NEW CELLPHONES

NEW CELLPHONES FACTS

Modern cell phones are capable of much more than just sending and receiving phone calls. Mobile phones used in today’s world allow users to send and receive text messages, emails, photos and video as well as access the Internet, play games, listen to music, use GPS (Global Positioning Systems) and more. The cell phone has become an important communication tool that is used by people all over the world to keep in contact with each other at any time. Although they started off as quite bulky devices they are now very sleek, small and portable, comfortably fitting in a users pocket and surviving for hours on end thanks to a rechargeable battery. Cell phone designs are constantly evolving to incorporate the new needs and desires of users. Some of these new functions include space for memory cards, flip screens, cameras, touch screens, USB ports etc. Modern mobile phones also have wireless capability in the form of infrared, Bluetooth and other wireless protocols. Some of the larger manufacturers of cell phones include Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and Apple. Applications that cell phone owners can take advantage of include word processing, calendars, mobile banking, web surfing, alarms, memos, video streaming, games and much more. Applications have exploded in popularity in recent times thank to the iPhone App Store which allows iPhone users the ability to download a wide variety of third party apps. Despite all the positive benefits of cell phones, there are also some negative side effects which include the dangers of cell phones being used while driving, cell phones being used for harassment and students cheating on tests by using their cell phone to access information. Cell phones are often banned in classrooms or other school locations due to the distractions they can cause. OPINION: celphones are the mobile device of the future, we sorround our lives arround it and it helps us in many ways. in the future they will be even more advanced and unfortunately that also means that human beins will be more attached to them and as a result of that a slaves of the cells.

FUTURE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS

SOCIAL NETWORKS IN THE FUTURE

Social networks has pros and cons. it's amazing the way it connect us to the world and alow us to express ourselfs in meaningful ways. for example twitter give us the oportunity to see what other people think and facebook and instagram what the people have to show to the world. but, when we forget about our "real life" and just care about our social networks that's when we lose control of our lives.

other problems sorround cyber bullyng and chid molesters.

CARTOON

hipsters are a urban tribe that originnated in the 2000's. it's refered to the people who wear glasses without the need of them, wear high socks and sandals.

urban tribes like this have grown in popularity over the past few years, mainly because the influence of social media and the internet on teeneagers. hipsters are just one of the many urban tribes, now it is common for a teen to be part of a group in order to fit in the social standars.

to name a few:

hipsters

emo

gothic

metal 

neo trash 

etc...

SOCIAL NET

SOCIAL NETWORKS

Social networks is the way we introduce ourselves into the future, the future of globalization. for the last decade human beins have transfered their personal lives into the internet in the form of a personal profile in a facebook or twitter page, and they have reached not only comunication but also politics, publicity and romantic interests.

also they've grown concern on consumers over the amount of information that the site collects, bringing insecurity and cases of stalking and child molesting.

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Social networks can help predict gun violence

Is it possible to predict who is most likely to die at the hands of a gun? Not shootings like those at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut , the movie theater in Aurora, Colo., or the Washington Navy Yard , but the all-too-common shootings that occur in neighbrhoods across the country.

The idea is not far-fetched if one drills down into the nature of gun violence, which, in the way it is transmitted, bears striking similarities to public health epidemics such as cholera in Haiti or HIV/AIDS in the United States. 

Epidemics of any kind are not random. HIV is a blood-borne pathogen transmitted primarily through sex or intravenous drug use. Once its patterns of transmission and the communities most affected were identified in the United States, extensive public health campaigns helped transform AIDS from an always-fatal disease into one that is chronic and manageable for many of those infected.

Along the same lines, a cholera epidemic exploded in Haiti in 2010 when sewage from a base housing United Nations peacekeepers leaked into a nearby river that supplied drinking water. The transmission, far from random, ultimately killed more than 8,000 Haitians.

So it is with gun violence. There are patterns of transmission in the United States that go beyond aggregate factors such as race, age, gender and income. On an individual level, social networks — the people one hangs out with — can predict a given person’s likelihood of being shot and killed.

In a study published last month in theAmerican Journal of Public Health, my colleague Christopher Wildeman and I applied the science of social networks to patterns of gun homicide in Chicago. The idea is straightforward: Treat gun homicide like a blood-borne pathogen, something transmitted from person to person through specific risky behaviors. Put another way, gun violence is not an airborne pathogen: You don’t catch a bullet like you catch a cold.

More than 40 percent of all gun homicides in the study occurred within a network of 3,100 people, roughly 4 percent of the community’s population. Simply being among the 4 percent increased a person’s odds of being killed by a gun by 900 percent.

These numbers tell us that gun violence spreads like HIV infection: You’re more likely to “catch” the disease if you engage in risky behaviors with someone who might be infected. And it’s not just people’s friends who affect their likelihood of getting shot, but also their friends’ friends. This is similar to the transmission of HIV: Your current partner’s past sexual partners affect your exposure, even if you don’t know them.

In the case of gun homicide, seemingly random victims end up “in the wrong place at the wrong time” by indirect exposure, such as getting a ride from a friend’s cousin or by going to the party of a friend’s friend. In these cases, victimization is tragic but not random.

Understanding the networked nature of gun violence has important implications for how it can be addressed. Prevention efforts can be directed toward those individuals and communities most susceptible to the infection. The solution is not broad, sweeping policies, such as New York’s “stop and frisk” or mass arrests, but the opposite: highly targeted efforts to reach specific people in specific places, akin to providing clean needles to drug users to prevent the spread of HIV.

By studying gun violence like we study disease, we, as a society, can improve our chances of discovering who has a greater chance of being shot and focus resources to police better, smarter and more fairly.

INTRO

INTRODUCTION

URBAN TRIBES  are commonly known in modern society as a way in wich people and specially teenagers merge with otrher piers in order to achieve bonds of friendship based on common ideologys or fashion just to name a few. although they became popular since the second half of the 20th century, they actually began in the XVIII century and started to gain popularity at a slow pace.

ARTICLE

THE WAY WE DRESS, the way we speak, THE WAY WE DO

"Urban tribes are groups of people in urban areas who have some kind of close association based upon similar lifestyles or activities"

"Urban tribes are young city people that gather in relatively small, fluid groups. These groups share common interests that are, in general, different from the interests of mainstream culture". (Michel Maffesoli) 




They are made up by groups of people – usually young, with a distinct common identity: the same aesthetic codes, the same identity symbols, the same rules, the same language, the same music…........ A whole ideology! They are a reflection of what they love or what they hate and of their own instincts. We can find them in any Spanish city, but they are usually concentrated in the big cities like Madrid, Barcelona or Seville. 

SOME URBAN TRIBES

Ñetas y Latin Kins Pijos Ocupas Pelolais o Barbies Mods Emos 
Heavies Rastas Hardcores Góticos Grunges Skaters Rockers Raperos Wannabes Lolailos Frikis Canis Bakalaeros


Some of them are nearly extinct, and others in full expansion. It is estimated that in Madrid alone coexist more than fifteen tribes. They usually meet in central, commercial or nightlife areas.
Sometimes people associate urban tribes with violence. In fact, there are some of them which are linked to incidents, brutal attacks and social problems; but many of them are inoffensive. 

Do you know What ?................
Urban tribes are not new, but a very fashionable tendency. In fact, they date back hundreds years: concretely to the 18th century in Madrid: There are some references identifying them in paintings by Goya or Atienza !


WHICH TRIBE ARE YOU?