Technology can help us to cross borders. Pick one of the borders and give two examples of how technology helps us cross that border.

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Students should pick political, economic, or social and cultural borders for this essay question. Examples of how technology helps us cross political borders include citizen use of the Internet to orchestrate revolutions; terrorist group use of technology to coordinate attacks; censorship of the Internet; and cyberterrorism schemes, including hacking of websites, gaining access to classified information, and compromising the activities of governments and businesses. Examples of how technology helps us cross economic borders include increased mobility of the production process that facilitates the movement of goods around the world; enhancing workflows through technology such as Skype, FaceTime, Adobe Connect, GoToMeeting, and SharePoint; and electronic remittance of money through MoneyGram, Western Union, or PayPal, including unlawful activities such as asset hiding, embezzling, and financing of terrorism. Examples of how technology help us cross social and cultural borders include the creation of communities of individuals through social media; the creation of identity among political supporters through social media; preservation of traditional mores and norms, including languages, though electronic means; sharing of new styles of food, dress, music, and sports through increased exchange of ideas; and the emergence of new languages such as Spanglish or the use of acronyms and emoticons.