COMM 203 - "Why Cyberculture?"

     The article "Why Cyberculture?" by David Bell found in the Media Studies Reader, explains aspects of the cyberculture world; how it is ever changing, ever evolving and ever encompassing our daily lives.

     "...cyberculture studies is a complex field (or post-field) which not only makes use of diverse academic traditions and theoretical perspectives, but also deploys a diversity of research methods and approaches" (Bell 66)

     As explained in this quote, it can be seen how expansive cyberculture can and always will be.  Just as cyberculture evolves, so should our thinking and research methods.  No single approach can be used to study cyberculture and we must constantly adapt to meet our researching and learning needs.

    So what does this mean for everyone living in the technological world?  We must choose to either adapt to the changes we encounter daily from cyberculture or be left behind.  We must also realize that cyberculture is a large part of our lives.

     As well, no matter how strongly we feel, technology is an enormous part of our everyday lives.  Even if we aren't using the Internet or surfing the web, it dominates our conversations, lives, and ideas in more ways than we realize.  Name even a few times where someone somewhere hasn't mentioned something about Facebook, etc.  Even if some disagree, there is definitely some aspect of our lives that has been affected by cyberculture.

COMM 203 Facebook

First of all, I haven't personally approved or updated or switched, or whatever it's called, to the "new" Facebook. However, I now understand why all my friends say they hate it.  As if it weren't already annoying enough to have those 10 or so friends who post tons of useless information all day, now I have the ability to know absolutely everything they listen to and look at on the Internet.
Along with being kind of irritating, this is also pretty invasive. I may not want everyone to know about all the things I do on the Internet. It's intrusive to my privacy. I'm sure many people simply don't care about every detail of everyone's life.