Online Privacy Wiki Page Edit
I decided to edit the Wikipedia page about social networking services. I focused on the section about privacy issues involving social media. They briefly addressed the controversy of informed consent online. The original post has a few sentences about this…
Online Privacy and Cognitive Surplus
The chapter on cognitive surplus addressed some very interesting trends in recent society. I think that most of us can relate to the obsession with television with the introduction of Netflix instant streaming. With instant streaming you have the ability…
Infographics- Chicks rule?
I liked this infographic because it displayed information in a simple, yet meaningful way. It also wasn’t boring to look at. It is displaying the ratio of boys to girls on social media apps. It shows apps that are used…
Drugs and Murder
The first blog I read was about the social acceptance of mental illnesses versus drug addictions. The author had a very formal and scientific tone. This makes her seem very intelligent and educated. I can also determine from this post…
An Unexpected Perspective
This audio followed the lives of two boys living in the South Side of Chicago, which is the poorest section of the city. These boys are 13 and 14 years old. They were given an audio set, which they took…
Rhetorical Velocity on Twitter- Online Privacy
On Twitter, I found many accounts advocating for public privacy. They made excellent use of rhetorical velocity. For example, Privacyactivism tweeted a link to an article that contains tips on how to avoid ID theft online. This is a good…
Anti Bottled Water Campaign
This ad was created by Tappening in an effort to diminish the use of plastic bottled water. Many times bottled water companies advertise their water as coming from pristine springs or arctic ice caps. In reality, the tap water from…
Progress Update- Privacy Policy
So I’ve run into an issue in narrowing my topic. What got me interested in privacy policy was all the publicity over Edward Snowden in this past year. I listened to his interview with NBC and read various articles on…
Response to Prof. Vee’s Post- Kony 2012
About two years ago, I can remember going on Facebook and seeing that a bunch of my friends had changed their profile pictures to Kony 2012. Curious as to what all the hype was about, I scrolled though their pages…
Should you fear your Tupperware?
In a world where anything from standing too close to your microwave to talking on your cell phone can give you cancer, it really isn’t shocking to discover that yet another one of your daily household items is leading you…
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