Essays on Ancheta

In their study 2001 study entitled, “The Use of Communication Technologies by Older Adult: Exploring the Benefits from the User’s Perspective”, researchers Anne-Sophie Melenhorst, Wendy Rogers and Evan Caylor investigated what, if any, influence advanced communications use, such as e-mail and other internet based communication, had on older adults ranging in age from 65-80 years old (Melenhorst et al., 2001). According to the authors, older adults that used of advanced communications tended to have larger and more active social networks. That is to say, use of advanced communications by older adults produced the same results as with younger ...

This paper answers two fundamental questions in two sections. They will cover aspects of the AAS course and provide an insight into relevant issues and matters relating to the Asian American community and history.

Question 1: Race, Racialization and the Law

Asian Americans were always viewed in the context of “Asian immigrants”. This is for several reasons. First of all, the history of the United States rising as a prosperous nation happened from the east coast. And for various reasons, the first colonies created in the 1600s were made up almost exclusively of migrants from the British Isles. However, as time went on, the colonies expanded ...

The use of a variety of technologies grows as the interest in designing technologies to make life easier flourishes. Information communication technologies create a feeling of relatedness as they facilitate easy communication among people worldwide. People view technologies such as cell phones, social networking sites, and the media as central to the communication process (Hertlein and Ancheta 1). Contrary to their views, I believe technology is destructive, and people should use less of it in their lives. My opinion focuses on a variety of reasons.

Education

Technology is believed to have revolutionized the field of education. However, it brings with it new challenges ...

During the pre-historic age, human civilization lived in caves and in the wilderness. Now that we are in the information age, human civilization has moved from caves to the Internet. People are now able to ‘live’ online; but the most popular aspect of living that people, especially the younger generation, have been doing online is socializing (Kriescher, 2009). And they do this with the help of social networking sites. Like many things, social networking sites have both their advantages and disadvantages; and it is important for people to be able to determine these things in order to properly handle ...

The Asian Americans have undergone through changes in regard to social and political aspects even before passing of the immigration Act of 1965.This was therefore the result of the name Asian American since those who had migrated to America before then are referred to as immigrants. Asian Americans therefore refer to the Americans of Asian origin born in the United States of America or migrated to the US after 1965. Despite the rapid rise in number of Asian Americans after the Immigration Act of 1965, they had faced repeated discrimination in political agendas including voting rights and the ability ...