Fox News Website: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,260583,00.html
Buffalo News: "U.N. calls for prompt solution to Iran-Britain Dispute" A4 3/30/2007
Buffalo News website http://www.buffalonews.com/
When comparing the top story of British sailors and marines, which has been pretty much everywhere this last week, I found a number of sources to compare the story. Being that the issue has been around for a week there are many different spins and topics that the article could cover. For instance FOX News (which in my humble opinion is not the best news source) had a pretty good website and their article focused on the actual occurrence of "who, what, where, when and how" the British Troops became captive and what the circumstances for their captivity are. The article was longer than most Internet articles and displayed all on one page without a link to another page. Often I have noticed, to fit more on the Internets cover page news sources will have a headline with a link, so they an get more top stories in your view. This article covers a good portion of the page, I was impressed. Another great point of viewing Internet articles is that there is always room for pictures, that doesn't always happen in print. Another key difference is that on the Internet you can often find related articles or hyperlinks to other sources that talk about this topic.
The Buffalo News article on the other hand, I am sure has already run articles about the conditions of their captivity and a detailed report of what had happened that day. The Buffalo News on the other hand took some new factors into consideration, such as the U.N.'s role and what the course of action is to free the solders. Another side of the story was put on the table by looking at Manouchehr Mottaki, Iran's Foreign Minister, had to say about he issue. By looking at all side of the story and having the most up to date information makes the Buffalo News appear to be more reputable. As far as layout and presentation is concerned there is not as much space to layout the article, but they do get it on one page with a small but meaningful picture that clearly displays the social climate in Iran. The picture in the FOX News website was still a beautiful picture of the vessel that the troops were on, but did not have the same emotion in the photo like the Buffalo News photo choice had.
When comparing the two medias next to one another, well that's just it it is a bit harder to carry your PC with you isn't it- or is it. A lot of people are using laptops and blackberry to get their information why do we need print then? The format of print news is nostalgic and it is still a staple for many. Those who opt to carry a .5 lbs. paper compared to a 5lbs. lap top might have something to do with it too. I suppose it is up to the persons individual preference. Although leaders of the print industry such as Sulzberger, owner, chairman and publisher of The New York Times sees things moving to the Internet.(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/822775.html)
“Given the constant erosion of the printed press, do you see the New York Times still being printed in five years?
“I really don’t know whether we’ll be printing the Times in five years, and you know what? I don’t care either,” he says.
Sulzberger is focusing on how to best manage the transition from print to Internet.
“The Internet is a wonderful place to be, and we’re leading there,” he points out.
The Times, in fact, has doubled its online readership to 1.5 million a day to go along with its 1.1 million subscribers for the print edition.”
Frankly I am stuck in print and really do not want to adopt to the Internet for all of my news information but it seems that we might be headed that way weather we like it or not, but at least there are a lot of benefits, not to mention from a business perspective how much cash it would save the leaders of the news to forgo printing! It could really change the news industry.
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Friday, March 30, 2007
Friday, February 23, 2007
What's My Name?
I unlike many many others, even in this class, I do not depend on the Internet as means of a social network or community. I try to keep it old school and restrict my time to communication to strictly emails and this lovely blog. I represent myself as Jen and was pretty careful about what type of information I divulge. For instance, under my limited profile, which is limited for a reason, the only snippet of information you can get is that I live in Boston. I chose that because I wanted to give everyone an idea of who I am but not spill my life onto the Internet.
Once upon a time, when AOL first became popular I had many pseudonyms that I used & often misrepresented myself as an older teen and was dumb enough to post pictures and give information that was too close too home. Now knowing what I know about the dangerous territory of Internet usage, predators, identity theft, etc. I would have never put that information on the Internet. What really scares me is where did it go and who in fact received it.
According to Identity and the Virtual Community, many people use the Internet for dual purposes based on their intentions. There are those who want to build a legitimate reputation and gain credibility; then there are those who want to completely misrepresent themselves. I suppose the determining factor of how you represent yourself on the Internet greatly depends on your motivations themselves.
Falsifying your identity can be a cause for concern, regardless of motivation or intent. Some who are interpreting the information seek a reputable source. In order to trust the source at all it is important to identify who you are - your identity creates a link between validity (Donath 1).
The reassuring thing is, well at least to me anyways, is that I am not concerned with an Internet based reputation at all. I may have created a very modest rep. on this website, whatever that may be, but I do not maintain a my space account or talk in chat's IMs or any other means of communication on the Internet. I think that it is creepy if people can find out information or even build a basis to make an assumption about you. I would rather keep my thoughts and feelings, triumphs, failures and opinions limited to my friends, family, co workers and people I identify with. I am sure there are millions out there who can identify with me too, but why the hell do I care? I don't know them.
And that leads my to stealing my identity- there is non for the average user to steal! I love that, but it also scares me to death that my really private information like banking information is floating around in cyber space. I try to be careful and watch my software to make sure I'm protected, but that is the only type of identity theft I think I am vulnerable to. Wow, I probably sound really naive right now! But it's true I watch my actions and what I put online more than any spy ware does, I can assure you that.
Once upon a time, when AOL first became popular I had many pseudonyms that I used & often misrepresented myself as an older teen and was dumb enough to post pictures and give information that was too close too home. Now knowing what I know about the dangerous territory of Internet usage, predators, identity theft, etc. I would have never put that information on the Internet. What really scares me is where did it go and who in fact received it.
According to Identity and the Virtual Community, many people use the Internet for dual purposes based on their intentions. There are those who want to build a legitimate reputation and gain credibility; then there are those who want to completely misrepresent themselves. I suppose the determining factor of how you represent yourself on the Internet greatly depends on your motivations themselves.
Falsifying your identity can be a cause for concern, regardless of motivation or intent. Some who are interpreting the information seek a reputable source. In order to trust the source at all it is important to identify who you are - your identity creates a link between validity (Donath 1).
The reassuring thing is, well at least to me anyways, is that I am not concerned with an Internet based reputation at all. I may have created a very modest rep. on this website, whatever that may be, but I do not maintain a my space account or talk in chat's IMs or any other means of communication on the Internet. I think that it is creepy if people can find out information or even build a basis to make an assumption about you. I would rather keep my thoughts and feelings, triumphs, failures and opinions limited to my friends, family, co workers and people I identify with. I am sure there are millions out there who can identify with me too, but why the hell do I care? I don't know them.
And that leads my to stealing my identity- there is non for the average user to steal! I love that, but it also scares me to death that my really private information like banking information is floating around in cyber space. I try to be careful and watch my software to make sure I'm protected, but that is the only type of identity theft I think I am vulnerable to. Wow, I probably sound really naive right now! But it's true I watch my actions and what I put online more than any spy ware does, I can assure you that.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Internet Privacy week #4
Privacy- (Internet) the ability to control and limit the amount of personal information that is published or obtained via the Internet & that ability to limit the access to that information at your discretion.
Not only are there major problems with overall computer security, but the Internet provides never ending and constantly changing technology to allow hackers, spy ware, etc. to view everything that you do. I believe that the biggest issue of Internet security is in fact the endless options and changing environment that the Internet provides. On one hand it is a world of information and human interaction, but it also can open the flood gates to personal information no matter how up to date your software is. In the tech. world it is nearly impossible to always be up to date, as soon as you have it there is something better available & the software that you have already has a glitch that someone out there in cyberspace has bypassed.
Personally my privacy online is important to me & to be honest, I am not even comfortable posting this fabulous blog. It isn't that I don't want to share my ideas; I don't even like the fact that people can gather little tid-bits of information about my life (name, town, school I go to etc.) I also have problems with doing any sort of banking or bill pay online. I feel as though it is the most convenient, but really anyone could be watching my every move or every password I type. To me, that is terrifying.
I, being the "shut in" that I am, do not have a personal story where my information was stolen, but the biggest breach that did effect a friend was when TJmax's information from a credit card data base was stolen just after Christmas. My friend, who was obviously concerned, did what everyone would to and changed her credit numbers and account information, however who knows what other personal information was also leaked. What if it was her social security number? Well maybe it was. She won't be able to tell if there are more issues with the stolen information probably until it is too late. Unfortunately the only thing that you can do is change your information and hope for the best.
Not only are there major problems with overall computer security, but the Internet provides never ending and constantly changing technology to allow hackers, spy ware, etc. to view everything that you do. I believe that the biggest issue of Internet security is in fact the endless options and changing environment that the Internet provides. On one hand it is a world of information and human interaction, but it also can open the flood gates to personal information no matter how up to date your software is. In the tech. world it is nearly impossible to always be up to date, as soon as you have it there is something better available & the software that you have already has a glitch that someone out there in cyberspace has bypassed.
Personally my privacy online is important to me & to be honest, I am not even comfortable posting this fabulous blog. It isn't that I don't want to share my ideas; I don't even like the fact that people can gather little tid-bits of information about my life (name, town, school I go to etc.) I also have problems with doing any sort of banking or bill pay online. I feel as though it is the most convenient, but really anyone could be watching my every move or every password I type. To me, that is terrifying.
I, being the "shut in" that I am, do not have a personal story where my information was stolen, but the biggest breach that did effect a friend was when TJmax's information from a credit card data base was stolen just after Christmas. My friend, who was obviously concerned, did what everyone would to and changed her credit numbers and account information, however who knows what other personal information was also leaked. What if it was her social security number? Well maybe it was. She won't be able to tell if there are more issues with the stolen information probably until it is too late. Unfortunately the only thing that you can do is change your information and hope for the best.
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