Lol-- Omg!

Lol-- Omg!
Author: Matt Ivester
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Cyberbullying
ISBN: 9781466242074

The ease with which digital content can be shared online, in addition to its many benefits, has created a host of problems for today's high school and college students. All too often, students are uploading, updating, posting and publishing without giving a second thought to who might see their content or how it might be perceived. lol...OMG! provides a cautionary look at the many ways that today's students are experiencing the unanticipated negative consequences of their digital decisions - from lost job opportunities and denied college and graduate school admissions to full-blown national scandals. It also examines how technology is allowing students to bully one another in new and disturbing ways, and why students are often crueler online than in person. By using real-life case studies and offering actionable strategies and best practices, this book empowers students to clean up and maintain a positive online presence, and to become responsible digital citizens. "Matt Ivester's book, lol...OMG!, is a "must read" for every college student, every high school student and the parents of each. It is also a "should read" for everyone who might want a job in today's world." Joe Riley, Director of Human Resources, LinkedIn "Insightful, relatable, and critically important, lol...OMG! is a must-read."Greg Boardman, Vice Provost for Student Affairs, Stanford University "We are at a critical point in technological history - where social media is beginning to have more impact on how we are perceived than our in-person interactions. lol...OMG! could not be more timely."Jennifer Aaker, General Atlantic Professor of Marketing, Stanford University, and author of The Dragonfly Effect "This book is required reading for anyone who wishes to survive the viral lawlessness of college life."Larry Winokur, Co-Founder, BWR Public Relations "Matt Ivester's book lol...OMG! is essential reading for parents, educators and anyone, of any age, who uses the Internet and has wondered about privacy and discretion. Leveraging his insider experience from his now-closed website JuicyCampus.com, he offers common sense methods that all of us need to know to protect us from the malicious gossip, mean-spirited rumors and sharing of personal information which now seems epidemic on the Internet." William F. Meehan III, Director Emeritus, McKinsey and Co., Raccoon Partners Lecturer In Management, Stanford University "In this era of digital citizenship, the information employers find online can have a significant impact on your success in the hiring process. Read this book and take control of that information!" Hayagreeva Rao, Atholl McBean Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources, Stanford University "Digital citizenship is an essential part of a modern education. The digital age has provided students with a host of new challenges, and we have an obligation to help them address those challenges. lol...OMG! is an important and valuable educational resource for students struggling to stay true to their own ethical principles while still keeping up with the quickly evolving digital landscape."Robert M. Saltzman, Associate Dean, USC Gould School of Law "A much-needed introduction to the realities, risks and rewards that college students face when they construct online identities. A useful and practical guide for college administrators as well as students."Dr. Ernest J. Wilson III, Dean, USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism "Matt Ivester understands the challenges of this new electronic frontier and provides information that will make a difference in your life if you read this book."Ozzie Harris II, Senior Vice Provost for Diversity & Community, Emory University

OMG! LOL!

OMG! LOL!
Author: Thomas C. Willadsen
Publisher: Gemma
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2012
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1936846314

While organizing a community interfaith Thanksgiving event, a pastor discovers that people of all religious traditions laugh in the same language.He explores the connections between faith and laughter, examining his own holy heritage in dialogue with followers of other faiths.The story culminates with Interfaith Laughter Night, with an open mike that encourages participants of all the faiths gathered to laugh with each other and at themselves.Come along on a journey of ecumenical silliness! "

Virtual Tribe

Virtual Tribe
Author: Steven C. Dinero
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2020-03-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1476674701

In the post-colonial era, tribal peoples are particularly vulnerable to new technologies and industrialization, which threaten their cultures, homelands and ways of living. However, there is a surprising exception to this trend in the form of social media. This book explores how tribal and indigenous peoples across the globe are using social media such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp in fresh and inventive ways unique to their values and lifestyles. These platforms help tribal peoples to communicate across boundaries and barriers as never before, and are helping to strengthen communal identity and development in the global age.

L.O.L. Surprise!: My Secret L.O.L. Handbook

L.O.L. Surprise!: My Secret L.O.L. Handbook
Author: MGA Entertainment Inc.
Publisher: BuzzPop
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-02-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781499810813

Learn all about your favorite BFFs and their Lil' Sisters in this new handbook from the #1 toy line in the world, L.O.L. Surprise! Welcome to the outrageous world of L.O.L. Surprise!, where all work is play and babies run everything! This handbook is packed with everything L.O.L. superfans need to know about their favorite rebels and Lil' Sisters from series 1 and 2. With cute character bios, catchy quotes, and secret messages to solve, this book is filled with hours of fabulous fun! Each adorable fashionista belongs to a style club.

Let's Be Friends (L.O.L. Surprise!)

Let's Be Friends (L.O.L. Surprise!)
Author: Random House
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2020-12-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593310039

Meet all your L.O.L. Surprise!TM fierce friends in this all-new Step 3 Step into Reading reader--with more than 30 sweet and sassy stickers! Meet Queen Bee, Miss Punk, Sugar Queen, and all of your favorite L.O.L. Surprise!TM fierce friends! This Step 3 Step into Reading leveled reader has over 30 outrageous L.O.L. Surprise!TM stickers--perfect for boys and girls ages 5 to 8! Step 3 readers feature engaging characters in easy-to-follow plots about popular topics. For children who are ready to read on their own. In a world where babies run everything, little Rockers rebel against nap time and Teacher's Pets become class presidents with "Free Pizza Fridays!" In the L.O.L. Surprise! TM world, all work is play and nothing is dull cuz it's all a lil' surprising and outrageous!

Digilect

Digilect
Author: Ágnes Veszelszki
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2017-06-26
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110497131

The high degree of internet penetration and its social (and linguistic) effects evidently influence how people, and especially the highly susceptible younger generations, use language. The primary aim of the book is not only to identify the characteristic features of the digital language variety (this has already been done by several works) but to examine how digital communication affects the language of other mediums of communication: orality, handwritten texts, digitally created but not digitally perceived, that is printed texts, including in particular advertisements (which quickly respond to linguistic change). Naturally, the book presents the characteristics of the digital language variety (and coins the term digilect) but only to give a framework to the impact analysis. It is important to document changes in progress and thus direct attention to potential outcomes. The current linguistic change is different from previous ones primarily in its speed and form of spreading, and it not only brings innovative grammatical forms and writing/spelling solutions but may also have far-reaching cultural and educational consequences in the long run.

A Link to Heaven

A Link to Heaven
Author: Robbie Thomas
Publisher: GeneralStore PublishingHouse
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2004
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781894263924

Touch Screen Theory

Touch Screen Theory
Author: Michele White
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2022-10-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0262372304

Technology companies claim to connect people through touchscreens, but by conflating physical contact with emotional sentiments, they displace the constructed aspects of devices and women and other oppressed individuals’ critiques of how such technologies function. Technology companies and device designers correlate touchscreens and online sites with physical contact and emotional sentiments, promising unmediated experiences in which the screen falls away in favor of visceral materiality and connections. While touchscreens are key elements of most people’s everyday lives, critical frameworks for understanding the embodied experiences of using them are wanting. In Touch Screen Theory, Michele White focuses on the relation between physically touching and emotionally feeling to recenter the bodies and identities that are empowered, produced, and displaced by these digital technologies and settings. Drawing on detailed cases and humanities methods, White shows how and why gender, race, and sexuality should be further analyzed in relation to touchscreen use and design. White delves into such details as how women are informed that their bodies and fingernails are not a fit for iPhones, how cellphone surfaces are correlated with skin and understood as erotic, the ways social networks use heart buttons and icons to seem to physically and emotionally connect with individuals, how online references to feminine and queer feelings are resisted by many men, and how women producers of autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) videos use tactile strategies and touch screens to emotionally bond with viewers. Proposing critical methods for studying touchscreens and digital engagement, Touch Screen Theory expands a variety of research areas, including digital and internet cultures, hardware, interfaces, media and screens, and popular culture.

YOLO Juliet

YOLO Juliet
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2015-05-26
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 055353548X

Romeo and Juliet, one of the greatest love stories ever told . . . in texts?! Imagine: What if those star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet had smartphones? A classic is reborn in this fun and funny adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays! Two families at war. A boy and a girl in love. A secret marriage gone oh-so-wrong. 3h8. The classics just got a whole lot more interesting. ;) tl;dr A Shakespeare play told through its characters texting with emojis, checking in at certain locations, and updating their relationship statuses. The perfect gift for hip theater lovers and teens. A glossary and cast of characters are included for those who need it. For example: tl;dr means too long; didn’t read.

Susan Boyle

Susan Boyle
Author: Aaron Fischer
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2009-04-22
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1409279251

Susan Boyle, a feisty 47 year old church worker from Blackburn, Scotland, has become a global singing sensation after appearing on Britain's Got Talent in April 2009.Susan's incredible television debut has been watched by millions on YouTube and this book is the definitive collection of comments from the first few days.... some good, some bad and some "bloody fantastic!".