ExploringtheInternetTheDarkSideoftheInternet.ppt

Exploring the InternetThe Dark Side of the Internet 91.113-021 Instructor: Michael Krolak 91.113-031 Instructor: Patrick Krolak See also /~pkrolak/lab1/lab1.html The Internet and Security The Dark Side of the Internet  The Dark Side of the Internet is changing our lives in small ways The creation of an evolving rainbow of wireless devices mean that we are always on call, tracked with GPS, and constantly interrupted with text messages, twits, emails. Society and the multitasking lifestyle Frazzing: A new term for frantic multitasking, says ABC News, in a world where digital gadgets are all demanding our attention. By one estimate, the average office worker loses 2.1 hours a day to interruptions. Teens and the Social Network Recent medical journal articles have begun documenting how mobile devices are interrupting time formerly reserved for family and friends, i.e. downtime, This downtime time is now spent texting, tweeting, and posting to Facebook. The teenager who can not stop responding to messages and tweets even during the night, will soon enter the job world to find the same devices interrupting their business, family, and rest. The mobile device replaces real world experience with a virtual one. This makes it harder to read the situation where micro expressions of the face and body clue us to feelings and intentions, gain a sense of personal space, and other social skills. Teens and the Social Network References Confusion about the real world and the virtual world; /2011/03/28/doctors-warn-about-facebook-depression-in-teens/ Too much social collaboration among teens is leading to fatigue and guilt: /community/moms/articles/2011/03/27/on_call_all_night_can_leave_texting_teens_tired_out/ Living in the cyber space, virtual world is not the same as living: /bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2009/06/16/texting_is_not_talking/ Hoaxes create anxiety, worries, and in some cases real problems With the advent of the Internet social networks,