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From Sherying’s and Adeline’s post, they have come into consensus that there is a need to ensure that publishing costs are taken care of while enabling the online content to be accessible freely. I have to agree that they have presented this topic in an informative way, which I have overlooked. Continue reading →

Publication fees are not borne purely by authors, but are shared by the many organizations whose missions depend on the broadest possible dissemination and communication of scientific discoveries. This begs the question, “are the materials written by a content producer truly free in the first place?” Open Access is the free, immediate, online availability of research articles coupled with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital environment. Continue reading →

Discuss ONE of the ethical issues raised by educational or business use of social media that you consider to be particularly significant. After reviewing on others’ blogposts, I come to recognise that there are a lot of ethical issues, mainly privacy, from the usage of social media, be it educational or business. Despite that, Liting raised a distinctive ethical issue, Respect. Continue reading →

Ethics refers to the basic concepts and fundamental principles of decent human conduct. It includes study of universal values such as the essential equality of all men and women, human or natural rights, obedience to the law of land, concern for health and safety and, increasingly, also for the natural environment. (business dictionary,2016) social media is so perfectly designed to manipulate our desire for approval, and that is what led to her undoing. Continue reading →

Through Isaac’s post, I have learnt about how I can categorise each point clearly, so that I do not sidetrack from the point I want to put across. This approach edifies me to keep my thoughts organised. In addition, I need to give credit to Isaac for emphasising the point on ‘relying less on texts’. He made use of diagrams and pictures to illustrate all his points, which I failed to do so. This enlightened me to work on the visual presentation of my blogposts. Continue reading →

“Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!” Justine Sacco, senior director of corporate communications at InterActiveCorp, tweeted this statement. After Sacco touched down from Cape Town international, nasty comments were arrowed at her, criticising Sacco for her racist tweet. The story ended with one Twitter user saying, “your tweet lives on forever.” (Jon Ronson, 2015). Continue reading →

After reviewing on my peers’ blog posts, putting myself on the fence of deciding whether having multiple identities or not provides me a better understanding of some young adults. For Leila, she stipulates, “the number of people joining the connected world increases, along with the pressure of maintaining their professional image and yet still be able to express who they are at the same time (Internet Society, 2013). Continue reading →

Question for Topic 2: Discuss the arguments for and against having more than one online identity. (pros & cons of having more than 1 online identity) (video) Will our destiny turn out to be like the ‘killer’ in the trailer if we are getting obsessed with multiple online identities to a large degree? Online identity is the aggregate of one’s attributes and interactions. Continue reading →