Disconnect

We have seen the movie Disconnect, it was about how social media affects us. It showed four stories parallel where social media affected them all in some way, two of the stories are wired together from the beginning, while the two other stories dosen`t connect at all. The first story is about a reporter who investigate a case where People - often young - uses a chatroom to connect with other People both younger and older and seduce them, the reporter later makes an interview with one of the guys from the chatroom. The second individual story is about a couple who lost their child - we never know how, I guess either the child was born dead or died soon after birth - the woman called Cindy is on a chatroom to talk to somone who understands and to get some help because her husband and she never talk anymore, on the chatroom their personal information is stolen and they lose all their money, and after listening to the police they go on a hunt to confront the man who they belive took their money.
The third and fourth story connect becuase one of the stories is about two boys who makes a fake facebook account to joke with a guy who has no friends and is diffrent from the others at the School, they get contact with the other boy called Ben, through the fake account and write fake messages, but Ben don`t know that it is fake, the two boys don`t know when to stop and it goes to far.
The fourth story (which Connect with the third) is about Ben and how he reacts to the messages, and later the stories show how their dads react.

The issues presented in the film is relevant because there is a lot of People who get tricked or harrassed in real life on the internet, so it is not unfamiliar in the film. But the most familiar element in the movie was the secene where Bens parents tells him to put away his phone while it is dinner, and Ben answers that his dad is allowed, before leaving the table, this is familiar to me because at home we have an unspoken rule to not be on the phone wile eating, but now that dad has a workphone he has to check it, but he often waits to we are almost done or done eating, just siting by the table, so it is okay.

*****WARNING! THIS PART IS NOT SPOILER FREE*****
I don`t know if I liked the film because I think it was given to much information at the same time with to many characters to follow up on, I think it would have been easier to watch the movie if there had been fewer characters, and maybe dropped one of the stories. I also think that it was a bit cliché to have the outstanding boy take suicide, when we met the boy who stood out from the others, we knew imeaditly that this was the kid who was going to take his life, and it was easy for us as audience to know because there is always the kid who stands out who take their life in movies. So I think that was a bit clichè, it would have been nice to once have a Movie where it was not the kid who stood out who took his life. 

I think that the part who made an impression on me was the fight between the two fathers - the cop father, the father to the little kid who teased Ben, and Bens father  - because I think I found it werid that they, two grown up men didn`t know when to stop fighting or that it would be a better solution to talk to eachother insted of og right to fighting.

Technology, Social Media and the Internet

I have read nine texts about technology, social media and the internet, so here is some thoughts I got in a task to answer:
These texts are about how social media, internet and technology affects our everyday life, both positive and negative, and they tell us how under the surface almost all internet pages gather information about the users.
They tells us how the technology can help us, but also how it make us addicts, and do so we are never quite present wherever we are, because we have to everywhere else too at the same time.
I do agree with the messages in the texts because Technology, social media and the internet do help us a lot, but they also create an enviroment where you have to be present to everything the whole time, which can cause stress, addiction and other illnesses.
I use Technology every day at School and in private, I use it to Google stuff, do homework, I use some social media sites and I use the internet to watch Movies and TV-shows/series.

Events in American History

1. Do you think the colonies had good reason to declare Independence? Why?
Yes I think the colonies had good reason to declare Independence because the ccolonies had left England because they were not accepted there, but when they came to America, they still had to pay traxes and respond to British government. So I think that in order to become a better nation, and have a better life, they had to become entirely free from England by craving Independence.

2. Should one country be able to colonize another? Perhaps, if it makes the country it colonize better, but not if they suppress the natives and take their Resources, generally makes the natives life worse.
When should a colony be granted Independence?

3. The Bill of Rights guarantees Americans "the right to bear arms". Many Americans still feel this is important for personal safety and in case they need to revolt  against their own government, They argue that the Minutemen and the local militias only won the fight for Independence beacause they had firearms.
What do you think? Should everyone have the right to bear arms? All kinds of arms? I think everyone should have the right to bear arms to a certain extent. I think there schould be some weaponlaws as it is in Norway, like the weapons have to be locked inside a safe, and you have to have documentation on all of your weapons. I think it`s okay to bear guns, shotguns and rifle, but I don`t think the average american needs a bomb of any kind or a handgranate.

4.  If you were to present your nation's history in the same way as above, which events would you choose? Why?
I would choose:
- The Vikings, because they brought traditions to and from Norway to and from Places they visited and robbed
- Norway under Danish and Swedish rule, because it is such a big and important part of Norwegian history
- Norway`s constitution day, because it is important from our history were we were under Danish and Swedish rule and because it was important for our national feeling.
- The heavy water action in Rjukan, because it was an important sabotage event under world war two.