In the video below, I compiled a few videos demonstrating how the government in Vietnam has been persecuting, harming and hindering their people simply because they want to practice their own religion or even Christianity freely. If Montagnard people are found practicing, worshiping, singing or conjoining together to practice their faith, they will be taken away from that location and then will be abused and persecuted. This type of government control has even been enforced in the children's schools. If a child is found practicing Christian faith, then their family will be taxed-even if they are already too poor to take care of their family already. Their government has full control over their people and if found acting out against the government, they will ensure pain and abuse onto their people to 'teach' them. This type of behavior is still going on today, unfortunately and is sad to know that these people cannot worship as freely a they wish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_dbdUYq8Uk
Monday, May 23, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Is Digital Media Bad for us?
Worries have been surfacing for some time now debating the issue of digital media and the regression it has on the American society, specifically the most recent generation-my generation. Worries about WikiLeaks and who controls the information and its accuracy to the public is a constant subject on society's mind. We are constantly worried about "control, authority, and secrecy" in this digital media of WikiLeaks, concerned with the fact that this topic is mainly derived from scientific discovery, and some are not necessarily comfortable with that, just like others are not affluent with democracy which WikiLeaks represents.
Another type of worry is the Social-interpersonal worry which is mainly concerned with the effect of the Internet on personal relationships, or a face to face relationship with another person. The Internet allows you to talk and chat with multiple people at once on several different websites, and you may not even know all the people you are talking to. This kind of hidden way to be social can inhibit or in turn cause a person to suffer when in face to face confrontation in a social setting. It can also lead to anti-social behavior; using the Internet as a way to be outgoing but fearing the real world. Research done by Kraut and Nie & Ebring surfaced the issue that "Internet usage leads to an increase in depression, loneliness, and neglect of existing close relationships." (Internet and Anti-Social Behavior Theory Unfounded)
Phychological-cognitive worries target on the loss of brain power, or concentration and intelligence rather in the modern society. People now who start to read a book begin to get fidgety and try to find something else more interesting to embark upon. The surfing through the Internet may have caused us to lower our mental efficiency, or focus and strive to learning and understanding new material. Now that everything is on a digitized level and everything we want is at our fingertips, people no longer wish to focus on things that are not relatively interesting to us at that time. Why read something we find boring when we could just look up humorous photographs on the Internet? This question remains a worry in society as some people may think that Internet usage could be destroying our mental abilities of memory because it would not be as exercised as often.
The worry of Internet usage, WikiLeaks and deteriorating mental capabilities is and always will be a topic of discussion and how to compensate for this massive concern in society. Digital Media however may be causing certain behavioral issues such as not really engaging in a face to face relationship, not participating in homework assignments because of distractions from the Internet, or WikiLeaks where you may not know if it is a reliable source; the Internet still provides society with a way to access important information if need be. So is it bad for us? In some aspects, yes, I would say it is. But over the grand scheme of things, taking into account this new generation we live in, I would say it helps more than hurts. It provides the people with information right there at our fingertips and allows us to find out anything we wish to know. Whether or not it is damaging our mental abilities is a mystery to me, considering how accessible information is on the Internet. But the worry will still remain in society.
Another type of worry is the Social-interpersonal worry which is mainly concerned with the effect of the Internet on personal relationships, or a face to face relationship with another person. The Internet allows you to talk and chat with multiple people at once on several different websites, and you may not even know all the people you are talking to. This kind of hidden way to be social can inhibit or in turn cause a person to suffer when in face to face confrontation in a social setting. It can also lead to anti-social behavior; using the Internet as a way to be outgoing but fearing the real world. Research done by Kraut and Nie & Ebring surfaced the issue that "Internet usage leads to an increase in depression, loneliness, and neglect of existing close relationships." (Internet and Anti-Social Behavior Theory Unfounded)
Phychological-cognitive worries target on the loss of brain power, or concentration and intelligence rather in the modern society. People now who start to read a book begin to get fidgety and try to find something else more interesting to embark upon. The surfing through the Internet may have caused us to lower our mental efficiency, or focus and strive to learning and understanding new material. Now that everything is on a digitized level and everything we want is at our fingertips, people no longer wish to focus on things that are not relatively interesting to us at that time. Why read something we find boring when we could just look up humorous photographs on the Internet? This question remains a worry in society as some people may think that Internet usage could be destroying our mental abilities of memory because it would not be as exercised as often.
The worry of Internet usage, WikiLeaks and deteriorating mental capabilities is and always will be a topic of discussion and how to compensate for this massive concern in society. Digital Media however may be causing certain behavioral issues such as not really engaging in a face to face relationship, not participating in homework assignments because of distractions from the Internet, or WikiLeaks where you may not know if it is a reliable source; the Internet still provides society with a way to access important information if need be. So is it bad for us? In some aspects, yes, I would say it is. But over the grand scheme of things, taking into account this new generation we live in, I would say it helps more than hurts. It provides the people with information right there at our fingertips and allows us to find out anything we wish to know. Whether or not it is damaging our mental abilities is a mystery to me, considering how accessible information is on the Internet. But the worry will still remain in society.
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