Since the dawn of civilization, man has sought to further communication and interaction with his fellow man. The motivation behind this pursuit has been many fold: Some sought and seek this interaction for economic purposes, some for cultural purposes, and some still for educational purposes. Regardless of the incentive, different people in different times have sought to enhance the technology so as to further this pursuit. From the advent of writing in pre-bronze age Mesopotamia to the creation of the printing press in Renaissance Germany to more modern inventions like the radio and telegraph, much of human history has been devoted to making this large world smaller and smaller and furthering our communication and interaction. In this vain, society invented the internet, possibly the most revolutionary piece of technology in human history. Like the other aforementioned innovations, the internet provided man a medium to communicate with his fellow man. Yet, the internet furthered the pursuit of shrinking the world so much that thanks to it, physical distance is a small hindrance in the free exchange of ideas and opinions. One of the major disciplines constructing internet based communication is social networking. During the recent years, social networking has been the victim of ethical issues concerning vigilance and safeguard of privacy for the members and their personal data. The invasion of personal information is a cause of distress for many individuals and organizations. Moreover, it has become an issue that requires constant effort from the concerned parties who are striving to create a safe and comfortable environment for everyone to communicate on these social sites. During the course of this paper some ethical issues regarding the social networking sites such as Facebook will be discussed and the decision making process will be implemented to explore alternatives and implement the solutions.…
As the society evolves the sex trade industry adapts accordingly. The changeover from industrial age to information age has seen vast advancement in technology, greatly impacting the ways in which individuals communicate with each other. Specific to the sex trade industry, it has allowed sugar dating to be accessible to anyone with a computer and internet, revitalizing this age old phenomenon of sugar daddy and sugar babies. It has become increasingly prominent for women to use websites to connect to older wealthier men. Study have observe a dramatic escalation of student using these websites to help fund their expenses. Many females are drawn to the idea of living a luxurious life, not having to worry financially in exchange for…
What is social network? What are the advantages and disadvantages of social network? For this paper, we have chosen LinkedIn as our network to access. We each made a profile and began experiencing what this particular network had to offer. Our mission is to describe the site 's purpose, content and participant population, along with each one of us describing our experience on this site. We intend to find the cultural significance and the social effect of online networks. We will talk about what effects online websites have on the face to face interaction and what cultural values are reinforced. What are the future online social networking trends?…
Ashley Madison is a well-known Canadian website that serves as both a social networking site and a dating service. Founded in 2002, it is a company that heavily markets to people who are married or in a relationship and still want to date. Throughout the years it has become one of the most controversial websites that had ignited many discussions on what’s ethical and what’s not. Even after receiving massive attention due to hackers obtaining personal data of current users, Ashley Madison continues its operations of providing nearly forty million users with its services. Although many people would argue what is wrong with the site, many others had made counter arguments…
Historically, there has not been a communication medium as effective as the Internet. The Internet allowed users to combine mail, telephone, and mass media into one central area (Britz, 2013, p.4). As Britz stated in the book, the Internet was used for different purposes such as a social gathering place, a library, or a place to be alone (Britz, 2013, p.4). The Internet had resulted in a helpful tool for communication. However, internet could be a dangerous tool in the wrong hands. Unfortunately, the Internet was allowed for everyone including pedophiles, sexual predators, and narco-trafficers (Britz, 2013, p.4). Consequently, the Internet had been effective for multiple reasons to different types of users such as individuals, companies and so on. Nevertheless, it implied a risk for individuals and companies to be…
This text by Andrew Keen is as the title alludes to “Sex, lies and the Internet”. It is obvious that Andrew Keen, who wrote this in his book from 2007, is critical of the media the Internet, which, in this text’s example, abuses the opportunity people have to meet each other virtually. It is obvious why he is pointing out two really serious stories posted on two different Web sites, because they make his argumentation for clamming that the Internet Is only up to bad things even stronger. Basically it is about people making fun of virtual places to meat. In this case a marketplace for one-night stands, and think it is a risk-free platform due to it is “an editorless medium where the only rules are that there are no rules”. He is here refereeing to the story with the Seattle…
“Sex Sells!” is a concept advertising executives have known and used for years. However, this perception has also crept into other areas of our lives, particularly our online lives. If people want to garner attention for themselves online-steamy, sexy content is the tried and true method. If one wants their online gossip to be noticed by multiple viewers, include some sexual content for maximum views. Perhaps, a quick way to shame someone online is taking a piece of confidential information about the person and presents it in a post completely out of context. Nevertheless, the subject sex is not the only content used for self-promotion, gossip and shaming on the internet. Law professor and noted internet privacy expert Daniel J. Solove…
Ashely Madison, a website that promotes extra-marital affairs was subject to a massive data breach earlier this year; personal details of some 37 million users, as well as the companies financial records, were threatened with release. Subsequently, large caches of the data were posted online and a then-unknown hacking outfit named The Impact Team claimed responsibility. This breach not only compromised the data from the Ashley Madison database, but also Avid Life Media, who owns the Madison website, as well as two more “hookup” sites.…
On-line social community is a medium that allow people to connect with their friends and share information, it is a way of networking but it is a social based relationship among its users. People join the social community by creating personal profile which can be set to private or made public, this network is primarily to connect with friends and share information ranging from photos, videos, comments, contact details, etc. However, many users have made their details public without carefully considering the consequence, hence; the on-line social communities have become a danger zone where people fear to tread on due to privacy policies being breached.…
Social networking mainly involves social interactions among different people from various parts of the world through an established platform of social networks. Mostly, social relations is based on people who, for instance, share beliefs, interests, backgrounds, activities or real life connections. Social networking is primarily web-based; therefore, users interact over the internet by use of instant messaging, emails, facebook, twitter and many other social web sites. Social networking is central to interactions, both business and social, in today’s world with many people converging on social network sites. It facilitates interaction of people, exchange of ideas and promotion of products; but such simple, casual relation in an electronic environment also has its drawbacks such as lack of privacy, moral degradation of teenagers, cyber-bullying, decreased productivity, spearheading of crime, and conveyance of false information. In this excerpt, I am going to discuss about these negative effects of social networking.…
Technology is one of the most influential of the profound changes taking place in the twenty-first century. The easy access, use and dissemination of new technologies has increased the importance and benefits of social networking. People are expanding their ability to communicate with other groups more quickly and efficiently. However the use of social networks has changed how people communicate, their ways of conducting relationships, and led in some ways the loss of our privacy.…
No one wants to think that they could be taken advantage of by users of online dating sites, and yet thousands of people are every year. Online dating is a popular way for internet users to create and develop relationships online through dating websites such as eHarmony.com and Lavalife.com who offer ideal matches based on the individual’s postal code, gender, race, age and hobbies. Online dating sites also encourage users to add photos of themselves to increase the chances of views and responses on their profile. The anonymity, flexibility and accessibility of online dating appeals to all types of users and, as a result, is the fourth largest industry on the internet generating million dollar profits (Rege, 2009). However, not everyone who joins online dating websites are looking for love, the dating industry is riddled with scammers, cheaters and sexual predators. The 2007 report from the Crime Complaint Centre found that dating fraud was “one most commonly reported complaints in the…
Communication is a basic need of human beings and the rapid growth of internet resulted in the evolution of many platforms to communicate at free of cost, such as, blogs, instant messaging, webcam chat and social networking sites. Initially the internet has been used for private communication but the rapid growth of social networking has made a paradigm shift and now the border between the private communication and public disclosure has become blurred. The evolution of social networking has originated from online multiplayer gaming, where the players created profiles and played online games together on the same screen through online servers.…
Over the past few years the internet has become part of our daily life and it has forever changed the world in both positive and negative ways. We often assume that we're being anonymous as we go about our business online. As a result, we’re treating the Net not just as a library, a shopping mall, or just a simple social network but as a personal diary and, sometimes, a confessional. Social-networking services have grown in popularity and people are giving out more details about their lives to sites like Facebook and Twitter not knowing that all this detailed data is being saved and tracked with out our approval.…
In public life communication technology serve more advantages than disadvantages. We can find friends through social media or online game sites, we can even find suitable partner through dating sites. The disadvantages are that people can provide false information and exploit the advantages of social media on people public life and cause misunderstanding, loss of properties or sometimes even lives. In private life, the disadvantages are more than the advantages. The advantages are that we can communicate and stay connected with our family or friends online, but it is also easy for hackers to access our personal profile online. Many cases have been reported that…