His primary arguments seemed to be examples of his own difficulties. He states “Immersing myself in a book or a lengthy article used to be easy…That’s rarely the case anymore.” He continues to write of how his mind starts to wander after a few pages, and he looks for something else to do; reading has become a struggle. Carr says the culprit is the Internet itself, basing his accusation on how in today’s society we can obtain information after just a few minutes on the Net. The media today has started to give us information in as limited amount of words they can allow, so we as users can skim the information we desire then move onto the next sliver of info. He believes our minds have been altered to expect all information the way the Net hands it out: “in a swiftly stream of moving particles,” as he put it.
You cannot” (Bazalgette p.1). It says that what have put online once is permanent and there is no assurance that the post, tweet, photo, video or anything can ever be removed from the cyber world. In this way, social media is threatening the privacy of society by pulling out the unwanted past in future. The author also says about the new generation, “a generation is voluntarily surrendering its privacy on a hitherto unimaginable scale” (Bazalgette p.1). New generation likes to use social media as self advertisement and sometime they share very personal information.
During the last decade, the Internet enriched our social lives and our civic connections. People use e-mail, on-line chat rooms and instant messages to communicate with each other. Even adolescents can use the Internet as the same as the older people. But, heavy use of the Net can bring some bad consequences to the adolescents more than what they do on adults. Brent Staples, in “What Adolescents Miss When We Let Them Grow Up in Cyberspace” (2004) pointed out the consequences of adolescents cruising the Net.
Glennis Garcia Mukherjee English 1113 09/19/2012 Anonymous Cowards: A Summary The Growing Cowardice of Online Anonymity by Richard Bernstein is an essay that describes how Internet users nowadays prefer to be anonymous while been on the net. It shows the negative sides of allowing people to be anonymous online, usually posting inappropriate content on sites. Anonymity has grown from being used mainly for newspapers to now it being misused by individuals with no shame of writing what there sometimes hard opinions that sometimes affect other individuals. As the Internet use has grown, so has the anonymity many people find it alright to hide behind an anonymous post afraid many don’t think the way they do. Others hide themselves because they are posting negative and improper things about a subject or about someone in particular.
People can show off their children or the birth of a new born baby. Another advantage of social media is that a person can market their business. Social media can attract people to your website from links that are advertised or shared by a friend or consumer. With social media a person can meet new people in their area and also meet new people in their state, country, and around the world. Some disadvantages of social media are cyber bullying, harassment, and stalking.
The people that interview us and give us our jobs have the option to use Facebook and technology to observe us and see what we are about and decide whether we would make a good fit for their position. In Roni Jacobson’s essay “Facebook Snooping on Job Candidates May Backfire for Employers” he says that “Profile screening (of our profiles on Facebook) could potentially color the judgment of the applicant- whether they realize it or not”. Everything we do online like posting about the awesome party we attended last night or saying something about how we hate working is seen by our employers which in some cases can cause loss of our opportunity for that job. Technology can give us opportunity but also take it away just like that. There are definitely positives and negatives that come out of technology but it doesn’t matter how much we learn or how much we take from it, we will never have anything without reality and the real life aspect of life itself.
Kinnell Micah M English 100 Molina, Jordan September 25, 2013 What is the real me? News feed, status updates, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, when one hears theses word one usually thinks about social media. What is social media though? Social media is forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos). Through the use of social media one can create an identity.
A good solution might be to block the access to websites such as Facebook, so that technology can continue to be a tool for knowledge and intellectual advancement, rather than socialization. Many friends of mine use Facebook on a daily basis for several reasons: to chat with other friends, to see what other people’s lives look like, or to keep in contact with people that live far away. All five of the friends I asked said Facebook is a very useful website, but it is also addicting and a waste of time most of the time. Works Cited Bugeja, Michael. “Facing the Facebook.” The Arlington Reader: Contexts and Connections.
I like being able to connect with my friends and family through these social media sites, and know what is happening around the world at all hours of the day, However, this also means its all easy to fall victim to the alternating nature of the internet. I understand how it is easy to become addicted to the instant spark of gratification when someone likes my Facebook updates, retweets my brilliance or reposts a picture from Instagram. The danger comes when you start relying on social media for affirmation, validation and a sense of belonging that they can never fully provide. Actress Keira Knightley herself quoted “I hate the Internet. I find it dehumanizing to constantly check emails or social sites which have become so fashionable” By this she is meaning to say
Essay Cyber bullying is a word you hear a lot and sometimes its never really dealt with right. Cyber bullying happens to nearly everyone once and it can be a very serious issue, cyber bullying takes place using a electronic device on instance messaging and social media sites such as Facebook and askfm. You all need to know that cyber bullying is bad and must be stopped! Cyberbullying is a serous situation because over two million people are online using social media incorrectly. Cyberbullying is different from verbal/physical bullying because people can use the disguise of “anonymous” to harass their victims.