My issue!
Google. The craze itself. What makes Google so popular? Who are the demographics?
Thesis:
When accessing the wonderful wide world web for the search engine Google one needs to be an educated user with the newest features but also knowing the dangerous technology that lies within.
Main points:
There are a bunch of great features that help people out. ex Google maps, Google books.
There are also bad aspects to Google. ex Search data being kept, immediate gratification to a country with no attention spand.
Pagerank background info. Why it works so well when comparing it to other search engine technology
Key quotes and Sources:
Quotes:
Google as a monoply “Don’t be surprised if Google’s wireless division or Google itself begins to face new pressure from FCC, antitrust authorities, or other sympathetic government bodies” (Wu). Slate.com
“Here I find Google and googling to be a metaphor for our encounter with eletronic digital universe which is being constructed all around us. This electronic universe is doing more and things for us. It acts with almost instananeuos speed” (Gozzi 445).
Sources:
Slate. com “Yes, Google is Trying to Take Over the World.”
Gozzi “Google (2006)
