DC Flashcards
Is privacy a recent concept? Give examples.
Yes. Dating back about 150 years.
ex. Houses used to only have one big room and reading was only done out loud.
Window glass created division between the public and private spheres.
Key Social Media platforms:
- Photosharing
- Chatrooms
- Video sharing
- Widgets
- Message Boards
- Blogging
- Social Networking
- Podcasts
- Subscription
Privacy is reveled through:
Social networking sites, Browser searches, Cookies, Emails, Geolocation, Tagging, etc.
Social media signaled the birth of what new cooperative and collaborative models?
Communication, Communities, Collaboration, Outsourced Tools
What are Dale Carnegie’s recommendations for dealing with people online?
- Calm yourself before communicating with someone else
- Bury your anger and thoughts of negativity - it can diminish you
- Be more mindful of your own words, be a positive influence instead of putting them down
- Make your messages meaningful - use if as a source to inspire people
- People need to know when to hold their tongue
What are Social Media?
Social Media are the online platforms that foster virtual communities for collaborative practices and the sharing of information.
Or
And online platforms that foster virtual communities for collaborative practices and the sharing of information.
What are some other names for Social Media?
Online Networking, User Generated Culture, User Generated Content, Web 2.0, Vernacular Media
What are the 7 Rules for Online Etiquette?
- Context is everything
- Double check before you hit “send”
- Take the high road (but don’t boast about it)
- Grammar rules
- Keep a secret
- Don’t hide
- Don’t say something online that you wouldn’t say to someone’s face
What are the 7 Social Media Sins?
- Gluttony
- Sloth (Replay to messages, social media is a conversation)
- Greed (Treat your community like people not numbers)
- Wrath (What happens on the internet stays on the internet FOREVER)
- Lust (Make sure you have a plan that is not solely based on likes, get your priorities straight)
- Envy
- Pride
What are the attributes of Web 1.0?
- Users as Consumers
- Emails
- Websites - to read
- Mostly image and text as opposed to video
- Link pages
What are the attributes of Web 2.0?
- User as a contributor
- Personalizable media
- Personal blogs
- Collaborative wikis
- Social spaces
- Audio and video
- Networks
- Two-way collaborative environment
- Replaced publishing with experimentation
What brought about the concept of public and private sphere?
The printed book.
What happens when we know we are being watched?
Our behaviour changes dramatically, human shame is a powerful motivator.
What is “life casting”?
People living in public, everything they do is filmed and out there to see.
-Can also be done through selfies, if you post picture of what you eat.
What is “Survellience Control”?
“All-encompassing use of computer surveillance technology in modern society for total social control” - Gary Marx
What is “Wiki”?
It’s Hawaiian for quick. A collaborative Web site comprising the perpetual collective work of many authors. A wiki allows anyone to edit, delete or modify content that has been placed on the Website.
The term wiki refers to either the Wed site or the software used to create the site.
What is the death of privacy?
Once you can access everything, it also means others can access what you have too.
What is crowd-sourcing?
The practice of obtaining information or input into a task or project by enlisting the services of a large number of people, either paid or unpaid, typically via the Internet.
What is social bookmarking?
When someone bookmarks websites and these bookmarks are shared with others who might make use of them. They can tag the websites with different words so people can find them easier.
What is surveillance?
Any collecting or processing of personal data - for the purpose of influencing or managing the people who’s data is being collected.
What is the death of privacy?
Once you can access everything, it also means others can access what you have too.
What is the mission of the Utah Data Center?
Mission: To intercept, decipher, analyse, and store vast amounts of the world’s communications from satellites and underground and undersea cables of international, foreign, and domestic networks.
What is User Generated Content (Vernacular Media, Peer Production)?
Production of content by the general public rather than by experts or professionals in the field.
What object acts as a membrane between the public and private spheres?
The window. Glass isolates the senses.
When there were no windows to close, the community was invited to listen; it was an enclosed sensory space with its glass barriers that created a need for silence and privacy.