Tiananmen

Here's a recently published article by US news, Tiananmen Censorship Reflects Crackdown Under Xi Jinping,

Reddit?

Maybe its because I live under a rock in the middle of nowhere located on a different planet, but I honestly had no idea of what reddit was. Since my major is all things media I thought I'd Google it,  and yes i did just use Google as a verb but anyway, I felt ashamed that I had no idea of what it was. I found this video very educating and decided to share it.

Youtube schools you on Copyright with the Happy Tree Friends

I stumbled upon this video uploaded by YouTube SpotLight and thought I'd share it with all of you.

Social Media in China

I read an interesting article, titled Media Censorship in China By Beina Xu, that explains what is currently going on in China in relation to the internet and social media. Xu explains that even though china's government proclaims that its people have the right of freedom of speech and press, they hold a double standard when it comes to publications of journalistic content on the internet. I was completely unaware of how strictly internet usage was monitored. I strongly encourage people to read this article and tell me your impressions of it.

"Are You Actually Addicted To Your Cell Phone?"

Buzzfeed created a quiz that tells you just how much you can't live without your cell phone. I encourage you to take the quiz and post your results.

"Are You Actually Addicted To Your Cell Phone?"- BuzzFeed quiz

"The Social Media Revolution"

Here is a cool video that tells you fun facts about your favorite social media sites.

Cyber-Bullying

I believe that students should be aware of the dangerous aspects of the internet and be educated on how to use it properly. Cyber-bullying is an a serious problem, as witness in the Amanda Todd case, and though I think that immediate punishment is fair to a certain degree; it is unrealistic to believe that this zero-tolerance policy will completely cease all acts of online harassment. Teens will be teens, and as brought up in class, will keep doing the same things, and unfortunately that includes acts bullying. Whether the bullying occurs online or in the "real world" it is likely to occur in some degree. That's why I believe that teens should be educated on the matter rather than being punished without knowing why what they did was so wrong.

Social Media Bill of Rights

I agree with Andrews belief that we should protect our rights online by forbidding employers and academic institutions from taking advantage of the information presented on social network pages when considering applicants. However, I don't exactly believe that everything posted on social network profiles is entirely inaccurate. Since people have the freedom to provide any information they like about themselves and also friend whomever they like, it is hard to tell a lie from the truth.

Employers should be aware that their applicants have a life outside of their work, though Andrews view on adopting the "Social Media Bill of Rights" is a bit extreme, it is by no means should be completely dismissed.

Are we addicted to Google?

It is understandable as to why people would raise such a question, however, in my opinion I don't believe that the American populace is completely addicted to Google. We as a society, have no real choice but to rely on Google and other search engines for information if we wish to save time. I mean, if going to the library and searching for the information we wanted took the same amount of time as just typing out our quires, I'm sure more people would do it, however, it doesn't and thus we turn to the things like Google to get immediate answers. We live in such a fast paced world with access to technology in which our ancestors could't even dream about. We as a human race have evolved along with the technological advances and I do not believe that to be considered a fault in our populace or be blamed on search engines, such as Google.

Megan Reardon interview

After reading Rebecca Blood's interview with Megan Reardon, I've come to acknowledge that blogging offers you the freedom of expressing one's self interest in written word, as well as, the ability of documentation. Before taking Introduction to New Media, I was shamelessly unaware of the capabilities that a blog can present to its user and its readers. For instance, in the article Megan stated that she meant for her blog to be a kind of filing cabinet, in which she kept her reference. What was meant to be a method of saving space in her apartment, grew into something in which many people benefited from. I find it truly interesting that Megan's fame in the blogging world was founded on a blog which was originally intended for herself.