The chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3645/nude-student-photos-stolen-from-facebook-by-college-it-administrator-police-charge
I thought this stroy was very good. It described how easy it was for someone of higher power to abuse social networking sites in order to obtain photos and information. It also points out some flaws that may be social networking sites, such as all you need is their email address, and then you have their whole profile as it is. People need to be more careful about what email they use, and how well protected they leave it.
The Value of Human Readable Deeds
http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/12778
I didn't really get this post. I didnt know if they were talking about thhe little terms of service box that flashes for almost any software you install on your computer, or were they talking about something else. But i do agree that people need to be given the knowledge on what can happen, or what will happen if they put private information on the web.
Facebook’s Users Ask Who Owns Information
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/technology/internet/17facebook.html?_r=1
I think of facebook as a website like any other. They own all information that is stored on their site, why not its their site. People jsut have to be careful what information they store on their myspace of facebook, and make sure it won't hurt them later on in life.
This ends up summarizing the sources instead of assessing them. You need to critique. Perhaps you can ask someone to help you with this in a blog comment.
ReplyDeleteNo points.
ya what the teacher said
ReplyDeleteyou should probably critique the sources instead of summarizing them and talking about how they made you feel.
other than that great job there buddy
I totally misread what we had to do, i thought we were supposed to comment on them, not asses them
ReplyDelete1. This is an authoritative source. It backs up claims with evidence without any sign of persuasion.
2. this post could go either way. On one had it is a blog, so its not credible, but then again the author backs up his claims with sources
3. This is an authoritative source. Not only is it a credible source, It uses direct quotes of zuckerburg and other high end facebook staff to help prove their point
I agree with the professor about critiquing your sources, and commenting on how you felt on the subject. THe first and third source was authoritative, but I was intrigue on the first article how Professor Robert T. DeCampos had access to students Facebook accounts by simply retrieving their emails from administrative records. Also, I am suprise Facebook would allow images and photo's of nudity which is open to the general network.
ReplyDeleteThe second source seem to be an article for debate on Facebooks "Terms of Service" and other internet site regulations and protocol. There were a lot of terms, such as Creative Commons and "Readable Metadata". I recommend not using this source, which also does not seem very credible on its information of Facebook current Terms of Service policies or clarify a lot the internet legal and technical terms mention in the article.
The last article was actually very interesting, and full of information on how Facebook operates and share information with its host network of 175 million active members. It made a strong point that Facebook will not take ownership of users information, but that most information is shared with the public and cannot be controlled or regulated. This would be a great source to discuss and argue on individual ownership of personal information in a huge networking site such as Facebook and the Digital Culture we are apart of today.