Fleming, Marka B., and Jean T. Wells. "Ethical, Evidentiary, and Constitutional Concerns OF Utilizing Social Networking Web Sites in Civil and Criminal Cases: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly." Southern Law Journal 20.1 (2010): 23-52. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 5 Apr. 2011.
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In the article, “Ethical, Evidentiary, and Constitutional Concerns of Utilizing Social Networking Web Sites in Civil and Criminal Cases: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly,” authors Marka Fleming and Jean Wells talk about how social networking sites can be used in civil and criminal cases in the U.S. today, mostly in cases of suing or complaints. Fleming and Wells talk about their concerns with the idea of obtaining evidence on an individual from a social networking site. The authors think that this can be a bad idea because it is hard to say “whether the information can be authenticated and whether it constitutes inadmissible hearsay evidence.” They also state that the government could be violating the 4th amendment by obtaining the evidence without consent of the owner. The authors go on to say that “information contained on social networking sites can be authenticated and will not be barred as inadmissible hearsay evidence.” They also stated that they have not gotten answers to the ethical or constitutional challenges because the issue is still fairly new.
The authors’ point of view in this article is relevant today because of the fast growing rate of social networks in our society. Facebook remains to be the most widely used social network and the authors’ point of view helps readers see the downside to having all of their personal information on the internet for everyone to see. The point of view also shows readers a whole new aspect to Facebook can be because it has the opportunity to help police agencies track certain criminals down. The unbiased presentation of the authors point of view helps the readers realize these points without feeling pressured, or lacking information from one side. The point of view of the authors also is very useful to readers because it helps readers realize that they need to watch what is put on Facebook and other social networks because it can come back to haunt you. The article itself appeals to all Facebook users, and the authors’ point of view does as well. This is what makes this article as culturally significant as it is.
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Friday, February 25, 2011
Twitter Continues To Grow
Johnson, Stephen. “How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live.” Time. Time, Inc. 5 June 2009. Web. 16 Feb. 2011.
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"The most fascinating thing about Twitter," states Stephen Johnson, "is not what it's doing to us. It's what we're doing to it." In the article, "How Twitter Will Change Our Lives," writer Stephen Johnson talks about just how much users have changed the social network. "The convention of grouping a topic or event by the "hashtag" was spontaneously invented by the Twitter user base," states Johnson. Twitter allows users to keep in touch with friends, while it can also allow them to search real time conversations about trendy topics. Many in the technology world have come to the realization that Twitter will only become bigger, with a buyout offer from Facebook of a reportedly $500 million dollars helping prove this. Users of Twitter today have begun seeing the potential of the social network as well. Not only has it become a way to let friends know what is on their to-do list for that day, but it can also be used for advertising and distributing certain products for businesses. Many of the tools currently available to Twitter users were created by Twitter users themselves. Twitter has no limits, and continues to be changed by the users to make the Twitter experience as useful as possible.
Stephen Johnson's point of view in this article is very crucial because it show's the audience the background of Twitter, the uses of the site itself, as well as how users have continued to change it to their liking. Johnson ultimately helps open the eyes of the readers, showing them just how much Twitter has began to grow. Johnson also points out many ways to use Twitter, like in advertising, and keeping up with friends. This also helps the reader find out more about the social networking site. Johnson’s point of this article was to inform the public that Twitter only has room to grow. Because users have made Twitter a more useful tool themselves by creating more tools, the possibilities are endless. He himself has used Twitter, even in a conference with a room full of business men. This shows that today, technology and social network sites have become intertwined with everything we do as a whole. Johnson also helps the reader realize that Twitter can also be a bad thing. "Most of us," says Johnson, "have learned firsthand how addictive the micro-events of our personal e-mail inbox can be." This helps show the reader that Stephen Johnson knows and realizes that this is not necessarily all a good thing, and also shows he is unbiased, helping the reader allow themselves to form an unbiased opinion themselves.
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"The most fascinating thing about Twitter," states Stephen Johnson, "is not what it's doing to us. It's what we're doing to it." In the article, "How Twitter Will Change Our Lives," writer Stephen Johnson talks about just how much users have changed the social network. "The convention of grouping a topic or event by the "hashtag" was spontaneously invented by the Twitter user base," states Johnson. Twitter allows users to keep in touch with friends, while it can also allow them to search real time conversations about trendy topics. Many in the technology world have come to the realization that Twitter will only become bigger, with a buyout offer from Facebook of a reportedly $500 million dollars helping prove this. Users of Twitter today have begun seeing the potential of the social network as well. Not only has it become a way to let friends know what is on their to-do list for that day, but it can also be used for advertising and distributing certain products for businesses. Many of the tools currently available to Twitter users were created by Twitter users themselves. Twitter has no limits, and continues to be changed by the users to make the Twitter experience as useful as possible.
Stephen Johnson's point of view in this article is very crucial because it show's the audience the background of Twitter, the uses of the site itself, as well as how users have continued to change it to their liking. Johnson ultimately helps open the eyes of the readers, showing them just how much Twitter has began to grow. Johnson also points out many ways to use Twitter, like in advertising, and keeping up with friends. This also helps the reader find out more about the social networking site. Johnson’s point of this article was to inform the public that Twitter only has room to grow. Because users have made Twitter a more useful tool themselves by creating more tools, the possibilities are endless. He himself has used Twitter, even in a conference with a room full of business men. This shows that today, technology and social network sites have become intertwined with everything we do as a whole. Johnson also helps the reader realize that Twitter can also be a bad thing. "Most of us," says Johnson, "have learned firsthand how addictive the micro-events of our personal e-mail inbox can be." This helps show the reader that Stephen Johnson knows and realizes that this is not necessarily all a good thing, and also shows he is unbiased, helping the reader allow themselves to form an unbiased opinion themselves.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Bullying Hits Home
Goddard, Connie. "H8 @ skul: Cyber World Bullying." The Educational Digest. March 2008. Web. 28 Jan. 2011.
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In the article "H8 @ Skul: Cyber World Bullying," Connie Goddard begins the article describing how in middle and junior high schools, girls are becoming more electronic with their bullying. It has now become “cyberbullying," and has been taken over by girls. They have almost become more cutthroat and meaner than boys. This is because boys are more physical, while girls just attack self esteem. Goddard states that boys do it for hierarchy, while girls do it to "attract male attention." The suspects are usually the more popular girls, and they attack the victim’s looks. Most bullying, stated Goddard, is present in middle school because the body begins to start changing and the children begin to have a growing interest in the opposite sex. Goddard also goes on to state that, "the environment might be encouraging it both directly and indirectly." The internet makes bullying harder to monitor, along with a lot of the other electronics widely used by teenagers. Bullying wasn’t ever a big dead until Daniel Olweus began researching it in the 1970s. Bullying online has become a crazy because it is protected by free speech and most of the bullying is done on home computers. To stop bullying, suspects must be quickly disciplined because otherwise, "teachers and administrators appear to be hypocrites and encourage students’ contempt for authority."
With the bullying problem rising throughout the nation, this article shows insight to many that are blind about the subject. Many parents are clueless what goes on in school, and Goddard provides a peek into the school system. The technological time period we are in has made bullying especially easy for children. Goddard's article now shows parents how bad Facebook can really be. Goddard challenges the reader to realize what is going on. She wants to open eyes about what actually is said on Facebook and what is really said in text messages exchanged between young girls. Bullying today has been stereotyped by males. Many do not think girls are involved, and this article helps others realize how bad of a problem this has become. This article is very culturally significant because of the rising problem of bullying. Recently there was a homosexual student that killed himself because of bullying. This proves how serious the problem has become within the hallways in the schools. Columbine is another great example of what can happen in public schools these days, so this article is a must read for any parent with children in public schools.
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In the article "H8 @ Skul: Cyber World Bullying," Connie Goddard begins the article describing how in middle and junior high schools, girls are becoming more electronic with their bullying. It has now become “cyberbullying," and has been taken over by girls. They have almost become more cutthroat and meaner than boys. This is because boys are more physical, while girls just attack self esteem. Goddard states that boys do it for hierarchy, while girls do it to "attract male attention." The suspects are usually the more popular girls, and they attack the victim’s looks. Most bullying, stated Goddard, is present in middle school because the body begins to start changing and the children begin to have a growing interest in the opposite sex. Goddard also goes on to state that, "the environment might be encouraging it both directly and indirectly." The internet makes bullying harder to monitor, along with a lot of the other electronics widely used by teenagers. Bullying wasn’t ever a big dead until Daniel Olweus began researching it in the 1970s. Bullying online has become a crazy because it is protected by free speech and most of the bullying is done on home computers. To stop bullying, suspects must be quickly disciplined because otherwise, "teachers and administrators appear to be hypocrites and encourage students’ contempt for authority."
With the bullying problem rising throughout the nation, this article shows insight to many that are blind about the subject. Many parents are clueless what goes on in school, and Goddard provides a peek into the school system. The technological time period we are in has made bullying especially easy for children. Goddard's article now shows parents how bad Facebook can really be. Goddard challenges the reader to realize what is going on. She wants to open eyes about what actually is said on Facebook and what is really said in text messages exchanged between young girls. Bullying today has been stereotyped by males. Many do not think girls are involved, and this article helps others realize how bad of a problem this has become. This article is very culturally significant because of the rising problem of bullying. Recently there was a homosexual student that killed himself because of bullying. This proves how serious the problem has become within the hallways in the schools. Columbine is another great example of what can happen in public schools these days, so this article is a must read for any parent with children in public schools.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Linux Makes It Big
When watching the movie Revolution OS, it is clear that the founders of Linux made the free software because they didn't feel it was fair for users to have to use Windows. It's tough whether or not to tell if it was just for the money aspect rather than the actual passion aspect. One thing that was stated in the film was that they did not expect Linux to be as big as it turned out to be. This shows that they didn't expect Linux to go very far. Once they did get to be popular in the software world, did the founders of Linux make decisions upon greediness?
Thursday, January 20, 2011
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
The End Of Independence, Starring Google
Carr, Nicholas. "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" Atlantic Magazine. The Atlantic Monthly Group, July/Aug. 2008. Web. 18 Jan 2011.
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In the article, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" Nicholas Carr begins by describing how over the past few years he has began to feel like the web has made his attention span dwindle. He uses the example that he can't read any long article or book and stay focused. He also describes how the internet is useful in research and how it has helped him with his career in writing. He uses the argument that the Net has replaced our train of thought, meaning we don't have to deeply think about something because all the answers are a click away after a simple Google search. He also talks about Bruce Friedman who says "even a blog post of more than three or four paragraphs is too much to absorb. I skim it." Carr uses this to show that he is not the only one who feels this way. He also describes how the brain is very malleable, even as adults. Frederick Winslow Taylor created a system that made factory work across the world perfect. He timed every single movement to maximize production. The Internet, Carr says, is based on this principle because of its "automated collection, transmission, and manipulation of information." Nicholas Carr is clearly worried the World will "come to rely on computers to mediate our understanding of the world, it is our own intelligence that flattens into artificial intelligence."
Nicholas Carr’s opinion is crucial to the audience because it opens their mind to a very valid point in today’s society. He understands that he himself does the same thing. That is he can’t concentrate on long literature, but instead he has began to read short articles and often scans. To Nicholas, Google and the Internet as a whole is to blame because of the relative ease it proposes with search engines that consists of virtually anything. Nicholas Carr's point of this article is to present the point that has realized the hard way. He wants the reader to realize that Google is slowly taking over everybody’s minds because it has substituted for our brains. This is because the Internet helps us do less work by not having to research in libraries. Carr's point of view is significant because he wants to help America and the World start using their brains instead of Google and the Internet. He wants us to begin reading books, and actually paying attention to what we are reading. Carr has presented this article because of the boom the Internet has taken. Nearly everybody knows how to work the Internet and it's clear Carr is afraid that through time, we will become more dependent on the Internet until we don't use our brain at all. This article can relate to a majority of the World, that is simply what makes it as significant as it is.
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In the article, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" Nicholas Carr begins by describing how over the past few years he has began to feel like the web has made his attention span dwindle. He uses the example that he can't read any long article or book and stay focused. He also describes how the internet is useful in research and how it has helped him with his career in writing. He uses the argument that the Net has replaced our train of thought, meaning we don't have to deeply think about something because all the answers are a click away after a simple Google search. He also talks about Bruce Friedman who says "even a blog post of more than three or four paragraphs is too much to absorb. I skim it." Carr uses this to show that he is not the only one who feels this way. He also describes how the brain is very malleable, even as adults. Frederick Winslow Taylor created a system that made factory work across the world perfect. He timed every single movement to maximize production. The Internet, Carr says, is based on this principle because of its "automated collection, transmission, and manipulation of information." Nicholas Carr is clearly worried the World will "come to rely on computers to mediate our understanding of the world, it is our own intelligence that flattens into artificial intelligence."
Nicholas Carr’s opinion is crucial to the audience because it opens their mind to a very valid point in today’s society. He understands that he himself does the same thing. That is he can’t concentrate on long literature, but instead he has began to read short articles and often scans. To Nicholas, Google and the Internet as a whole is to blame because of the relative ease it proposes with search engines that consists of virtually anything. Nicholas Carr's point of this article is to present the point that has realized the hard way. He wants the reader to realize that Google is slowly taking over everybody’s minds because it has substituted for our brains. This is because the Internet helps us do less work by not having to research in libraries. Carr's point of view is significant because he wants to help America and the World start using their brains instead of Google and the Internet. He wants us to begin reading books, and actually paying attention to what we are reading. Carr has presented this article because of the boom the Internet has taken. Nearly everybody knows how to work the Internet and it's clear Carr is afraid that through time, we will become more dependent on the Internet until we don't use our brain at all. This article can relate to a majority of the World, that is simply what makes it as significant as it is.
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