Annotated Bibiography

Henshall, Stuart. Unbound Spiral. 16 Mar. 2004. 30 Jan. 2007 .

Social Networking sites do little to actually help people socialize. It offers them the ability to associate with one another, but there is very little social interaction. Rarely does a relationship in the cyber-world translate into a real world relationship. Social networking websites need to find better ways for people to interact with each other if they want to continue with their current success.

Iskold, Alex. Read/WriteWeb. 21 Sept. 2006. 30 Jan. 2007 .

Different social networking sites are using unique features to attract users. Simply connecting people to each other’s profiles is not enough to remain competitive in the growing industry. In order to compete a site must offer additional services such as the ability to share music and/or pictures.

Lenhart, Amanda, and Mary Madden. Pew Internet. 7 Jan. 2007. 30 Jan. 2007 .

In recent years the popularity of social networking websites has skyrocketed. They are no longer a flashy new trend, but are now a large part of many people’s lives. The sites have particularly caught on in American pop culture. In America these websites are most popular among teenagers, and specifically teenage girls.

Roush, Wade. Technology Review. 18 Nov. 2005. 29 Jan. 2007 .

Although social networking websites were slow to first get off the ground, now that users are getting a better understanding of the technology they are starting to grow rapidly in popularity. In addition, social networking sites are coming up with innovative ideas to make them more practical and useful to its users. As these websites improve upon the features they offer, the distinction between real like and cyberspace continues to be blurred.

Siklos, Richard. The New York Times. 21 Jan. 2007. 30 Jan. 2007 .

Social networking is moving into all different aspects of life. The latest area that it has started to invade is the business world. Many of the large corporations are trying to take advantage of this trend by coming up with new features to offer their users that is more practical in a business setting. Websites are starting to take the place of other mediums such as magazines that used to create social communities.

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Following the President’s State of the Union address last week, Republican representative Tom Tancredo of Colorado had the following criticism of President Bush’s temporary worker program: “I am disappointed but not surprised that the president has chosen once again to trot out this same old pig, albeit one with a slightly new shade of lipstick.” I thought that this was a very interesting metaphor for him to use. It sheds a light on how he feels not only about the president’s proposal, but the president himself.

The most obvious part of the metaphor is that he is calling the president’s proposal an “old pig”. Thinking of the president’s proposal as a pig evokes images and smells that are both quite unpleasant. In addition stating that is an old pig makes it even more unpleasant. To help complete the visual metaphor he describes the pig as wearing a “slightly new shade of lipstick”. As if the image of an old pig was not ugly enough now one has the picture of a pig with lipstick smeared all over its face.

In addition to the visual image the metaphor has other implications. It is saying that president Bush is being dishonest and deceitful. He is using cheap tricks to try and disguise an ugly old pig as something that is not just different, but beautiful and pleasant. However it is quite obvious that lipstick will not make a pig look beautiful, and in fact will make it look much worse. The message is that this lackluster attempt by the president to disguise his plan is actually much worse than if he had just been straightforward and said the same thing again.

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