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Has Privacy gone too Far?

In this modern world we are taught to private everything online and not let anyone have the excuse to expose you (Greenwald, 2014). However my question is how far is too far? Zac’s blog caught my eye this week. It was about the world of football and mainly focused on discrimination. I agreed with everything he said about sensitive issues and the way in which football fans conduct themselves. Continue reading →

A reflection on the ethical issues discussed within Topic 4

Initially, topic 4 seemed to be a little more appealing to me, due to the personal relevance of the specific field. It appeared to be easier to write and source when compared to previous topics, which I think shows how interesting and relatable the topic was to me. The overall issues that were summarised in various blog posts from other students are shown in a table I have created below. Continue reading →

Topic 4: The Penultimate Reflection

This week’s topic proved to be the most stimulating thus far. Despite being perhaps the most specific yet, there were still a multitude of case studies from which one could chose. A quick skim read of the titles of everyone’s blog posts serves as testament to this – they varied from parental control to the use of social media by teachers. Continue reading →

Reflection: Digital FOMO is a very real thing

Topic 4 discussed the breadth of ethical issues raised in the digital world. It demonstrates that the freedom exerted by the internet can also pose many issues. I focused upon the digital divide, and the ethical issues associated. Continue reading →

Reflective Summary: Always Watching

It was great that this week’s question was a little narrower I feel I would’ve been overwhelmed with the idea of all ethics and social media – there is a lot that could be talked about! I enjoyed reading other people’s blogs and was surprised by how few talked about the ethical issues regarding catfishing, which, as I mention in my blog, I thought would be the popular option. Continue reading →

Reflective Summary: The ethics of the Internet

This weeks topic saw more variety within the blog posts that I read as there was a choice in which ethical issue we selected. This meant that I explored the digital age in more detail as well as learning about privacy issues, from interacting with other blog posts. This week I focused on my digital tools as that was the aspect that was lacking when reading my feedback. Continue reading →

Reflective Summary: The ethics of the Internet

This weeks topic saw more variety within the blog posts that I read as there was a choice in which ethical issue we selected. This meant that I explored the digital age in more detail as well as learning about privacy issues, from interacting with other blog posts. This week I focused on my digital tools as that was the aspect that was lacking when reading my feedback. Continue reading →

Topic 4 – Reflection

The freedom of this week’s topic allowed people to dive further into areas that they found interesting. Personally, the idea of ‘catfish’ from the point of view of the person whose identity is being stolen interested me the most and I felt very strongly about this topic. What was surprising was Tiffany also felt strongly about this topic especially because she herself has been used to ‘catfish’ someone else. We shared very similar opinions and both spoke of the damage it can cause. Continue reading →

Topic 4 – Big Blue Tick for our Online Celebrities?

Social media platforms have a great many uses – one of the more recent of these is the ability for the common person to follow their heroes on idols on sites such as twitter and Facebook, in order to keep up to date as best as possible with the lives of the rich and famous. Naturally, the places the latter group under a great deal of scrutiny – far more than any run of the mill social media user. Continue reading →

Wait a second…

Over the course of this blog thus far I have spoken at great length about the best way to present oneself to the melee of prying eyes in the digital world. However, one aspect of the discussion that we appear to have chosen to skirt around is the ‘ethics‘ of this barrage of scrutiny, and that’s because it’s a whole new can of digital worms. Continue reading →

Catch Me If You Can!

  Identity theft is the fastest-growing type of fraud and a growing source of losses for banks as cyber criminals target the vast array of personal information. You see, giving your information freely out on the web can also make you a target and a possible victim of identity theft. I will be focusing on online personal identity theft and the negative affects it has on the user and businesses as well. Continue reading →

Prison in Mind

Out of all the thoughts from last week’s topic, the idea of public shaming demonstrated by the case of Justine Sacco stood out to me the most. Apparently, as indicated by Glenn Greenwald in his TED talk, it all started when 18th- century philosopher Jeremy Bentham devised an architectural design called the panopticon to resolve the problem of not being able to monitor and control each one of the members of constantly growing large institutions (a.k.a. prisons). Continue reading →

Topic 4: Should Parents Spy On Their Kids?

With the social network spring up among young people, young people prefer share their life and keep their own secrets to avoid their parents know them. However, for children’s security, parents want to monitor their kids which they think it is a effective way to prevent from their children encountering risks or doing bad things. Continue reading →

The Digital Divide: A Global Setback

Economic inequality across countries has been a problem faced by society for a vast number of years. Now, however, the Digital Divide has further escalated this problem, fast forwarding the issue in a world vastly driven by the advance of online technology. As explained in the video above, the Digital Divide refers to ‘the gap between demographics and regions that have access to modern information and communications technology, and those that don’t or have restricted access. Continue reading →

Digital FOMO is a very real thing

“The fear that if you miss a party or event you will miss out on something great.” (Urban dictionary, 2016) FOMO is something I’m sure has been experienced by everyone. Often it is the case that you perceive to be missing out on something great, but this may not be the case in reality. Now imagine the level of FOMO that is experienced from people who lack internet access. Continue reading →

Topic 4 – Should this be the way the cookie crumbles?

Overview Businesses using cookies has long been a controversial subject, unfortunately I’m not referring to the delicious snack but the text file that is downloaded to YOUR computer when you visit a website which uses them (European Commission). Continue reading →

Are Employees acting with integrity on social media with respect to their employer?

Introduction With businesses utilising the benefits of social media through marketing their products and opportunities on social media platforms, the question raised is, are employees acting with integrity on social media with respect to their employer? With around 40% of the World’s population on the internet social media can bring several benefits to businesses, by reaching a wider target audience and gaining publicity (Kelion,2013). Continue reading →

A New(s) Era

Social media: a platform once considered ‘just a bit of fun’ has unforeseeably developed to impact the world in ways we could not have imagined. Even the news, one of the most longstanding industries, has embraced the opportunity to harness the power of this medium, using readily available user generated content (UGC) such as photos and videos to provide hard hitting scenes to the masses. Professor Vin Crosbie describes it as ‘the future of news reporting’ in this video. Continue reading →

Privacy amongst the educational use of social media

The ethical issue I will discuss is privacy, regarding the educational use of social media. A different approach will be taken towards this blog, as I will expand upon an interview I conducted with my sister, who is a secondary school teacher. The main points from the interview can be seen through the presentation below. Click to view slideshow. The image above is what a member of the public would see if they were to search for my sister on Facebook, for example a student. Continue reading →

Thief In The Night

According to a report by WA Today on the 24th November, Identity Theft is an issue that has been increasingly dangerous and is actually ‘the fastest-growing type of fraud.’ My focus is on personal identity theft, and it is an issue of such significance that there is a tv show currently based on the topic. Continue reading →