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#450SocialSP24

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Beware of TikTok spying on user data

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#parentsconnect450

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@GudGradesAlways @zachwhite2111 @Cmoore1970 Phones in this day and age have become domesticated by the public and used readily in many aspects of life. It can connect through long distances and help continuous communication between local friends. While the new apple headset is undomesticated, only time will tell.

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@GudGradesAlways @zachwhite2111 @Cmoore1970 Phones in this day and age have become domesticated by the public and used readily in many aspects of life. It can connect through long distances and help continuous communication between local friends. While the new Apple Headset is undomesticated, only time will tell.

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@kylamferry Right, watching the social dilemma has been on my watch list for some time now. I am glad I now more aware and conscious of app design, algorithms, data, and the implications on my personal life. Government is for the people but companies are free to put money above all else.

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@baileeo01 I agree, authentic representation online leads to better understanding and connections online with new potential friends/partners. While nobody likes posting the ups and the downs in your life, transparency is the best approach; especially for influencers/ big follow accounts.

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Takeaway from class: Social Media is neither utopian or dystopian. Social Media has upsides and downsides but it is a tool. Users give it its connotation associated given the situation or medium. It is how I use Social Media that defines its use. #450SocialSP24

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@maebl8kman @jenkinsjazzy7 It is neither dystopian nor utopian it just is. “Social construction” ties into why we view things as good or bad. Example: dumping someone on text is BAD-but text is neither bad/good/casual. It is the social construct along with someone’s media ideologies that say so.

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@michaelapaolini It tied into the hierarchy vs group mention. While Facebook groups can be a conducting tool for change, unless there is organization and a chain of command, a movement is meta-voicing. This is why BLM is not just an online hashtag but an organization with a hierarchy in F2F.

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@baileeo01 I agree, the “strong tie phenomenon” was prevalent in Flint because it affected the entire community, friends and family were all getting involved in activism to make a difference. It is harder for the one to stand up in the face of injustice vs the many. (MLK reference)

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Ch 6 tells a new concept of self-disclosure referred to as social penetration. This entails disclosing feelings/information about you. (sometimes too much too soon) This leads to more intimate conversations/relationships usually online because of “hyper-personal communication”

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@Alissas2003 It goes back to the saying “Nothing is free” If you don’t know what the product is or how it makes money you likely are the product. Companies have steered away from benefiting users to prioritizing advertisers. The bottom line in the US often overlooks ethics, and sometimes law.

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@DruT_BSU This diminishes the idea of ethics as a whole. Computers/Algorithms don't have ethics, they have results. If the “future is computers” it leads to an unethical system of government and society. One idea shared in the video, is ethical design, keeping users well-fair in mind.

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@elllajacobson I agree, this concept ties into disembodied identity where users tend to act independently of their real selves. Without the accountability and social norms of F2F, online perceptions blur the truth. This concept of authenticity ties into the previous chapters in our textbook.

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Understanding the different users will help you to understand the group’s social norms/shared practices/shared identity. Think…Idaho>BSU>Sorority>Specific Friend-group (subgroups) #450SocialSP24

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Virtual communities and the variety of users: In each community, there are subgroups with practices/purposes of their own. There are also 4 types of users within communities: regulars, newbies, lurkers, & bashers, each with distinctive behaviors.

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@elllajacobson @Cmoore1970 Where social cues are lacking, technology grows. Looking at the history of tech, it has grown from calls to FaceTime giving us added social cues such as expression/body language. In the future technologies may add touch and smell that add more cues to our online interactions.

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@baileeo01 I agree, we can post based on our “imagined audience” but ultimately their opinions of our content shape their perception of us. I would say transparency is the best approach to authenticity. Nobody is perfect and we know that.

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@NicoShiverick This is one of those examples of social shaping- whereas before we would write to people over long distances, it is efficiently possible now through technology. Aka: society's want for connections over distance is mirrored by technological capabilities in the modern era.