MM52 - "Somebody's watching you..."

The article discusses the extent of privacy a user in the Internet is entitled to. The article demonstrates that even though privacy is secured by some legal rights, it doesn't guarantee safety or any form of exploitation to it, that you're being constantly 'exposed', kept under surveillance by where "somebody's watching you". As a result, the article at least suggests ways of minimising this as much as possible, examples include in social networks' such as Facebook, by making your posts visible to 'Friends only'. Essentially, the article prevents exposing a user's privacy.

Introduction to NDM: reading and blog task

1. ) Social medias such as 'Periscope' violate people's privacy, given that it is a 'mainstreaming' app in which meaning that it is live, therefore has no boundaries of consent. This can mean people are subject to bullying, especially within the teenage user community, having no regard of the implications on the material they are sharing. Music apps like 'Spotify' have extents to users' usability, when they've not purchased the premium version, not allowing them to listen to their favourite songs while offline, also meaning they cannot even listen to music if they don't have access to 4G, 3G, etc. Named the 'digital age', where technology affects different people in different ways, by their social behaviours, academic use of the media, etc, and how it has changed. 
2. ) the A2 A* essay demonstrates and suggests some theories, such as Marxism, in which businesses are using, manipulating their audience, purely for profit, as it is undoubtedly every business' sole aim. The essay also discusses and gives concrete examples of song artists that are subject, have some sort of contribution to this, etc, along with statistics such as giving users the choice to avoid advertisements with '£10 a month', giving even more light on profit-driven businesses. As a result, the essay is written with good structure, showing a range of arguments, backed up with evidence and effects.
3. ) Digital media has changed my life, as the same with every other Internet user out there. The mass material out there, from video, pictures, websites, etc has given me an insight on the world out there, from politics to recreationality, and other material, not exactly appropriate, etc. It just doesn't allow me to consume, but to also create as an individual, for other people's consumption, creating some sort of mutuality between my relationship and the digital media (like feedback for my Instagram page's artwork). However, the amount of accessibility and authority I've been given as a user of the Internet is overwhelming, sometimes intervening with other occupations that I have, which is always negative. Still, my knowledge is constantly recycling with new things as a result.