Blog # 13

In the BBC interview with Danah, she talks a lot about how teenagers are interacting a lot differently today then they were before the internet came around. She speaks of a time when teenagers would meet up at the mall or the movies to be with their friends and have their social interactions. Now a days, a lot of this social interaction is taking place online through Twitter, Facebook or other SNSs. Teens are still seeing each other in person, but they are also talking about what they are doing online. Danah mentions a privacy issue. If you were running for political office, you wouldnt want people to find out stuff you did as a teenager online. She said in this age. you can go online and see how people were as teenagers and that can be embarassing to some people. Used to you would just go to a school year book if you wanted to find that out. The internet gives us a bigger platform. The biggest issue with communicating on the internet seems to be privacy.

6 thoughts on “Blog # 13

  1. Privacy can be an issue on the internet. Although people do have embarrassing stuff on the internet from their adolescent years, I think people are able to take notice of that and don’t judge people as harshly especially since they probably have embarrassing stuff too. It also makes people more conscious of what they put out there since they know it’ll be around forever. It’s a good lesson to learn early on.

  2. I don’t see why people feel embarrassing from things that they did in the past or even an old photo that they don’t like. We all go through different stages in ourlives and we all are human and do mistakes. I think we should enjoy every stage in ourlives and never look back and feel sorry about something,however, if you did something horrible that might affect your future career, then it is your fault from the beginning that you make it public. Therefore, I agree with Erica that we must be careful than sorry.

  3. It’s amazing that things are now shifting to the point that if you don’t have a lot of online history, people think you’re hiding something or antisocial. I know that was brought up in one of the readings, like people now accept and expect to see a period of our online lives that is not so pretty. I personally don’t post very much online, and so people just assume that I don’t have a lot going on. What they don’t realize is that I DO have quite a bit going on, and that’s exactly why I’m not accepting their Candy Saga request. :)

  4. I often wonder that if, because we’ll all have histories on social media, perhaps it won’t be as big of a deal when we’re applying for jobs, running for office, etc. as we think? Undoubtedly, there will be cases in which these histories effect people’s livelihoods. However, are people – generally speaking, of course – really posting content that could hurt their chances at the careers they want?

    • Most of the ‘dirt’ they are digging up on the average person really isn’t all that harmful. Yes, you should be conscious of what you put online; but, should you be discriminated against for living your life. It’s a character judgment based on perception. If you are outspoken and that don’t fit into the company’s cultural environment, they can dismiss you before a hire. I think over time, we will become more accepting and lenient of people’s personality quirks and differences. They’ve existed all along; they’re just out front now.

  5. I think social media is eventually will allow people to not citicize what someone post on the internet. If there are large amounts of SNS users posting the same amount of content like party pics it seems like the judgement isnt as strong.

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