"Twitter do your thing..."

 Have you thought about the information you share online? What does it say about you? Is your secure information protected?

Photo Courtesy of Online Gladiators

Our topics for this week are Ethics and Legal Considerations of Social Media. There are so many ways that hackers, scammers, and phishers can access our information. Is any of it actually private?

One option for blogging this week is for you to tell me what you think about privacy. Are you being proactive about protecting your identity and information online? Explain what you do to keep yourself safe online.

Another option for blogging is related to privacy. Oftentimes, we don't think about how our content might come off before we post it, which can lead to instances where we might be publicly shamed online. It's happening more and more, where social media users highlight what other users say and do as an almost modern day witch-hunt - with the oft tweeted hashtag, "Twitter do your thing." Cancel culture is here for better or for worse. So what do you think about shaming? What about the notion of cancel culture? How are these things related to impression management?

As a part of your response (regardless of which angle you take), come up with a set of guidelines (a list of 3-5 governing ideas/techniques) that you would give a high school senior in terms of online protection (that might also have to do with keeping themselves safe from being the target of public shaming) as they begin thinking about an adult life away from home for the first time.

If these aren't up your alley, you can of course talk about something else (like the deadly sins of social media or when expectations were violated)... just make sure you bring your post back to topics we've discussed this week in some way. Add a photo and make sure your writing is broken up into readable (or snackable, as Freberg likes to say) chunks. 

Blog posts are due on Fridays by 5:00 p.m.