ICTs Blog Post

Julliene Gatchalian: I’m wondering if the sample size for the “disadvantaged” minority groups only included Blacks and Latinos. Was the study also inclusive of other minority groups and was the data different depending on the group people belonged to? Mengshi Ju: If it's your turn to do this research, which perspectives and samples will you choose since you think there are problems with these two aspects of this research? Those two questions both wondering the samples of “disadvantaged” minority groups. This is also one of biggest concerns that I have for my research paper: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0093650214565925 According to the chart, I figured out that many of the Black/Latino (31 people) were well-educated (60 people). For those well educated people, were they still belonging to the disadvantaged groups? Or should the Black/Latino who were also poor educated should be counted into double minority groups? I’m thinking of making comparisons b...

As what has been talked in the video"Connected but alone"this week, there is an phenomenon that people are alone together. There are some pictures showing that all the people in the same physical place are looking at their own mobile devices without starting a conversation with each other close to them. As a result,  people would rather text than talk. By communicating online, we can build our different images even though it is not the same as we behave in the real-life. And users can delicately polish their language and try their best to deliver the message in an appropriate way. But this is not the exact picture in the real world as people will have their facial expression, body language and eye contact, etc.                                                 It reminds of the question"Does text-based communication influences self-esteem more than face-to-face ...