Topic of Research: Effects of New Media on social recreation - specifically the hiking community
Description: Traditional thinking about technology is a desk, a chair, a computer and an internet connection - in other words a sedentary life. I wish to explore beyond the thinking of the medium of internet as an armchair or "geeky" activity. I am interested in showing how one can become active by using this medium and engage with other humans, i.e., actually meet in person and interact (not dating) as opposed to being active online by twittering or the like. In order to do this, I will focus my research on the hiking community in the Northeast region of the US. I wish to do an analysis on the past and present of the hiking community by contacting leaders of various groups and study a website called Meetup.com through which this community has been greatly impacted in recent years. Finally I will give an explanation on the various features of this website and how they facilitate this changed active social phenomenon.
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