I agree with this statement, especially the first part. People make different assumptions and this is where we run into problems online. People have different lifestyles, customs, cultures, and world views so they don't always see eye-to-eye and it causes tension. We need a more unified set of norms so that people don't run into problems.

I agree with the mom here because if someone posts something online, anyone with Internet access has the ability and right to access it if they want to. In this case, yeah it's super annoying but that's what you get for posting your journal online.

It's not just the teens' fault. The parents are giving teens a reason to hide, even if they aren't doing anything wrong. Because the parents are trying so hard to protect their children, it causes them to want to rebel against their parents. If parents simply trusted their children online, they would have nothing to worry about.

People will literally watch anything. Things that are of so little importance become extremely popular in the media because online, people aren't really looking for important things. They want to be amused, entertained, and distracted. Even if they're trying to get work done, it's hard to pass up the opportunity to procrastinate just a little bit by watching some crazy stupid video.

This shows how we think of things wrong. In class we talked about how we aren't on the Internet, we ARE the Internet. The Internet is not a thing of its own but rather the people say that they're on it. Also, this shows that information and connections are available to virtually anyone with a computer/phone/Internet connection.

I think that in the past, we haven't given the Internet enough credit. People say, "don't believe everything you read on the Internet," but you shouldn't be too quick to believe anything you read in general. Just because a newspaper is a physical object does not give it a higher status of validity than an online news-source.

I believe that this is taking it too far. Memes can not brainwash people. I believe that people still have the power to think freely and I do not think a meme "makes" them think something. That's the same as saying commercials literally brainwash us, or that advertising in general does.

I never thought about it like this better. Memes are not dissimilar to songs or any type of propaganda. They want to get across a message and we become familiar to them, and share them sometimes without fully knowing the meaning behind them.

I see this all over Twitter. People try to add their own text to memes such as the Spongebob meme with the rainbow or others to try to get it going. What's funny is it's just the same thing over and over again and it's only changed a little bit.

This connects with the online threat posted from the frog meme that scared everyone away from school a few weeks ago. It doesn't take much for something to pull a reaction out of unsuspecting people online. People say "not everything on the internet is true" but sometimes we act like it.

It takes two seconds to share something that you find funny, embarrassing, or interesting with your friends. I always thought of something going viral as something that was newsworthy, but now in today's society it could be nothing and people could still be interested.

The idea of something "living on" has been around for a while now. With the help of the Internet, this phrase has been given a whole new meaning. Anything you put online lives on forever, whether that is a good thing or a bad thing. Sometimes you wish you could just delete something off of everything, but once it's on there its on there forever.

If the public has no say in a matter, how can it be certain that it is for their interest? Who dubbed people inept to make decisions for themselves? Since people created technology and are programming it, it's as if the people who created the technology decided everyone else's opinions were of no value.

This forewarns the idea of everything being controlled and not able for us to change or challenge. We will have to accept everything as-is and since technology is expanding extremely fast and becoming more and more a part of our daily life, it is dangerous how little control we have over it.

As we discussed in class, this "stream" is becoming the norm on social media as well as the Internet. When you Google something, the results come up as a stream which you can skim over until you find what you want. It's becoming more and more mindless, just like television.

It is very important to see and understand the views of others in all things, especially politics. It is ignorant to only look at one side of things and that's what news is doing. This tailoring of the news to what the computer thinks we want to see is hurting our knowledge about important national and global issues.

Because of the recent threats, I was checking the news a lot to see updates. I could not find information about it unless I directly Googled "October 5 2015 Philadelphia school threat." I have a News app on my phone and it did not show anything about this very local story that is all over the televised news. There is such a stark difference between the televised news and the digital news, it is astonishing.

I think this is a valid yet sad point he made. People are becoming so self-centered with their news reading and technology is encouraging it and it causes us to miss what news is actually meant to do--keep the public informed about what's happening domestically and globally. We need to go back to the basics with news before it's too late.

This highlights the power of online collaboration. People from around the area got interested in the story and were able to locate her address and even drive by the verify it. This shows that having a strong network is crucial when dealing with a tough issue. A way to have a strong network is to get your friends to share your story, which is exactly what Evan did and is exactly why he got so much publicity and ultimately success.

This part highlights how mob-mentality is prevalent online. People can get all riled up on a just cause (the lost phone that got stolen) and then completely redirect their anger and cause issues. Often times, like this situation, it is full of racism and marginalizing.

This is such a true statement. For example, big Facebook groups such as the SJU class of 2019 group or my senior class's group were both pretty big so that only those who wanted to participate were noticed and those who didn't were forgotten about. I remember when everyone tried to plan a senior prank and it was awful. The communication between everyone fell apart because people forget how large and diverse the group is. Just because one person and a select set of friends from the group wants to do something, doesn't mean everyone supports their idea.

This is such a true statement. For example, big Facebook groups such as the SJU class of 2019 group or my senior class's group were both pretty big so that only those who wanted to participate were noticed and those who didn't were forgotten about. I remember when everyone tried to plan a senior prank and it was awful. The communication between everyone fell apart because people forget how large and diverse the group is. Just because one person and a select set of friends from the group wants to do something, doesn't mean everyone supports their idea.

I think it's true that too often in group settings, people forget about the group as a whole and just focus on themselves when trying to solve issues or problems. That's such a narrow-minded and counterproductive way of figuring something out because though their perspective matters, everyone else's perspective matters just as much. People seem to forget that very easily.

It's true that as the internet grows exponentially, so does the bullshit people post. But at the same time, quality information is also shared over the Web and you just need to take time to weed through what is true and what is false; what is fake and what is factual.

It's mind blowing how much information one can find about a source without looking that deeply. You can Google someone's name or a companie's name and pages of pages of information pop up, whether it be social media or pictures, they're all there and compiled within a fraction of a second.

Though this is true that people can provide feedback instantaneously, sometimes these sources are unreliable and just cause a bunch of their followers to freak out and blow the misinformation out of proportion and retweet it, and then their followers will do the same until the false info has gone viral.

Students can be distracted by anything. The other students can distract them, posters around the room can distract them, anything can be a distraction. There is no way to simply shut off thoughts. Devices just offer a way to engage the part of ourselves that is not needed during the classtime, if used in the right way. I'm not saying we shouldn't pay attention to our teachers, but I'm saying that you need to find a balance and realize that students will be distracted no matter what.

I don't really understand this point because how can you trust someone if you don't know them? I understand that you can still trust someone to consult your work if you do not know them personally, but you should know OF them and I think without this important piece, it's like saying we should trust strangers.

I think this shows how different students have varying multitasking abilities. It's important to note that there is no way to say "multitasking is bad" or "multitasking is good" because it is strictly individual. Social media provides numerous new ways to multitask; one can tweet while walking down the street, or take videos of everything they do while they do it for their Snapchat story. I think it's impossible in this day and age to not multitask. I don't think that means that one can't focus on one thing more than other, even if they are doing multiple things. For example, I'm listening to music now but I'm focused more on typing than the music.