Social Networking: A Loss of Privacy

Social media has become a major part of people's lives and I intend to touch upon the implications of this. People tend to share a great part of their lives through social media and see it as a way to stay up to date on current topics, update others on themselves, communicate with others, share information, among many others things. There are many positive effects of social media with everything it has allowed us to do, but it has also has a negative impact on society. There is a lot of data that social media companies, such as Facebook, have on these users and what is done with this information may not always protect their privacy. The information that users share of themselves on social media, and the information these companies have from these users can result in a loss of privacy, I will look at this issue from both angles. I will also touch upon how social media is used in the workplace, such as how it is used in the recruiting process and across other areas.

Comments

  1. Shadia RahmanSeptember 24, 2019 at 6:31 PM

    Hello,

    I really like your well though out response and really like the topic you chose. I chose something very similar but decided to focus specifically on Instagram. I know many people often talk about how what you share on social media may affect you when you're applying to jobs but I never understood or learned about the extent of it. I'm really intrigued by the fact that you will be talking about because I would really like to know what role social media plays in the recruiting process.

    ReplyDelete
  2. JasmineSeptember 25, 2019 at 8:39 PM

    Hi Gisele,

    I always view social media sites as not being truly "free" because the consumer pays with their data. They choose to put their face and name online along with their likes/dislikes on sites that advertise themselves as "free" but really aren't because this data is then used to sell products to the consumer. More sites should (and are beginning to) be more transparent about all of this so that a person can think about this before making a choice. Maybe you can research this further if you're interested in writing about it.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Creativity and New Media

Image
A way that I am able to display creativity through the use of new media, is through the usage and creation of a Bitmoji. This is a personalized character that is created by the user, typically made to look like oneself. It allows to personalize physical features of the character such as hairstyle, face shape, eye color, etc, as well as clothing, allowing for creativity. The bitmoji is used across a variety of media and different apps on your phone. It is a creative way to express oneself and communicate with others. It has hundreds of stickers that can be used to express how one feels or one's mood without having to explain it. For example, when texting someone, instead of sending a simple text, I can choose to send a "sticker" of my bitmoji that already has a message on it as demonstrated below with my personal Bitmoji:                                 .  
Read more

New Next

One type of new media I would introduce that does not currently exist would be an extended application of communication within a school or higher education community, such as Baruch college. I feel as though there is a lack of connection between students who attend the same university and that may lead to negative feelings regarding the overall environment of Baruch as well as the levels of joy and pride experienced by students when on campus. I would suggest creating a new media that allows students to connect with one another through an application unique to every professor and class so that every student in that class is able to ask questions and contribute new material outside of class. An extended application of this new technology would be that students can use this application to connect with former student who have also taken the same class or future student who plan on taking the class. This platform would be strictly educational and for academic purposes, seeing a
Read more