in Sociology/Anthropology
From Visual Simulation to Virtual Reality Games
In From Visual Simulation to Virtual Reality Games, Zyda explains the possibility for game developers to “have the potential to influence not just the future of interactive entertainment but also the future of interactive training,[…]
The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What We Expected
In The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What We Expected, Nellie Bowles of the New York Times covers the digital gap from an angle most don’t expect: instead of the rich[…]
Digital Na(t)ives?
In Digital Na(t)ives? Variation in Internet Skills and Uses among Members of the “Net Generation, Eszter Hargittai challenges the idea that those who have grown up in the digital age are automatically computationally competent. Instead,[…]
Technology and Dependency — Social Media Addiction, Self Esteem, and Life Satisfaction
In The Relations Among Social Media Addiction, Self-Esteem, and Life Satisfaction in University Students, Hawi and Samaha explore, as their title suggests, the relationships between social media addiction, self-esteem, and life satisfaction by surveying university[…]
Connected, but alone?
In her TEDtalk Connected, but alone? Sherry Turkle, professor of Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT, explains that “those little devices in our pockets [cell phones], are so psychologically powerful that they don’t[…]
Impression Management 2.0
In Impression Management 2.0, The Relationship of Self-Esteem, Extraversion, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Presentation Within Social Networking Sites, authors Kramer and Winter investigated “the relationship between self-reported (offline) personality traits and (online) self-presentation in social networking profiles.[…]
An Analysis of Course Site From the Perspective of Usability (Midterm Project)
To check out my podcast, click here! To check out my proposed changes to Course Site, click here! An Analysis of Course Site from the Perspective of Usability Every student that attends Lehigh University[…]
Can Robots Manifest Personality?
In Can Robots Manifest Personality?: An Empirical Test of Personality Recognition, Social Responses, and Social Presence in Human-Robot Interaction, Lee et al. argue that “personality is an essential feature for creating socially interactive robots.” (p.[…]
The Effectiveness of Interactive Multimedia-Based E-Learning
In Interactive Multimedia-Based E-Learning: A Study of Effectiveness, Dongsong Zhang of the University of Maryland states that “a key challenge is to provide learners with easy, intuitive, and fast access to the content” (p. 149)[…]