Hey everyone,
My name is John Michalski and I'm a history major at Binghamton and I'm hoping to graduate in the spring. I am excited to take this class for a number of reasons, first I find it absolutely absurd how much social networking and the internet in general has become a part of my life and the lives of everyone else I know. Honestly, I'm a little appalled that my Mom has a facebook and I feel like this class will help me understand how this transformation has happened. Secondly, as kind of a history geek I have noticed lately that these social networking sites have contributed to major movements that have happened recently. To find out that twitter was a major force in the political turmoil that happened in Iran makes me think how powerful can the internet and these new sites can be. I feel like the new "global network" has influence much farther then finding out who is dating who on facebook and I feel like this class help revel how powerful social networking websites and the media on the internet actually are.
-John
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