Thursday, 10 March 2016

Technology Use Scenario

Scenario 2: Michelle likes to post on Twitter and Instagram. Often she will spend two or three hours each day on these social media sites. She has over 400 followers--- some are friends and family but others are just friends of friends. She posts several times a day and connects to many friends' sites as well. Michelle's mom thinks that she has about 20 followers on Twitter. What issues might this cause?

Paul, 2015
Michelle is using technology inappropriately as 2-3 hours of screen time a day just not social media sights in not acceptable. According to (Ghose, 2013) you should never accede 2 hours of screen time a day as to much screen time is leading to poor health outcomes such as obesity. Inappropriate use of having people you don't know on twitter is also really dangerous as it is putting a damper on your digital privacy. People have access to her personal life that she might not know which is invading her privacy and can put her at risk. Since Michelle has 400 followers most people would consider her to be "popular" Kaye (2010) says. He also says that the more followers you have, the more percentage of people you don't know that follow you.
What she could do in order to make her actions more appropriate is to decrease her screen time to less than 2 hours a day. Posting several times a day is also known as a "spammy person. According to (Liz, 2014) she believes you should be authentic and be you. You should not be posting irrelevant information and take up everyones newsfeed. Use it for neccessary posts only. Therefore, Michelle could post less a day which would decrease her screen time as well as making sure her account has a privacy setting so she can choose who gets to see her account.
What do you think?
Thanks for reading!
Jess


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6 comments:

  1. Unknown11 March 2016 at 16:56

    Hi Jess!

    I think that this scenario is dangerous as she does not know even half of her followers and now those people know everything about her life and what she is doing at exact moments. This is way too much information for people who are not in her life to know and can put her in a very dangerous situation.

    Great Post!

    Julia

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  2. Andrea Marano13 March 2016 at 12:51

    Hi Jessica!

    I agree that this is an inappropriate scenario and Michelle should be careful about what she is posting online, especially because she does not know most of her followers. She should minimize the amount of time that she spending online as well as minimizing the amount of posts that she creates. This will help keep her life more private and ensure that her personal information is not getting into the wrong hands. If she continues to spend a large amount of time online she may form an internet addiction, which can be detrimental to her health and wellness.

    Take care,

    Andrea

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  3. Unknown13 March 2016 at 17:37

    Hey Jess,

    Great post, very informative with excellent sources to back your points. At first I did not see the problem with 2-3 hours of screen time a day, however when you backed your point up with a point from (Ghose, 2013), I was quickly persuaded. I also agree that what Michelle is doing could certainly come off as a spammy person, and nobody likes that.

    Have a good evening,
    Andy Walker

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  4. sbalakumar14 March 2016 at 17:23

    Hi Jessica,

    I also agree that Michelle is not using technology appropriately. Not knowing who her followers are could lead to a problem as strangers are able to see all her tweets and posts. Also, I like how you pointed out that since she spends 2-3 hours posting about herself and her life, she is most likely posting some irrelevant tweets which she could cut down on! Great post!

    - Sahithya

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  5. tmontague14 March 2016 at 17:34

    Hi Jess,

    It is not surprising (but it is very sad to see) that this type of scenario does occur quite often in today’s digital world. I agree that the inappropriate uses of technology in this scenario are that Michelle spends too much time online and that she has followers on her social media accounts that she does not know very well. You made an excellent point that in order for Michelle to protect her personal identity online, she should change her privacy settings and control who can view her online content. Great job on the scenario analysis!

    Kindest regards,
    Taryn

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  6. Unknown23 March 2016 at 18:25

    It is good to see so much discussion. Thank you everyone for your follow up and connections.
    Sheila

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