Internet Survival Guide

Posted by Zakirah Boyd in Technology- Freshmen · Hertz · a1 on Monday, December 12, 2016 at 9:04 am

Slide 1- Before social media, we were extremely limited in our means to interact with others and we were limited largely to the people that we knew in-person.The internet and social media has drastically changed the way people all over the world interact and communicate. People are now able to access information and share things in a way that was not possible in a previous generation. Social networks such as Facebook have provided completely new options for people to socialize, by creating individual profiles that can be used as a digital scrapbook, photo album, journal, and communications portal. Users can send each other public messages, private messages, or instant messages, and can even group their “friends” into different levels depending upon the amount of information the user wants to share with that person.

Slide 2- Lack of Control-when you post something you lose all control of where that post may end up

Slide 4- Permanence- something being permanently online.

Slide 3- Immediacy - how fast something gets spread or post online.

Slide 5- Jessica Logan, was a Ohio high school senior who committed suicide after sending a nude photo of herself to her boyfriend. When they broke up, he sent the photo to everyone else at her school. Jesse was harassed for months by the other girls at her school. Jessie’s grades began to drop, than she started skipping school, but when she did go to school, she would hide in the bathroom to avoid being teased.Lack of Control:The moment she sent those pictures to her boyfriend (at the time) she had no control over what happened to them or what people would do with them.Immediacy:When her ex-boyfriend sent those pictures to everyone in her school, there was no stopping it. Even if the pictures got “deleted”,everyone saw the pictures already. People could have screenshot, share, and post it on the internet for everyone else to see.Permanence:It's nearly impossible to completely remove a picture off the internet, because there's always a chance that someone downloaded, or screenshotted the pictures.

Slide 6- 1. Search yourself

Do a Google search for your name and also a search for your name in Google Images.

Slide 7- Keep private things private

You can, and should, put privacy setting on all content you want to share only with a select group of friends and family.

Slide 8- When I think of internet rules, I think of these 3 main rules:

1. Don't share any information that could potentially put me in harm.

2. Don't share any inappropriate posts, pictures, or information.

3. No bullying activities

I am going to use the example of Jessica logan because when she sent her boyfriend an inappropriate picture he sent it out to everyone and she began to get bullied which ruined her online and offline life, and it led to suicide.

Slide 9- Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place using electronic technology

.Mashups- Altering a piece of content so as to embarrass or insult the subject

Trolling- Posting online comments or content with the sole purpose of inciting anger in others.

Slide 10- Bystander - Take action by posting words of support for the victim.

Victim- Block the bully.

Bully- It takes much more energy to be mean than it does to be nice.

Slide 11- Don’t post any personal information online – like your address, email address or mobile number.

Think carefully before posting pictures or videos of yourself. Once you’ve put a picture of yourself online most people can see it and may be able to download it, it’s not just yours anymore.