When it comes to video games there always seem to be these ideas and prejudices flying around that they make you lazy, aggressive, anti-social and more. There are papers out there proving that video games can make you aggressive and that video game addiction is a real thing, but then there is also proof that video games achieve the opposite; people can…
Today I would like to do a bit of an excursion from the usual theme I have in my blog. From the second of October till the seventh I spent a couple days in Istanbul and today I would like to talk a bit about the advantages that technology offers when you’re abroad. The first thing I really loved when I was…
Returning to my first blog, and Canada, ironically digital media helps me stay in touch with wilderness. YouTube films, for example, are reminders of a geography, if not exact location, I’ve experienced for real. There are many examples of people-wildlife encounters uploaded on YouTube. I like the following version of a ‘person-encounters-bear’ film, called ‘Grizzly Bear Encounter’ published by Shaun SW for…