The article that I will be commenting on this week is a case study involving the dangers of social networking. You can read the short article here: http://www.bamaed.ua.edu/edtechcases/Case%20Numbers/social%20networking%20ups%20and%20downs_Case%2012.pdf
At the end of the article, these questions are posed:
1.) What should the University of Education do to the girl who keyed Natalie's car and stole her
clothes?
I believe the University should do whatever the University does to students who would break into someone's personal property and steal his or her belongings. So the question is What is the University's policy?
2.) Should Juicy Campus be held responsible for what happened to Natalie’s belongings?
No. I think there should be more copyrighting protection for photos and content and the like, but in the end Juicy Campus only encouraged attitudes like this and did not cause these destructive attitudes. If it's not Juicy Campus, another website will spring up, and another one, and another one. There is no end to it, so you might as well just face the realities of social networking.
3.) When does social networking become cyber-bullying?
Good question. Social networking becomes cyber-bullying in the hands of immature people. I believe that when people rely too much on internet connections with people, they lose touch of what it actually means to physically and emotionally connect with other human beings. Cyber-bullying can seem so cheap, but really it can be so harmful.
4.) Could Natalie’s situations have been prevented?
Yes. I believe it is a very individual circumstance, and kind of exceptional. If Natalie is an awkward girl who doesn't know how to make friends in person, then she's probably going to be an awkward girl online who doesn't know how to socially interact and make friends with new people.
Ultimately, online social networking is a TOOL, and it is a tool and experience that shall continue for a very, very long time into the future. It's a process of evolution, and we must be ready to evolve with it. Along with computers came computer viruses. So deal with it - now we have anti-virus programs and an entirely new career opportunity in fixing diseased computers! Along with copyright issues on YouTube came the technology to identify music and content from major sources, and then easy avenues to report and remove copyrighted content.
Social networking is a fact of life. So deal with it, Natalie.
At the end of the article, these questions are posed:
1.) What should the University of Education do to the girl who keyed Natalie's car and stole her
clothes?
I believe the University should do whatever the University does to students who would break into someone's personal property and steal his or her belongings. So the question is What is the University's policy?
2.) Should Juicy Campus be held responsible for what happened to Natalie’s belongings?
No. I think there should be more copyrighting protection for photos and content and the like, but in the end Juicy Campus only encouraged attitudes like this and did not cause these destructive attitudes. If it's not Juicy Campus, another website will spring up, and another one, and another one. There is no end to it, so you might as well just face the realities of social networking.
3.) When does social networking become cyber-bullying?
Good question. Social networking becomes cyber-bullying in the hands of immature people. I believe that when people rely too much on internet connections with people, they lose touch of what it actually means to physically and emotionally connect with other human beings. Cyber-bullying can seem so cheap, but really it can be so harmful.
4.) Could Natalie’s situations have been prevented?
Yes. I believe it is a very individual circumstance, and kind of exceptional. If Natalie is an awkward girl who doesn't know how to make friends in person, then she's probably going to be an awkward girl online who doesn't know how to socially interact and make friends with new people.
Ultimately, online social networking is a TOOL, and it is a tool and experience that shall continue for a very, very long time into the future. It's a process of evolution, and we must be ready to evolve with it. Along with computers came computer viruses. So deal with it - now we have anti-virus programs and an entirely new career opportunity in fixing diseased computers! Along with copyright issues on YouTube came the technology to identify music and content from major sources, and then easy avenues to report and remove copyrighted content.
Social networking is a fact of life. So deal with it, Natalie.
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