Final Post Launch

• How large an online footprint do you have? 

I have a decent size following, I have a fitness account therefore I believe that is where I have a footprint.

• Which social media sites do you use? What have you put on them? 

I use Instagram, Snapchat, Vsco, TikTok, and Facebook.  I use them to stay connected to past friends that I have moved away from and also to share my life and my successes. I have used my social media as a positive pace to try and motivate people, especially through my fitness account.

•  What private information have you voluntarily given out, such as your phone number and e-mail address? To what sites and why?

I have given out my phone number and email to my social media platforms and also online stores for coupons and emails. I gave it out because I wasn't thinking about the risk that could have happened while giving out my information.

• Consider the sorts of questions posed by The Atlantic article: Does social media make people lonely? Depressed?

Social media makes people lonely and or depressed because it is a constant toxic place.  People constantly compare themselves to people they follow or celebrities, It could be body image or anything of that matter. It can also be lonely because someone can see who is hanging out together and they can not be invited.

• Do you think your relationship with technology is healthy?

Yes and No, sometimes it can be but other times I find myself comparing myself to other people. I think it's all about balance (not being on it all the time) and also how your mental health is because if it's not good then it will just be a toxic place to be on.

Living in the Age of AI

• What are the positive aspects of more and more complex artificial intelligence and machine learning?

AI can become smarter over time, thus increasing a business' efficiency. AI will also significantly reduce the probability of human error and study historical data to cut costs. Facial recognition, pattern identification, and digital content analysis will be huge.

• What about privacy, pros, and cons?

The privacy-preserving technologies specifically for AI are in their early stages and it will be difficult to preserve privacy in the age of AI.  AI methods are being used to identify people who wish to remain anonymous, this is a con because it invades people's privacy.  This can be a pro because it increases how advanced our technology is becoming, this can help us in wars or different problems with other counties.

 

• What about national security?

The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) stated that AI is “world-altering,” predicting that AI technologies “will be a source of enormous power for the companies and countries that harness them.

• What about online security and identity theft?                                           

This online security makes it easier for attackers to quickly spot openings, for example, networks without protection.  AI can help countries to identify potential threats, share information easily, and protect mechanisms from them, this will also help protect against identity theft.

EOTO, Presentations

 While listening to each presentation in class today, Media Consolidation stood out to me the most.  Media Consolidation is the concentration of ownership of our news sources into the hands of fewer and fewer corporations.  With that being said, this leads to less local news gathering, less news staffing, and fewer interactions with local communities.  Media Consolidation is bad due to the fact that it is one news source covering everything.  This will lead to only the left side news or only the right side news, the news will also not be 100 percent accurate.  Having this will make news outlets only pay out what will make them money therefore not everything going on in the world will have to be shown.  There are only six news companies that run all of the news outlets that are provided to us.  Media Consolidation means less local news and more of a right-wing slant.  This will affect people from making their own personal views because their opinion will be made for them. 

Diffusion of Innovations

One of the main reasons that the theory of Diffusion of innovations caught on and spread was because Everett Rogers who was a professor of communication studies talked highly about the theory in his novel, Diffusion of Innovations. Also, the theory of diffusion of innovations has been used for popular topics like medicine and marketing. Motivation and ability were the two driving forces for early adopters of innovation. Many people will change their abilities so they can be able to adapt to the innovation and these people also use motivation by seeing how much value the innovation holds to them. Rogers's theory on diffusion of innovation was so popular because it is the most cited for research. The difference between early adopters and late adopters is centralized around the idea of social status, wealth, and opinion on innovation. Early adopters have high social status, wealth, and have strong opinions, and are open to the idea of innovation. Late adopters are people with minimal social status, and low financial status, and are in a bind to figure out if they are on board with the idea of innovation. There is also another category which is known as the people who completely disregard the idea of adoption. They do not have a strong opinion, do not like change, and feel comfortable with keeping ties with tradition. In my opinion, in the 21st and for the rest of time technology has taken over society and will continue to keep growing. I like the idea because I feel that technology has helped issues that could not be solved without technology. However, with everything, there are some downsides. For example, I feel that media can sometimes make situations in the world much worse than they could have been without technology. With that being said, I still feel that no matter if you like the idea of having technology everywhere you go, a person must adapt because they will not survive within our tech-driven world. Some people do not agree with the innovations that technology has undergone during the past few decades. What I would say to them is, how could you not want to cure diseases that couldn't be cured without technology or why would you not want to use technology to your advantage and take your company or career to the next level. I do agree, that there are some negatives to innovation in technology however the benefits outweigh the cost. 

EOTO Terms and Concepts

 1. Beyond a simple definition, what are the implications? What might be good, what might be bad?

 * A Community that is no longer covered by daily or non-daily newspapers.

GOOD

* Other news outlets are more time friendly

*Makes the news more simple

BAD

* Risk of being unreliable

* Social media can limit people from making their own decisions

2. How might it affect society as a whole?  

* Small communities that rely on local newspapers for a majority of their news will have to find a new way to get their news.

3. How might it affect different segments differently — rich/poor, old/young, male/female, gay/straight, majority/minority?

* This will be something that will be easier and faster for the younger and wealthy.

~ The young and rich will most likely like this.

* The older and poor will have to find another way to get their news.

~ The Old and Poor will most likely not like this.

4. How might it affect you? Your family and friends? Your generation?

* Today social media is the easiest way to get your news

* Without newspapers, it will save trees and also make news a lot more clear than it was in the past.

Privacy, Online and Off

1. How do these issues affect you? Your friends and family?

All of my and my friends and family's information is being watched, everything I have looked up, every place I have been to, to the amount of money my parents make and how much my house is.  This issue affects safety in good and bad ways in today's world.

2. What should the government be doing about these issues?

The government should work on ways to stop the number of hackers that are able to listen to phone calls and see text messages.  The government should monitor what is being communicated but, if it isn't for a reason, for example, terrorists and or criminals.  If you are just an everyday person then your privacy should be kept private.

3. What can we do to protect ourselves from invasions of our privacy? 

~ Use security tools and browsers

~ Don't just accept things that come up on your technology without reading the terms and conditions

~ Do research on what is good reliable technology platforms

~ Have a fake email

~ Don't always use your real information

~ Don't always give out your information

EOTO Presentations

 HULU

 Corporate Hulu

While listening to the presentations, I was fascinated when learning about Hulu.  Since Hulu is something I use on almost a day-to-day basis, learning about how it was created was interesting to hear.  Hulu is owned by the Walt Disney Company, NBC Universal, Providence Equity, and Fox Entertainment Group.  It was created by two people, Jason Kilar and Beth Comstock on March 22, 2007, in New York.  Although it was created in 2007, it was open to the public on March 12, 2008.  Today in April of 2022, there are over 3.3 million people who have a subscription to Hulu. With there being millions of people using this streaming platform, it is only available in The United States, and Japan.  Unlike other streaming platforms, Hulu releases new episodes 24 hours after the premiere on network tv.  Being a college student Hulu is a great subscription to have because it is affordable and also has multiple genres of tv shows and movies to watch. 

The Progressive Era

    These websites aren't being seen or heard about because it is showing everything the United States is doing wrong.  Having these websites being shown opens up what America needs to fix.  Having these websites censored from us will keep the people of America uneducated on what is going wrong in our country.  The government wasn't to brainwash the people into thinking "everything that is going on in America is what needs/should be happening".  These Anti-War websites bash the president and the government, this is something that the government tries to shut down but cannot because of the first amendment.  Therefore, instead of shutting down these websites, they don't promote them.