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tasking? Why or why not? NOTE: The focus here is learning and multitasking while using digital media. | strongly agree with the professor. This may be because of my age. As | mentioned in the introduction, | came of age in a time when the internet was used but very sparsely compared to now. When | was in high school in the 90's we used the library for research, books in hand and handwritten papers. | can say definitively that my comprehension and retention were remarkably greater than they are now, with all my academic work being completed digitally. | especially notice that my children's ability to focus is significantly less than that of the children of my era. As was mentioned in the video, when multitasking large portions of the brain are activated. This is spreading our focus thin. With that happening, the quality of our learning is diminished. Topic 2_ Question #1: How has technological developments in radio, television, the Internet, OR newspaper (SELECT ONE) influenced mass communication? Support your response. Mass media is the vehicle of mass communication. Media is a tool used to shape the culture of our society. Our \"culture is the expressed and shared values, attitudes, beliefs, and practices of a social group, organization, or institution\" (\"We Get Here\" 2012). For example, radio was the dominant medium in the early 1900s. Companies advertised to the masses using radio programs. This aligned with the consumerism of capitalistic America. Radio programs were then used in the 1930's to communicate with the masses during the Great Depression. While contemporary culture uses TV and the internet as the chosen mediums, radio is still prevalent in mass communication. Topic 3_ Question #1: Which ONE of the eight "hopeful" theses do you see as the most hopeful? Explain your choice. The poll results are the end of the article were rather telling, with only 10% of the respondents viewing the evolution of digital spaces as positive in every aspect. Yet, 70% saw a combination of both positive and negative aspects. For the intent of this discussion, we are asked to select the one \"hopeful\" that we identify as the most hopeful. | have chosen the hopeful \"empowering individuals\". What appealed to me the strongest is the potential of citizens having greater capacity to contribute to governmental decisions. With our current political climate, we are in desperate need of this occurrence. Deafarnnecnars