Leading on from the lecture, we looked at new media in the sense of virtual communities and individual identities. Virtual community was explained as a group of people who communicate through the internet, while individual identities was the way people express who they are through the internet. This made me think about all the photos and posts I put on Facebook. Are they really a projection of me or is it just a small piece of it? I think you try to make it a mirror image of yourself, but somewhere along the way the internet makes it so commercial and fake.
We're asked to find who owns the content you put on the internet on various sites. After looking at various terms and conditions pages from social networking sites I found we do own all our pictures, video and text. However, as soon as you close your account, any content can be used for whatever purpose the organisation wants. Facebook has recently changed its policy, everything you put on their site is theirs to use, for advertising or any purposes. This really changes the way I think about social networking sites. If its that easy to do, why are we posting such personal accounts on the internet? Scary stuff!!
http://thenextweb.com/2009/02/16/facebook-owns-literally-put-facebook/
http://www.facebook.com/policy.php
http://videos.webpronews.com/2009/11/11/twitters-terms-of-service-spark-user-interest/
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