The Impact Of New Digital Media

Whats wrong with the internet?

This article talks about how privacy has overtaken peoples lifestyles, it talks about the life spheres individuals have to face, such as parents making sure their child is safe online from a young age and therefore doing the same thing even when the child is old enough.  therefore the government surveillance states that the government intervenes in our privacy to keep individuals safe from things like terror attacks. The article also states how people allow locations to be shared and therefore this invaded their privacy. Also by adding your social networking sights on private or keeping them off, giving viewers a choice on whether to see their pictures, statues, locations which invades their privacy significantly, as people can view what the person has done, where they have been and with whom.

There are many arguments that could stated to this point to whether I agree or disagree with the government intervening with my privacy. For example, I think it is wrong for us to be 'looked at' as we should all have privacy and should be able to make sure that we can maintain this privacy by keeping our information, photos, messages private as people would feel uncomfortable with the fact that their messages are being read over. however it is important to acknowledge the fact that there are many good reasons behind this, as its promoting the safety of individuals by tracking down issues such as terrorism or any illegal activity that may take place on the internet; such as cyber bullying.

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1.       Communication

Communication has changed significantly because people now communicate with internet connections or internet data. Examples of the types of communications people now use are facebook, whatsapp, skype, facetime, snapchat etc.  People used to usually communicate with their mobile phones by communication with calls, however now people use texts more than calls. Also people now also communicate around the world by using the internet, for example whatsapp and Skype.

2.       Nature of information

Nature of information has also changed as there is lots of information provided on the internet. Now people hardly use books to get information as they can search it online and get online books as well as important information.  You can also buy books online such as kindle; some people also usually download it illegally.

3.       Online safety

Online safety has evolved therefore online safety is more effective as teenagers and adults are more aware of it. Also parents can now block certain websites from their child viewing it such as pornography. Also there are many products such as Norton which prevents viruses from entering the device.

4.       Privacy

There are many new ways in which people can have their privacy such as having password protected apps to protect things such as pictures, chats and other things. Chat history can be cleared for people to have their privacy. Also apps such as whatsapp, instagram and twitter have settings to decide who can view your profile which is a way to have more privacy.

5.       Copyright

Copy right has changed as before people could easily record and film movies in the cinema and it is harder to publish stuff without consent as it is seen as plagiarism. 

6.       Business

Business has changed as you can advertise slot more on websites and social networks to get your message across to the people globally with simple and quick access.

7.       Culture

You can research and investigate different into different cultures via a variety of search engines, e.g. Google.

8.       Community