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Prior to writing this final reflection, other than my friends’ I’ve also read my seniors’ and fellow module mates in UK’s posts. There are many interesting posts that I’ve observed, for example, in Khairul’s post, I didn’t know that the two creators of World Wide Web had opposing views of Open Access. Upon reading them, I am able to improve my understanding of Open Access’ controversial issues. My post was focused on academia. Continue reading →

There are two properties of online content in the digital web, Paid Access and Open Access. Like their names, Paid Access represents online content that are only available for users who have paid for it and Open Access represents online content that are able to be viewed for free to all users (Editage, 2015). This post is focused on Open Access’ pros and cons. Video taken Open Access Explained! from via Youtube Open Access has been a hot debate in this era of digital web (theguardian. Continue reading →

Reading most of my friends’ posts, I am now aware that there are various types of ethical issues; astroturfing, privacy, and more; each has been covered for in most posts that I had read. I’ve also come to realize that privacy issue can be closely linked to consent issue. In response to Klarissa’s post, I have understood that User Generated Content (UGC) is another case in which consent was applied incorrectly. Continue reading →

Oxford Dictionaries define ethics as moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the conducting of an activity (oxforddictonaries.com). While humans are granted freedom of speech, in social media there seems to be many misuses by users (nytimes.com, 2015). What’s more important is that networking sites are not responsible for those misfits. Instead, the consequences will all fall to the users. Continue reading →

One day has passed and with new information I’ve gotten from my friends’ posts, I’ve come to learn that building a professional digital profile requires a lot more hard work and attention. In response to Adelene’s post, she has given a point that didn’t come through my mind before, which is browsing one’s name and see which posts from their social media accounts that have to be edited. Continue reading →

In these past years, social networks have become a trend in the world. More than one-third of the world’s population are signed up to at least one social network platform (Statista, 2016). That is more than two billion individuals! Unfortunately this phenomenon that often highlights the freedom of speech, goes in hand with increasingly offensive and intolerable acts. One of the most severe cases happened back in 2013 to Justine Sacco (nytimes.com, 2015). Continue reading →

After reading most of my friends’ posts, I noticed recurring ideas regarding how individuals implement their online identities. While some people might prefer having a single identity across several digital platforms, others might think otherwise. Of course, each comes with their own pros and cons, which I have summarized as below: Image made by Maureen Harend In response to Hui Juan’s post, she has written a really interesting point of the differences in perspectives. Continue reading →

Unlike in real world, where a person’s identity is shown to the public without being able to hide it, in the online web a person can create a different identity or maybe multiple identities for themselves. Continue reading →

After reading several posts of the topic from my friends’, I would say that I have changed some of my perspectives in the topic. I’ve no longer thought that Digital Visitors and Digital Residents are 100% right to describe a person, it is more of which one does they represent in one site. A flaw I’ve realized in this framework is, a person’s representation in one site is not able to be fully determined whether if they are 100% a Visitor or Resident, most fall in between. Continue reading →