I thoroughly enjoyed the short film on cell phone usage. The film making production was done extremely well, showing the negative social effects when using cell phones inappropriately amongst a group of people. Our generation today can relate as many people fall into the technological addiction or a rather social media hierarchy. The film editing was brief yet informative. With the prevalence of social media sites, iPhones, and “selfies,” the video demonstrated how cell phones can disrupt the beauty of socializing, activities, and celebrations.

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While reading Clay Shirky’s first chapter of Here Comes Everybody, there was a particular quote that stood out to me amidst the reading: “Give me a place to stand and a lever long enough, and I will move the world.” There are many variations of this quote that stem all the way back to Archimedes, most of them do not include the “lever long enough” phrase in their reproductions of the quote. However, I find it particularly interesting that Shirky would decide to use this one in this chapter. I believe that Shirky is trying to tell the reader that through crowdsourcing, much can be done to bring change to this world. In Evan and Ivanna’s example, they had the support of millions of people, which resulted in the arrest of Sasha. However, were it not for their supporters and the help of all those involved in the “investigation” there would not have been much progress. This story gives a small glimpse into how humanity can come together (with the tools of modern-day technology) and create a real change.

This chapter was extremely eye opening in the way that it shows how powerful social media is in our society. After reading this chapter I can relate to Evan in that I found that the outcome was very pleasing due to it providing justice to the situation. Through this reading I found that Evan’s character was exemplary due to him making an attempt to help his friend Ivanna find something as miniscule as a cell phone. In my opinion, Sasha’s background should not affect her actions in this reading. I think that stealing in any circumstance is wrong. I find it very surprising that social media impacted this situation in this way especially since technology was not as prominent then as it is now. Technology has definitely advanced and changed since the time in which this chapter was written. In a way reading this text made me reminisce to how technology used to be due to discussing things such as Myspace and the Sidekick. This chapter showed me the power that social media and technology has especially in today’s world. I cant fathom how big this story would have been in today’s world since technology is much more prevalent now then when this story took place. In my opinion this story became so viral because it was extremely relatable to the average individual. I found this chapter to be very interesting because it shows that through the collaboration of a community something as small as a phone can be found in the largest city in the United States.