Using Web 2.0, it provides enormous advantages
and changes our life style completely, but users have to take a responsibility to
use technology in good ways.
Web2.0 is not a static one-way transmission
of information by the caller,
recipient of
the information is also able to build up the
content freely. Web 2.0 was referred to as this idea of the "Web as
a platform". [1] Companies
used to disseminate information on web, but this has completely changed by
blog, SNS and You tube.
You tube and Flickr provide very useful
video clips. About a decade ago, in order to learn application software, people
used to buy high cost educational videos. Recent years, people can watch demonstration
clips on you tube and learn software easily.
Using You tube as educational purpose is excellent. Anybody can learn easily
without any cost. Also, there is great opportunity to show your talent and become
famous.
You Tube does not require signing in
or no blocked content. As a result, children even kindergarten, is able to
watch You Tube if they want. There are rating for DVD or movie, therefore parents
can choose whether this DVD is adequate for children or not. However, there is
no rating for you tube video clip at all. There is parent control and is able
to block the entire site. However, users are not being able to sort video clips
strictly. Micro blogging site such as Twitter can updated post constantly from internet or even from phone. Micro blogging is writing extremely short blog posts, kind of like text messages. Twitter is currently the most popular micro blog service and lets users post entries up to 140 characters long.[2]
About 1 year ago, Hurricane Sandy attacked east coast. New Jersey had huge damaged by the hurricane. Most town in try states also lost power and no heat for several days. It was cold and frightens experience. People could not obtain information from TV and internet. Gas stations were closed due to damage of the roads so it was difficult to get gas. People started sharing that which gas station was open and available. People kept updated information by twitter or Facebook. This is a good example to show that using advanced technology in a good way.
Cyber bulling especially among for teenagers is serious concern nowadays. "Cyber bullying" is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones.[3] When I research about Cyber bulling, I was surprised by numbers of victim. It says, over half of adolescents and teens have been bullied online, and about the same number have engaged in cyber bullying. More than 1 in 3 young people have experienced cyber threats online. [4]
Last year, there was an anti-bullying
campaign in my town’s public school. The school invited a person who lost his 12
years old son by cyber bullying. His son was bulling when he was an elementally
school and parents contacted a school and tried to solve the problem. Then the
bullying was stopped. However, when his son entered a middle school, another
way of bullying, cyber bullying began. His son did not talk about cyber
bullying and parents did not know anything about it. As a result, parents lost their
precious son.
People have to commit Netiquette. Netiquette, a colloquial portmanteau of network etiquette or Internet etiquette is a set of
social conventions that facilitate interaction over networks, ranging from Usenet and mailing lists to blogs
and forums.[5] Society has to protect and take responsibility to
educate children.
I n conclusion, advanced
technology such and Wb2.0 provides us a lot of potential for our life. However, there are not only advantages, users
have to always aware of disadvantages and use the technology in appropriate
ways.
[2]http://www.howto.gov/social-media/microblogging
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