This first article is about all the new online sources that much like youtube. These new websites allow ANYONE to post live videos and ANYONE can view them. This has created an environment that allows people to be control of the content that they are making and viewing. Websites like these are making it very easy for people to produce their own work, and therefore, it is not required that we use as many resources. These technologies are allowing people to participate and become more interactive. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/22/will-live-video-catch-on-like-youtube/
These next two articles are about Myspace and are concerned with the issue of privacy. One problem that we discussed in detail in class about technology is that it is easy to lose privacy and especially on social networking sights it is hard to trust what others say. Now, most people have their settings on private so that their profiles and photos are only seen by a selected group of people (their friends). Although many people think that their profiles can't be seen by others, people have figured out ways to get around this. This can be very taunting knowing that strangers can find out all about you, even when you THINK you are being safe and making restrictions on your profiles. http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/01/myspace_torrent
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/01/more-charges-in.html
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Hi, alyson, to be more critical, why we perceive multiple channels of communication of utopian, and the mere fact that our personal information is disclosed could be conceived dystopian?
The reason why multiple channels of communication is a utopian is because some people want to be able to be more interactive and want to produce their own material. Also, they want to watch what people are making rather than just watching what is on tv. It gives people an opportunity to see different sides of people and be entertained through new mediums. On the other hand, there also people who would prefer to have their information remain private. Rather than people who want to display themselves on websites like youtube these people want to remain hidden. They purposely set their profiles and information to private, but yet their info is being tracked down. Mostly, it depends on the person's preference and how much privacy they want.
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