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+ | * [http://articles.latimes.com/2010/oct/05/local/la-me-banks-20101005 Social Networks Bring Us to Isolation] | ||
+ | * Social networks are setting people into a state of isolation. People are communicating with others who they do not personally know and believe that they are actually friends with these people. This is causing a lack of real and true friends for others. | ||
+ | * The stakeholder's in this article are the users of social networks around the world. | ||
+ | * This article relates to the Privacy & Anonymity section of the Social & Ethical Issues because people do not actually know who they are interacting with over the Internet. | ||
+ | * This article falls under the Arts, Entertainment, & Leisure section of the Areas of Impact because people use these social networks in their spare and leisure time. | ||
+ | * Personally, this is quite alaraming to see. People all over the Internet and all around the world are "connected" with people who they do not know a single thing about. They are becoming network friends with random people who in reality could be the opposite of who they would really want to be around in real life. | ||
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== 9/29/10 == | == 9/29/10 == | ||
* [http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/09/28/twitter-tuesday-twitter-passes-myspace-kills-early-bird-and/ Twitter Surpasses Myspace] | * [http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/09/28/twitter-tuesday-twitter-passes-myspace-kills-early-bird-and/ Twitter Surpasses Myspace] |
Revision as of 13:38, 7 October 2010
10/5/10
- Social Networks Bring Us to Isolation
- Social networks are setting people into a state of isolation. People are communicating with others who they do not personally know and believe that they are actually friends with these people. This is causing a lack of real and true friends for others.
- The stakeholder's in this article are the users of social networks around the world.
- This article relates to the Privacy & Anonymity section of the Social & Ethical Issues because people do not actually know who they are interacting with over the Internet.
- This article falls under the Arts, Entertainment, & Leisure section of the Areas of Impact because people use these social networks in their spare and leisure time.
- Personally, this is quite alaraming to see. People all over the Internet and all around the world are "connected" with people who they do not know a single thing about. They are becoming network friends with random people who in reality could be the opposite of who they would really want to be around in real life.
9/29/10
- Twitter Surpasses Myspace
- Twitter has now surpassed Myspace to become the third-busiest social networking site in the world. Twitter's 96 million users, up 76% from last year; while Myspace is down to 95 million users, a 17% decline.
- The stakeholder's in this article are the users of social networks around the world as well as the people who run these social networks.
- This article relates to the People & Machines and Globilization & Cultural Diversity because it effects the people that use and run the social networks and the social networks connect people from all over the globe and from all different cultures.
- This article falls under the Arts, Entertainment & Leisure area of impact because many people use these social networks as some form of entertainment and people also use them in their free time.
- I personally am happy to hear that Twitter is growing so rapidly. I have my own Twitter account and I think it is a cool and easy way for friends to share what they are doing or experiencing with each other. I hope that Twitter continues to rise on the social network spectrum in the near future.
9/21/10
- Girl Sues School for Invasion of Privacy
- A 17 year old high school student in Pennsylvania just received $33,000 after suing her school. This was following the confiscation of the girl's phone during class and the later finding of nude images of the girl on the phone.
- The stakeholder's in this case are high school students as well as teachers and administration of high schools.
- This specific case relates to privacy as a part of Social & Ethical Issues.
- This article relates to me because I have my own personal cell phone.
- To solve the issues at hand, a rule should be implemented that if a student's cell phone is confiscated by a teacher or administrator, the person who confiscates it does not have permission to look through the files on the phone i.e., pictures, videos, etc
9/17/10
- Social Networks Predict Epidemics
- People could possibly be able to predict future epidemics by studying and investigating the information posted on the different social networks available to citizens.
- This article relates to the "people & machines" aspect of the listed Social & Ethical Issues.