Social Media

The media landscape, and our social landscape, has changed with the proliferation of social networking sites and texting. Now we can keep up with our friends and other contacts at all tiimes. Friends, acquaintances, and current or potential employers now have access to all kinds of information about us. What are the advantages and perils of this new world of social media?

Facebook and Privacy

If you use Facebook, how much information are you unintentionally making available? Do you know what those Facebook apps are doing with your information and your friends' information? Do you know how to protect your privacy on Facebook? Check out these links:

5 Easy Steps to Stay Safe (and Private!) on Facebook (NY Times article)

What facebook quizzes know about you (What you don't know could  hurt you. Take the ACLU's privacy quiz from the post--you will likely be surprised!)