Nick Thuringer

Anyone who has grown up using the internet is used to having a wealth of information and resources freely available to use. Of course there is the cost of connecting to the internet, paid to an internet service provider, but once you’ve paid that there is a vast sea of content waiting to be explored. However, this content is not free to produce – someone, somewhere has put time, effort and perhaps money into producing the material. Continue reading →

Discussing this week’s topic has opened my eyes to a whole range of new ethical issues that have arisen due to the advent of online social media. Since writing my own blog, and reading others, I have realised that many of these issues have no clear solution. Que’s post really highlighted one of the main issues for me, which is the potential danger that children and teenagers are exposed to online. Continue reading →

In recent years, there has been a huge increase in the use of social media. As of September 2015, Facebook alone have over 1 billion daily active users, an increase of 17% year-over-year [1]. As social networks have grown, they have evolved to be not just for social use, but also as a tool for education and business. The use of social media in professional settings such as these brings with it a range of ethical issues. Continue reading →

Having an online professional profile is becoming increasingly important as companies change the way they recruit new employees. With the advent of social media, many companies are switching from the old methods of advertising job posts, to using social media platforms to advertise, look for new employees, and offer positions. In Jobvite’s 2014 social recruiting survey, 73% of employers planned to increase their investment in recruiting via social networks (https://www.jobvite. Continue reading →

When writing about this topic, I thought I had covered as much as possible within the word limit. However, after reading other students’ posts, I realised that i barely skimmed the surface of the subject! I interpreted the question as a personal one, so I wrote about the advantages and disadvantages, as an individual, of having one or more online identities. After reading other blog posts, it seems most people answered the question from a more general perspective. Continue reading →

Back in the 90s, the internet was a place of anonymity. Long before the days of Facebook and Twitter, only the tech-savvy were online. In those days, there was no such thing as a digital identity, because their was no link between a person’s real life identity, and an online one. Any online profile was a disconnected pseudonym, and there was no need to link your real name or post a photo of yourself. Continue reading →

In this day and age, it’s hard to find someone in our society who hasn’t used the internet at some point in their life. The web is populated by a wide variety of users of different abilities, who use the internet for many purposes. It is useful to classify these users into groups, so that we can understand how to improve user experience. To understand the concept of digital residents and visitors, it is first necessary to look at the idea of digital natives and immigrants. Continue reading →

In this day and age, it’s hard to find someone in our society who hasn’t used the internet at some point in their life. The web is populated by a wide variety of users of different abilities, who use the internet for many purposes. It is useful to classify these users into groups, so that we can understand how to improve user experience. To understand the concept of digital residents and visitors, it is first necessary to look at the idea of digital natives and immigrants. Continue reading →