My Aha comes from one of the Pew surveys that I researched for this week’s assignment. The topic was Reputation Management in Social Networking Sites and the data showed a decrease in the level of concern over sharing private information online as well as a decrease in the use of privacy settings to control the sharing of private information. I feel like internet privacy has been a bit of a “hot topic” over the last few years, so I was surprised to see that people are less concerned about it. I originally thought that the decrease in concern would be because more social media users are taking advantage of privacy controls to protect their information, but the survey data shows otherwise. So not only are we less concerned with privacy, we’re doing less to protect ourselves online.
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I find that interesting. I think I'm not one that would be included in the majority of that statistic. I am always looking out for what I post online and don't post the most private thoughts online. I always put some thought into what I post online so that I don't offend or potentially damage my own personal image should someone come across that post later.
I have also noticed that identity theft has been talked about less recently. It is if lack of privacy is a price people are willing to trade for the benefits of the internet. If someone's identity is stolen it is treated more like a random occurrence like that of a natural disaster.
I read this same review. What I found interesting is that the younger Internet users were more concerned with protecting themselves that the older users. I think this just shows how much technology has become a part of the younger culture and how they will be the ones to teach everyone else how things should be done.
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