https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl Social Networking Sites and their surrounding digital culture are changing our online interactions and behaviour. Discuss some detrimental effects of this. en-us 2020-01-24 14:29:30 UTC 2025-10-16 18:38:38 UTC hello@padlet.com s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/459041853 This is an example of an artifical intelligence having the power to decide which bodies should be posted and which are the right type of body. Similar to things which get blocked on instagram. ]]> 2020-03-12 11:15:24 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/459041853 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/459088750 This article examines many people’s different experiences of social media and the new culture of documenting our lives online. She explores the impact of social media on mental health, speaking to young people who have chosen to take their self-off of social media. People gave accounts of feeling more free, sometimes FOMO but generally being relieved of stress. ]]> 2020-03-12 12:31:14 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/459088750 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/459095894 This article addresses the ‘on this day’ feature of Facebook can actually generate pain for some people. Users are reminded of things they might want to forget, or they may be reminded of aa happier time and sad that they aren’t that happy anymore. ]]> 2020-03-12 12:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/459095894 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/480427115 This demonstrates the choice of prosumers in that they must sell parts of their identity and privacy in order to reap the benefits of digital culture. This shows the ways in which users of products make choices and decisions and trades on what they give up to benefit from certain devices.]]> 2020-03-29 13:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/480427115 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/502100610 This article addresses the fact that we are constantly confronted with our past identity on social media which could in fact prevent us from recreating ourselves or hinder our ability to change. For example, persistent images cause us to be reminded of our past and things we may not want to remember but are forced to relive every time they surface social media. ]]> 2020-04-10 14:39:46 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/502100610 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/502101941 Social media bombards us with pictures and updates on everyone else being successful and happy or to compete for validation or attention. 

]]> 2020-04-10 14:40:45 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/502101941 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/502103252 This article asks, is social media making you miserable? It references many studies which included findings on social media causing stress, anxiety, and negative emotions at what they saw online. There were mixed results overall but the takeaway message was taking time away from social media can generally improve mood more than make it worst. ]]> 2020-04-10 14:41:40 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/502103252 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/502105400 This article examines a detrimental effect of digital culture and social media which includes the rise of public shaming which is often confused as activism. Shaming is used online to expose people who do not conform to cultural norms. People tend to believe that they are doing this righteously but actually this shaming has the power to ruin lives, financially, physically and emotionally and does more harm than good. ]]> 2020-04-10 14:43:21 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/502105400 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/502106042 Social media mobs are more harmful than the person who is being shamed. For example, Justine Saccoo had her life ruined and the internet cheered. There are impossible standards on the internet, some people make bad jokes or say offensive things and are completely swarmed by an online mob who change their life forever. It’s impossible to be completely wise and all knowing the minute you are born, but now that online lives are increasingly common, this is the expectation. ]]> 2020-04-10 14:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/502106042 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/502108492 This is a satirical meme. The girl is being eaten by a shark but before she must share it online. This relates to identity maintenance online and how it often comes before real life in list of priorities. People want to share events happening without actually experiencing them. Digital Culture is a distinct reality. ]]> 2020-04-10 14:45:40 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/502108492 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/502110989 This meme represents that we are connected through technology, but in the ability to be connected can prevent us from being present in our physical settings. ]]> 2020-04-10 14:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/502110989 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/502114060 This is a funny meme showing the ways in which social media is a place to present an idealised version of yourself. In the reflection the apple looks perfect, but in reality, it is decaying inside. This is a satirical depiction of social media. ]]> 2020-04-10 14:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/502114060 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/520109847 This article examines the phenomena whereby the more miserable people are the happier-appearing pictures they post. Social media posts which portray happy or interesting events can induce envy in onlookers, however, a twitter thread found that pictures being posted were not always as happy as they seemed. The people who participated in the thread gave examples of what was happening behind the scenes in the seemingly joyous pictures they posted, such as couples fighting, depression, and racism. ]]> 2020-04-21 12:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/520109847 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/527827178 When liking everything you see online you generate more data about yourself and therefore are bombarded with more advertisements than content from actual friends. This shows Facebook as an advertising company. ]]> 2020-04-24 09:11:50 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/527827178 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/528139428 This article questions the so-called positivity of Instagram. Unlike other social networking sites, Instagram’s only function is to post photos and like other people’s photos. However, this can be harmful in itself because the photos which are posted often portray life in idealised ways which leaves consumers comparing their reality to the so-called reality they see online. ]]> 2020-04-24 11:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/528139428 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/529717951 SNS designers build sites in a particular way to ensure users become addicted. For example, dragging the top of the newsfeed on Facebook down to receive a reward (new information/entertainment) maps on seamlessly to slot machines – pulling a lever to get a reward. These gambling methods keep people online and prosuming to make SNS profit. ]]> 2020-04-25 08:20:03 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/529717951 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/532739853 This article begs people to stop living their life online. It argues more than ever people are checking out of real life and living their life online. She says everyone should ask their self; is social media a distraction from your real problems?; do you use social media to feel like the person you wish you were; do you interact more with people online than you do in real life?; and do you use social media to seek validation. If so, it is time to stop living online and start interacting with real people. ]]> 2020-04-27 08:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/532739853 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/532775260 This article examines the addictive properties coded into sites like Facebook, twitter and google. He explains there are many psychological software design tricks that make people develops habits that create a craving. This explores an aspect of presumption where users are being manipulated into interacting and ultimately generating more data for the companies to sell. 

]]> 2020-04-27 08:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/532775260 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/532848761 A key part of surveillance capitalism is that your personal data is a commodity.  Data is being shared between different companies under the guise of helping people when really it is trying to increase profits. ]]> 2020-04-27 09:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/532848761 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/533055467 Facebook apologises for again blurring ethical boundaries. Many people are not aware what they are signing up to when they skip the terms and conditions of Facebook. So much so, they sign away their right to privacy and sign themselves up for secret psychological testing.  ]]> 2020-04-27 10:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/533055467 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/533418155  People are chosen without their knowledge (or explicit consent) to be emotional lab rats. If Facebook have the power to induce certain emotions in people, then they have the power to influence elections – but are they using this power? If so, would we ever know?

]]> 2020-04-27 13:18:28 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/533418155 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/535575582 This article examines what a profile picture says about your personality. This relates to presentation of the self, and the idealised version of themselves people want to display online.  For example, in the article it claims if you are ‘agreeable’ then they generally post poor photos of themselves but are smiling in them. ]]> 2020-04-28 08:05:12 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/535575582 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/535580659 This article explores a key facet of presumption in that it generates profit for Facebook. If you use this site you are making money for companies through your interaction. Facebook is as much an advertisement company as it is a social network. Thus, through your free account you are essentially working for Facebook as a free-labourer. ]]> 2020-04-28 08:07:12 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/535580659 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/535691115 This demonstrates the struggles of teenagers discovering their identity online. They do not have margin of error in choices they make or things they say because these are recorded online before they have time to learn what they mean. This article explores jack Maynard being kicked out of the celebrity jungle because of offensive tweets he tweeted as a teenager. ]]> 2020-04-28 08:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/535691115 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/538638088 This article encourages deleting Facebook in order to beat the addiction of social media. This was also exploring a way to boycott Facebook after they were found to foster addiction and modify behaviour. This addresses the pay-offs involved in prosumption of signing up to a free account and simultaneously being experimented on. ]]> 2020-04-29 09:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/538638088 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/538639620 Social media is a bummer because everyone want to get attention online which can mean they act nasty or in anyway that will give them attention. Also, everyone is spying on each other. And content is constantly crammed down throat on feeds. SNS spy on you and modify your behaviour. You work for free to make millions for SNS. Also, everyone is fake online.]]> 2020-04-29 09:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/538639620 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/538642134 This is a satirical article which imagines a future where unlike the present situation, people are paid for paying users a fixed portion of what it takes from a user per month and what fakebook would be like if it removed advertisement. This does seem like a fairer way to deal with a social media site prized on making connections and friendships, while simultaneously exploiting this desire to connect. ]]> 2020-04-29 09:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/538642134 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/539352183 In this article consuming social media with likened to junk food diets.  It suggests excessive smartphone use have destroyed a generation. The author of the book which is discussed says that loneliness and depressive symptoms have gone up in the generation of digital natives and happiness have gone down. ]]> 2020-04-29 14:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/539352183 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/543619471 Public apologies are required at least, if something offensive resurfaces from past that you posted online. ]]> 2020-05-01 08:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/543619471 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/543674928 This article explores the way people on the internet, claim to be acting morally when they completely condemn someone and ruin their life for something they posted. ]]> 2020-05-01 09:18:32 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/543674928 s1656863 https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/543723321 Not having your phone can cause anxiety because they are an extension of self, and therefore people get attached. This leads to nomophobia because of proximity seeking to a part of ourselves. ]]> 2020-05-01 09:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/s1656863/9v4e2hdioqcl/wish/543723321