Blog #4

I personally believe that the reason their is an increase an ipod sales and a drop in radio is because an ipod is more practical, more convenient, and has more features. A radio is fine for listen in your house or in your car, but unless you want to walk down the street caring a boom box, an ipod is the more practical option. It's more convenient in that you can choose exactly want you want to listen to. With a radio, you just have to hope that its not a commercial, or hope that its a song you like, or want to listen to. An ipod allows you to put all your favorite songs on a play list so that you always hear a song you like. And finally an ipod has more features. A radio turns on and off, and switched channels, and that's about it; but an ipod does so much more. With a regular, noting fancy, ipod you can use the shuffle mode to hear your songs in a random order, you can play a game, you can even choose your song by artist, album, or genre. With the newest ipod touches you can get on the internet, download thousands of games and thousands of applications. Pretty much anything you can think to download the ipod touch has it.

Blog #2

I personally think that nothing changed in the way of technology viewed by everyday people. In fact I wasn't even aware that the change from analog to digital had taken place. When I watch television now I can't tell the difference from before. I am aware that digital television is better with recordings and with the television quality, however I believe that socially people were mad about the switch. I remember when the switch from analog to digital was pushed back since not everyone was about to purchase the box needed for your television to work. I realize that the government made lots of money off of the switch, however I think that the general public doesn't seem to care. People who were unable to purchase the box couldn't understand why the switch needed to take place. Recently I was talking with a friend about the blog assignment I had due, and she informed me that she no longer has television due to the switch. I don't think that people see the rewards of digital so they are more upset with the consequences of the switch from analog.

Blog Assignment #1

My favorite theory would be the Social Learning/Social Cognitive Theory. I chose this theory as my favorite because I believe it all to be true. I do agree that we can learn by watching someone else, either through watching them in person, or watching them on television. However I do also agree that a person will not play a certain video game, or watch a Halloween murder movie and go out on a killing spree.