Robert Dewald

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.