I found the section on the internet most interesting this
week. In this section, how the internet affects our daily lives, social
networking and misuse of the internet. I was surprised to learn that during the
2000’s the internet more than tripled the amount of users, and that more than
1.8 billion people a day use the internet. Another fact that was interesting to
me was that college students spend more time on the internet than studying. I thought
this was revelent to this class since it is online and we have to use the computer
to ‘study’. Social networking is also a large part of why students spend so much
time online. In the book it said that 86b percent of college freshman use
social networking sites. President Obama also used the internet and social network
sites to help get young voters out in the 2008 election. Even with all the good
the internet can bring there is also a bad side. The internet allows information
to be accessed easily whether that is private or not. With new technology there will always be
people to find ways to make it seem bad, we just need to find ways to prevent
this from happening.
I agree, I think it’s kind of scary to think about future employers who search through your Facebook with some program that they don’t need your permission, or they have you friend someone in HR so they can investigate your past. This is pretty crazy and a new development in the business culture. I think people need to be careful how they use social networking sites and what they advertise about themselves on those sites. Personally I know there are some old pictures of me (in my younger days) that I wouldn’t want some potential employer to see. It seems kind of unfair that your personal life is such a blatant part of the hiring process now when I feel like a couple of years ago how you present that part of yourself wasn’t as important and was much more under your control.
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