Newhouse Social Media

Newhouse Social Media

Newhouse Social Media  //  Curated by colleagues from the 2012 MAYmester PRL530 Social Media for Public Relations class in the Public Relations Master's Program at the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University.

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Mar 12 / 10:50pm

Why No One Cares About Privacy Anymore

by Philip Ryan Johnson
At a technology conference in January, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told his audience that Internet users don't care as much about privacy anymore. The 25-year old said that, in the seven years since he started the company, "people have really gotten comfortable not only sharing more information and different kinds, but more openly and with more people--and that social norm is just something that has evolved over time." Zuckerberg defended the company's decision in December to push users to reveal more, saying "we decided that these would be the social norms now and we just went for it."
via news.cnet.com

Filed under  //  privacy settings   Regulation   facebook   google buzz   privacy   trends  
 
Jan 27 / 11:11am

Social Media Ethics

by Lauren Baer

I thought that today’s lecture about the FTC and social media was very interesting. It’s crazy how everything in this country has to be regulated, that people don’t do the right thing unless they are told what exactly that is. I really liked Zappos policy of, “be real and use your best judgment.” It seems as though Zappos is doing two things with this policy, they are telling the public that they trust their employees and they are also in a way mocking the system. As much as I think it is ridiculous that everything we do needs to be monitored, you can’t help but worry. We live in a society where Kim Kardashian’s tweets have been deemed worth as much as $10,000 of sales. With this many people following the advice of celebrities and other bloggers some sort of regulations need to be made.

The unanswered question is: How do we regulate them? Is it possible to come up with a good solid set of regulations that cover all social media or can they only be made one medium at a time… until the next big thing comes along and they have to be created all over again.

Filed under  //  Kim Kardashian   Regulation   Zappos   ethics  
 
Jan 26 / 7:03pm

That Thing They Call the Internet

by Austin Curtis

I used to feel like blogs and the Internet was that last frontier for complete freedom of expression.  I learned today that there are several new rules and regulations that may be imposed on the internet in the near future.  The FTC has already proposed guidelines about what is and is not acceptable for blog postings.  I understand that the internet plays a crucial role in our society today.  I believe that some regulations are necessary because certain claims can have an adverse effect on company's sales.  Because I was brought up during a time where the internet was largely unregulated it is more difficult to accept government intervention in the form of limitations on some speech.   

Filed under  //  Internet   Regulation   blog   freedom   government   media   social