Google and Social Media
The subtitle of Jeff Jarvis’ most recent book Public Parts, which we did not read but whose contents are central to the online debate at The Economist, is “How sharing in the digital age improves the way we work and live.”
In no more than 400 words, take a position on whether our decreasing anonymity online, and the increases in data collection and information sharing that accompany this decrease, either improves or damages 21st-century life. You must include an example from your own direct observation, outside reading, or personal experience, and carefully cite at least two sources from Week 6 materials. As in previous weeks, you will find a separate field for the citations so that they don't count against the word limit.
In my opinion the data collection will damage our life for a simple reason, we have a world divided in public and private life we consider our private life inalienable.
Probably in the future the humanity will forget the world private we will live where everything is public a world where we can share our interests cultural, hobbies and even illness, is that positive or negative?
Frankly I do not know but I am sure that we will have a marketing 3.0 where we will be democratically forced to buy a product or service in order to obtain a "like" from our friends followers and so on.
I totally disagree with Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook's chief operating office) when she stated that
"Finally we will be free to express who we really are" about our "authentic identity"
Well it can be true for a generation or more but as I said our world will change dramatically it is true that we are interconnected and we can say our opinions but in the same time on the net there are millions and millions of opinions with the result that the companies like Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter etc will obtain tons and tons of our personal interests, inclination and so on without a substantial benefit for their users.
In conclusion "We need to learn How To Remain Ourselves" (Andrew Keen - The Moderator's Opening Remarks - February 8th 2012)
In no more than 400 words, take a position on whether our decreasing anonymity online, and the increases in data collection and information sharing that accompany this decrease, either improves or damages 21st-century life. You must include an example from your own direct observation, outside reading, or personal experience, and carefully cite at least two sources from Week 6 materials. As in previous weeks, you will find a separate field for the citations so that they don't count against the word limit.
In my opinion the data collection will damage our life for a simple reason, we have a world divided in public and private life we consider our private life inalienable.
Probably in the future the humanity will forget the world private we will live where everything is public a world where we can share our interests cultural, hobbies and even illness, is that positive or negative?
Frankly I do not know but I am sure that we will have a marketing 3.0 where we will be democratically forced to buy a product or service in order to obtain a "like" from our friends followers and so on.
I totally disagree with Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook's chief operating office) when she stated that
"Finally we will be free to express who we really are" about our "authentic identity"
Well it can be true for a generation or more but as I said our world will change dramatically it is true that we are interconnected and we can say our opinions but in the same time on the net there are millions and millions of opinions with the result that the companies like Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter etc will obtain tons and tons of our personal interests, inclination and so on without a substantial benefit for their users.
In conclusion "We need to learn How To Remain Ourselves" (Andrew Keen - The Moderator's Opening Remarks - February 8th 2012)
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