After reading Jose Van Dijck’s The Culture of Connectivity, I wanted to explore some of the social media platforms surveyed by Van Dijck, under the lens of healthcare. Healthcare social media has been a slowly evolving concept and idea. Many health professionals are, rightly so, concerned with patient privacy, HIPAA, and the idea of their […]
We’ve all seen it. Facebook comes out with new privacy settings or new verbiage in the site’s Terms of Service. Or maybe they don’t make a change at all and your poor friends are falling for a real life Facebook Privacy Hoax (FPH). Side note: someone copyright FPH, because it happens all the time! A […]
Depression. Anxiety. Adolescent angst. The tail end of Turkle’s book, Alone Together, focuses on topics of betrayal, escapism, anxiety, and how technology impacts each of these areas. Turkle relies on extreme cases, but I saw a lot of powerful insights in the areas she explored. Examples of individuals struggling with employment, social interaction and life […]
I enjoyed the readings for this week’s class. And as a parent, I found myself feeling really nervous about parenting two girls who will someday have to experience adolescence. ETA: It wasn’t the about the technology. It was more about the fact that ohmygod isn’t it really hard to be a teenager? Ever? 1960. 1990. […]
