Blog vs Wiki

User-generated content dominates in the online world with blogs and wikis leading the way. Both types of content provide information that can be shared on the web for public or private use. They give access to people on the internet with vast information-sharing services.

Blogs are written by one person who can create and edit changes to entries, images, and other content on one page. According to BMC Med Edu, a standard blog features easy posting, archives of previous posts and a standalone. These are featured with a webpage that provides each post their own link and ability to engage in external sites. My webpage is a blog that can be read by anyone but can only be edited by me.

Wikis are a collaborative website whose content can be changed. According to UNSV Sydney, a wiki is an easily-edited set of one or more linked web pages that readers can add to or modify. Wikis can have multiple editors or authors. Our class wiki is a great example of a vast amount of knowledge that is created by anyone and can be edited by anyone. This allows people to fix mistakes others might have made on a type of post, provide grammar mistakes and takedown false information.



Citation

Boulos, Maged N Kamel, et al. “Wikis, Blogs and Podcasts: a New Generation of Web-Based Tools for Virtual Collaborative Clinical Practice and Education.” BMC Medical Education, BioMed Central, 15 Aug. 2006, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1564136/.

Chancellor, Vice. “Blog, Wiki or Forum - Which Should You Use?” UNSW Teaching Staff Gateway, 28 Nov. 2018, teaching.unsw.edu.au/assessment-blog-wiki-or-forum-which-should-you-use.

Social Networking: A Purposeful Loss of Privacy

Privacy is an expanding area that has been more prevalent than any other time in human history. As the world becomes digitalized, there need to be guidelines for users on their privacy protection rights. The constitution covers a small aspect of this area, but it doesn't provide users the rights they should know when searching the web. Many online technology organizations have been quick to expose this flaw by profiting off the vast collection of information that users feed to their website. Of course, companies will provide their privacy statements when you register in fine print that is not easy to read and leave users prone or vulnerable to rights that they might have missed in these statements. 

These issues become a prominent threat for companies that are targetting young adults and children who can be easily targetted for their lack of knowledge online and those who might not fully grasp the dangers of sites that target their online activity. Social media sites are mining through every user's data and selling this information to outside companies. I plan to talk about the strategies social media sites use to collect information, the dangers of using online social media and how it can affect every online user's life.