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Monday 8 May 2017
YouTube
Seperti
yang semua sedia maklum, YouTube merupakan sebuah laman sesawang yang hanya memaparkan
video buat tatapan masyarakat awam. Bagi saya, penggunaan YouTube ini banyak
membantu saya dalam mendapatkan skil dan teknik ketika melakukan sesuatu tugasan.
Seperti contoh, hobi dan minat saya ialah menyunting video. Jadi, skil dan
teknik yang saya dapat di dalam YouTube mengenai kaedah-kaedah menyunting video
banyak membantu saya dalam menghasilkan video yang terbaik. Berikut merupakan
antara contoh video yang kerap saya lihat bagi menjana idea dan maklumat baru.
Internet adalah satu teknologi
yang tidak asing lagi di Malaysia dan negara – negara lain. Dengan kemudahan
yang ada di internet, ia memudahkan urusan kehidupan kita secara langsung
mahupun tidak langsung. Youtube adalah salah satu aplikasi yang terdapat di
internet mendapat sambutan daripada pengguna. “Jumlah pengguna telefon pintar
di Malaysia dijangka mencecah 11 juta pada tahun ini dengan kadar pertumbuhan
tahunan 10 peratus dari 2013 hingga 2017” – Harian Metro Online. Jelas sekali,
pengguna Youtube akan semakin meningkat hasil daripada tempias kecanggihan
teknologi telefon pintar. Dengan kemudahan telefon pintar, pengguna Youtube
boleh mengakses di mana – mana sahaja untuk mencapai apa yang dikehendaki oleh
pengguna.
Saya lebih cenderung untuk
menekan button subscribe di ruangan
depan Youtube tentang skop fotografi dan videografi. Youtube bukan sahaja untuk
menghiburkan pengguna dengan video – video lagu atau lawak, malah Youtube bagi
saya adalah satu tempat untuk dijadikan bahan rujukan ketika membuat
penyuntingan gambar adan video. Antara contoh Youtube channel yang saya subscribe
adalah seperti berikut:
Di dalam bidang fotografi dan
videografi memerlukan ilmu lebih kepada praktikal selain pengetahuan am. Jadi saya
menjadikan Youtube adalah “cikgu” kedua saya untuk menjadikan sebagai bahan
rujukan. Daripada Youtube juga, saya juga mendapatkan berita atau isu – isu semasa
yang berlaku di Malaysia mahupun luar negara.
Antara video – video yang
terdapat dalam channel tersebut
adalah video tutorial mengenai penyuntingan gambar dan video, tutorial mengenai
fotografi dan videografi, tutorial untuk mereka design dan sebagainya. Channel
tersebut bukan sahaja mendapat sambutan pengguna fotografer, videografer dan
pereka grafik, malah ianya mendapat sambutan daripada pelajar – pelajar untuk
membuat bahan rujukan. Secara tidak langsung channel tersebut juga telah menjadi tempat atau medan perbincangan
mengenai bidang fotografi, videografi dan sebagainya pada rungan komen yang
disediakan oleh aplikasi Youtube.
Jelas sekali, dengan adanya
pelbagai channel yang mampu membantu
pengguna untuk mencapai kepuasan dan matlamat mereka, pertambahan pengguna
terhadap aplikasi Youtube juga semakin meningkat.
Perkembangan pesat di
era teknologi abad ini ternyata memberi pengaruh yang meluas dalam kehidupan
seharian. Apa yang lebih membanggakan adalah ia turut memberi impak yang besar
kepada sistem komunikasi antara manusia di dunia ini. Sehubungan dengan itu,
penggunaan laman sosial yang semakin meluas membolehkan pengguna untuk
berkomunikasi dan berinteraksi dengan lebih mudah dan berkesan.
Laman sosial merupakan perkara baru
dalam dunia internet. Jika sebelum ini, masyarakat hanya menggunakan telefon
dan pesanan ringkas untuk berkomunikasi dengan keadaan jarak yang jauh
semata-mata, tetapi dengan kewujudan laman sosial, komunikasi dapat dijalankan
secara dua hala selain menjadi komunikasi yang begitu berkesan, mudah dan pantas.
Masyarakat bukan sahaja dapat berkomunikasi melalui laman sosial ini malah
dapat mempamerkan, memperluaskan dan berkongsi profil diri dan pengalaman
mereka dengan sesiapa sahaja tanpa mengira batasan masa, ruang dan lokasi.
Penggunaan internet yang semakin
meluas pada masa kini merancakkan lagi kemunculan laman-laman web yang dapat di
akses oleh para pengguna internet.
Pertumbuhan pesat dalam penggunaan internet dan peningkatan peralatan
tanpa wayar telah membawa kepada pertambahan permintaan untuk memiliki
kemudahan teknologi yang lebih baik dan cepat dan seterusnya menyebabkan
berlakunya permintaan yang tinggi terhadap akaun atau alamat e-mel agar
memudahkan mereka menghantar dan menerima maklumat menerusi hujung jari (
Faridanura, 2014).
Sebagai contohnya, laman sosial yang
wujud pada masa kini seperti Youyube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Skype,
Wechat, Line, Myspace, Hi5, dan Friendster merupakan media atas talian yang
digunakan oleh para pengguna untuk dalam
mencari maklumat, berkomunikasi, dan mencari kenalan baru atau lama. Menurut
Lai (2010) yang menyatakan bahawa mereka lebih cenderung menggunakan laman
sosial untuk berkomunikasi, mengakses maklumat dan berhibur. Selain itu, laman
sosial ini menjadi pendekatan pengguna untuk berkomunikasi dan salah satu
medium untuk menyampaikan dan menyalurkan maklumat.
Penggunaan Youtube kini menjadi
pengganti media massa seperti televisyen untuk dunia sekarang. Rancangan atau
segala informasi boleh didapati dari laman Youtube ini. YouTube merupakan salah
satu website yang popular pada era kini. YouTube adalah sebuah laman web video
sharing yang popular dimana para pengguna dapat memuat, menonton, dan pelbagai
klip video secara percuma. Umumnya video-video di YouTube adalah klip musik
(video klip), film, TV, serta video buatan para penggunanya sendiri. Format
yang digunakan video-video di YouTube adalah .flv yang dapat ditayangkan di laman
web itu yang memiliki plugin Flash Player.
Munculnya youtube di kalangan
masyarakat dunia memunculkan persepsi
orang dalam bentuk pro dan kontra. Bagi mereka yang pro terhadap fenomena
mutakhir YouTube, mereka memanfaatkan YouTube sebagai media pembelajaran musik
dan disisi lain sebagai kemudahan menuju populariti yang dapat berkembang
menjadi “mesin pencetak wang” melalui populariti tersebut.
YouTube merupakan salah satu media
massa yang popular dan penggunanya tersebar diseluruh dunia. Laman ini memiliki
persepsi tersendiri bagi masyarakat, ada yang pro dan kontra dengan beberapa
alasan tersendiri. Sebagai media massa yang canggih sekarang, YouTube memiliki pelbagai
kesan terhadap masyarakat. Bermula daripada kesan positif, negatif, sehingga
kesan sebagai pengaruh media massa. Hal tersebut sangat berkait rapat dan
menentukan perkembangan dunia pada masyarakat umum dewasa kini.
Lai, S. K.
(2010). Penggunaan Internet dan Kesedaran Kerjaya Dalam Kalangan Pelajar
Tingkatan Satu di Sebuah Sekolah Menengah, Puchong: Projek Penyelidikan, Bangi: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Negeri
Sarawak atau dikenali sebagai Sarawak Bumi Kenyalang tidak asing lagi kepada
kita bahawa negeri ini mempunyai pelbagai etnik dan budaya yang banyak. Setiap etnik
mempunyai adat resam tersendiri dalam apa jua acara yang dilakukan. Blog yang
bernama Kebudayaan Sarawak (http://bahasamelayupengantar.blogspot.my)
mempunyai banyak artikel mengenai negeri Sarawak. Antara contoh artikel yang
menarik adalah “Adat Perkahwinan Kaum Bidayuh” yang disediakan oleh Khoo Bao
Ru. Artikel yang ditulis dalam blog ini menceritakan secara terperinci mengenai
adat resam etnik Bidayuh dalam perkahwinan mereka. Menurut blog tersebut, etnik
Bidayuh merupakan etnik yang tinggal di kawasan bukit di luar bandar Kuching
dan etnik ini mempunyai pelbagai suku kaum serta masing – masing mempunyai adat
resam tersendiri. Jadi, setiap suku kaum Bidayuh yang berlainan mempunyai adat
resam tersendiri dalam perkahwinan mereka.
Bagi
etnik Bidayuh, perkahwinan adalah cara untuk menjadi anggota Biik atay Ramin. Satu
pantang larang yang ditegaskan oleh etnik Budayuh adalah perkahwinan antara
sepupu. Dayak Selako pula melarang keluarga mereka untuk berkahwin dengan musuh
mereka akan kerana khuatir termakan sumpah. Namun begitu, kekhuatiran tersebut
telah dimansuhkan kerana sudah berlakunya perkahwinan dengan musuh mereka oleh
datuk nenek mereka. Dayak ukar – Sadong pula mempunyai peraturan yang bebas
dalam perkahwinan. Sebagai contoh lelaki dan perempuan dibenarkan untuk
berkenalan antara satu sama lain sebelum berkahwin. Setiap perkahwinan tidak
kira mana – mana etnik semestinya mempunyai adat resam mereka tersendiri
seperti merisik, meminang, bertunang dan berkahwin. Sama juga dengan etnik
Bidayuh, adat resam tersebut menjadi turun temurun sehingga kini dalam adat
resam perkahwinan mereka.
Pada
ruangan komen di bahagian bawah blog tersebut, saya melihat bahawa terdapat
banyak komen – komen positif yang diberikan oleh pengunjung blog kerana artikel
ini telah banyak membantu mereka untuk mengetahui secara tidak langsung tentang
adat resam perkahwinan etnik Bidayuh. Terdapat juga penambahan komen oleh
pengunjung blog yang berbangsa Bidayuh mengenai adat resam tersebut. Selain itu,
ada juga pengunjung blog menyatakan beberapa link mengenai adat resam etnik Bidayuh yang berkaitan dengan
perkahwinan untuk menambah bahan bacaan kepada pengunjung blog yang lain. Jadi,
secara keseluruhan mengenai artikel yang ditulis oleh Khoo Bao Ru dapat
dirumuskan tentang bagaimana adat resam perkahwinan etnik Bidayuh. Setiap etnik
mempunyai adat resam tersendiri dan dari adat resam adalah budaya. Jelas sekali
Sarawak Bumi Kenyalang begitu indah dari segi etnik dan budaya.
Monday 1 May 2017
We Will Not Go Down
Satu
blog mengenai sebuah lagu kemanusiaan dan keagamaan yang bertajuk We will not
go down yang dinyanyikan oleh Michael Heart. Blog ini ditulis daripada
Kabarinspirasi.blogspot.my yang mendedahkan tentang lagu ini yang ramai orang tidak
tahu. Cerita lagu ini sebenarnya mengisahkan tentang membela nasib rakyat
Palestin yang ditindas oleh negara Israel tanpa belas kasihan. Bom, peluru
berpandu, bedilan demi bedilan dan pukul-memukul menindas rakyat di bumi
Palestin yang tiada dosa dengan mereka menjadi mangsa sewenang-wenangnya.
Michael Heart menarik perhatian dunia dengan lagu ini kerana beliau bukanlah
orang Islam namun, semangat kemanusiaan yang tinggi dalam diri mampu
menyedarkan ramai orang di seluruh dunia apabila mendengar lagu We will not go
down. Unsur nilai-nilai keagamaan yang diterjemahkan dalam lagu ini mampu
membuat orang yang mempunyai sifat kemanusiaan walaupun berlainan agama merasai
kesengsaraan yang dihadapi oleh warga Palestin. Michael Heart walaupun bukan
Islam tapi kesengsaraan yang dirasainya sebagai umat manusia amat membanggakan
ramai pihak. Rakaman yang dilakukan di Los Angeles, Amerika Syarikat
diterbitkan sekitar tahun 2008-2009 ini amat mendapat sambutan dunia dengan
tontonan di Youtube mencapai 1, 021, 000 kali. Apabila setiap kali berlakunya
konflik antara Israel dan Gaza lagu inilah sentiasa menjadi hits di radio-radio
atau pun Youtube.
Bagi
perbezaan pendapat dan ketidaksetujuan daripada mana-mana pihak pasti ada walau
apa pun yang di post ke blog atau apa-apa media. Bagi lagu ini ia mendapat
sambutan yang baik daripada ramai pihak kerana menunjukkan sifat kemanusiaan
yang tinggi. Namun begiru, terdapat juga ramai orang dan pengguna media memberi
komen yang negatif seperti dari negara dan agama lain yang tidak bersetuju
tentang lagu ini ditujukan kepada Palestin dan Gaza. Bagi mereka Michael Heart
merupakan bukan Muslim namun, lagunya seakan menyokong negara Islam yang
ditindas itu. Itulah sterotaip yang dilakukan oleh mereka terhadap lagu yang
dinyayikan oleh Michael Heart yang tidak dipersetujui oleh mereka. Perbezaan
pendapat ini lahir daripada sikap pengguna yang berlainan agama dan bangsa
iaitu komuniti-komuniti yang tidak menyokong negara Islam mendapat keamanan
dengan sokongan yang ditunjukkan melalui lagu terutama lagu yang dinyanyikan
oleh orang bukan Islam seperti lagu We will not go down. Sebagai tambahan,
Michael Heart telah menyanyikan banyak lagu tentang kemanusiaan yang mana juga
menyokong pembelaan nasib penduduk Gaza dan Palestin.
It
is undeniable that the world now is changing and the advancement of technology
is taking place now. As the time passes, we can see most of us are unbreakable
from our ultimate and advancing devices such as the smartphones. Everywhere and
anywhere it can be seen that people are always holding their smartphones and they
will never get tired of it, and are able to go online on the Internet all day.
In
a research done by Young (2004), it is hard to define “Internet Addiction” and
there are many arguments that the term “addiction” should only fit for people
that are doing drugs. Over time, the term “Internet Addiction” is recognized as
legitimate disorder grew as there are many online users that become addicted to
the Internet.
To
understand more about this Internet addiction among us, our group had conducted
a survey to study the addiction of Internet among people. On this survey of
Internet addiction, we conduct it using questionnaire and pass it to 60
respondents. The questionnaire that we had passes to be given to public and it
is open for anyone to answer it.
In
our questionnaire, we had asked related question that lead to Internet addiction
such as the spending time for online, the negligence towards works, the purpose
of using the Internet and also their opinion on how is the life without
Internet.
Young
(1999) also conducted a survey regarding this Internet addiction and she posted
eight questions related to it.
From
our 60 respondents, there are mostly females with the total of 34 (61.8%) and
males with the total of 15 (27.3%). For the total of age, most of our
respondents are with the age of 23 (26.7%) and the least are with the age of 40
(1.7%).
Figure 1: Age or respondents
Figure 2: Gender of respondents
From
all the responses that we had also, most of the respondents did not take that
much time in using Internet. Our respondents spend about two to three hours on
social media per day with the total of 25 (41.7%) and the least with the total
of 7 (11.7%) are the respondents that spent less than one hour. From this usage
of time on social media, it can be seen that our respondents are not that
addicted to the Internet as they usually spend two to three hours. Some may
spend more than five hours which are with total of 16 (26.7%). According to
Young (1999), time spending in using Internet is not the direct definition of
“Internet Addiction” but most likely it is the users that spent about forty to
eighty hours per week in which when changed o days, it is the users that spend
more than 5 hours are the one that addicted to Internet.
Figure 3: Hours spend on social media per day
Aside
surveying the time spent on Internet, we also ask the respondents if they ever
stay longer that they intended when go online using the Internet. Most of them
say “Yes” as the answer with the percentage of 58.3% and the least says “No”
with the percentage of 18.3%. Being on the Internet longer than intended also,
causes the respondents to neglect their works and also causes lack of sleep. Most
of the respondents say “Yes” as the answer to the lack of sleep due to online
with the percentage of 51.7% and the least says “Maybe” with the percentage of
15%. This shows that some respondents do not really estimated the time that
they spend when online. Besides, most of the respondents stated that they are
not neglecting their work although they are online on the Internet all the time.
This is shown when most of the respondents say “No” as the answer with the
percentage of 41.7% and the least with the percentage of 26.7% for the answer of
“Maybe”.
Figure 4: Staying longer than intended when online
Figure 5: Online until late night and causes lack of sleep
Figure 6: Neglection towards works/ assignments when online
This shows that most of our respondents are comfortable to
go online on the Internet when at their own home.
Figure 8: Purpose of using the Internet
When go online, most of the
respondents also tend to seek for entertainment purpose with the percentage of
40% and the least prpose of online is for business matters with the percentage
of 5% only.
Plus, the most used social media by the respondents is the usage of
WhatsApp with the percentage of 47.5%
and the least are WeChat and Twitter with the total percentage of
6.8%. Most of the respondents also says
that they never heard of someone complaining to them when spending to much on
Internet with the percetnage of 55% saying “No” and the least with the
percentage of 15% that says “Maybe”.
Figure 9: Type of social media often use
FIgure 10: Others complaining when spending too much on Internet
FIgure 11: Does Internet provides more fun than real life
To find out if our respondents are addicted to the Internet
or not, we also asking them if the Internet provides more fun than real life or
not. Most of our respondents say “Yes” as the answer with the percentage of
41.7% and the least saying “Maybe” with the perrcentage of 25%. This shows that
most of our respondents are addicted to the Internet although they do not spend
much time whe online. Although this seems unpredictable but, most of our
respondents prefer to use the Internet in their life to spend the time in their
life.
Futhermore, most of our respondents says that they might “Dead” if there
are no Internet in their life. This is shown in Figure 12 that the respondents
described that they will die without Internet with the percentage of 20%.
FIgure 12: Describe the life without Internet
In conclusion, our survey on this Internet
Addiction among people shows that most of our respondents are addicted to
Internet. Some respondents may say that they are not spending much time on
Internet but they cannot deny that Internet is being a part of their life as
they symbolize Internet as the main tool in their life.
If you wish to find more if you are an addict or not, you can watch the video below:
By: Paula Maria Chegam (48699)
Many youngsters, teenagers, adults are addicted to modern digital products, such as mobile phones, as the social psychologist Adam Atler warns many of us in his new book “Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked" (Dreifus, 2017). He shared that mobile phones cause an addiction which he like to refer to as "behavioural addiction".
Based on the interview in the article, he shared about how an individual gets addicted to mobile phones as they use it most of their time. He admitted that he is also a mobile phone addict. However, he had his own ways to restrain himself from using it especially when he is interacting with his family members.
He suggested a way to reduce the use of mobile phones in our daily life. He suggest that an individuals should be mindful of how mobile phones or any technologies will invade ones personal life.
Do you think that his suggestion works for you? Have you ever reduce the usage of mobile phones in your everyday life? If so, how did you manage to do it? If not, would you like to try to reduce your addiction to mobile phones and how will you do it?
Reference:
Dreifus, C. (2017). Why We Can't Look Away From Our Screens. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/science/technology-addiction-irresistible-by-adam-alter.html?_r=0
With the presence of new advance technologies, newspapers and print journalism have been gradually changing over the years. Before, a reporter would be given a lead and they need to went outside in order for them to get news. Today, we can see that many stories are receiving received third hand interference or opinions through Facebook posts or Tweets so by the time a story is assigned to the reporters, the story has already become some news that are known to the public. The reporter now has to take that into consideration and probably need to find a new angle of the story to be covered as a news. Read more...
People consuming news via the Internet or apps are becoming more than those who do so by buying a hardcopy of the traditional newspapers. Not only that, Internet has also changed people’s perceptions of the news media. We can see that the existences of news portal and news online sites are becoming more and more, thus making it easy for us to get information. We can access to news around us within just seconds. With the easy access of information, credibility of the news becomes a questions. Have you guys ever wonder where do all the news came from and whether the source is trustable or not? And what does it takes for you to trust a news before you decide to share the news in your social media accounts?
Malaysian
Must Know The Truth is a news Blogspot
shared by several bloggers (editor) who provide news by sharing news content
from other news agency. We have found that MMKTT has less credibility in
producing and providing news to their readers. According to Meyer (1988),
to be credible is to offer reasonable grounds for being believed. To make
people believe that the news is not a fake news, it must come from a legitimate
news site. Since everyone can use the blog as their personal journal,
political blogs or even entertainment blog, the blog has less credibility in
delivering news to the public. This is because the news could be
inaccurate or bias toward one party.
The good practice of this blog is that they allowed readers to comment on news. The online
readers can comment on the news openly without having to subscribe to the blog.
Malaysiakini is an online-only news site in
Malaysia that covered mostly political news in the country. Malaysiakini claims to be an independent
news agency and free from government regulation. However, although they claims to be an
independent news portal, they were acknowledge by the government for being
pro-opposition. Thus, the news reported
will not be balance as it will favoured the opposition party.
It is the same as the print newspaper. All stories must have at least two sides. Therefore, it is the reporter’s job to present a balanced story to the readers. One-sided news reporting happened when the writer put an unfair or one-sided opinion on the story. This is a bad practice for online news as it does not tell us the whole story or giving us a fair account of what happened.
The good practice of Malaysiakini is that they plays an important role as the fourth estate. Basically the fourth estate or also known as fourth power refer to the news media. So far, Malaysiakini plays their role in keeping government in check by keeping the public informed.
For an online-only news site like Malaysiakini, only subscribers can sign in and comment on the news posted on the site. By being a subscriber, they can give comment on all news story. Non-subscriber has a limited privilege as they can only read the news and could not participate in the comment section.
The Star Online is one of the most popular online sites in Malaysia. It is own by the Malaysian Chinese Association(MCA), a component party of Barisan Nasional.
The good practice of The Star Online is that they provide a fair and unbiased news.
For The Star Online, the online counterpart of The Star Newspaper, they allowed readers to express their emotions by asking how do you feel, and the reason why the readers feel so. There is a limited conversation or discussion between readers on the news story.
3) Which sites would you recommend to other people and
why?
I would like to recommend Malaysian
to read The Star Online.
This is because, The Star Online news sites is a credible news site. Besides that, The Star Online able to deliver an accurate, not bias news to the public. Therefore, I would suggest readers to read The Star as their main news sources.
Reference
Meyer, P. (1988). Defining
and measuring credibility of newspapers: Developing an index. Journalism
Quarterly, 65(3), 567-574.
"The Star Online is
the most visited news portal in Malaysia". The Star Online. 17 October
2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
Digital divide is a term that used to define the
hole amongst socioeconomics and districts that have admittance to present day
data and correspondence innovation, and those that don’t or have confined get
to. This innovation can incorporate the phone, TV, PCs and the web such as
Internet.
Extensively, the distinction is not really
controlled by the access to the Internet, however by the access to ICT
(Information and Communications Technologies) and to Media that the diverse
sections of society can utilize. Concerning the Internet, the get to is just a
single angle, different variables, for example, the nature of association and
related administrations ought to be considered. Today the most talked about
issue is the accessibility of the entrance at a reasonable cost and quality.
According to Warschauer (2002), offered an
alternative approach suggesting that in addition to the physical sides of
access, other factors such as content, language, literacy, education and
institutional structures must also be taken into consideration when assessing
the level of information and communication technology use in a community.
Before the late 20th century, digital divide alluded
predominantly to the division between those with and without phone access:
after the late 1990s the term started to be utilized principally to portray the
split between those with and without web get to, especially broadband.
The digital divide regularly exists between those in
urban and rural areas. This includes between the educated and the uneducated,
socioeconomic group, and, all inclusive, between the more and less
industrialized countries. Indeed, even among populations with some entrance to
innovation, the computerized partition can be obvious as lower-execution PC,
low speed of remote and wireless connections, bring down estimated connections,
for example, dial-up, and restricted access to subscription-based.
In different countries, access to the phone
framework was viewed as such a crucial component, to the point that
administrations actualize different strategies to offer affordable telephone
service. Sadly, a few countries have insufficient telephone lines. For example,
Malaysia; in East Malaysia and Borneo Malaysia, the percentage of internet
access is very limited. It includes Kelantan, Terengganu, Sabah and Sarawak
where there are some areas that are not well-developed under the ICT context.
As for the index;
References
M. R. (2014, June). What is digital divide? - Definition from WhatIs.com. Retrieved March 19, 2017, from http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/digital-divide Digital Divide - ICT Information Communications Technology. (2016, September 12). Retrieved March 19, 2017, from http://www.internetworldstats.com/links10.htm
Recently, WikiLeaks had announced by storm that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) can turn Smartphones and TVs into spying remote spying devices (ABC News, March 8, 2017). Just when we get too comfortable with our lives posting selfies and stuffs, we are unaware that even without all those, we are still under surveillance. Thus, technology does making our private life becomes not safe and in danger of too much exposure. We learned about the Panopticon.
So, do we take into account our concern on privacy when we engaged in communication technology? Based on an international research from Verint Systems, “the top consumer agenda is that related with concerns around data privacy and security” (Netimperative, March 9, 2017). That statements means that 9 in 10 consumers are worry about online privacy. Wonder why online privacy matters, watch the YouTube video on a TED talks below, for more understanding;
The phenomenon of we communicate with each other via any electronic and digital devices is also can be called the Internet of Things (IoT). According to McMahon (2015), those devices "use sensors to record information about people or objects, communicate accross different programming languages, and even begin to analyze collected data, which can then be transmitted back to people or other devices. (p. 8) One of the example is Fitbit, a watch for fitness puposes that can detect everything about our healt status such as heartbeat rate, our bodyis' level of dehydration, and also it can monitor our sleep quality, measuring the calory intake everytime we eat or drink and so on. Now, a valuable stuff like this is often comes with a risk. One of the risk is that someone might steal it and every personal data that the owner had put inside is exposed.
There is a way to ensure yourself to be more protected even though not perfectly but at least there are some ways that can makes the spooks' job harder. One of the way is by turning off settings that we do not need (ABC News, March 8, 2017). if one of you wants to be a teacher some days, below is a diagram of top 10 things that you should tell your students about social media privacy.
Therefore, I conclude that we have to like it or not to be careful when engaging in Internet of Things (IoT) because who knows some day that we will be an important public figure and one thing that will we worried the most is digital privacy and safety. Also, advancing ourselves in using and understanding technology is important in this era, in fact everyone should learn the skills to safely used digital technology, since cyber crime is no longer an alien.
References:
Blake, P., (March 8, 2017). The spy device in your pocket. ABC News. Retrieved from http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/spy-device-pocket/story?id=45997099
Grubbs, A.D., (2011). Privacy law and the Internet using Faceook.com as a case study. University of Tennessee Honors Thesis Projects. Retrieved from
http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_chanhonoproj/1369
Markula Center For Applied Ethics., (February 8, 2013). Case study on online privacy: An Ethics Case Study. Santa Clara University. Retrieved from https://www.scu.edu/ethics/privacy/case-study-on-online-privacy/
McMahon, S., (2015). Internet of Things: A privacy law case study. University of Georgia Law. Retrieved from http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/stu_papers/1
CMC
is the use of computer based on tools such email, computer conferencing, which
for the purpose of human interaction. And the face-to-face communication is not
only the way people can communicate which CMC provide other way to communicate
with other. CMC made communication easier for people who have a busy schedule.
According
to Lengel (1984) , the theory on CMC began with an assumption that many
management problems are difficult and complex; hence formal information is not
rich enough to convey adequate insight and understanding.
In
my opinion, the computer mediated messages are inappropriate or ineffective for
exchanges in which interpersonal exchanges is needed because the medium
provides the information.
According
to Jones, 1995, CMC may be Impersonal, growing numbers of report are appearing
that reflect more personal CMC interaction, sometimes just a personal as
face-to-face interaction even describing interaction that surpasses in some
interpersonal aspect.
From
the table above, every medium have different capability or ability to deliver
the messages. It is all about the effectiveness that each media brings. For
example, written posts in social media could not provide the fact how the writer
actually feels or their expression is. We do not know their tone in their
message. Thus, we could say the effectiveness in delivering the message is low.
However
the media such as the telephone and “voice note” is a two-way communication and
you could interpret the other party’s tone but you can’t exactly interpret their
expression.
While
for me video conferencing is the most effective because you could eventually
see and hear the person clearly. For example, Skype and Face time.
References
Lengel,
R.H.,& Draft, R.L (1984). An
exploratory analysis of the relationship between media richness and managerial
information processing.College Station, TX: Department of management, Texax
A & M University.
Jones,
S.(1995). CyberSociety: computer-mediated communication and community. Thousand
Oaks, CA: Sage Publication
Sunday 5 March 2017
Richie
bin Dapar Jafar (48791)
The Pros and Cons of Computer
mediated communication
Nowadays,
most of our time were spent on using technology. When it comes to computer-mediated communication(CMC),
I immediately think of social media such as Facebook, WhatsApp, and others. This is because people nowadays prefer to
communicate using social media rather than face-to-face communication. A study by Drago (2015) suggests that people
are becoming more reliant on communicating with friends and family through
technology and are neglecting to engage personally.
CMC
like social media plays their role effectively in enhancing the flow of
communication. However, CMC also reduce
the quality of communication as it lacks nonverbal cues in online
communication. So, basically, CMC has
both advantages and disadvantages.
As what we learn from the lecture, computer-mediated communication is any human
communication that occurs through the use of two or more electronic
devices. Basically, it can occur in the
form of instant messaging, email, chat rooms, online forums, and other social
network services.
There are two types of computer-mediated
communication which are synchronous and asynchronous
To understand more
about the two type of CMC, please look at the picture below.
Advantages
So, here are some of the advantages of CMC.
CMC is not place and time dependence. Unlike face to face communication that requires people to be in close physical proximity when talking, computer-mediated communication is place-independent. As explained by Althaus (1997) computer mediated communication takes place in cyberspace, in which individuals can access files, read mail, and talk to one another. Computer-mediated communication makes it possible for people from different part of the
world to send and receive messages at any time and anywhere they want. As people communicate through the internet,
there is no need for people to attend physically during the communication
processes.
Computer-mediated communication can
create a unique environment for discussion that avoids many of the
conversational limitations posed by face-to-facecommunication
(McComb, 1994). Unlike in traditional classroom where face-to-face discussion must take place during classroom time, people especially student have more time to respond to a discussion when they are convenient. Just like in a traditional classroom, a student is able to interact with the lecturer and other student as well. It also help student who are shy to express their opinion on topic discussed.
Disadvantages
CMC are lack of paralinguistic cues. Paralinguistic cues refers to nonverbal element such as body posture, gesture, and facial expression that contribute meaning to verbal communication. In an online communication, user can express their facial expression by using emotion icon or also known as emoticon. However, emoticon alone cannot represent the others nonverbal element.
To understand more about computer-mediated communication, here is a video that might help to explain the basic concept of CMC and the advantages and disadvantages of CMC.
References
Althaus, S. L. (1997). Computer-mediated communication in the university classroom: An experiment with on-line discussions.
Drago, E. (2015). The effect of technology on face-to-face communication. Elon Journal of Undergraduate Research in Communications, 6(1).
McComb, M. (1994). Benefits of computer-mediated communication in college courses. Communication Education, 43(2), 159-170.
