On The Media

1) Our Privacy Delusions: The part I found most interesting about this segment was about the third party providers subject of it's terms. It basically explained that they own your data and can do with it as they please. A provider such as Google has a terms of service and privacy stating they won't give up your data, however they are not required to do so. I think this is important because even though a person may think their data/ info is safe the provider can do whatever they want to with it.

2)How to Sort Good Information from Bad on Twitter: I found a statement made during the segment to be very true and interesting; "Twitter is only as useful as the people you follow." This is true because usually people follow just their friends or other people that post nonsense half of the time. The guy that made the statement had a friend that was trying to find out where would be losing power during a storm. His friend had been calling the company all day long, but after he tweeted to the company's twitter, they responded within 5 minutes. I think is it good for people to know that certain people or companies you can follow can give you good, helpful and reliable information, opposed to normally just following friends or celebrities.

3)Facebook's New Social Search: Something about this segment I found most interesting was the fact that Facebook has quietly updated their privacy rules so that no one is allowed to avoid searches. There has been one bata testing company that has used this. There is now a graph search on Facebook meaning that other users can find people based on their likes and declared interests. This is good to know because instead of people having to know your name to find you or search for a person, they now have the ability to find anybody based on things they have like, and it is good for a person to be aware of this new change to watch out for people they do not know wanting to request a friendship.

4)Facebook vs. Europe: The part about this segment I found most interesting is that even when a person clicks to delete something, the info or data is not truly deleted. This is good to know because it should make people more censored and think twice about what they are posting or uploading because it is truly not deleted if they decide to take it down. Also in Europe, Facebook gives people the option to opt out of tag suggest, but after asking 3 times it will automatically opt a person in. This is good to know because even if a person doesn't want it, they will have it regardless and may be tagged or tag people in something that isn't even them. It isn't such a big deal because it is in Europe but should definitely be monitored.

5)That Little Thing Called "Like": Something I found interesting about this segment are the analogies used to describe the reason people use the like button on Facebook. It said people use it as a self presentation. It related this to a person smoking one brand over another or reading one magazine over another. The statement it is a means of of projecting yourself as you wish to be understood. This isn't too important for people to know, it just is an eye opener as for people to watch out for what they like because it could possibly be portrayed as something about their character.

** The two segments I found to be most related were "Our Privacy Delusions" and "Facebook vs. Europe". Although they do not go hand-in-hand with one another, they both make references to info posted by and uploaded by media users. In "Our Privacy Delusions", third party providers have subject to it's terms and privacy policies stating they won't give it up, but they are not required to do so. In "Facebook vs. Europe", it explains that any info or data posted that you wish to delete and may think you delete, really is not deleted. These 2 segments relate because even though people think they have privacy and control over their information or accounts, they really truly do not have half the authority over it. People just need to be a lot more careful and censored with what they put online.  

In Class Post #10

There have been many skills covered that will greatly benefit my college years. I have learned about so many new search engines that Ihonestly did not even know existed. These would include the databases within Galileo and Galileo itself. I had heard of Galileo but never really knew what it was. We have leanred how to determine whether or not a source is reliable by using the CRAP test. This was extremely helpful to me because I had never paid attention to any of the CRAP test evaluation: dates, author, information within, ect. It has helped to me find the most valuable, reliable, and credible sources pertaining to my research topic. Learning how to do and actually writing an annotated bibliography helped greatly. It made me understand each of my sources in a better manner and helped narrow down or decide which sources would be of full help to support my research. Another aspect of the class that has been taught is presenting the information that has been found. We have already had one presentation and by doing so, it helped me to hear my research out loud and get feedback from co-classmates. All of the skills and tols we have aquired will definitely benefit me in the future and another classes. When writing papers in English, I now can determine whetehera source is good or bad to use. Also when starting my graduate classes, the tools will help me to use reliable sources, dig much deeper into my research, write annotated bibliographies, and will help with presenting the information and research i have found.