My digital story website

Digital Story finale

Debate article

This article covers the info released by the Guardian newspaper due to the Snowden leak. It states that of all the information leaked only 1% of it has been shared via the newspaper. From this we can gather the severity of the information that he has attained. Now what he does with it will be the true test as to whether he is a patriot or a traitor.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25205846

DS Storyboard

http://prezi.com/tilzdj0u6gfv/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share

(couldn't figure out how to get onto blog, sorry)

annotated bibliography

I was originally doing my digital story on cyber bullying but as I have been requested to change my topic due to over popularity of it. I will be doing my digital story now on the hacker group anonymous and the good they do via their questionable methods.

http://www.businessinsider.com/good-hacks-by-anonymous-2013-4#

This source shows a brief description of good actions the group anonymous has done for society. I can use it to show they have decent intentions. 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/07/anonymous-hackers_n_3398282.html

Is an article about how one member is putting his own life in trouble by taking accountability in order to raise awareness and get justice. I can use it to describe the commitment they give to their work.

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/10/25/que-boy-12-pleads-guilty-to-hacking-government-websites

This website shows they are willing to use anybody’s skills in order to do what needs to be done or attained. I can use this to show their willingness to use anyone how has computer skills even young people.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/30/anonymous-internet-war_n_1233977.html

this article talks about the early stages of the group and their initial efforts and plans. Also talk about the previous issues over piracy and internet rights. I can use this to show a perspective from anonymous and give background information.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/15/jeremy-hammond-anonymous-hacker-sentenced

This article talks in depth about our own government possibly playing a hand in the efforts when the targets were foreign based. I can use this to show that even our own government plays dirty especially when it wants something.

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2011/07/21/anonymous-hackers-claim-to-breach-nato-security/

this article shows the magnitude and power that anonymous poses and that they can take on just about anyone or anything. I can use this to describe the power and skills that these hackers poses and what they can attain by using them.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/sunday-review/the-soul-of-the-new-hacktivist.html

this gives the history of hackers and anonymous and how they try to affect people and the internet. I can use this to show more background information about the group, what they try to do and the feelings/receptions they get from society. 

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/a/anonymous_internet_group/

this gives me access to various articles and sources to further my digital story. I can use this to add further strength to my digital story by picking articles to reinforce my point.

Media portrayal of a successful/unsuccessful man and our peer reviews

Nick Bozzo, Santo St. Vincent, Sean Shriner, Jacob Hedley

Digital story topic: Cyber Bullying

I plan to do a digital story on the effects of cyber bullying on people especially teens. This is a major problem in our society today and needs to remain in the spotlight no matter how much publicity it may get from time to time. I plan on using a multimedia source but am unsure as to which I wish to use for they are all very good. However I am doing the final steps in finalizing my decision for the best source. Bullying, ignorance, hatred, and discrimination over various things have been issues faced by people forever. While these problems are not new, they have never been appropriate. However there have been times in history when people tend to turn a blind eye to it or feel that they can get away with it in an easier fashion due to certain circumstances. Because of ideas similar to these, man has entered a new age of discriminating one another. Through technology people can harass, humiliate, demean, and drive people to the point of no return. No longer do people even need to be face to face to in order to say rude things or harass them. Now people can do this with a few clicks on the keyboard of their very own home computer or cellular device. This has caused much havoc for many people especially those in their teens (including myself.) There is nothing worse than have hateful and rude things said to you and not having any way to stop it especially since those who are saying these things are not even around to take accountability. Sure sometimes they make an effort to let you know who it is so at least there is a face to the comments. But in so many instances people will do it anonymously in order to preserve their own identity while   making their victims life hell. This issue has become an epidemic. According to bullying statistics (.org) approximately at least half of all teens have experienced bullying of some sort via technology with one in three getting actual threats of violence. In another study by do something (.org) the majority of teens said they felt that they couldn’t get in trouble or could get out of trouble in an easier fashion than if the bully bullied the victim in real life. And since bullies feel this sense of safety they do it all the more in the most rude and repulsive manners possible and for them any issue is fair game. Gender, Race, ethnicity, body type, sexual orientation, income, and looks amongst other things are all acceptable to bully about. In some instances, it may be true that the children were raised but parents with similar ideas therefore they reflect those opinions in school; however this ignorance is only partially to blame and only true in some situations. If children and teens continue these ideas and actions they may very well continue to act as bullies in their adult lives which can start the cycle all over again if they ever have kids. Another sad issue with bullying is when the victims feel they are totally alone and have no ulterior purpose in life than to get bullied. This unfortunately drives many young victims to commit suicide. Suicide is the third leading cause of death in young people and was shown in a studies done by Yale and England that the majority of suicides were related to bullying and victims of bullying were more likely to commit suicide. This is the final point as to why I think this is a critical issue that deals with digital media and social justice, because the point at which a person can drive another to feel they are insignificant enough to take their own life then there is a major problem going on.  

http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/bullying-and-suicide.html

http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-cyber-bullying

http://www.internetsafety101.org/cyberbullyingstatistics.htm

http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/cyber-bullying-statistics.html

week 9 review

Internet privacy has been an issue with users since the very foundation of the internet. While this may has been an issue for many years now, many people don’t seem to understand the problems and trouble they can be putting themselves in by having things as simple as twitter or facebook. If people are careful with the information they put up and monitored what they included in their information rather than publishing their life story then possibly there would be fewer problems for them and society as we know it. But alas people don’t seem to understand this and therefore post multitudes of information that can harm their personal lives. For some people it may only be a small slap on the wrist while others it can mean a loss of a career, potential job or schooling. Many people forget that during the job process their future employers search the candidate’s history to see if there is any history in the person that may not want. Even the most qualified of people make mistakes occasionally but it shouldn’t be on the internet where it remains forever. On the other hand potential identity thieves can do amazing yet horrifying things with the little amount of information that we post online. They no longer need large amounts of information but rather use their skills to attain the extra information that people don’t post online. Over the years there have been some major breaches in privacy been not in a personal level but rather a national level. War documents of the highest levels of security clearance have been leaked as well as less important files pertaining to various government ordeals. Even politicians are getting in trouble over stupid and idiotic decisions on their end that are causing multitudes of problems for them. And no one is above the effects of internet privacy idiocracy as this has been proven again and again. Everyone posts stupid things that should not be allowed for everyone to see from time to time so it is only a matter of time before a US president posts something that can get him in trouble.