Define privacy according to society today...
If you were to think about it at this very moment, you probably wouldn't be able to come up with a solid definition. Because if you're really thinking about this, nothing in the world today is private, but according to the dictionary privacy is defined as "the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others."
Earlier this week we discussed the news on the Rutgers student Tyler Clementi, who committed suicide after his roommate allegedly streamed his gay tryst online using a Webcam and posted it live on the internet. In response to this tragic video post, Tyler posted a goodbye message on his Facebook page, Sept. 22 at 8:42 p.m. which read, "Jumping off the gw bridge sorry." The fact that his goodbye message was posted as his Facebook status for all of his friends to see was something I could not believe. But in today's world, Facebook and other Social Network Sites are the new outlet to post such things.
Earlier this week we discussed the news on the Rutgers student Tyler Clementi, who committed suicide after his roommate allegedly streamed his gay tryst online using a Webcam and posted it live on the internet. In response to this tragic video post, Tyler posted a goodbye message on his Facebook page, Sept. 22 at 8:42 p.m. which read, "Jumping off the gw bridge sorry." The fact that his goodbye message was posted as his Facebook status for all of his friends to see was something I could not believe. But in today's world, Facebook and other Social Network Sites are the new outlet to post such things.
This month alone Tyler and a substantial amount of teens have committed suicide because they were either bullied, cyber-bullied and/or teased. There have been many responses to this tragedy, but there was one which struck people the most. Ellen DeGeneres' video post, in my opinion was the most sincere, not only was she deeply saddened but she knows how they feel. If you haven't seen this video I highly recommend you do, below is a link to her response.
I think your post does a good job of showing how social media and netowrking bring about contradictions in our lives. On the one hand they allow us to share so many aspects of our lives yet we want to still have a private life. Social networking sites allow us to have hundreds of "friends" yet still feel alone, isolated and bullied as was the case with Tyler. It's kind of sad how something as positive as social networking can be so negative or morbid.
ReplyDeleteSocial networking is such a great thing however people are using it for the wrong reasons. It should NOT be used for bullying and torturing others and those that use it for that should be punished. So many horrible things have been happening because of the internet lately but we should not blame the internet, we should blame the people using it incorrectly.
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