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The Changing Shape of Information =A) Overview =

= =  The overview contracts the entirety of the project together. Information has gone through many different stages of life from the humble word-of-mouth to the modern day blazing fast E-net. This of course means that information has been changing for as long as we have been moving around. Even though it has not yet hit is peak the technology we have today for exchanging information is very information. A message can go from one side of the world to the other in a matter of seconds! The speed and efficiency has helped things such as: build structures, give helpful tips, and even save lives!

 The world of technology is forever changing. Over the years, there have been many different devices that have been invented and other means of communicating that have allowed us to communicate with people across the globe. Our means of communication are endless; we can email, Skype, IM, and much more. These websites and programs allow us to communicate with people across the globe in a matter of seconds, which can allow us to have a business meeting with someone in China without even realizing how amazing it truly is.

 The changing shape of information has many parts. The changing shape of information describes how uploading, information (etc.) have changed over the years. Communication has changed in so many ways. Years ago, people had to send letters to each other that could take weeks to receive as communication. Now, people can call each other or send texts that can take only a few minutes or seconds to receive. Before people had to look up information in an encyclopedia instead of going on the Internet and finding what you need in minutes. One website has really changed information drastically - Wikipedia. “Wikipedia is the ultimate in peer review with nearly a million users.” ( Wagner, M, 2006). As a result, information is still changing and it will keep changing for years to come.

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= B) Current News =

Information is no longer able to be safely thrown around the internet. You must use safety and precaution when transferring important information. Hackers can potentially find and use that information for their own ends. In order to avoid this you must always use caution. Information will become safer and faster as technology progresses. Information, at the current moment is the world’s absolute greatest and most important resource.

From as far as the Stone Age to now, people have been continuously inventing and creating new innovations to help aid society as we evolve and become more and more advanced. We’ve built upon our previous creations to use as groundwork as we design new devices to keep up with the technological advances of the rest of the world and communicate with others from across the globe. We’ve gone from handmade spears and arrows to iPads, smart phones, and mini laptops, and we will continue to grow throughout time as we discover new information and become more knowledgeable.



Areas Of Impact

** C) Education **

Education is one of the most important things, but what if yours is all about technology? An education is a necessity, and now in some schools they are called paper-free schools. These schools are schools in which they have no paper or very little. Everything is on technology, iPads, iPhones, Kindle fires, Laptops. Anything made out of metal is considered good. These schools are teaching children how to use computers and everything that goes along with it. Computers are becoming more and more a part of our lives. Most jobs you are now required to have experience on a computer, which just 20 years ago was something that get you a job. So more schools are now adding courses on how to use computers, and the whole package of computer knowledge. Education is changing more now especially in the younger years of a child’s life. You now see advertisements of kids and babies playing on iPads.

In our society today we use computers more than ever before, especially kids and teens. Kids in the lower grades use computers during class in order to do projects. Same with kids in middle school and high school except that they use them a lot more. With a computer at the finger tips of anybody who can upload any kind of educational information, these students are able to research practically any topic to use for their projects and they don’t have to take a trip to the local library which would take a lot longer than just looking the stuff up on your computer. Not only are students just doing research online but they are also using their computer to do classroom projects. Teachers are uploading the assignments for students to do and the students will complete the project on the computer and send it back. It is as simple as that.    In the classroom, students are given the opportunity to create information to share as well as consume it. With this new technology outbreak, we can be the creators of so much more and can collaborate even more than others before us. We have the power to spread information among the world via the web. This new kind of technology gives us thousands more ways to learn new things and talk to others around the world for educational purposes.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 170%; vertical-align: baseline;"> ** D) Government, Politics, and Employment **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> __ **Government** __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Copyright and infringement has been around for nearly 20 years. Even though it has been around for so long, the government is still having trouble shutting down and stopping the same abusers of various types of media such as movies, music, and even popular TV shows. This hurts the film industry and costs them up to millions of dollars. That’s where SOPA and PIPA came in. SOPA or Stop Online Piracy Act was a bill that went to Washington with the intent of allowing film companies to crack down on the whole “copyright” and “counterfeited” goods situation. Many people worried about <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> this whole situation for a few reasons. For one, it would make the Internet less reliable.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; vertical-align: baseline;"> With the government’s new control for taking down any pirated or copyrighted, they could take down information is mass quantities thus having some of the “legitimate” information getting caught up in the mix. Next, they thought that this “over policing” of the Internet would have a major effect on the security that we are entitled to. Lastly, we have all been on some of the major multimedia sites such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Tumblr. If someone were to post a thirty seconds of copyrighted music in one of their videos on YouTube, not only would the video be taken down but, YouTube could be held responsible for it even if they had nothing to do with it. They would be held responsible with anything and everything posted on their website. In the end, YouTube would have to review each and every video before being uploaded. Hundreds of trials between websites and the government would be held for even the slightest piece of copyrighted material. In the end, neither SOPA nor PIPA Bills were passed. Some speculate that these Bills could come up in the near future but for now noting has happened. During the time of the possible passing of the bills there were numerous protests not to mention a whole petition made my Google to make an impact to the government.

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __**Politics**__
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> With new technologies such as rss feeds, blogs, and podcasts, it is making campaigning more interactive with the public than before. Senator Barack Obama used LinkedIn to ask questions on how the president can better help small business and entrepreneurs thrive. Americans don’t need to rely on mainstream media in order to gather their own political data. Web 2.0, a new form of sharing information is making communication a lot easier than before. However, you can find too much information on specific people more easily as well. Politicians are beginning to use the social media sights as a new alternative way to gain supporters and get their message to the people. However, since they are using the internet, the things they do may get hacked, or the things they do may go beyond and into personal information. They are using web 2.0 as a new medium to shape their relationships with the people. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">__ **Employment** __
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In the work place, adults are now able to communicate are make their work much more efficient by simply using online collaboration. It is easier to keep track of payrolls, schedules, and business statements on the computer since it is so easy to share and communicate with others. Most businesses have almost or completely converted to this new use of technology and make great use of it among their workers.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 170%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ** E) Arts, Entertainment, and Leisure **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Entertainment is now becoming more and more popular on the Internet. For example, people are now buying/downloading more songs from the Internet, or iTunes. iTunes only makes up about 15% of what people’s music is coming from. People are now downloading illegally from the Internet. This does not just include songs, this also includes movies, and games. People are becoming more and more infatuated with games like Temple Run, and Angry Birds. These are just some of the thousands <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">of examples in games. People can buy T.V. series’ off the Internet, and they can also buy music videos. These items can all be played on your computer as well as on all your electrical devices.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> There are many different types of sites that provide some type of entertainment and leisure. The Internet and technology are forever changing so there will be a lot of entertainment availability. Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, etc, are just some examples of the sites that are there for your entertainment purposes. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Many other parts of information have changed including: arts, entertainment, and leisure. Blogging is a huge difference in leisure. Blogging lets anyone post about anything they want. Other bloggers can view blogs and comment too. Social networking is one of the biggest changes to entertainment. Facebook allows people to share pictures, statuses, and connect with old friends. Twitter lets people post pictures, and statuses of their daily life. There are many other sites not names, but those were just a few of the most popular websites currently. “Family is the major context of leisure.” (Shaw,1998). As a result, there are many different sources of information. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 170%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ** F) Science, Environment, and Health **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Science **__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> In the 1600’s when Robert Hooke discovered his law of elasticity, he wasn’t able to publish it the same way people do today. He had to publish it a special way so that if someone else made the discovery, he would be to to take their research so that he would have time to build upon his discovery. Many scientists kept their findings a secret back then and when you made these discoveries people would have little personal gain. However, this has changed because of the way people get wealthy for their discovery. Now that we have the Internet, people all over this world are able to upload their research to the Internet in the matter of seconds, and possibly get instant fame. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ** __<span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Health __ ** <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Over the years, there have been faint rumors in the back of people’s minds that excessive use of cell phones may cause tumors & cancer. Recently, reports and studies from Europe may have people rethinking their use of wireless technology in their homes, particularly wireless routers. Out of the hundreds of studies that were conducted, 47% discovered increased cancer risks, 69% found disruptions to cell function, and 83% determined that exposure creates neurological, physiological, and behavioral effects. T here is significant evidence of harm in the form of cancer (including childhood leukemia), DNA damage, <span style="display: block; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> nerve and brain damage, increased stress response, and decreased immune response, all as a result of increased exposure to electromagnetic fields due to cell phones, wireless routers, and other wirelesstechnologies. Fears of emitted radiation from cell phones have also led to several health conditions that may <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> have been caused or worsened by these devices; however, these theories are discredited by scientific investigation. What may be causing sickness is not the radiation from these, but the bacteria that has collected upon them. When researched, out of 200 health care workers’ cell phones, 94.5% werecontaminated with some sort of bacteria & a mere 10% cleaned their phones on a daily basis.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__Environment__ ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It is evident that the changing forms of information on the internet is affecting even the environment. New technologies and new ways to obtain information is making it more convenient to share data and alert the public of information. By using technology such as web 2.0 people are bringing together companies and individuals that are serious in acting for the environment. Celsias is a New Zealand Start-Up that is gathering people who are serious about making a difference to the environment. Clesias is described as on of the most authoritve websites on climate change, as described by TechCrunch, the world’s most read technology blog. Celsias has over 100 writers and approximately 100 companies and organizations on the site. They get 150,000 to 350,000 page views per month. There is a a site called [|__carbonfootprint.com__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">that lets people enter in information to find their carbon footprint. From there information may be given to the individual on how to help the environment.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __ Team Members __ ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> A) Overview: [|Shannon Sepela] Shane Raymond B) Current News: Shane Raymond Savanna Syed Kaden Peterson C) Education: [|Madison Gunier] D) Government, Politics, and Employment: Kaden Peterson [|Madison Gunier] E) Arts, Entertainment, and Leisure: [|Shannon Sepela] F) Science, Environment, and Health: Savanna Syed Skye Supakul Christian Mayer

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __Team Roles__ ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Content Editor: [|Shannon Sepela] Shane Raymond Image/Graphics Editor: Savanna Syed Discussion Monitor: Christian Mayer Presentation Editor: Kaden Peterson RSS Editor: Skye Supakul Mind Map Editor: [|Madison Gunier] Video Artifacts:

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__ Citations __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Pensky, N. (2012, Februrary 24). Twice as many americans have internet access since 2000. “Wikipedia is the ultimate in peer review with nearly a million users.” ( Wagner, 2006). “Family is the major context of leisure.” (Shaw, 1998). <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> __References__

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