Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Culture & Technology
- Anonymity
- People can pretend to be people
they aren't and gain private
information or do something anonymously
- Hackers sometimes do this
to gain private details
- Spammers can send out emails anon.
without worrying about complaints
- Often people who do something
anonymously cannot be caught if they do it
anon.
- Provides a shield to hide behind
- The government have laws in place to
reduce anonymity in case of illegal
actions
- Service providers have to keep a record for 12 months of
websites a user has visited: authorities don't need a warrant
to access these
- The internet can provide a
PLATFORM to say things that are
not acceptable in certain
cultures.
- Example: being gay is illegal in some countries
and discussing it could lead to prosecution
- Allows people to point out injustice, but not be
revealed as whistleblowers
- Viral Videos
- Viral videos, Images and Memes, can
spread across the internet very rapidly
- Give people around the world a shared
experience that they can discuss and
build upon
- Often brings in huge amounts of people
- People can become famous overnight, or get their 10
seconds of fame before a new viral video comes along.
- Advertising companies aim to
manufacture viral videos hoping to gain
huge amounts of free publicity
- Large groups can respond to these videos and
bring about substantial legal and political changes
- Social movements
- Public image and views of politicians can change in
accordance to these viral videos
- Publicity aim to get ahead of viral
spreading, and make a brand
- No one knows what really makes a
video go viral
- Citizen Journal
- Health
- Social Media
- Everyone in the UK is connected to social
media in some way
- Allow people to communicate more easily
- Allows businesses to advertise to customers,
recieve feedback and comment in real time.
- Allows everyone to see news and updates about
things live, enabling up to date knowledge
- However, false information and
fake news can spread just as
quickly as live news
- Makes it much more difficult to find the
truth in a situation
- People can be distracted by social
media, as it is such a large part of life
today
- Can distract student from education; can distract adults from their employment
- Could be used as a
substitute for friendship
- Could isolate them from the world around us
- Can help people find helpful
groups but could also provide
a banner for hateful groups
too
- Affects all cultures