Hashtag is the power

 

Aka——“data about data” or “documentation about data”.

Tagging is an example of metadata.

Today, we are more likely to use hashtags instead of cataloging your posts…

Me – The Twitter Tag

The lecture on this week was about citizen journalism. During the tutorial, Keth summarized the content of Jason Wilson’s book, and gathered different opinions through our groups.

Those writers or online media users are defined as “preditors”.

Harsh Words from Your Comments

We certainly all have such experiences that when you read a post or tweet, it’s getting seriously offensive if someone says something too personal to the author. There is no doubt that anonymity can lead the social media platform to an irrational situation which everyone can be an attacker or attacked by others.

 

It reminds me during the class, Kath mentioned about “Forth Estate”, which has been change quite different due to the changes of media platform.We all know that online social media are a powerful tool which can be really useful and professional as well, which is the reason why it has become so popular. While, as Axel Bruns and Mark Bahnisch defined

technologies to provide space for in-depth social interaction, community formation, and the tackling of collaborative projects  (2009),

the changes should have promoted social interaction instead of hindering it. So, where we started? And why we keep harassing the online publishers, pretended that we are innocent?

Shadow on Our Side – Facebook is Spooky

Just a couple of days ago, a Florida man confessed to the police that he killed his wife. Derek Medina, 31, had posted a picture of Jennifer Alfonso’s corpse photo (which she was his wife) to his Facebook feed with a note.

“I’m going to prison or death sentence for killing my wife love you guys miss you guys, take care, Facebook people you will see me in the news” He wrote.