Wednesday 5 October 2011

Reflection on Campus Session 4/10/2011

So leading on from yesterday I wanted to summarise some of the points that were raised that I found interesting.
The internet (although an amazing tool ) has great negatives in the form of danger for the vunerable. If not used correctly it can show people in the wrong light and also lead users (mainly teenagers) to websites and chatrooms that could influence their thoughts in a negative way. There is also the fact that many believe our social skills will weaken as a generation as face to face interaction will be less which could effect people's chances of getting Jobs and making friends.
 I still strongly believe that the Internet and Web 2.0 is a positive and used in the correct way gives us a voice and an ability to share with whoever our target audience is EXACTLY what we want to say in our own voice, own language... no editors, nopublishers reading and re-reading our posts, comments and opinions, cutting and pasting and re forming till it becomes something we hardly recognise... yes this can be dangerous and offensive if used in the wrong way, but this freedom of speech is an amazing gift and I for one am very glad to have this luxury.

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