Blog Post 11

This semester, this library class had a lot of information taught and learned. The library ethnography was actually a useful assignment. It did teach me how to easily look up books in the library which I had not known before. I think this should be kept for future semesters. It was an easy assignment that helped give me the knowledge for looking the books up. I think the topics were taught at an equal and good time paste. I do understand that all the assignments given were for a purpose of learning, but I think that it was a bit too much work given for this class. But overall, the information taught in this class is and will be useful for all of my present and future classes. Some of the information taught I already had a basic knowledge of it or knew well, but of course there was some stuff I learned as well. The different formats we have learned are also going to be useful to future classes when doing papers and making sure I cite my sources. It is also important how to find credible sources when doing research papers. This will be a key concept that I have learned that will help me even more to make sure I do great research and do it correctly.

Facebookistan extra credit

The Facebook Show is talking about the controversial life and privacy issues about Facebook. In the Facebook verses Europe segment, the guy, Bob Garfield, and the lady, Brooke Gladstone, talks about how Europe is more sensitive about privacy concerning FB and how they made FB do changes. There was a guy that asked FB to give him all of his information dealing with FB. He realized how some of the data they gave him was not all of the data about him and that even post that he deleted was not deleted. It also talks about how FB deals with data and does not fully do what they are suppose to do. This also includes how FB collects data on non-members as well. And even because of all of this stuff going on, there have been many Europeans that have requested their data and now because of it, FB will make something where someone can get their data and they don’t have to be in Europe. They also speak on how FB needs to inform members of the data they are collecting and that if a person in college takes pictures that are not appropriate, and in the future wants to remove the pictures, they will disappear. We should definitely care about this and know that this is important because this can affect people in the future especially when they are trying to get a job. If a person has picture they want to remove, they should be able to remove them. And we have a right to know that FB is collecting data on us and to know the data that they are collecting. Another segment is talking about the like button. It explains the different aspects of the like button and why do we like things. Another segment is about FB fight against the epiphanator, and they this manufacture epiphanies. The guy talks about we befriend people to see our lives. The first segment relates to these two it is all about privacy. When the last one talks about befriending people, you are letting them know some of your private information you may put on there. The like button makes you keeps a count of your data and with this, it can be privacy. They all reflect a sense of privacy that FB does not know, but I guess they are or will.