Blog entry

In this weeks readings what I had engaged in the most was when we discussed online personae. The topic was interesting in my opinion because there are so many people online that this topic could vary and have a large amount of outcomes. Online personae can be different depending on what type of person you are, some people are completely different when they get on their online name when some just change real slightly if not at all. Another engaging moment this week was maintaining traits of an artificial agent may need before it is considered equal to a human being. This was interesting because this made me really think about what would make a person sure that it can be considered on a certain level equivalent to a human. It is interesting to do all of the tests and studies to see if it is true.

This week I had came across something surprising which was the idea of all of us looking out for each other online. This surprised me because the thought of having problems because someone else had screwed up, now you have to deal with it. I don't believe this would be a good idea or that things will ever become this way. What I had learned this week was a variety of things. I had learned new things about all the examples I have just mentioned plus it was very interesting and I enjoyed the knowledge and skills I acquire.

This week I will take what I have learned and remember these ideas for future discussions or experiments I may need in other classes. In discussion this week I have not learned anything that would change the way I use technology in any way. I didn't discuss any of this weeks discussions with anyone which is odd and I'm surprised I haven't but I may discuss with my peers now because there were interesting ideas and topics this week. The discussions I have been encountering this week were different then the past weeks.

This week there was a lot of talk about online personae. This was very interesting to me in the way I go online and have my log in name like every other person in the United States of America but some things that were mentioned in discussion were very interesting. There are people in the world that have completely different personality's and basically you could say identities online. By what I mean is there are people in this nation that have split personalities. When they go online they are completely different people then they are in real everyday life. There identity is someone who is not them just because they are participating in programs online that changes their mind set because the internet isn't real.

The study of cross culture communication is a interesting thing that we do not practice but it is important we understand what it is about. There are people in this world that have different cultural backgrounds then we do here in the United States. These people have there certain religious values and they communicate amongst each other these ways and with other cultures too. An example of this would be that we have the option to go to church every Sunday. In other cultures they may not got to church but they may have night rituals they attend instead to worship their gods. In all parts of the world things vary and it can be very interesting to learn about all the different religious practices in the world.