Cyber Bullying

    Cyber bullying is such a big issue. I am a health and wellness major an we had almost an entire semester devoted to creating a bullying program that could be used to help a school prevent bullying. Cyber bullying is hard to determine unless you physically see the comments or the person being bullied tells you.
     In the one article about the girl Rebecca who commuted suicide, Mrs. Norman said that, "The school should have done more. Officials told her that Rebecca would receive an escort as she switched classes, but that did not happen." I agree that yes, the school should have done more, but the blame can not just fal on them. Technology is constantly emerging and I'm sorry, but that means parents have to step in monitor how there kids are using technology. Not only Rebecca's parents, but the parents of the bullies should be monitoring what their children are posting about their peers. Most people say that's invasion your child's privacy, but at that young of age if it is going to help in their benefit you do it.
    In the other article where the girl was harassed by the three boys at the Labor Day party, the article states that, "The school refused to expel the boys because the alleged assault did not happen at a campus related activity." I found this outrageous they are still your students and they harmed another know matter where at, there should always be repercussions because what is going to stop them from doing it again off campus. I just feel in this case the school really could of done more.
    This is why I feel parents and should need to step in and look at what's going on at home and outside of school. Half the teachers in high school and grade school know when someone is being bullied. They may not physically see it, but all kids talk and most teachers hear what they are saying in the hallways. Even if you just hear about it they should look into it. It's better to be safe then sorry.

Legal and Ethical Issues

For this topic I really do not know how I 100% feel about. I feel that yes, most information should be free, but I also think some should not. The one thing that I feel should be free, at least to students is Defintely research. I have had numerous times where I have found really good information, but could not use it because to read the rest of their findings I had to pay. As for a college students who has to waste a lot of money on books, there is no way I would pay for research. As mentioned in the one article called "Open Access Research Grows in Popularity, William's said, "She prefers open access because it gives people the opportunity to look into different areas of different research, perhaps speaking a future interest." I agree with Williams on this. Like I said before research is one big area that I feel should be free. When it comes to tv, movies, and music I am not really sure where I stan because I have some ideas as to why it should be free, but I also feel there are some reasons is should not be.

The Problem of Privacy and the Internet

When it comes to privacy and the Internet, nothing is private. Everything you put on the Internet or even put in files on your computer can some how be recovered or shared again. For example in the one article by Julia Angwin she mentions that technology is getting smarter. "The Journal found new tools that scan in real time what people are doing on a Web page, then instantly access location, income, shopping interests and even medical conditions." I find this kind of scary because everything you do can turn into something that people can find and look at. Even when it comes to Facebook, when you update a status or comment on someone's post it says your location. Therefore someone can click the city your in and zoom in enough and find what area you are posting from. This is a reason I barely use Facebook anymore. There privacy settings are not good and I believe they just changed a lot of their settings, so you can't make things private. The one article by Rebecca Greenfield regarding the Zuckerberg family, it mentions that even they are confused about the settings on Facebook. They had someone retweet a photo on Facebook that she shared with only two friends. It just shows that anyone can get there hands on anything you post on the Internet. As this article mentions, "Everything can be shared and re-shared these days." This is why when using social networking sites you have to be very careful on what you put out there.