Book Reading #2: Microblogs for Coming of Age in Samoa

Reference Information

• Title: Coming of Age in Samoa
  
• Author: Margaret Mead
• Presentation:

 Chapter 1
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Summary
In this first chapter, the author introduces the purpose of her ethnography, which is to compare and maybe find an answer to the difficulties teenagers face during puberty. The question is whether the changes are caused by this period of changes itself, or are they influenced by the society where teenagers are raised. The author explains why Samoa is the place she chooses for her investigation, and presents the idea that having knowledge about such a different culture and way of living will affect in a positive way our own behavior.

Discussion
This seems to be a very interesting book. Learning about cultures is something that I enjoy, and reading this book will not only be appealing to me for that reason, but also because it will reflect how our surroundings affect our behavior, they affect who we are. This course is about studying the interaction between humans and computers, so I guess the main point is to understand how computers affect not only our everyday living, but also  our behavior and personality.