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This article's main focus was on net neutrality, and conflicts that have emerged with the internet's growth. Bridy explained that many activists had expressed concern about access to the internet being controlled by commercial interests. These concerns were widespread, and lead to the establishment of net neutrality in 2015. The article explains how network services operate, and the differences between common and edge data which lead into a more in depth analysis of the risks that accompany a lack of net neutrality. Bridy warned that smaller budding industries would be blocked out by these larger companies controlling the edge data. The article also went into the (mostly negative) effects of social media. Brindy focused on the dangerous and toxic aspects of the internet. These downfalls extend beyond other users and into data collection and abuse, and what that means for what we get to see/access online.
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I disagree with Bindy's thoughts connecting social media and classic social interactions. She pushed the idea that we have become more anti social because of our reliance on social media, but I believe that is simply correlation. Not causation. As time has progressed, there have been increasingly fewer freedoms available to growing and developing children. With dangerous stories and the risk of children being labeled the neighborhood's 'hoodlums,' many parents choose to keep their children closer to them. This leads to fewer opportunities for proper socialization, and incredibly widespread loneliness. While I also think that this contributes to widespread clinical depression today, that is another discussion. With so many lonely young people all gaining access to the internet at a close rate to one another, many people were finally able to find the friends and freedom they lacked off-screen. As people continued to connect over the internet, social media was developed to fill a demand.
I've noticed that we tend to blame the new and shiny things in our society/culture for any issues we see, instead of starting at the beginning. The way one grows up determines who we are and how we operate for the rest of their lives, for better or worse. I think it's important that we recognize that.
This article's main focus was on net neutrality, and conflicts that have emerged with the internet's growth. Bridy explained that many activists had expressed concern about access to the internet being controlled by commercial interests. These concerns were widespread, and lead to the establishment of net neutrality in 2015. The article explains how network services operate, and the differences between common and edge data which lead into a more in depth analysis of the risks that accompany a lack of net neutrality. Bridy warned that smaller budding industries would be blocked out by these larger companies controlling the edge data. The article also went into the (mostly negative) effects of social media. Brindy focused on the dangerous and toxic aspects of the internet. These downfalls extend beyond other users and into data collection and abuse, and what that means for what we get to see/access online.
Area 2:
I disagree with Bindy's thoughts connecting social media and classic social interactions. She pushed the idea that we have become more anti social because of our reliance on social media, but I believe that is simply correlation. Not causation. As time has progressed, there have been increasingly fewer freedoms available to growing and developing children. With dangerous stories and the risk of children being labeled the neighborhood's 'hoodlums,' many parents choose to keep their children closer to them. This leads to fewer opportunities for proper socialization, and incredibly widespread loneliness. While I also think that this contributes to widespread clinical depression today, that is another discussion. With so many lonely young people all gaining access to the internet at a close rate to one another, many people were finally able to find the friends and freedom they lacked off-screen. As people continued to connect over the internet, social media was developed to fill a demand.
I've noticed that we tend to blame the new and shiny things in our society/culture for any issues we see, instead of starting at the beginning. The way one grows up determines who we are and how we operate for the rest of their lives, for better or worse. I think it's important that we recognize that.
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