Week 5: Our precious media life..

There is no doubt that as of 2011, we are obsessed with the media. If we’re not on our phones, we’re online. If we’re not online, we’re watching TV. If we’re not watching TV, we’re shuffling music on our Ipods. Deuze (2011) puts this all in perspective by stating how “our life is lived in, rather than with, media – we are living a media life.” Hannah states how “People don’t live in the moment, they live online” which is a great reflection.  I’m definitely living a media life, spending hours a day consuming and using media in every possible way, and I love it. However, I am cautious about my online behavior and what I leave of information, as we all know we’re leaving traces behind in everything we do online, which Amy reflects on further. This could potentially harm us later, especially considering how common it is to be “Googled” for a potential job.

Isn’t it interesting how we react at those who don’t have a profile on Facebook? Those who never updates their status, posts a photo or writes on their friend´s walls? They have become the antisocial people, as it is more accepted to announce every single move, thoughts and actions on Facebook, rather than not. 

Is this how you want´t your tombstone to look like? Get offline! 

I’ll actually rather be a bit more antisocial online, leave fewer traces behind and concentrate on my life offline. My real life. Confirm?



References: 


Deuze, M. 2011. “Media Life”. Media, Culture & Society 33 (1): 137-148.

Hannah. 2011. "Week 5, " Platform nine and three quarters. Accessed April 4, 2011. 
http://iamtheswanqueen.blogspot.com/2011/04/week-5.html

Mahoney, Brian. (2010). "How To: Prepare For Your Online Afterlife". Image. Accessed April 4, 2011. http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/how_prepare_your_online_afterlife


Maynard, A. 2011. "A Personal Brand Audit for Dummies, " New media, a blog by Amy Maynard. Accessed April 4, 2011. 
http://amyonnewmedia.blogspot.com/2011/04/personal-brand-audit-for-dummies.html

Week 4: Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the biggest bully of all?

Doesn’t it seem strange how internet etichs seems to be valued less important than real world ethics? Even though it is in fact easier to get away with bad behaviour online, It should be taken seriously however. Very seriously.

Over the last decades, escpecially with the rise of social networking sites, bullying has reached a new level. Long gone are the days where bullying only happened face to face. Now, with the relative anonymity of social media, “it makes it possible to commit immoral acts so fast that one hardly notices” (Hamelink, 2006,  p. 118). Things you would never say to someone in person, has become easy to say with a click of a button.

Voe, a 15 year old top blogger from Norway, recently shut down her blog due to months of cyber bullying. She earned thousands of dollars every day on her blog, but gave that up as she couldn’t handle the bullying anymore. That say’s a lot about how much cyber bullying affects people. Rosie’s great headline describes this perfectly; “Sticks and stones may break your bones, but online taunts will haunt you.”

I personally can’t stand some people’s online behavior. It seems too easy to justify bad online behaviour simply because they’re hiding behind a nickname or a fake profile.  Grow up!

And stop sending me “I hate…“ groups on Facebook. Ignore.

 

References:

Emilie Nereng, 2011. Voe's blog. Accessed March 28, 2011. http://voe.blogg.no/

Facebook. 2011. “I HATE JULIA GILLARD”. Accessed March 28, 2011. http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/I-HATE-JULIA-GILLARD/113650705351539

Hamelink, C. (2006). The Ethics of the Internet: Can we cope with Lies and Deceit on the Net? In Ideologies of the Internet, K. Sarikakis & Daya Thussu, pp. 115-130. New Jersey: Hampton Press. 

Rosie’s New Media Reflections.  2011. “Sticks and stones may break your bones... but online taunts will haunt you” Rosie's New Media Reflections, March 27. Accessed March 28, 2011. http://rosiesnewmediareflections.blogspot.com/2011/03/sticks-and-stones-may-break-your-bones.htmlbreak-your-bones.html

Sheen. 2010. "The Harsh Effects of Cyber Bullying: A Call to Action Now!". Image. Accessed March 28, 2011. http://thedelanoobserver.blogspot.com/2010/07/harsh-effects-of-cyber-bullying-call-to.html#axzz1HsSdvIFL