10/29/12 Blog Prompt

As a citizen of the nation of Facebook (or "Facebookistan"), what are your rights and responsibilities? How does this podcast--and a larger discussion of social media, which includes using blogs--fit within this class? - Can I just start out by saying that the "My mom's on Facebook" song was so funny and I can testify to the mom's and dad's creeping around to see what you are doing. Mine are generally pretty tame when it comes to that. My mom just likes to post lots of mushy/sweet/encouraging stuff on my timeline... It isn't so bad! :) As a citizen of "Facebookistan" our rights are really restricted to our own personal profiles, those profiles of our "friends" and those public/fan pages. We control what we write on these social media sites. It is our responsibility to be accountable for the words we write. I think this subject fits in with our class because it is very relavant and social media sites are where we often get the majority of our information. That in itself is relevant to the class because that is a good portion of what we talk about. The information we receive through social media can influence our opinion and also the resources we seek when looking for research. (This comes in to play in our discussion about filter bubbles) Word Court: 223