161 Network Media

Weekly 2

Article: Social Networking as Peer Surveillance.

Question 1:
My Thai school has a name tag for students to clip on their uniforms in school time. The tag consists of the student's fullname and the color code that defines what is the student's class.But, there is sort of a rule that everyone knows to take the name clip off your shirt at the end of the day. Young and new students usually ask question why they have to take it off and on. Why couldn't they just put it on their shirt all the time. The answer that we have is to protect student's identity from strangers who, espicially for young students under 12. Many times this answer doesn't make sense for young ones who think they can protect themselves and wouldn't be lured by predators. Plus, the incresing numbers of popular children stars on social media also make it harder to explain to children why they should keep their personal information private. So how should we teach our children how to share things on the internet and in the real world and to understand the importance of privacy?

Question 2:
This article reminds me of the film named, The Circle (2017). At the end of the film, they talk about how making everything goes public can help the world be more secure; for example, a politician's financial information and work emails, more live camera on streets, more drones with camera, etc. If everyone can "see" everyone then it is hard for people to commit any crimes and easier to protect those who are in danger. The world will be safer. I think this is an interesting view of how going "live and public" can gives benefit us but, the sacrifice is also high because we would lose our privacy as soon as we step out of our houses. In this case, it is different from the Panapticon perspective since everyone in the cells also sees others and people in the tower can also be seen. I wonder if this idea is used in the future what can we improve to make it fit within society and respect people's privacy.