Hw 6 : interset statement for semester-long project

There are many topics to chose from for the semester long writing project but there are a few that interest me a little more. To start out with geographical areas, i am interested in places like Asia, Europe, US, and Africa. For empowerment of marginalized groups, things such as Rights and empowerment of people with illnesses such as HIV/AIDS are one of the largest issues going on in Africa. Thousands and thousands are dying from it and there is little being done to stop this tragic issue. I find this topic very interesting because of the amount of people that are being killed from this disease and how it is not improving. In The US there are many empowerment issues, such as sexism,racism,ageism,religious intolerance, and homophobia. Although these issues are not as strong as they were years ago, they continue to be an issue for many Americans today. I find these topics so interesting, because it is awful how people are discriminatory towards people after the many years trying to fight for things, such as sexism, racism etc. Social computing technologies that interest me most are instant messaging, podcasting, social networking services, and wikis. All of these social computing technologies interest me because of the way they have evolved for the past few years. From the amount of people that join social networking services and instant messaging, to the way the podcasting has taken over. All of these subjects really interest me and there is a lot to write about with all of these topics.