Friday, February 8, 2008
McKenna & Bargh
I really enjoyed the McKenna and Bargh article, as well as our class discussion yesterday. Dr. Blanchard made a really good point on how so many people look at the small percentage of pedophilia and things relating to those issues, and not on the bigger picture of the internet. I tend to perceive a lot of internet chat sites as "sketchy" sites. However, this article really opened my eyes to the positive sides of the internet, now I know there are still many chat rooms and websites that still support these addictions and illegal things, but there are so many positives. "Not only do people form strong relationships with others on the Internet, but they are then motivated to make these relationships a social reality." Also, the talks on "coming out" and how they feel encouraged on bringing that "real self" out into the real world made me have a better understanding of the need for internet support to bring real life support. This article just gave me more information on what good the internet brings to certain groups of people.
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Everytime you hear about how bad the internet is, think of facebook and see if really applies.
I agree with Ginny. Until this class I never realized that there were so many different site and support groups out there, which makes me feel "behind the times" I guess because I'm a part of the generation that has been growing up online, but at the same time this is the only thing that the media shows. But now that I have been introduced to these positive sites I view the internet a little differently. This weekend I actually search bloggs for a specific problem someone close to me is having and found the information very helpful and encouraging. In addition, I think the reason why we never have stepped back to view facebook in this negative light is because our “networks” are made up of people we know, but at the same time I am sure there are people on facebook that are there for the wrong reasons. One example that just came to me is one of my best friends found another persons page that had all her pictures but had a different name. They were posing as her?!?!?
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