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Zuckerman, Ethan. "The First Twitter Revolution? - By Ethan Zuckerman | Foreign Policy." Foreign Policy - the Global Magazine of Economics, Politics, and Ideas. 14 Jan. 2011. Web. 14 Nov. 2011. <http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/01/14/the_first_twitter_revolution

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"Challenging the Digital Divide." Flexibility.co.uk - Europe's Leading Website for Smart and Flexible Work Resources. Web. 28 Oct. 2011. <http://www.flexibility.co.uk/issues/debates/divide.htm>.

            This article really focuses on the basics of the digital divide and how we are trying to tackle the problem. This article shows how the attack is being built up by the government and corporations to close the gap with new technologies. Also it stats facts if all this work and push to close the divide is even worth it in the long run. This piece will really help me when creating my finally project.

"Digital Divide Still Present in Washington, D.C., Broadband Map Shows." Government Technology: State & Local Government News Articles. Web. 28 Oct. 2011. <http://www.govtech.com/e-government/Digital-Divide-Still-Present-in-Washington-DC.html>.

            In this article it shows how the digital divide is still a concern in Washington. It gives some numbers such as a grant was given to the capital of 1.5 million just to put computers in the cities libraries. It really gives off a good message that the government is trying to do all it can to help less fortunate areas become closer to the digital side of things. This will really help me back up my statements in the final piece.

Everyone, Internet For. "America's Digital Divide: Millions in America Have Inferior Internet Access | Media | AlterNet." Home | AlterNet. Web. 28 Oct. 2011. <http://www.alternet.org/media/129956>.

This article is geared more towards the statistical facts behind Americas digital divide. It touches not only on the inner cities problems with the divide but even parts of the United States that people have never heard of. These places are rural areas and places with little connection to the rest of the world. In this article they also have a nice debate that is a solid argument if the divide is really one of America’s major problems.

"America: The Growing Digital Divide." TechCrunch. Web. 28 Oct. 2011. <http://techcrunch.com/2007/05/06/america-the-growing-digital-divide/>.

            This article shows that the digital divide really is not just a current problem in the United States but a growing problem in the United States. This article truly is a technological breakdown of the divide from year to year. I find this info to be extremely valid and crucial to my overall understanding of my topic.

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Superorganism in a biological scenes is the tissues and cells or the small parts working together to create an action or a specific role. With these small parts working together it builds up to help the ecosystem or the big picture per say. When dealing with technology this method of superorganism is used a lot in many different ways. An example is from one of the lecture we had in Dolan auditorium this year. We were informed about crisis mapping which is a perfect example of superoranism. People from all over the world that individually mount to an extremely small percent report information to build a huge worldwide crises map to help people in need. It shows that every little thing matters and every little thing contributes to the full effect. Now the real question is, does Facebook depend on a superorganism approach? I personally believe they do depend on superorganism. I believe this because Facebook is a social network and the part “social” is crucial. Every Facebook user or account holder is part of the overall Facebook world. The individual user is the smallest piece or the “cell” and being a cell you can share picture and events with the rest of the other users or “cells”. If every user didn’t believe they were a part of the big picture then there would be no picture.

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Emergent behavior happens every day in different ways and in certain areas. We all experience these emergent behaviors weather we are involved directly with them or we observe them from the outside looking in. An example for me would be we I used to drive home from high school every day. My school was 25 minutes away on the freeway and in the mornings around eight o’clock I would experience traffic jam. This traffic jam would be considered an emergent behavior. Everyone had a place to be and was in a rush for their individual reasons. With this being said, people started making dumb and aggressive driving moves. This only led to the roads being more cluttered and confusing. The roads were designed to only handle so much traffic at one time. At this certain time in the day there was an overload causing backup. From my perspective the traffic is moving slow because of the other peoples bad driving, but the perspective of the other drives is my driving is bad. Maybe it’s not that anyone’s driving is bad but it’s just the systems fault.