Project 3 and The Future

Consider the scenario below:


There lived a woman named Abigail who was in love with a man she met through Facebook named Gregory. Gregory lived in Gainesville. Abigail lived in Tampa. What brought them together was a mutual love for 80s Smiths songs and the Second Life VR space. Abigail wanted to get Greg a rare item from Second Life. Unfortunately, the seller on Second Life wanted over 1,000 gold coins for the decal. Since she was new at the game, she couldn't raise enough coins for Gregory's birthday. So she asked the seller, Sinbad_2020, if he would sell her the item for a lower cost. He said he would be glad to if she would send naked pictures of her avatar to him to put on his Facebook gallery. Because the avatar was based on her, she texted her friend, Pat, to ask her advice. Pat did not want to get involved at all in the situation and ignored her text. Abigail felt her only alternative was to accept Sinbad’s terms. Sinbad fulfilled his promise to Abigail and "gifted" the item to Gregory.

When Abigail met Greg in World of Warcraft and told about her all the trouble she went through in order to get him this present, Gregory cast her aside with disdain, threw away her present, and blocked her from all his social networks. Heartsick and rejected, Abigail twittered her tale of woe. Janice, a member of her twitter group, felt compassion for Abigail. She hacked into Greg’s "Linked-In" business account and linked all of his resume information to gay pornography. Abigail was overjoyed at the sight of Gregory getting his due. As the sun set on her apartment in Tampa, people heard Abigail and Janice laughing at Gregory from her computer.



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THE CHARACTERS:
Abigail,
Gregory(facebook),
Pat(text),
Sinbad_2020(world of warcraft),
Janice (Linked In)



We have looked at communication technology, and how this technology can both create and solve problems. Now we have the challenge of analyzing these problems using and probing to find a solution to a problem that will plague us...

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While John F. Kennedy was speaking about the 1960s, his message remains the same: no matter if you are a Republican or a Democrat, we stand on the edge of a New Frontier that will be a set of technological and social challenges that will affect the lives an livelihoods of our friends and our family.

QUIZ: How do you face that challenge? As a citizen of the United States, what is the one technological challenge facing us today that is both beneficial and problematic for today's society? Why? (1 paragraph)

BLOGPOST: Blog about that "One Technological Challenge" that you or your family/friends will have to face in the next four years. Whether it is how Technology influences Professional, or Economic, or Cultural, or Political, or Social, or Environmental concerns, I want you to explore that problem and articulate not only how it will affect you, but how it will affect the world around you. Why is this a social/cultural/professional/economic/or environmental injustice? How can we curb this injustice before it comes to the forefront? What can we do as citizens?
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