Clearly email is not dead. This became apparent in week two’s lecture after reviewing the results of the New Communication Technology survey. Around 60% of survey participants say email has its place, many of whom are using email on a weekly basis. With 81% of survey takers saying they like having a wide range of information available to them as opposed to the 16% who feel overloaded, it looks as if the internet is more than useful. Pew Internet (Pew Internet & American Life Project) was of great use during the lecture, giving insight into the many uses the internet has, as well as examples of positive attitudes towards the internet.
Despite the many benefits the internet provides for us, awareness was raised the lecture as to just how many scams are presently operating via the internet. Phishing, spam, empty promises and thousands of inappropriate advertisements bombard email accounts on a daily basis. Privacy is imperative and personal details, especially bank details, must never be given out on the internet.
Are bloggers journalists? This was also a question of much discussion brought up in the lecture. An interesting point of thought was whether bloggers have the qualifications to be a journalist and if so, do they have morals or ethics they must abide by? Because of the increasing number of bloggers sharing their opinion on present issues, information sources are becoming unreliable due to the sharing of incorrect or bias viewpoints – something that must be considered when researching for assignments.
In tutorial, the week’s lecture was discussed and blog accounts were set up. Also, the ‘save as’ issue was covered and now all students are aware of where documents can be saved, with up to 50 megabytes available. Some issues occurred with students being unable to log in, and some automatically being logged out which proved the idea bought up in the lecture in that caution must be taken as technology is not 100% reliable.
