Blog Post 10: T.V. Reed

                In today’s reading of Digitalized Lives Culture, Power and Social Change in the Internet Era by T.V. Reed he talks about how through the internet many users take on a new identity. A lot of the people that change or lie about their identity usually do this on online dating sites or sometimes even for criminal acts. Due to this the slang term catfish rose quickly. Catfish is someone that systematically lies about who they are online.

                Another thing I found interesting about today’s reading was the section where he talks about our privacy in the internet and if the internet has killed our privacy. According to Reed the internet has eroded our privacy. Due to social media a lot if the information that people would use to keep to themselves they now post it for the world to see. Not only does that make their secrets public but it is also information that can be used against them in any professional setting. 

Blog 9

In today’s readings of Grown Up Digital by Don Tapscott, there is a chapter called “Making the World A Better Place-At Ground Level.” In this chapter Tapscott is mentioning some amazing people that are part of the Net Generation. An example found in the book of one of these great people is Whitney Burton. In her presentation, Whitney Burton gave an estimate on how much it would cost to build enough schools to put all the world’s children in primary school and then she gave the amount of money used just by America alone to make ice cream and that was a total of $20 billion double of what it would cost to make enough schools for all the children. Later in her presentation Burton shares with the audience that she has already raised $16,000 to build and staff a school in Sierra Leone.

Whitney Burton was able to raise this much money due to her being part of the Net Generation. As previously stated in the book this generation is all about being connected through the use of technology or the internet. It is because of this that a lot of the Net Generation can raise enough funds and get the man power to change the world.