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Mid-module Feedback

We would like to kindly request that you take a short moment to complete the mid-module feedback by clicking the image: Thank you for your help, it will be very useful in improving the module and addressing current concerns. As UoS students you all have access to iSurvey (search 'iSurvey soton'), so you might want to think about how/if you can use it in your Topic posts.... 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 →

When sharing your social life on social media becomes your profession…

Today I’d like to talk about the ethics of professional use of social media, but not in a sense you might automatically assume. I will discuss people that gain income through their social media and the downfalls of doing so with regards to negative reaction from the public. Some of the most popular celebrities right now, especially amongst younger people, are known through the online social presence. Continue reading →

The Digital|Divide

As recent blogs’ have expressed, we are clearly living in a digital age. We are quick to assume everyone has internet access and thus an online identity, so much so, the few occasions where I am faced by someone without a social media profile baffles me. The nature of the internet’s accessibility in the UK, with free Wi-Fi being available in so many places and almost every household having internet access, we struggle to even fathom a world existing without the internet. Continue reading →

What’s this all about then? Ethics in football – Discrimination

Image 01: Kick it Out Campaign Flag Being asked to discuss only one ethical issue of social media in education or business meant I had to prioritise one issue – discrimination. Football, how is that business or education related? The business world and the sporting world are growing ever-more intertwined. Continue reading →

Topic 4: Your Privacy Matters

With the rise of technology in the recent decade, it becomes the question of whether or not it’s ethical to incorporate social media in the recruitment process. Continue reading →

Topic 4

In this day and age, you would be forgiven for thinking that people don’t want privacy. Many people, celebrities in particular, plaster their daily lives on social media to complete strangers. Their main motivation for this is business orientated, with each “like”, “tweet” or “view” they get translating into a financial reward. Although being an “internet celebrity” may not seem like a legitimate business to some, it is clear people are making large amounts of money from it. Continue reading →

Business, social media and children… A recipe for ‘ethical’ disaster?

              Business based social media accounts can be a risky affair. I’m sure all pages are created with good intentions – promoting business, gaining a following and perhaps making a profit of some sort. However, various ethical issues (which are seldom given any degree of thought before making said accounts) can arise. Ethics are considered to be moral principles (BBC, 2014). Continue reading →

Who gets left behind?

As we have explored in previous weeks, we are living in a digital age whereby technology is used within most aspects of our everyday lives. For example, this module is based fully on online interactivity. Whilst this is the norm for most of us, with the UK moving up on the connectivity table to eighth place, many developing countries do not have such advancements. Officials forecast that almost 40% of the world’s population would be online by the end of the year. Continue reading →