Bryan Arnette's Learning Blog

     I found the readings from the chapter very interesting. One that caught my attention was on page 237 that discussed Social Media Terrorism. I remember when the Boston Marathon bombings occurred it was brought to light that they were able to learn to build the pressure cooker bombs by watching videos on YouTube. Even with current events going on not many people know that the number one social media outlet in Russia is YouTube. YouTube is also the oldest social media outlet that people have used and posted on. The reading from page 239 also caught my attention because it involves using social media to harass and stalk people. There are times when people have restraining orders against another person, and they use social media to harass that person or stalk their whereabouts. Up until just recently many state laws had no way of prosecuting these people. I have had actual experience with this. I was going through a bad divorce in which I had to get a protection injunctio...

     Some of the readings I understand more because I was of the old day and age of Polaroid and Kodak myself where the only way that you could get any pictures in a digital format you had to scan them. To be honest I found the videos on Instagram interesting but I still most likely will not use it. Years ago, I would always post things on Facebook and other social media outlets. I had tried to use Pinterest at one point, but then could never get into it because it became overwhelming with all the different arts and craft stuff. I come from an artsy family so when I would see different stuff, I would want to try to make it myself or better. To be honest this is all new to me because I barely use Facebook myself. The original purpose of taking this class was to branch out and try to learn some other avenues for social networking. As a photographer I found the Flikr assignment interesting because I like to be able to create a gallery out there where I can feature different ...

     Today, with the ever-changing ways that people depend on social media and using it for networking capabilities for whatever reason I foresee many changes that will come in the next year. I feel the part of the reasoning for changing the name and purpose to the new Meta concept is a way to rewrite Facebook’s history and try to remove some of the controversy. I feel this one of the reasons because of all the attention that Facebook gained during the elections. I also feel this way because of the stigma that Facebook has placed on youth and the mental heath of those who use their platform. In the reading it discusses Mobile Geotagging and how your location is used for being able to promote business and help businesses get more customers. I have always had an issue with this because I feel that in a way it is a way to spy on the users of these platforms. I take pride in my privacy and have all these options turned off because I feel that it is an evasion to my privacy, a...