story of a suicide
Essay Assignment – Social Media
We recently read two articles “The Story of a Suicide” by Ian Parker and “Trial by Twitter” by Ariel Levy. They have their point of views and different perspective on the social media. Although they express both positive and negative aspect, we wonder if in fact the social media takes a toll on the way society is lived today. We have to ask ourselves is “real world engagement”1 the thing of the past? Can the social media be used as an outlook for those who are socially awkward? The article that was written by Ian Parker was based on a student named Taylor Clementi, Which was exposed to a cruel and immature act by his roommate Ravi Dharun. We are aware of the outcome of Clementi case as it was publicized by the media worldwide that this young gay man was ridiculed and exposed. To diminish his pain he jumped off the George Washington Bridge no one will know the true reason of why he did so; During his final hours he looked upon facebook –A social media site where you update your status and current location, this is where he revealed to everyone what his plans were – Makes you wonder what in fact made him turn to the social media to report what his intension were. In this article you get a sense of his life how he turned to the social media as his outlet and to be accepted for who he was when his own mother was not able to for being openly gay. Looking into this case we recognize what the social media plays in this role, alternating someone’s life drastically. How we fail to educate what kids are unable to comprehend, and how their actions can lead to sever consequences. The reason why this story became nationally known was the action of Dharun, his execution to impress his fellow colleges by invading Clementi privacy during an intimate moment. By abusing simple applications and devices it can dangerously be used to invade anyone’s privacy, in this instance those objects were by using a webcam, chat room and twitter to set up a
We recently read two articles “The Story of a Suicide” by Ian Parker and “Trial by Twitter” by Ariel Levy. They have their point of views and different perspective on the social media. Although they express both positive and negative aspect, we wonder if in fact the social media takes a toll on the way society is lived today. We have to ask ourselves is “real world engagement”1 the thing of the past? Can the social media be used as an outlook for those who are socially awkward? The article that was written by Ian Parker was based on a student named Taylor Clementi, Which was exposed to a cruel and immature act by his roommate Ravi Dharun. We are aware of the outcome of Clementi case as it was publicized by the media worldwide that this young gay man was ridiculed and exposed. To diminish his pain he jumped off the George Washington Bridge no one will know the true reason of why he did so; During his final hours he looked upon facebook –A social media site where you update your status and current location, this is where he revealed to everyone what his plans were – Makes you wonder what in fact made him turn to the social media to report what his intension were. In this article you get a sense of his life how he turned to the social media as his outlet and to be accepted for who he was when his own mother was not able to for being openly gay. Looking into this case we recognize what the social media plays in this role, alternating someone’s life drastically. How we fail to educate what kids are unable to comprehend, and how their actions can lead to sever consequences. The reason why this story became nationally known was the action of Dharun, his execution to impress his fellow colleges by invading Clementi privacy during an intimate moment. By abusing simple applications and devices it can dangerously be used to invade anyone’s privacy, in this instance those objects were by using a webcam, chat room and twitter to set up a