Blog Post Privacy

 In the first Ted Talk, the man is speaking about electronic tattoos.  What he means when speaking is that with the way technology works today people are tweeting, blogging, vloging, and posting on social media; which causes their electronic tattoos.  Even though they are not permanently on your body, they are following you everyday and every time someone posts on social media.  It can affect someone’s career path, someone’s opportunity for getting into college, or someone’s opportunity for getting a job.  These people are watching your every move.  Your GPS, your credit score, they can track you, etc.  For people nowadays it is getting really hard to escape their past.  They can be exposed online for stuff they said 10+ years ago, even if they had changed as a person and we’re young and stupid.  Everything someone says on social media will then follow them for the rest of their life.  

In the second video, the woman is talking about how surveillance equipment is becoming so evolved.  It is gathering local police departments to have surveillance equipment that can obtain vast information on each and every one of us if they have to, which was never previously possible.  With this new surveillance technology; if a person is driving their car around the United States it can reveal if they see a therapist, or go to an AA meeting.  Basically whatever the police departments want to see on people they are watching.  These issues can affect many different sorts of people because their private lives are being exposed to people who work in the police department that they don’t even know.  For example, if I was driving to see my therapist one day the police could see that, and if they had something they needed to ask me about they could see where I am and meet me there.  A lot of places for people in the United States, depending on what they consider and “safe space” is a safe space for people.  Nothing should be able to break their “safe space” even if it is the police.  What we can do to protect ourselves from invasions of privacy like this, is to try and put a stop to all of this new forms of technology being used on day to to day people, and try and catch some of our country's biggest criminals, or people committing such heinous crimes in our country like; human trafficking, murder, nuclear weapons, etc.  

Blog Post Age of AI

 Artificial Intelligence is something that has been progressing and evolving all around the world, especially now.  In the Age of AI China is taking on the United States.  In this they are racing to take control of a certain technology that could potentially change everything.  The way people work, play, how democracy functions, and how potentially the world could be realigned.  In this documentary it shows exploration in ways of how our world is being reshaped by technology, and artificial intelligence.  This development in the documentary is compared to the Industrial Revolution.  Started in 1760 ended in 1830.  It is an event for human history with technology evolving and will keep evolving the way it is.  The Age of AI follows China, and one of their servers, and brings an insider view on the start up of competitive culture of artificial intelligence.  In this film they show the power that Al has, and calls it a “break through” technology.  By using the power Al has, scientists unleashed a new power into our world as a whole.  Artificial Intelligence is something that the world has been wanting to use for so long, and now that China has the equipment they are ready to take on any country with it.

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 Blog Post EOTO #2 

Media consolidation is the concentration of media ownership is a process whereby progressively fewer individuals or organizations control increasing shares of mass media.  “Media consolidation implications are that it leads to less local staffing, less local news gatherings, and less interaction with local communities, which hinders democracy.”  There are good, and bad parts to media consolidation more bad then good.  The advantages to media consolidation is that you are paying less than cable TV for more channels you can stream, and that there are more channels for bundles that you can buy.  

   

There are many disadvantages to media consolidation.  In 1983 90% of American media was owned by 50 companies.  Looking back to 2022 there are only six companies who own 90% of the media.  This is a major concern within the media because since 90% of the media is owned by big business corporations this means whatever these corporations want to get out there they can.  This can affect society as a whole because since there are not a lot of competing perspectives in the media means there can be illusions created for viewers because the media is only putting out what their owners want people to hear.  

 

Media Consolidation can affect many groups of minorities because of the way the press is being released.  Media consolidation in other words, is tearing our country apart instead of bringing us together as a whole.  The media has a lot to do with politics today, and social movements.   As media has been evolving, and only 6 different companies own the media, they can control what gets released, and what doesn’t.  This means that if someone at a company owned by the media doesn’t want a story getting out then it doesn’t have to.  This can hurt minority groups because of the separation between Fox News vs. CNN.  Fox News is known for their conservative side, and putting out stories about minority groups in our country that make them not look good.  As with CNN they put out stories that make the conservative side look bad.  

Overall as a whole, media consolidation is good for our society especially with media, and technology evolving throughout the world.  It is putting our country into the hands of the high up people that own these media companies to allow what is out in our media, and what is not.  Which can be very damaging for our country.  

   

https://billmoyers.com/story/media-consolidation-should-anyone-care/

Final Blog Post

Final Blog Post 

The media's role in my life is impeccable compared to how people ten-plus years older than me were growing up. I got my first iPod touch when I was ten years old, and ever since that day; the media has played a profound role in my life. Growing up, my older sister and I used our iPod touches to make video stars, post on Instagram, make movies, and play games together, all on our iPod touch. The second I got that iPod touch, it immediately changed my life. It was terrible because my parents would still take our iPod touch away to make us go outside, play in the basement, or swim in the pool. But, it's the initial reaction the kids ( like myself ) have when their parents decide to take whatever device they have away. They either freak out and start crying or throw hysterical temper tantrums to try and receive their device back.  

My digital footprint would include the following:

• My text messages.

• My safari search history on my phone.

• Photos and videos.

• Tagged photos on social media.

• My likes on Facebook and Twitter.

Everything I just stated is a part of my digital footprint, and there is definitely more, so I am pretty exposed online. If someone has access to my text messages and reveals something I have said to my friends or family, I could ruin my life and never have the same opportunities I would've had. If someone had all of my photos and videos, I would probably get in so much trouble with my parents. My browsing history on safari is usually just clothes and shoe shopping. Anyone who wants to know what clothes I want can buy them. My family and friends post many photos of me on social media in my tagged pictures; I either 1. Hate how I look in them and don't want them in my tagged pictures, or 2. My parents posted something that I do not want people to see me tagged. It's not an inconvenience for anyone, really, except for me in my brain.  

In the day of age I grew up in, I figured out what editing photos were at a very young age. Cyberbullying was at an all-time high when I was at the peak of using social media. People would comment or talk about other people's social media posts, saying things like, "don't you think she gained weight?" Or, "wow, she needs to wear some makeup." No one seemed to care what they were saying about people, no matter how hurt someone's feelings were. One day, I overheard my older sister and her friends talking about how to edit pictures to post on Instagram. Whether it was your face blurring out your acne or your body to make yourself look skinnier, there is even an option to smooth out your complexion, change the colors of your eyes, and make your teeth whiter. When I heard my sister and her friends talking about it, I wanted to try editing. I took a picture of myself, found the app, and started editing. When I finished editing the photo, I knew it looked fake, but I posted it anyway. The number of comments I got on my post and the number of people talking about my position at school was an insane amount. Everyone was talking about how fake my picture was. I went home from school that day and cried to my mom; that was when I knew social media had gotten the best of me.  

The Wonders of Technology Video shows a world with technology. A world in which technology conquers everything. This video reveals a world in which technology is highlighted in a positive light and not a negative one. A world where there is the only technology that isn't hostile towards people and not bringing people down. A world in which technology is probably the best experience that has happened to people. The video was shot, and the ride was created in 1964—a time when technology was not even around like it is today. Speaking from personal experience, technology today is perceived as good and evil. The bad outweighs the good in most situations, but there are perks and bonuses to technology today. Not like it is seen in the video and not how people perceive technology today. But, it is nice to think that someday eventually, the world could be a better place with a positive light shed upon technology. 

Looking at the other video of the "Mad World" music video remix, the video shows many people when the technology first became popular and is still relevant to this day. The video shows people glued to their devices walking around in the street. The little boy keeps running into people, and people get outraged and scared of him. At one point in the video, the boy is sitting on the ground, crying while people just walk around on their devices.