Milton Morris
INF103
Instructor Andrea M. Weatherhead
March 30, 2013
The Growth of Social Web
I. Using social web puts your privacy at risk a. Once information is posted on social sites it is no longer solely yours b. Sites we use have more rights to out information than we do c. “The Internet as a contemporary data highway on which the global information society is built, is known for many security risks……In this way, individual privacy is seriously endangered and is becoming an international problem” II. The development of social media transformed interpersonal communication d. Connecting with friends, relatives, and coworkers is not difficult. e. Finding friends and relatives has become easier f. Communicating with other from various parts or the world is simple and easy III. Social web allows information to be spread fast and fluent g. Learning about local and global news, sales, new music, movie reviews and so much more come from the social web. h. News and sports platforms such as CNN, ESPN, etc. use social web to post new events and articles i. “Social software such as wikis, blogs, podcasts and vodcasts, social networking services and social media sharing platforms have enabled common Web users without any background in computer science or skills in programming languages to publish content on the Web and to share it with others”
The Growth of Social Web
The social web — the various Internet sites where people interact freely, sharing and discussing information about each other and their lives —plays a fundamental role as a medium for the spread of information, ideas, and influence among its members (Kempe, 2003). While doing so these individuals utilize a multimedia mix of personal words, pictures, videos and audio. On these countless sites, people and the various groups that they may be a part of create and exchange materials and information