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Having taken for granted on open access, I was totally unaware of its advantages and disadvantages. I’ve spent more than half my life studying, getting resources off the Internet and even downloading them. Like many others, I’ve encountered numerous ‘restricted zones’, limiting access only if I pay a price. It’s really frustrating especially after reading part of the context. Continue reading →

“..That’s why I’m laying out a plan to keep the Internet free and open. That why I’m urging the Federal Communications Commission to do everything they can to protect net neutrality for everyone..” – Barack Obama, President of the United States The Internet used to be a place where we gain information and resources for free, but things are changing. Increasing amount of resources are becoming available only if people are willing to pay a price. Continue reading →

Topic 4 was rather broad in the question asked. It took me quite sometime to decide on one ethical issue among the hundreds of it. Initially, I thought of the issue on ‘Freedom of Speech’, whereby I believe that it is one of the best and worst thing on the Internet/social media. Continue reading →

Source: 404 error pages Have you ever encountered a page error like this while serving on the Internet? It may be a censored webpage. Censorship of information on the Internet can also mean the consistent actions of monitoring, filtering and web blocking by government and/or private companies. They secretly spy on you through information stored in the Cookie and monitor your actions accordingly. After all, the Internet isn’t as free and open as one might think. Continue reading →

Topic 3 got me a little longer to gather my thoughts. There weren’t things I found debatable, as the question was pretty straightforward. In addition, I’ve found tons of articles and facts about ways on developing an authentic online professional profile. However, after reading those articles for some time, I suddenly realized that it isn’t the way I’m going to write my article. Continue reading →

Source: Tumblr As we all get older, entrance into the ‘Real World’ is drawing closer. Which means our social media habits have to be changed, adapted and reflected. Instead of bombing our Facebook newsfeed with Friday’s party pictures, we start to dedicate time in maintaining our LinkedIn profiles. Profiles can be easily created, but the question is how can we make our online profiles stand out amongst the billions of people on the web? “Your personal online branding is very important. Continue reading →

The variety of post arguing on the topic of having multiple online identities depicts that different people do have different objectives of using the web. After reading the articles and blog posts, I’ve realised that the points I’ve made in my original post were very oriented towards myself. However, through the different views from my classmates I’ve gained some interesting knowledge. Shannon’s post was visually engaging. Continue reading →

Source: Giphy This post primarily focuses on online personas, arguing if there’s a need to have multiple online identities to determine professionalism for work against online identity for school, home and friends. An online persona is how the world perceives you on the web. Continue reading →

After spending my weekends reviewing most of my colleagues’ blog post, I get to have many different viewpoints. Most consider themselve as a “Resident” but , some find themselves as a culprit of both- the “in-between”. And one or two who doesn’t have a persona online, other than Facebook, whom claims to be a “Visitor”. It’s interesting to see how different everyone is on the web. Continue reading →