Social Media & Ethics

As I was watching Clay Shirky: How social media can make history, I began thinking how new forms of media challenge traditional narrative forms. One to many is a traditional way of communication. Many to Many is the new pattern that is a result of a digital technology innovation. As we digitize our books, our …

Reading Response to: “Publish, Then Filter”

"Here Comes Everybody," Chapter 4 reflection: The chapter begins by saying that  "media landscape is transofrmed, because personal communication and publishing, previously separate functions" are now merging together.  The media landscape becomes more miscellaneous.  The problem is that bad filtering is mixed with good.  In other words, "bad" miscellany clogs up the internet. Peronal postings, …

Reading Response to: “Psychology Journal Articles”

Reflection on the readings. This chapter begins with talking about research and peer review process.  Psychologists prefer to use a quality research because it is done by peer review process, which is a careful and meticulous process of reviewing and contributing to the thought process on the works of professionals by other professionals in a …

Reading Response to: “The Geography of Knowledge”

Chapter 3 reflection: Leave it up to religion, specifically Christianity, to become a problem... aside my personal views, this chapter has broadened my understanding on the issue of categorizing and information sorting methods. For me the decimal system of Melvil Dewey mean absolutely nothing, I understand a number is assigned, but how does it get …