Another good week of class has brought us some more interesting stories about social networking. For example, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has recently donated 100 Million dollars to Newark, NJ public schools. Zuckerberg was very public about this donation, as he did it on the Oprah Winfrey show. As generous as this is, you can't help but wonder if there were any ulterior motives. That's a large chunk of change, and it just so happens that there is a movie coming out this Friday that may not portray Zuckerberg in the best manner. Hmm.. Anyways, the winner here is certainly the Newark New Jersey public school system. I bet they are going to get some really nice stuff from that.
On a more sobering note, a very sad story emerged this week about a student at Rutgers University in New Jersey who announced his suicide via Facebook. Prior to the suicide, his roomate allegedly broadcasted his homosexual acts via webcam, which ultimately prompted him to kill himself. This is such a misuse of technology on two accounts. Obviously webcams should not be used to film someones personal relations without their consent, and secondly, it is unfortunate that someone would say they were going to kill themselves on facebook. People may have thought this person was kidding or not really thought about it at all. Clearly it would have been better if he expressed his suicidal thoughts in person so that a friend of his could possibly talk him out of it. Very Sad.
I find it very interesting how much social media is in the news. Just google'ing "facebook" under news yields 30,400 results.
I'm looking forward to reading your blogs and to another good week of class next week!
-Will
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