Convenience Vs. Privacy: The Latest Study In The Data Tracking Debate?
In the online article " Convenience vs. Privacy: The Latest Study in the Data Tracking Debate" by Andrew Hutchinson (2015) , the writer disputes about peoples point of views on how their personal data is being used unjustly in social networks. Hutchinson is a fortunate, internationally known author and blogger who writes on various genres including short stories, and novel writing. He worked as a key manager in media monitoring for Asia's largest firm, which helped him see the impact social media effects; which led to his success. Hutchinson is known as an award-winning writer thus it is fair to perceive that his backed up evidence are reliable sources that readers can trust. He used support strategies including statistical evidence and official
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The writer reports a study that shows different views of people's convenience of having their information shared on social media. Some portion of the people, if presented with the option of giving up their information, would happily accept to a certain degree in exchange for something else rather than it being unnoticeably taken away from them. In Hutchinson’s article, others are strongly against having their information taken away without their knowledge finding it "creepy"(2015). The writer then continues the article further elaborating the study. In addition, Hutchinson asserts that people blindly accept the terms and conditions documents, which allows social networking sites to have full access to the person's data. The writer wraps the article by asserting that our data shared online cannot be stopped unless people stop using social media …show more content…
The organization of the piece helped to create a framework for what the audience is to expect and have those expectations fulfilled while reading the text. The main argument states that people would unwittingly share their information just to have the convenience of using the program or application. The organization aside, there were two main informal fallacies present in the article which gave a negative effect on Hutchinson's claims throughout the article. First, the writer over generalizes when he tries to state a point. He asks if people read the terms and conditions when signing up for social networking sites or not. Then he answers, "Of course you haven't. No one has"(2015, A Question of Convenience, para. 9). Here the writer assumes that no one has read the terms and conditions of an online program and he emphasizes very much at this point. His assumption could possibly be invalid because some people could pressed the 'OK' button and read these terms and conditions. On the other hand, some users might have actually disagreed to the consequence of signing up to the social network program. The second informal fallacy present in Hutchinson's article is identified by an "either this or that" approach called a False Dilemma. When he discusses ways in which the issue of social media users' privacy, Hutchinson argues that: "Here's the thing: it's already
The writer reports a study that shows different views of people's convenience of having their information shared on social media. Some portion of the people, if presented with the option of giving up their information, would happily accept to a certain degree in exchange for something else rather than it being unnoticeably taken away from them. In Hutchinson’s article, others are strongly against having their information taken away without their knowledge finding it "creepy"(2015). The writer then continues the article further elaborating the study. In addition, Hutchinson asserts that people blindly accept the terms and conditions documents, which allows social networking sites to have full access to the person's data. The writer wraps the article by asserting that our data shared online cannot be stopped unless people stop using social media …show more content…
The organization of the piece helped to create a framework for what the audience is to expect and have those expectations fulfilled while reading the text. The main argument states that people would unwittingly share their information just to have the convenience of using the program or application. The organization aside, there were two main informal fallacies present in the article which gave a negative effect on Hutchinson's claims throughout the article. First, the writer over generalizes when he tries to state a point. He asks if people read the terms and conditions when signing up for social networking sites or not. Then he answers, "Of course you haven't. No one has"(2015, A Question of Convenience, para. 9). Here the writer assumes that no one has read the terms and conditions of an online program and he emphasizes very much at this point. His assumption could possibly be invalid because some people could pressed the 'OK' button and read these terms and conditions. On the other hand, some users might have actually disagreed to the consequence of signing up to the social network program. The second informal fallacy present in Hutchinson's article is identified by an "either this or that" approach called a False Dilemma. When he discusses ways in which the issue of social media users' privacy, Hutchinson argues that: "Here's the thing: it's already