reflection essay

My hypertext essay was developed with the article, “Never Ending Friending,” by Fred Gooltz. The article in my mind was about how social networking keeps our relationships long lasting. It also kind of contradicts that thought and talks about how technology ironically seems to isolate us from society. Some of the rhetorical devices used are words like face book, MySpace, relationships, long lasting, team-building, etc. Most of these words have the thought of bringing people together. How are these terms of social networking isolating us then? Even though these means of communication are keeping us in touch they are also making us very independent from society. The computer and other technologies allow us to get all of our communication done over the internet instead of doing it by personal contact. Not having the personal contact all of them time keeps us from really getting to know one another. People can be friends on the internet without even meeting in person. I think the thought of “Never Ending Friending” means that the internet allows us to form long lasting relationships sometimes with complete strangers. Websites like Facebook and Myspace allow us to keep a friend for life whether we talk to them in person or not.

The purpose I had while making this hypertext essay was to get to the point. I think it could have been a lot better with more time and more technological knowledge. I don’t know how to use Dreamweaver to its full advantage. I just stuck to being organized rather than creative. I am just glad that I figured out how to make all the links. I probably could have gone more in to depth with some of my responses. I was kind of confused about how much information I was supposed to include though. I think I was more worried about figuring out how to put together the hypertext essay instead of focusing on the material. I don’t really know if I made my point that clear. I think I could have done better research, but I did what I thought was the right idea.