September 2009 Archives

Digital Disease

When technology was just starting to grow and people were exploring the web many thought that this would be beneficial in the future. The privacy every person once had is being destroyed due to the increase in technology. In today's generation young kids quickly learn how to use the web leading some of them to their career paths. These kids make public websites for people to make comments or such for everyone to see. Many people do not know or understand the legal laws on the web, which makes it even less private. Some people felt like their privacy was violated when Facebook put random information on their "news feed" about other people. Do people actually have their privacy when just connecting to these social websites from their home bedroom? The word "privacy" can be contained for some of these social websites, but to what extent?

            Facebook, a worldwide known social website, now has over 300 million members and the founder is worth over 1 billion dollars. People using this website felt violated and "complained that the new system violated their privacy. Facebook argued that it was merely distributing information users had already revealed" (Melber). Most of the members of Facebook were unsure and "did not recognize how vulnerable their information was within the site's architecture. The initial protests drew an impressive 8 percent of users, but they quickly subsided after Facebook provided more privacy options" (Melber). Many people get addicted to social websites, like Facebook, because in today's society it is considered weird not to be technologically connected to society. With this fact, as our technology increases our privacy decreases. Just in the past two decades there has been a major change in technology creating a larger web and higher surveillance. The amount of security that can be put on a certain place in today's technology can get ridiculous.

            As our technology grows, people are starting to give up their privacy by joining websites forgetting the consequences to such a benefit. People like to lockdown their profiles to gain as much privacy as possible, but just by joining the website you have already lost your privacy. Some people give up their privacy to these websites to advertise something or even themselves. In ten years from now how fast would it take to locate an individual either through voice or even vision? It is so easy to expand something and make it popular due to websites like Facebook. Many people are scared to think if there is actually a stopping point to technology and when it will happen. Technology is used to such an extent that "if you want a job in an Obama administration, be prepared to disclose every blog post or comment you've ever written" (McCullagh). If a job application uses this much technology to judge a person whether he or she is capable enough to do a job then don't you think the word "privacy" has had many definitions over the past decades. With the large growth in social websites and other websites, job applications that require such a demand will have "today's Facebook-and-YouTube generation, requesting a list (and, "if readily available," a copy) of all Web site posts and comments the applicant ever made is not a trivial task to complete" (McCullagh).

In conclusion, technology and privacy go hand-in-hand, but are complete opposites from each other. As social websites such as Facebook become more and more popular, younger generations will lose more and more privacy and some without even knowing it. With the rules and regulations to websites like Facebook, people's privacy continues to be violated. People have the ability to control their profiles, but it's the authorities who have that information and make it non-private. Until the technology becomes so high that there is not even such thing as this lost word called "privacy", People have the choice to how much privacy they have, but that only can go so far before someone can overturn it.

Bibliograpghy

Mc Cullagh, Decian." Would-be Obama aides must disclose Web posts, Facebook profiles." Cnet News:Politics and Law. 14 November 2008. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10097448-38.html

Melber, Ari. "About Facebook." The Nation 7 Jan 2008. 25 Jan 2000. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080107/melber.

 

 

Digital Disease

When technology was just starting to grow and people were exploring the web many thought that this would be beneficial in the future. Is that really the case in today's society with so many people getting addicted to the web as our technology grows? The privacy every person once had has been destroyed due to the increase in technology. In today's generation young kids quickly learn how to use the web leading some of them to their career paths. Many other teens get addicted to these social websites because they feel connected to society without being face to face. Many people do not know or understand the legal laws on the web, which makes it even less private. Do people actually have their privacy when just connecting to these social websites from their home bedroom?

            Facebook, a worldwide known social website, now has over 300 million members and the founder is worth over 1 billion dollars. People using this website felt violated and "complained that the new system violated their privacy. Facebook argued that it was merely distributing information users had already revealed" (Melber). Most of the members of Facebook were unsure and "did not recognize how vulnerable their information was within the site's architecture. The initial protests drew an impressive 8 percent of users, but they quickly subsided after Facebook provided more privacy options" (Melber). Many people get addicted to social websites, like Facebook, because in today's society it is considered weird not to be technologically connected to society. With this fact, as our technology increases our privacy decreases. Just in the past two decades there has been a major change in technology creating a larger web and higher surveillance. The amount of security that can be put on a certain place in today's technology can get ridiculous.

            Technology has become the future of the world and will continue to grow and bring people in to use it on a daily basis forgetting the consequences to such a benefit. In ten years from now how fast would it take to locate an individual either through voice or even vision? Many people are scared to think if there is actually a stopping point to technology and when it will happen. Technology is used to such an extent that "if you want a job in an Obama administration, be prepared to disclose every blog post or comment you've ever written" (McCullagh). If a job application uses this much technology to judge a person whether he or she is capable enough to do a job then don't you think the word "privacy" has had many definitions over the past decades. With the large growth in social websites and other websites, job applications that require such a demand will have "today's Facebook-and-YouTube generation, requesting a list (and, "if readily available," a copy) of all Web site posts and comments the applicant ever made is not a trivial task to complete" (McCullagh).

In conclusion, technology and privacy go hand-in-hand, but are complete opposites from each other. As social websites such as Facebook become more and more popular, younger generations will get more and more dependant to it creating a whole new way of living. With the rules and regulations to websites like Facebook, people's privacy continues to be violated until the technology becomes so high that there is not even such thing as this lost word called "privacy".  

   

Addicting Technology 

The articles discuss the power the web is having on our society. Young adults build websites that turn into large websites that are visited by people every day. The President requires people to print off every comment or blog they have ever made to turn in an application. Now that technology has become so high tech people can alter the deception of things and you never know the truth. The more popular the web becomes the higher the security for the web is needed.

     The article explains how many people are becoming famous by creating websites that make it big. Websites like Youtube and College Humor have made some people very rich. The MySpace creator was called the peoples "idle" at a time because so many people got hooked on the social website. Young kids in today's society can make a large buck or two just by being computer literit. Tons of people make websites daily and all anyone needs is for one to make it big. It may seem easy but catching the peoples eye can be very deceiving. Not alot of people know how to make a website and for those who do it is alittle harder to get people to look at your website rather than just making it.

What will the future be like with some many young people creating these worldwide popular websites? Young kids are making tons of money by just the click of a mouse. Could this be a new way to secure income to support your family in the future?

A sports anchor named Zhang Bin was caught by his wife having an affair with another woman. His wife, named Hu Ziwei, told people at a press conference her husband was at  as well. She believes it was because of China's values. A man caught the incident on video and put it up on the internet for everyone to see. It did not take long until the video spread around China. The Chinese government decided that only government controlled web sites will post Internet videos.  Web site owners say that for the last ten years the government has been working with them to "help the environment to grow." The Chinese government is saying they are trying to protect the youth of their nation from violent and gross things. 

Until Writing Was Invented

Sam Tullius

The author, McLuhan, explains the mans way of living as "boundless, directionless, and horizonless." (48) It is fascinating how the author uses writing as kind of the jump start to civilization. Looking back on how far civilization has come writing has help progress people and the way they communicate.

Without writing who knows where today's society would be. Writing has become even easier because of being able to print in mass.

 "Print technology created the public." (69) It is also known as the "ditto device." The idea of communication in mass creates a whole new kinds of ideas to expand communication and expand very fast at that.

     This article describes how the newest technology affects generations of social behavior. Every thought process we think about is determined based off of sometime of technology. Technology makes life easier and is becoming more reliable on a person's everyday life. McLuhan makes very good points when describing the importance and advantages of modern technology.

Cell Phone, Texting, Computer, Television, Email, Alarm Clock, XBox, Icard, Projector Screens, Printer,