In my Comms 211 class, one of the things we talked about was how the world has advanced so much in technology in such little time. This video illustrates just how far we've come! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_fE0ZBN-Tc
Social networking has been growing and has a lot of influence and power in today's world. The normal people, like me, are gaining more prominence and say in society. I read a chilling article from CNN on how a drug cartel mortally punished a man and a women because they spoke against drug cartel activities. Their deaths were a warning for other social network users. http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/09/14/mexico.violence/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 The big people are beginning to fear the little people. Professor Campbell talked about this very issue when he said that we are becoming a pro-am world; where amateur voices have just as much power as the professionals.
I belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I believe that we can use the internet to assist us in spreading gospel principles. M. Russell Ballard talked about this very issue. http://lds.org/ensign/2008/07/sharing-the-gospel-using-the-internet?lang=eng&query=internet We may think that we are just one voice; but with help of the internet, we can become a million voices.
Even though we have the internet at our daily disposal, I hope we do not overuse it. We need to focus on what is really important in our lives. We need to look around us, notice the beauty, and be thankful for the tangible aspects that are close to home. Here is an inspiration Mormon message which illustrates this perfectly. http://lds.org/pages/mormon-messages-gallery?lang=eng#live-in-thanksgiving
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