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Monday, March 29, 2010

Famous Youtubers!

Is youtube sending out the wrong message to it's users? Some people post videos for entertainment but others post videos to be embarrassing and offensive to other people/ and or groups of people. What could youtube being doing about videos posted with children cursing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhlUbF7opHw or a video with teenage girls fighting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85EUIA-ngWc. What should be done about this or should something be done? There have been lawsuits regarding the fighting videos and some have requested for the cursing to be removed as well. In my opinion, Youtube should be used for the purpose of new media; to communicate, inform, entertain, and for news. Therefore, Youtube should better censor their post. There have been good results from some postings such as parents making money after posting a video after he left the dentist http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/18/david.after.dentist.video/index.html. Positive tales such as this are rare but they shouldn't be. We should work together to change this sad media posts.

Facebook or Career??

Facebook has over 400 million users and majority of them people use this new media to keep in touch with old and new friends. The upload pictures, videos, and write blogs; just like I'm doing now but can some of those items they post affect their career?

Many high school students have been told to be careful about what they put on their facebook page because colleges would research them. They could be rejected admission to a school, if they found their page offensive or inappropriate. Now employers are also checking on not only their current employees but applicants as well. Employers are giving their employees the ultimatum to either censor their facebook or not connect their job with their facebook. http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/29/facebook.job-seekers/index.html They are even rejecting some applicants because of what is on their facebooks. So is this wrong? Does an employer have the right to reject an employee?

Yes. If that student or applicant wouldn't accurately represent their school or company. If they have pictures of drinking alcohol or indecently exposed, then yes they have the right but I do feel if that person is 21 or older, then they have a legal right to drink. It can also be argued that facebooks are social and not professional sites and shouldn't be judged. So facebook or career.