Essays on O'keeffe

In the last few decades, the use of social media has taken over peoples’ lives. In fact, it is hard to believe that several years ago there was no Facebook or Twitter. It is worth mentioning that three decades ago, cell phones were only available to the wealthy members of society and the commoners only waited to hear from each other through telegraphs, letters, and other outdated methods. Today, social media sites such as MySpace, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn as well as virtual world’s such as Second Life, Sims, Club Penguin, and video sites such as YouTube and blogs ...

Ann Hamilton is an American contemporary artist who deals mostly with sculpture, installation, video art and performance. She is well-known for the fact that she has created a lot of expensive installations of large size. Realization of her artistic plans regarding these installations required the effort of a large number of volunteers. An example would be the installation of privation and excesses (1989), which consisted of 750,000 pennies immersed in honey (Ann Hamilton Studio, n.d.). Ann Hamilton is another representative of art in this world who brings into it its independent view on what a beauty is. There ...

Bullying, while physical in nature, can have lasting social and psychological consequences that can profoundly effect the emotional and cognitive development of young people. Aggressive behaviors, both in traditional settings and in the virtual realm, have been shown to have deep and lasting challenges to their capacity for personal relationships, emotional stability, and overall success. This is true for both the victims of bullying and the bullies themselves. In assessing the research that has been done in the field of bullying it will be possible to establish a general criteria to determine the overall consensus in regards to the ...

[The City and the State of the School]

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It is undeniable that starting from the second half of 2000s the social networks have become one of the most popular means of communication between people allowing them to instantly share their ideas either among their friends and relatives or with broader communities, which can include inhabitants of their town, their country or even the whole world. Social media like Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn became very popular in a short period of time. At the end of 2015 there were about 2 billion of active social media users monthly (Statista, 2016b). ...

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In the contemporary world the use of new media, and in particular social media, has become an essential need in the society. Social media include Web sites that allow social interaction such as social networking sites like MySpace, Twitter, Facebook; gaming sites such as Second Life and Club Penguin; video sites such as Vimeo and YouTube; and blogs. Such sites have provided a fertile ground for communication and entertainment especially for the teenagers and the young adults. According to the prevailing studies, 75 percent of the teenagers are in possession of cell phones, and 25 percent utilizes them on ...

Introduction

Introduction In the contemporary world the use of new media, and in particular social media, has become an essential need in the society. Social media include Web sites that allow social interaction such as social networking sites like MySpace, Twitter, Facebook; gaming sites such as Second Life and Club Penguin; video sites such as Vimeo and YouTube; and blogs. Such sites have provided a fertile ground for communication and entertainment especially for the teenagers and the young adults. According to the prevailing studies, 75 percent of the teenagers are in possession of cell phones, and 25 percent utilizes them ...