http://media.www.thesantaclara.com/media/storage/paper946/news/2006/02/23/Opinion/Facebook.Security.Means.Common.Sense-1629274.shtml?sourcedomain=www.thesantaclara.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com
This site is an article for the Santa Clara newspaper about the safety precautions that should be taken when using Facebook. Unlike other articles I've read that attack the dangers of social networks, this one is a less harsh approach. This author claims that common sense is necessary to be safe on Facebook. If one cannot censor they're information, she suggests choosing a stricter preference on who can view your profile.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Another site for social networks
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7668788/
I found one extra site that I felt was more reliable that others I Googled, such as the wikipedia one and some blogs. This article was made as a reaction to one mother's horrifying realization that her daughter, along with many other teenagers (“about 6 million”), is exposing personal information and pictures of themselves to strangers and possible predators worldwide. Author Bob Sullivan explains how this is being done through social networks such as myspace and personal blogs. He illustrates the dangers of this practice through facts and statistics as well as through the eyes of a mother who once was saying: “Who can hurt them when you are guarding the front door?", and now claims: "(the Internet) is a bigger opening than the front door."
I found one extra site that I felt was more reliable that others I Googled, such as the wikipedia one and some blogs. This article was made as a reaction to one mother's horrifying realization that her daughter, along with many other teenagers (“about 6 million”), is exposing personal information and pictures of themselves to strangers and possible predators worldwide. Author Bob Sullivan explains how this is being done through social networks such as myspace and personal blogs. He illustrates the dangers of this practice through facts and statistics as well as through the eyes of a mother who once was saying: “Who can hurt them when you are guarding the front door?", and now claims: "(the Internet) is a bigger opening than the front door."
Monday, January 29, 2007
3rd and 4th social networking site
#3: http://media.www.csucauldron.com/media/storage/paper516/news/2006/02/13/Feature/Myspace.Vs.Facebook.You.Decide-1610748.shtml?sourcedomain=www.csucauldron.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com
#4: http://backburner001.wordpress.com/2006/02/12/facebook-vs-myspace-battle-of-the-social-networks/
When searching for social networks, it was obvious that Facebook and MySpace were by far the most popular in the category. Finding these also the most interesting to me, I started searching solely for Facebook and MySpace articles. I came upon an article debating between Facebook and MySpace first on the Cleveland State University website. The author starts off explaining how "cool" myspace is and how him and his friends have it. He explains a couple helpful features it has, especially the ability to listen to almost any music in one click. This author takes a more comedic approach of explaining why he is such a fan of myspace, for example when he states that "Nothing says 'I care' like a photo of your best friend passed out on a lawn chair publicly posted for the MySpace world to see." (Obviously he sees some of the downsides to such freedom).
The "facebook vs. myspace: battle of the social networks" post was a person's opinion on why facebook wins over myspace. This author claims that they both have very similar features and usefulness. Yet when comparing more specific aspects of the networks, such as "user search utilities, profile layout, comments, and photo albums", Facebook takes the cake. This author does not neglect the opinion that Myspace has a superior instant messaging, friend request/confirmation, and biographical information layout. There are a few responses to this post, all agreeing with the writer.
#4: http://backburner001.wordpress.com/2006/02/12/facebook-vs-myspace-battle-of-the-social-networks/
When searching for social networks, it was obvious that Facebook and MySpace were by far the most popular in the category. Finding these also the most interesting to me, I started searching solely for Facebook and MySpace articles. I came upon an article debating between Facebook and MySpace first on the Cleveland State University website. The author starts off explaining how "cool" myspace is and how him and his friends have it. He explains a couple helpful features it has, especially the ability to listen to almost any music in one click. This author takes a more comedic approach of explaining why he is such a fan of myspace, for example when he states that "Nothing says 'I care' like a photo of your best friend passed out on a lawn chair publicly posted for the MySpace world to see." (Obviously he sees some of the downsides to such freedom).
The "facebook vs. myspace: battle of the social networks" post was a person's opinion on why facebook wins over myspace. This author claims that they both have very similar features and usefulness. Yet when comparing more specific aspects of the networks, such as "user search utilities, profile layout, comments, and photo albums", Facebook takes the cake. This author does not neglect the opinion that Myspace has a superior instant messaging, friend request/confirmation, and biographical information layout. There are a few responses to this post, all agreeing with the writer.
2nd article on social networks
http://news.com.com/Facebooks+Greek+drama/2100-1046_3-5895963.html
I found this online article by Zoë Barton extremely interesting because it talks about a topic not usually discussed regarding Facebook safety: the Greek system. It is apparently very risky to have a facebook profile if you are a member of a fraternity or sorority. This article specifically talks about "Rho Gammas" (the leaders in recruitment for sorority who are supposed to maintain an unknown identity in regards to what sorority they are a part of). People in this situation have to be extremely careful on how much information they lend out for younger pledges to see. In addition, the rushees have to be concerned with what information the sisters/brothers can get from facebook before they accept them. On the other hand, this website also pointed out the fact that being able to obtain the profiles of potential members makes the process of remembering and learning about them easier.
This website frightened me a bit because the end of it moved on to warn a wider spectrum of people (everyone that has a facebook account) of the dangers of having so much personal information on the web. According to Zoë Barton, there are plenty of people that can access pictures and information about you that you would not want shared: teachers, future employers, RA's, TA's, and "computer geeks", to name a few.
Finally, she briefly talks about the origins of Facebook and how a Harvard student created it. When it's popularity in Harvard grew faster than expected, they decided to expand the network to other schools.
I found this online article by Zoë Barton extremely interesting because it talks about a topic not usually discussed regarding Facebook safety: the Greek system. It is apparently very risky to have a facebook profile if you are a member of a fraternity or sorority. This article specifically talks about "Rho Gammas" (the leaders in recruitment for sorority who are supposed to maintain an unknown identity in regards to what sorority they are a part of). People in this situation have to be extremely careful on how much information they lend out for younger pledges to see. In addition, the rushees have to be concerned with what information the sisters/brothers can get from facebook before they accept them. On the other hand, this website also pointed out the fact that being able to obtain the profiles of potential members makes the process of remembering and learning about them easier.
This website frightened me a bit because the end of it moved on to warn a wider spectrum of people (everyone that has a facebook account) of the dangers of having so much personal information on the web. According to Zoë Barton, there are plenty of people that can access pictures and information about you that you would not want shared: teachers, future employers, RA's, TA's, and "computer geeks", to name a few.
Finally, she briefly talks about the origins of Facebook and how a Harvard student created it. When it's popularity in Harvard grew faster than expected, they decided to expand the network to other schools.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
First Social Networking Article
http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/09/07/85-of-college-students-use-facebook/
This website is a basic overview of the functions and popularity of facebook via 2004. The author of this article was given a demo of the site and checked out all of facebook's features. He also talks about the people that are not students and therefore cannot log in to this site, as well as the very large numbers that have facebook and log in monthly, weekly, and 60% daily! These numbers are impressive, but since this article is from 2004 I might want to check out more recent statistics on the matter. Finally, he explains the way this company produces money, such as advertisements and sponsors.
Another part of this website as information for social networks is the list of about 200 comments. Hearing views from all different users and nonusers of facebook doesn't lend any factual information but is interesting nonetheless.
This website is a basic overview of the functions and popularity of facebook via 2004. The author of this article was given a demo of the site and checked out all of facebook's features. He also talks about the people that are not students and therefore cannot log in to this site, as well as the very large numbers that have facebook and log in monthly, weekly, and 60% daily! These numbers are impressive, but since this article is from 2004 I might want to check out more recent statistics on the matter. Finally, he explains the way this company produces money, such as advertisements and sponsors.
Another part of this website as information for social networks is the list of about 200 comments. Hearing views from all different users and nonusers of facebook doesn't lend any factual information but is interesting nonetheless.
Eubanks #4: "Return of the Drug Company Payoffs"
One would not expect much figurative language out of a New York Times article, yet I found there to be more than expected in the editorial piece, “Return of the Drug Company Payoffs”. The author of this uses narrative to sway our opinion. He is trying to illustrate his views against brand-name manufacturers in the drug company who are paying off generic manufacturers to delay the marketing of their cheaper drugs. This is not very decorative or unnecessary language, but language that helps construct our understanding of his opinion. He refers to the brand name companies’ actions with figurative words such as “underhanded”, and metaphors like “It is a costly legal loophole that needs to be plugged by Congressional legislation.” He doesn’t literally mean, “plugged”, but this implies the urgency that one feels when you need to plug something up to keep it from leaking. He also says, “huge sums of money are at stake”. Obviously, pieces of money aren’t literally at stake, but with this metaphor the reader feels the seriousness of his argument. Other phrases he uses such as “waging a valiant fight”, “ ‘bright line’prohibition”, and “clear standard” all describe the generic companies and the people who he agrees with (the FTC). Therefore, these metaphors create the sense of hard fighting and good doing to fix the evil ways of the drug monopolies. Overall, the figurative language describing the sneaky ways of the monopolies and the more kid descriptions of the generic brands and the consumers really aid the author in creating a whole piece that clearly gets across his opinion.
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