Backfiring on Social Networking Sites

I located the scholarly article, Privacy concerns and identity in online social networks
by Hanna Krasnov. I found this article by searching "identity, safety and privacy" through their scholarly article search. I was able to find that it was a scholarly article because it was listed on Google database and it was also peer reviewed. It also included a detailed list of references following the article.

In this article they point out the basically what the title exhibits, the privacy among social network sites. The article explains that because of many feelings of betrayal by their users that many users will start to diminish their usage among the sites. The trend can hold a negative impact among the social networks. They explain that many of the users may start to typically withhold the information they put on the internet etc. Krasnov also explains how the networking sites may respond to this by taking away the concerns that many users may have.  The article also includes several pictorial representations of their findings to explain their views.

Overall, the article does a good job conveying a rhetorical message. They explain why they are sharing the ideas they have and support them with supplemental information that can help the reader understand where they are coming from. The author also explains how they feel that social networking sites are indeed betraying their users and how this will have a negative impact on the sites themselves.

Are You Sure You Want To Post That?

For this blog post I chose Willhillv and Jackies's blogs to compare in a rhetorical analysis perspective. They each address my subject matter, identitiy, safety  and privacy.Willhillv talks about the importance of friends and safety on the internet, and Jackie chooses to write about the facebook feature "check-in".

Pathos and Ethos were each used througout the postings but each were used in different ways. Will was a more upbeat and engaging while Jackie was more serious in addressing her issue. Will talks about facebook which is a popular site that most people know and recoginze. He uses his first contact with the site as an example, and how safety is an issue and how people who use the social networking site should be very careful in what they say and include.
Jackie talks about the "check-in" feature and how it does not keep the users safety and privacy in mind. She explains how the feature is very exposing, and allows other users to see exactly where the person is and how many miles it is away from their actual location. She addresses how this is unsafe and how it can be unwanted.

Will tries to make the reader aware of safety among social networking sites through the usage his own examples as a way to express himself. By doing so, it helps the reader relate to him so they too can make a way to feel safe and secure among social networking sites.

All in all, each of the blogs connect with another. They both stick to using one social media as an example and how it safety and privacy play an important role on many internet users lives. The readers of both of their blogs are also able to  convey the message each are trying to portray through their tones.

 

 

Protecting or Sharing, Are You Aware Of Your Settings?

Everyone exposes their information and different views on ideas through their postings on the internet. Some of the popular sites where these land on are the ever so popular Facebook and Twitter.

Source: Cortright, D 2009.

Many of Facebook and Twitter users are not fully aware of their privacy settings. Many users are sharing information every second, through pictures, tweets, postings, and status updates. Through a social media research at Microsoft Research New England, Danah Boyn, shows that many people only feel like their privacy has been violated when they have lost all control of their personal information.

Source:Flickr, 2008.

According to Facebook TRUSTe (2010), Facebook creates privacy policies and guidelines to help protect many users information.I personally don't think the privacy given to the users is very sufficient. This definitely doesn't do justice because although many feel this same way, they continue to use the social networking sites. Facebook seems to keep making adjustments to help to improve and deal with the privacy issues.

source: Flickr, 2011

These improvements allow users to either allow their information to be viewed by others or in a more secure aspect and only visible to a select group. Facebook predicted that the number of users would decrease, but it seems as if it was otherwise, numbers increased. I believe that the issue of privacy comes from the users lack of knowledge of the people who use these networking sites. Some of them do not even notice or care about the privacy issues. Many of the Facebook users are publishing their comments, ideas, and posting pictures without checking to see if they have establish the privacy settings that they desire. When users found out their information can be found anywhere on the internet, they started to worry. So, I think, we cannot just get upset with these social networking sites if we have never done anything to help make our sites more secure. All in all, the privacy policy is already provided. It is now dependent on the users whether want to keep their information protected or shared.


Refrences:

Cortright, D 2009, Cleansing my Facebook Profile, http://www.kpao.org/blog/2009/12/09/facebook-privacy.jpg

Facebook TRUSTe (2010), Facebook’s Privacy Policy, viewed 15 June 2010, http://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

Flicker 2007, Facebook Privacy Setting, http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1045/795842899_5e126db289.jpg

Franzese, Greg 2009, Facebook Privacy, viewed 16 June 2010, http://www.reputationdefenderblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/facebook-privacy.jpg