Internet Safety and Image Management

With the advancement of the internet, safety has come in to play. Most people don't know but anyone can be tracked down using the internet. All you need to do is a simple Google search on them and information can come up. First of all don't provide email addresses maybe just provide one address. Such as a spam email address. Also don't post your telephone number because then people can track you down using that. Someone concerned with internet safety should not provide their address but however provide a general location. Also, for example all those steps can be done using Facebook. On Facebook, make sure that your privacy settings are set right. This will protect you from random people looking in and trying to find out information from you.

By being careful about what you put up on the internet, you can be protected in the long run. To simply see what people can see about you all you need to do is type "Your Name" just like that on Google.. If you are on the top of the list then there is way to much information out there about you but if your not then its alright. Once you know where you stand you can use common sense and the above advice to protect yourself on the internet.

Another big problem with the internet is image management. Some people know but others don't that your information can be tracked down. Well also images of yourself can be tracked down. Something that is developing more often than not, is that when people go to get jobs, the employers actually do a search on people. If inappropriate pictures come up that can cause the employer to not hire you. Also the more you put yourself out there, the more unprotected you can be. More people may look for you due to your images of yourself. Images show who you are and what type of a person you are. By monitoring and limiting these pictures people can have a different view on you. Therefore making you a better person in the long. Lastly, if you monitor everything posted about yourself than you can be protected in the long run.

Community

What is a community? A community can range from many different things. For example a community consists of everyone who lives within a certain area. This area can be either large or small but no matter what you live in a community. A community can be very diverse. A community can be brought together in times of tragedy or times of success. Most importantly my community changes from when I am at school and when I am at home. In a community people share similar beliefs as well. People can stand out in a community in multiple ways. These ways can either be due to doing something good towards the community or something that will hurt the community.

But without a doubt a community is always united regardless of what happens. A community can be any social group of any size whose members live in a specific location. My community at the University of Albany consists of my friends and the current location I live. Regardless of what happens my friends will always be there for me just like any community should be. Lastly, a community is extremely important when it comes to the success of everyone living in it, just like the success of the University of Albany community.

Define Culture

1) Human culture: Characteristics of Culture
http://anthro.palomar.edu/culture/culture_2.htm

From this website, one can learn a lot of different facts about culture. One will learn that culture is an adaptive mechanism. After reading the article one can learn a lot about culture and how culture can change. Also most people don't know their actual culture. Lastly, after reading this article one will learn that their culture is no longer isolated and that it is open to the whole world.

2) Characteristics of Culture
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/characteristics-of-culture.html

From this website one can learn what culture is and how it is defined. Also after going through this website one can learn many different facts about other cultures. By being able to learn about other cultures you can become a more diverse person and can become more interested other cultures. Lastly, after going through this site you will be able to learn about so much more about several different cultures than you might not have learned or knew prior.

3) The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition
http://www.carla.umn.edu/culture/definitions.html

From this website, according to the university of Minnesota article, culture is defined in several different ways. The article contains multiple definitions of culture. The article uses definitions from multiple dictionaries and sources. This article provides links to other sections of what is culture and how can it be defined. Lastly, this website provides a way to learn about cultures.

4) What is Culture?
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/socst/grade3/whatisa.html

This website is a major debt of what culture is defined as. This article goes through the definition of culture and the transmission of what culture has became. This article defines the difference between culture and civilization. Lastly, the article defines the difference between race and culture and religion, ethnicity and culture.

5) Definitions of Culture From Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture

From this website, it allows you to understand the definition of culture. Wikipedia goes through early modern discourses and also goes to the 20th century discourses. Wikipedia gives a great detail explanation of what culture is and how it is defined. Lastly, Wikipedia goes through several process of where and how culture has been developed and what cultural anthropologist know and think of culture.

Tools

For Twitter the type of interaction was text based with some visuals, two way communication. It has a high level of interactivity. There can be feedback as well.

For Prezi the type of interaction was text based with some pictures and there are some videos. It is one way communication. There is a high level of interactivity when you are able to edit the Prezi.

For Blogger the type of interaction was text based. There is one way communication with feedback that is allowed. There is a medium level of interaction.

For C4LPT the type of interaction was text based. There is one way communication. There is a low level of interaction as well.