Journal 3- Module 3

               Internet regulation is nothing new to today’s world. It is a topic that has been around for a while. This has been an intense debate throughout the entire world.  Internet regulations are the process in trying to control specific information and access within the internet. The internet is such a huge domain and seems to me like it’s not possible to regulate certain things that go on within the internet world.  I feel that trying to stop people from expanding the internet functions won’t work. Trying to preserve that may not be as easy as certain companies or governments think. The internet is such a great creation in our world and is an amazing tool to communicate with. It allows people to freely express themselves in whatever ways they choose. If people choose to abuse it, that is their own problem and mistake.

            An example of the government not being able to regulate and control things like they think is sexting. This mainly goes on between kids through their cell phones and also through web cameras and computers. How does the government plan to regulate their cell phone use though? There is one group that is trying, and they are Harvard Law Schools Cyber law Clinic. They have done surveys and the age group that sexting is affecting in 12-17 years old. And only 15% of the images receive, are from people they know. Who or where are they getting the other images from? That’s quite disturbing. These teens need to be regulated by one person, and it’s not the government, it should be their mom/dad or guardian. Parents play a huge role in this issue. I thought that this information that Harvard Law School provides people is a great source for someone who needs a clear understanding of this topic.

           This next topic is something that I haven’t heard about before until I read    about it, it is called Podcasting.  It has improved our ability to communicate much better globally. My understanding of it is that it’s a face to face video on the internet. And it also can be listened to like a radio and can be divided up into separate parts. This particular site about Podcasting, that I researched, was informative to me. It was created back in 2004 and apparently many people still do not know about it. They are mostly used with IPhones and IPods, hence the name podcast, but it can also be accessed using a computer or laptop as well.
     

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sites/cyber.law.harvard.edu/files/Sacco_Argudin_Maguire_Tallon_Sexting_Jun2010.pdf
http://www.ipodder.org/whatIsPodcastinghttp://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sites/cyber.law.harvard.edu/files/Sacco_Argudin_Maguire_Tallon_Sexting_Jun2010.pdf
http://www.internetsociety.org/regulation?gclid=CI7dnOb63bICFQuk4Aod_lUAEA

Nina Ciccotelli-Module 2

Virtual communities can also be considered to be an online community. Within an online or virtual community, people basically get to know each other through a computer. This is how they choose to communicate within an online community. The main reason to communicate online is to network, meet people, joining chat groups, and just getting to know one another without that face to face contact.
            Ethical values involve a few different factors. One is being integrity which is when someone provides good judgment within a workplace or professional environment. Honesty and responsibility are also key factors in ethical values. To have good, ethical, values one must be fair and sincere. Being fair, faithful, and loyal to let’s say a particular company, is another key factor. Also having the tolerance and compassion with in a work place shows great ethical values where ever someone may be.
            Social networks are such a big thing in today’s world. Social networking is providing people with a service. It allows people who share interests to connect socially and virtually. Mostly all social networks are internet or web based. For example, email. Social networks also allow people from all over the world to be able to connect with each other by basically this click of a mouse. The most popular worldwide social networks we have today are Facebook and Twitter.
            These are all related in one specific way, communication. Without virtual communities, ethical values with in people, and social networks, people wouldn’t be able to communicate as well. However, I feel that throughout the virtual world, it doesn’t necessarily mater if you show good ethical values because you aren’t standing face to face with someone.

http://www.fullcirc.com/community/communitywhatwhy.htm
http://www.niee.org/case_of_the_month/ethics3.htm

          Communities can be defined as a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific location, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage. Some examples of different communities are practice. Communities that deal with people who are in similar work fields tend to be involved or interested in the same activities. Another good example is action. If certain people within a community feel strongly about a change that they’d like to see happen, they will come together and take action of these issues.
           Systems Theory is defines as the interdisciplinary study of systems in general, with the goal of elucidating principles that can be applied to all types of systems at all nesting levels in all fields of research.
            Virtual Communities are defined as people who interact over the internet, different web sites like chat rooms, newsgroups, emails, discussion board and blogs. If it wasn’t for these different types of virtual communities, people from all across the world would struggle to communicate. They help people every day and I feel that if these were to go away, people would not be able to accomplish tasks throughout their everyday lives. That’s how much importance virtual communities are to people.

Sources:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/community
http://www.feverbee.com/2010/11/different-types-of-communities.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_theory