Another two pieces that work well together. The target is clearly you.
1. The Tell-all Generation Learns When Not To: The trickle down effect is especially present in on-line behavior. A few years back, Facebook was for college kids and MySpace was for high schoolers. Now, Facebook is ubiquitous. Older Gen-Y folks, though, are now starting to feel the repercussions of putting everything on-line. What are your thoughts? How about your habits? What are your thoughts on privacy?
2. How Does Technology Affect Kids' Friendship: As Gen-Y pushes the technology limits -- think younger and younger people acquiring cell phones and using social networking sites to engage in relationships -- people are starting to wonder about the long-term effects of such habits. What do you think about some of the worries stated in this article? From your perspective, is there any validity to this argument?
6 comments:
Katie Eiseman:
Both at the same time (I hope that is okay...):
I think that these articles are both very interesting and well written for similar reasons. They both include interesting perspectives and a lot of shocking facts and results to studies but are really led my personal narratives that are relatable and entertaining. I especially like the second article's introduction with the Facebook conversation. I think that our class has talked about having an article about texting or Facebook and I think that it would be successful and would be great to include some text-styled (or Facebook-styled) graphics or sentences.
As far as content... The first article about privacy did not surprise me so much. I think it has been drilled into us that we should be careful about what we put on the internet and I think that there was that big scare maybe two years that all the colleges will look at your Facebook page before accepting you which scared many of us from exposing too much about our lives. I think that one thing that is important to remember is that no matter if you set something to private or not, it is easily accessible by anyone and even if you delete something, it is forever in the history of the internet meaning accessible to someone who really wants to see it. I think this puts more responsibility on us for our actions and also the people who are taking pictures. The second article was interesting because I definitely think this is a conversation and these are all studies that will be continued. I do think that the electronic era is something that was affected our social skills. I think it has made it harder for us to relate to individuals in person and has also made the "closeness" of friendship and relationships something that can come much more quickly. I believe that years from now we will see much greater consequences from these tendencies that our generation has developed.
The Tell-All Generation:
I have definitely encountered this issue before. Between friends' status updates and reading about it in the news, I have learned the necessity of being diligent about my online privacy. Whenever facebook makes a privacy policy change, I am sure to go into my privacy settings and re-adjust them so that the information about me that is available online is limited. Moreover, I have begun deleting older posts and untagging myself from photos in order to prevent certain information from popping up online. I agree with the author that online privacy is both important and difficult to monitor. Often, a post which seems innocuous can become demeaning if it escapes the "private" domain of facebook. The Internet is a wealth of information - and the trouble is that a lot of that information could be your own, if you're not careful.
Ilana Salant
The Tell-all Generation Learns When Not To:
After reading Laura Holson’s article, I cannot say that I am surprised how older Y-generation users are worried of the repercussions of their actions. Providing the cyber world with access to, in my opinion, too much information can create a vulnerability around the user, which can have a negative effect on their personal life. From very early on, I have been warned not to provide anyone on the internet with personal information. Because of such “cyber safety” classes in school, I feel that my facebook habits are relatively clean or safe. I am guilty, however, of joining groups that probably hint towards my interests—whether through favorite movies, phrases to say, etc. Whether this information is “dangerous,” is debatable. Even though I don’t have much to hide on Facebook, I feel that the power and information the site has on its users is incredibly scary. If my chat conversations were leaked, then so much of my private life would be there for all the world to see, which I obviously don’t want. Furthermore, I am friends with family friends, family, and other adults on facebook. Because of this, I definitely think about what I post, before I post it. I think the key to normalcy as far as facebook/myspace goes is self-censorship.
Tell All Generation: I think as social networking becomes a part of everyday life more and more, people will just naturally learn to not put compromising information up on Facebook. I know I personally am more cautious of what I put up for the world to see than I was when I got a Facebook in 7th grade. People tend to get really into social networking when they first experience it, and they sometimes want to throw their carefully crafted autobiography, every band/book/film that they ever had even a passing interest in, and every photo ever taken of them up on the internet, but after a couple of months they slow down and realize that maybe that compromising information shouldn’t be up there. So, given that Facebook is relatively new, the users of the site as a whole are in that gleeful couple of months, and is just now starting to look around and realize that not everyone they know should see photos of their drunken antics.
How does technology affect kids’ friendships: Speaking as a member of that generation, this article, in my humble opinion, was a load of crap. To me, it just exemplified the classic trope of the old generation being resistant to change. That telephone that the author reminisces so fondly about? People thought it was going to be the downfall of civilization as well. Hanging out with your friends in the neighborhood after school? I would bet that I do that just as much as the author did in her time- no one in their right mind truly prefers going home and going on Facebook when they could be hanging out with friends, Facebook is what you do when you can’t be hanging out with friends. If anything, technology has only brought me closer to people. One of my best friends moved to Portland a few years ago, but we still talk regularly over Facebook and video chat. However, we always make a conscious effort to see each other in person whenever we happen to be in each other’s area. Are there downsides to kids having so much access to technology? Yes. But the internet isn’t going to corrupt our children’s fragile brains any more than, television, rock and roll, or the printing press did, and to suggest otherwise is nothing but paranoia and resistance to change.
The Tell All Generation
I personally have had similar experiences regarding privacy now that I am starting to enter into the college sphere. Although I technically don't have anything super scandalous on my facebook page, it is still a place where those who don't know you can base judgment off of what they see. I have heard so many stories regarding colleges or jobs getting onto a facebook page and seeing something that they don't approve of. I think that it would be really interesting to apply this to MA and survey how people handle their facebooks and other information on the internet. There was an article in the voice similar to this regarding college and facebook a while ago but I think we could do it in a new current way with cool facebook graphics (like katie wrote about) rather than just preaching about what we can and can not put on the internew.
Does technology affect kids friendship
I fully agree with this article and I love the hook. It is funny but also so real. It puts anyone who reads it back into the mindset of a 13 yr old. This article made me realize how many teens are entering into a digi world unconsciously. Someone may send you a message on facebook or even a text and from then on you begin a virtual relationship. It is so common that many don't even think about it. I think the main problem is that people get so comfortable saying things over the internet and not directly to their face that real conversations become strained.
The Tell-all Generation:
I agreed with everything in this article. Since first making my Facebook account, I have deleted a significant amount of information that I did not realize could be accessed by everyone at the end of 8th grade when I first put it up. Young adults, or even just more experienced Facebook users are more concerned with privacy just because they have experienced the implications it can have. It is hard to assess to what extent colleges and employers look at online profiles; especially with colleges since I believe it is against the law, but I'm sure a lot of it goes on underground. My personal philosophy is to not post anything you wouldn't want your future boss or college professor to be able to see since its not worth the risk.
Technology and Friendships:
This is a really tricky argument since it depends so much on the individual. The "Facebook acquaintance" is a common thing that directs to the fact that maybe kids can't develop social skills they need in the real world since the only relationship they have with certain people is online. However, I think youth are drawn to the sheer speed of instant messaging and wall posts. It allows them to say what they want to say and walk away from it without having to immediately pursue the response. I would agree that talking with someone face to face or on the phone is much better in the sense that it just allows for direct communication and things can't be misinterpreted. It's also an important skill for children to be able to articulate their thoughts and feelings through speech, and online communication eliminates that to a significant extent. However then the question of video chat and programs like Skype (the online telephone) come up and if those types of things are the balance in between. It will be interesting to see how it plays out in the future.
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