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Physics Project - Safety on the road
Internet Survival Guide
The Internet has changed communication because it gives humans the privilege to do things easier than they can in person without getting caught. For example, the Internet lets you judge others anonymously and possibly ruin their lives.
Immediacy is when you post something online and the post immediately is recognized by others, even if you delete it someone possibly got offended or screenshotted the post.
Permanence is when a post is permanent. It will always exist on the internet.
Lack of Control is when you don’t have control over something you or another person posted.
3. Immediacy, Permanence, and Lack of Control affect our online and offline lives because whatever is under your name will follow you forever.
4. You can protect your identity and reputation by securing your accounts and thinking before you post.
5. The internet does have rules. Social media and other websites allow you to do certain things and has the authority to ban you.
6. Cyberbullying is harassing someone else just to lower their self esteem.
There is also flaming and outing, they are considered bullying because they hurt others’ feelings and make them feel bad about themselves.
7. Victims: seek help, report the pages.
Bullies: think before you post.
Bystanders: don’t engage, talk to the victim afterwards.
8. Think about how others would feel, Remember how your post can affect your reputation, Secure accounts, Use different passwords, and be aware of hacks.LEARN-CREATE-LEAD
The Justine Sacco's Story
On October 7, 2015 The New York Times published an article about Justine Sacco. Justine Sacco is infamous from her tweet about AIDS. She tweeted, “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!” The tweet went viral and the internet ran wild. Her career and future was ruined because of her actions.
Her tweets will affect her life because everyone she meets will label her as a racist. Justine’s future jobs will look at her posts and notice that she made a joke about AIDS and Africans, and they could possibly be offended.
Immediacy comes into this story because as soon as she tweeted the remark, her followers viewed it. She couldn’t take it back or erase it from their memory, which brings Lack of Control into the picture. She had no control over who screenshotted her tweet and who shared it with her friends. The New York Times and Paparazzi noticed the comment and made articles about it which were shortly published, her tweet will be Permanent. Next time, Justine should think about what she says and how it would offend others before posting it.