Saturday, November 14, 2009

I Bet You Didn't Know !

I bet that you didn't know that online dating dates back to the 1980's!! Yes, Of course it has become increasingly popular in recent years, it all began almost three decades ago. Whether you like it or not and whether you are agree with it or not, the Internet has changed the dating scene. Anne Mulrine's article in our textbook, Living in the Information Age, talks about a recent cover story from U.S. News @ World Report. It states that, "the rise of online dating services and their appeal to the record number of American adults who are single. In a typical month, as many as half of all singles, approximately 40 million Americans, may visit an online dating site." That's alot of people! There isn't just a small amount of people who are online dating. This article even makes a comparison to online dating being as important to the digital age as the automobile was to the 1920's and the birthcontrol pill to the 1960's! "We may be witnessing a SOCIAL REVOLUTION."
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3 comments:

  1. Yi-Fan ChenNovember 15, 2009 at 6:12 PM

    Your blog is very sweet and cute. You include data to support your argument. You might want to get some personal stories to make your blog to have humanity. "Technology always comes from humanity" I look forward to seeing more postings.

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  2. CHRiSTANovember 17, 2009 at 3:26 PM

    Thanks. I'm working on my own personal story, but I want mine to be the very last entry for the blog.

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  3. Yi-Fan ChenNovember 29, 2009 at 12:14 PM

    You might want to share your options (write some lines) about each videos and information that you share with your audiences. It might add some more personal touches on your blog. You also need to cover more different aspects on the topic. I found that there are very difficult to make ODU students to be the new media believers. I have tried so hard in 18 months. I keep thinking if this is the time to give up.

    As you mentioned on your open statement, I look forward to learning from you on how to make a change on those non-believers. I feel that it might be a only key for me to be successful at ODU’s teaching.

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