User:Renee Oldemonnikhof/Documentation of Process

Ideas for my exam project 2011

1. Public vs. Private space/ corporate vs. non-corporate - What can be found on someone on internet - Address (google maps), phone numbers. School records, bank accounts, friends, photos, etc. - How has this open culture effected our lives, and what are the dangers connected to this - Cameras

2. Mapping out all the China towns in the world and comparing them to social networking culture - How big would a china town be if you where to add all the China towns around the world into one big China town - What would the population be? - Why the Chinese culture is so strong and continues to spread itself in such a manner - Is it comparable to a social networking culture?

3. Continuing my internet newsgraph project from last year and extending it - Making it accessible to more newspapers (magazines) - Allowing people to compare one graph to the next (overlapping) - Making the clock work, and the calendar as-well - Making it clearer how information is being spread through internet and how censorship can slow down the process.

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Links/Inspiration

Privacy and beyond
Google releases censorship tools
Program or be programmed
Program or be programmed2
Privacy is over get over it
Raising awareness about over-sharing
jstor

EXAM PROJECT IDEAS

1. Creative Commons Creative Commons is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to making it easier for people to share and build upon the work of others, consistent with the rules of copyright. They provide free licenses and other legal tools to mark creative work with the freedom the creator wants it to carry, so others can share, remix, use commercially, or any combination thereof. The problem I have with creative commons is that people on for example flickr do not know what they are getting into. They are simply giving away their “personal” pictures and allowing advertisement agencies, amongst others, to use their “private” photos for commercial purposes. They are not being paid for this but are only credited for it. This might seem like a very creative way to work but it is truly causing a big problem because photographers get less business, models are no longer needed, and the only people who profit from this are the agencies.

2. Participatory information I am very much interested in citizen journalism. I believe that in a few years the need for professional journalism will disappear and their only job will be collecting information from the internet that citizen are putting on their. Twitter, You Tube and blogs are bringing in so much information everyday from so many angles that the need for professional journalism becomes unnecessary. The only job that remains is selecting the best ones to publish.

3. Internet privacy surveillance Internet privacy and surveillance is ruled and controlled by private companies who make all the decisions. This item has become a major issue especially when it comes to social networks. What is and is not shared is the big question. Also Google controls allot of our internet usage, they control the page rankings and what we see and do not see. Where is this being controlled, and how can we get more information and control on this issue?