Tech Chapter 5 Blog Post

1. The Arab Spring has been called the bloggers revolution. What role did social media play in this revolution?

"Bloggers Revolution" was the time when middle eastern countries take a new turn and the whole world was indeed watching, listening, and emailing. It was the era of revolution down through the wires: time was collapsed and geography shrunk by the use of social networking.After analyzing 3 million tweets, gigabytes of you tube content and thousand of blog posts, a new study finds that  social media played a central role in shaping political debates in the Arab Spring. The results show this is the first time when media play a critical role in the Arab Spring. So, we can see how an accidental activist, Ghonim tapped into a share frustration that became immediately evident online. After two minutes, when  he started his Facebook page 300  people had joined it. Three months later, the number had grown to more than 250,000 which was a tremendous  change that shows how the social media revolution bind  all the people under a revolutionary thought.

2. Lindsey Stone was fired over a picture she posted on her Facebook page. Is it fair for 30,000 individuals, most of them probably strangers, to have the power to determine the course of an individual's life and livelihood based on one poor choice made on a social networking site? 

Lindsey is a woman who managed to exercise her right to free speech in a manner so incredibly offensive that people across the nation took to social media demanding she be fired from her job. So, I think it is not fair that strangers have the power to make a any decision just the basis on one poor choice she made on the social networking site, because every person has some good and bad things and some time people did mistakes which they realize later, when it is too late. If we talk about Lindsey working life, then her life director Diane Enochs said ," Stone had been with the group for 18 months and was a "good employee". It is not a matter she is a good employee or bad employee;however, the matter is the bad judgement on her job. On the other side , if we talk about the value of societies then Lindsey did a mistake because she could of used the picture for her own personal use or reasons but posting on the Facebook is giving the everyone ok to comment and criticize.   We can say that these social networking sites are just the way in which people speak freely and  express their  daily activities and thoughts, but it is far from the language of facts. On the basis of just opinions no body has the right to make any decision about some one else.

3. Your online reputation can make or break you. In fact college admissions officers and perspective employers look at your digital presence ? Can you get rid of your digital footprint? Research and provide tips for managing your online reputation.    

  It is true, your online reputation can make or break you because in two cases just we researched about "Bloggers revolution" and "Lindsey Stone fired over a picture she posted on the Facebook". If we compare both cases we can see the bad and good effects of the social media. We can say that societies eyes  always watch you if you do good things it will support you, but if you do wrong things it will harm you, so never break the societies expectations otherwise you will face the bad consequences in which Lindsey Stone was suffered. If we follow some rules then we can easily manage our online reputation:

a. Set up a Google alert on your name to keep track of any new content. You can have notifications mailed to you once a day.

b. On the Social web sites be sure to use your full name not a nickname you think is catchy.

c. Most websites give you the option to linking to other social media sites. Do this because it will make your online presence stronger.

d. The most important thing is keep private things private. Every time you post anything on the social networking sites, think before to do anything by himself as a question " Is it right" ? Also, think as a member of the society. You can, and should private setting on all content you want to share only with a select groups of friends and family.

Adams, S. (2013, March 14). 6 Steps To Managing Your Online Reputation. Forbes. Retrieved July 13, 2014, from http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/03/14/6-steps-to-managing-your-online-reputation/

Lindsey Stone loses her job - Hot Air. (n.d.). HotAir.com. Retrieved July 13, 2014, from http://hotair.com/archives/2012/11/22/lindsey-stone-loses-her-job

Mccann, C. (2011, December 24). Arab Spring. The New York Times. Retrieved July 13, 2014, from http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/opinion/sunday/arab-spring.html

Vargas, J. (2012, February 18). Spring Awakening. The New York Times. Retrieved July 12, 2014, from http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/books/review/how-an-egyptian-revolution-began-on-facebook.html?pagewanted=all