In the articles "Could You Become a Mean Meme?" and "Are You Being Watched?", by Kristen Lewis explain that there are both advantages and disadvantages to social media. The article "Could You Become a Mean Meme", says this about the media, "Ashley had become a meme--a photo with a caption that takes the image out of context, turning it into a joke that spreads like wildfire across the internet" (Lewis 12). The text proves to us with a real life example, that things we see on the internet are changed in a negative way, and can be completely different than what they were originally meant to be or show. The photos we see that we find funny, were most likely changed to make the account funnier for the content they had. The article "Are You Being …show more content…
The article "Are You Being Watched?", says that tracking technology is becoming more and more popular online. The article states, "A recent study conducted by the University of Washington found that 75 percent of the 500 most popular websites use tracking tools" (Lewis 15). This evidence suggests that tracking with companies is becoming more and more relevant. Now companies are using these tracking devices to their advantages by showing us things we recently have searched up. All of this shows that they are using us to their own benefit to track what we are doing for their business, all while everyone is clueless about it. All the evidence so far, proves that nothing online can ever be truly private. The other article, "Could You Become a Mean Meme?", has many similar points to the other article. It says, "In 2017, Harvard University canceled admission offers to at least 10 students who shared offensive images in what they thought was a private Facebook group chat" (Lewis 14). The evidence proves that these students were not expecting to have the things they shared to others shown to the people. When they rejected from a university, their actions came back to them and proved to them that their actions could not be reversed and that there were consequences. They later learned, that what they shared online was never truly private, and could be accessed easily if needed. From tracking and staying safe online, it is always great to be careful of what we are sharing and saying to others, always making sure to stay
Did you know that almost everything you do on the internet is being tracked and recorded in some way? In the Article, George Orwell… Meet Mark Zuckerberg, by Lori Andrews, Andrews talks about how behavioral advertising, which is the tracking of consumer’s online activities in order to bring custom-made advertisements, is a topic that is concealed to many people and can cause damage. Search engines like Google store the searches you have made and in 2006 there were search logs released which had personal information that people were judged by (Andrews 716-717). Data aggregation is the main way Facebook makes its money. Andrews believes that it’s an invasion of privacy and is not known well enough by the public. This article is aimed at young and new internet users that are ignorant of the possible dangers on the web. Lori Andrews is successful at informing novice users about the dangers of behavioral
For most everybody in the world, people tend to have two identities: one in reality and one online. Andrew Lam wrote an essay, called “I Tweet, Therefore I am: Life in the Hall of Mirrors”, in which he described how people are posting videos or statuses which is making social media take a turn. Instead of social media being a place to share very little information, people are now tending to post weird updates. Lam was describing an example where a boy that was going to surgery asked to have his picture taken because his arm got taken off by an alligator. Another example is when Bill Nye was speaking and collapsed from exhaustion. Most of the crowd took their phones out and recorded videos instead of helping Bill Nye out (540-541). With the power of the internet at everyone’s fingertips, most everyone is trying to make the most of it. With all
Using the informal tone he enhances his argument by providing several thought-provoking statements that allow the reader to see the logic in the article, “Social media is designed for the information shared on it to be searched, and shared- and mined for profit… When considering what to share via social media, don 't think business vs. personal. Think public vs. private. And if something is truly private, do not share it on social media out of a misplaced faith in the expectation of privacy” (134). The reader should agree with Edmond that when posting or being a part of the social media bandwagon, you’re life and decisions will be up for display. Moreover, the business vs. personal and public vs. private point is accurate and logical, because evidently if you post something on any social media outlet you should expect that anyone and everyone can see it, regardless of your privacy settings. Edmond highlights that Facebook along with other social networking sites change their privacy settings whenever they please without
“The standards of what we want to keep private and what we make public are constantly evolving. Over the course of Western history, we’ve developed a desire for more privacy, quite possibly as a status symbol…”(Singer) Technological change leads to new abuses, creating new challenges to security, but society adapts to those challenges. To meet the innate need for privacy, we learn what to reveal and where, and how to keep secret what we don't want to disclose. “Whether Facebook and similar sites are reflecting a change in social norms about privacy or are actually driving that change, that half a billion people are now on Facebook suggests that people believe the benefits of connecting with others, sharing information, networking, self-promoting, flirting, and bragging outweigh breaches of privacy that accompany such behaviours,”(Singer) This is obvious by the continuous and unceasing use of social media platforms, but what needs to be considered is that this information is being provided willingly. “More difficult questions arise when the loss of privacy is not in any sense a choice.”(Singer) When the choice to be anonymous it taken away through social media, the person loses the ability to keep their personal information
In Is Anything Private Anymore, Sean Flynn gives a central message of his text that society does not have privacy anymore. We may think some things about us are “anonymous”, but in real it is not. Nothing stays as a secret, there is always someone who sees or hears you. Bankson who got documented twice shows us that nothing stays anonymous. The article claims that we are not only being watched outside but on social media as well and everything we do on internet is being monitored. Ina modern world we live right now, having privacy is impossible because by our name and phone number our information can be accessed. Social network may seem fun but it may affect you in many ways in future. “You learn why posting pictures of you riding the mechanical
“Who's Watching You Online?” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 24 Mar. 2011, www.nbcnews.com. Accessed 14 Mar. 2017. Weisbaum, a MSNBC contributor, who is also known as ConsumerMan on NBC News, argues how unregulated behavioral tracking raises privacy concerns. Weisbaum writes from his experience of being one of America’s top consumer experts, and his audience is comprised of the average consumer who browses the web daily. The most beneficial portion of the article that supports my argument is how Weisbaum voiced that the Do Not Track law, “will not solve all privacy problems”, and that is why, “we need a broader privacy bill of
...ompanies’ databases without our awareness—much less our approval—the more deeply the Net is woven into our lives the more exposed we become. In order to stop online tracking, we have to take personal responsibility for the information we share and modify our privacy settings. We have to get bills and regulations passed by congress so laws can be made to limit corporations from tracking and sharing our personal formation and discipline and take action upon any corporation that does not abide by the rules.
In the article, “Could You Become a Mean Meme?”, the author stated pros and cons of social media. Posting online could become a problem for some people. In section 1 paragraph 2, Ashley had become a mean meme because of a picture that was posted online about her. Social media can keep someone up-to-date with family, friends, and many other things, but it also
Many big tech companies silently collect data when people use their products. For example, Facebook has a hidden sneaky feature that attempts to collect data from their phone users based on what they speak into the phone microphone. Google also secretly collects data about the physical world and who lives where through their Street View technology. Both technologies attempt to increase transparency by revealing more information about others to more people. This brings up a concern regarding the privacy that people will have in the future.
"We live in an age of technology, and with that an age void of privacy. We put our information out onto various social medias, chat with people we meet online, and share pictures and locations on the daily. In recent years especially, there has been a surge in the belief that the government monitors our internet use. Internet surveillance is the monitoring of computer activity and data, seen in the USA on a national level.
I think in ever expanding world where social media spreads like wildfire and easily connects everyone no matter where they are, people should make more of an effort to keep some things private. Gossip and speculation of fact can easily tear down relationships, friendship and many times does social networking reveal some harsh thoughts or inappropriate pictures that should have never been there. Keeping things private is crucial to protecting yourself as well as others. Society as a whole requires a person to have behaviors and be abiding to the norms of society. I believe that people have a duty of themselves to keep their business private.
Social Networking sites play an essential role in today’s culture as they provide people with the ability to interact, blog, share pictures and videos, flirt, and date without having to move an inch. People pour their minds and hearts into the world of cyber communication; it is an easier way for them to clear their heads without having a face-to-face confrontation. Undoubtedly, this is advantageous to certain people. It helps establish connections with people, friends and family from any corner of the world, but one cannot ignore the extensive privacy breach that occurs in the universe of online social media.
These things have become so common that not having them almost makes it seem like there is something missing. Because of features such as these, it is incredibly easy to share every aspect of what we are reading, doing, eating and listening to with everyone in our social networks. While this has meant incredible advances in the way we interact with our world, it has also fundamentally changed the way our social relationships are created and sustained. Social medial led users to have false impression of others and changed our feelings. Because social media users tend to only show the most positive aspects of their lives, social media users have a false sense of reality when it comes to how they seem themselves, how others see them and how they see other people. “It is not difficult to say that social media effect our perception of others” (Goshgarian213).
Upon the advent of social networking websites, an entirely new level of self-expression was formed. People instantly share updates on their lives with family, friends, and colleagues, reconnecting with those they had lost contact with. Social networking has now become an integral part of contemporary society – a modern analog for catching up with friends over slow, conventional methods or finding upcoming events in newspapers. However, along with this freedom of information, the danger of revealing too much personal information has become apparent. As such, online social media poses an imminent danger to society as it blurs the line between private and public information, creating an obsession with sharing one’s personal life online.
Social media has nothing but negative effects on people’s minds. Social networking can become very addicting and people can get wrapped up in the drama and excitement of the cyber world. It would only improve our society today if social media never existed to our knowledge. Our society today feels so connected with social media that it interferes with our lives making every task even harder with the temptations.