Posts Tagged ‘ Michael Jackson ’

The age of the internet and the end of interaction

August 10, 2009
By Max Glover
The age of the internet and the end of interaction

At the risk of turning into my Dad, I feel more and more alienated by the internet-driven society in which we live. Being twenty, I can remember a time when not every household had a computer (gasp!), let alone two or three, and when the Internet was something of a novelty whereby you could...
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Technological voyeurism and Michael Jackson

June 30, 2009
By Aimee Horwich
Technological voyeurism and Michael Jackson

With today’s technology connecting millions around the globe in a matter of seconds, when news broke of Michael Jackson’s death, the events which ensued were in a surreal sort of way, pretty exciting. Rather than feeling saddened by talk that a living legend might have passed, Michael Jackson’s death didn’t quite invoke the absolute...
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