Mostly everyone you talk to today, knows what the website Pinterest is. Pinterest is a website that is solely based on users 'pinning' links they like and what images they enjoy viewing. This service is great for women everywhere because we love other people giving us ideas for our children's birthday parties, the way we workout, or even how we should dress. This system is also great for all of those DIY'ers that love to create everything possible by themselves.
This service may seem great, but this idea has come into a lot of copyright and legal issues within this servers content. While users can post ideas that are their own, some don't give credit where credit is due. The way a pin works, is that an image is previewing per say, the website that it is coordinated with, and on the bottom of the pin is a quick little description of what this entire pin is about. However, you may have a pin that links to your website but the image that is being previewed is not your own image. A user can easily steal a photographer or a designer's image and not copyright it which doesn't give the creator the credit that they want. Many photographers and such are too nice to sue on such a small-scale copyright infringement, however if your 'pin' goes viral and starts to circulate all around the world, and the preview image that was showcased on your pin, may soon be linked to your website and the creator of that image may be very unhappy with you and press charges.
There have been many lawsuits involving Pinterest, and yet the majority of the users have no idea that this is a form of copyright infringement, or where these images that they are posting are coming from. Lawsuits against Pinterest have claimed that Pinterest is just like Google Image Search, in that there are thousands of images on display for everyone to see. However, that claim is not true at all. When an image is uploaded to Pinterest, the image is stored within Pinterest's 'walls' and then becomes part of Pinterest forever. Unlike Pinterest, Google Image Search doesn't store the images within its system, which helped their case during a court hearing.
Pinterest seems to keep their copyright rules where they are now, and not change policy. I feel like in the future we will soon see Pinterest in a lot more legal issues pertaining to copyright infringement.
Article on Pinterest Copyright violations
Search Engine Empire, The Google Story
Throughout the years, the Internet has evolved in ways that us humans could have never expected. It may seem that the Internet has taken up a mind of its own, by determining what we want to see and what it thinks we want to know.
The fact of the matter is that there is no "common Google" anymore and that everyones Google searches and webpages are customized and not standard. According to Eli Pariser, who went onto TEDTalks and explained that Google has created a 'filter bubble' where it only allows what it wants you to see and what you may want to find. (TEDTalks Video HERE). Google has become such a worldwide search engine that it has started to be used as a verb. As stated in my blog, Google (verb), I talk about how people are using terms such as "Oh just google it", and actually the term to 'google' is being used when even talking about using other search engines. The way that the world is flocking around Google is starting to hit very dangerous levels, because if in fact Google does continue to try and secretly regulate what we see, we will soon depend on Google with such immensity that we won't know what to do with out this huge search engine. When children have a report to do on the term "mountains" per say, they won't go to the local library anymore and check out books. The first thing children do, is connect to the internet and search the term on Google.
When looking up terms and wanted phrases on Google, each screen will be different, as stated in the TEDTalks seminar, which obviously prevents you from seeing many different sites that may be beneficial to you. If you mostly google images, then your search results will most likely have Google Images results before any website. (Notice how I used the term google as a verb.) Being such a search engine giant like Google is, it's easy to get caught up in the idea that everything is based around Google.
When looking up terms and wanted phrases on Google, each screen will be different, as stated in the TEDTalks seminar, which obviously prevents you from seeing many different sites that may be beneficial to you. If you mostly google images, then your search results will most likely have Google Images results before any website. (Notice how I used the term google as a verb.) Being such a search engine giant like Google is, it's easy to get caught up in the idea that everything is based around Google.
SNS Hall of Fame: Twitter
In 140 characters or less, it is pretty hard to try and get clear, important, and impacting news across for the whole world to see. The social networking site, Twitter has revolutionized the way breaking news has traveled around the world and has earned its way into the SNS Hall of Fame. Throughout the years that Twitter has been online, many world wide breaking news stories have occurred and have been broadcasted on this wonderful site. From the riots breaking out around the world, to owners of basketball teams making racist statements, Twitter has created san easy and (short) way to communicate and broadcast your opinion rapidly. Twitter reaches out to such a large crowd in such a quick time due to their use of "hashtags". The hashtag basically is a statement or phrase that is used to describe an event, which is then broadcasted, then you have the ability to type in that hashtag and see every tweet around the world that relates to the event happening. It is an easy and fast way to spread the word quickly and efficiently.
Below is a map that shows the activity on Twitter after Donald Sterling (owner of the Clippers) was fired, using the hashtag #Bannedforlife.
Twitter Map
Below is a map that shows the activity on Twitter after Donald Sterling (owner of the Clippers) was fired, using the hashtag #Bannedforlife.
Twitter Map
Facebook: The New Job Application
For years now SNS have become more prominent and have become intertwined with everyday living. Every moment of a persons life is documented on a "wall" or a "timeline" for others to view at the push of a button. Companies have caught on with this trend and are utilizing it to its full potential. Many cases have been documented where companies have turned down applicants for a job due to the content that is posted on their social media pages.
Now is this right for companies to do? That raises a whole level of ethical issues concerning peoples rights to post what they want on their social media pages. However, when you are at the point in your life where you are looking for a professional job, you shouldn't be posting pictures and information that would deem you unprofessional to begin with. Companies are using this "interviewing" process to their advantage because they believe that this really shows the character of the applicant and really gives the employers a good sense of who they are hiring.
According to career builder, more than 43 percent of hiring managers have found info on social media that have cost applicants the job. Mostly due to posing inappropriate or provocative pictures or information of themselves at a whopping 50 percent.With these numbers, there should be absolutely no reason why people who are serious about a job search should be posting unprofessional things on a social media website.
Some tips on "Cleaning Up":
Now that you know how badly social media can affect your career, here are some tips on clearing your name of any nonsense.
Now is this right for companies to do? That raises a whole level of ethical issues concerning peoples rights to post what they want on their social media pages. However, when you are at the point in your life where you are looking for a professional job, you shouldn't be posting pictures and information that would deem you unprofessional to begin with. Companies are using this "interviewing" process to their advantage because they believe that this really shows the character of the applicant and really gives the employers a good sense of who they are hiring.
According to career builder, more than 43 percent of hiring managers have found info on social media that have cost applicants the job. Mostly due to posing inappropriate or provocative pictures or information of themselves at a whopping 50 percent.With these numbers, there should be absolutely no reason why people who are serious about a job search should be posting unprofessional things on a social media website.
Courtesy of: Forbes Magazine
Some tips on "Cleaning Up":
Now that you know how badly social media can affect your career, here are some tips on clearing your name of any nonsense.
- Search yourself:
- searching for yourself is a great way to see what is actually posted and connected to your name over a wide variety of websites.
- Delete:
- if you even have to ask yourself if something is appropriate enough to post online, odds are, its probably not. Delete anything that shows or says anything inappropriate or anything that is illegal.
- Post Positive:
- start associating yourself with "likes" that show professionalism. Like pages that have something to do with what you want to do with your life career wise. Start posting your work or big career steps to show that your work is everything to you and that you take it seriously.
Red Bull: A Great Media Empire?
During the Super Bowl this year, I am sure we all saw the Red Bull advertisement that showed some adventurous people saying some pretty motivational things, with the classic motivational music playing in the background. Made you feel like you had to do something with your life, right? I felt like everything I accomplished in life wasn't as great as that person jumping from space onto the landscape of the Earth, but it did have an affect on me.
The fine work of Red Bull's new promotional ad's and their attempt to merge into the media world has become a phenomenon to me. Their success with creating such moving television ad's to creating fascinating news stories that are available on their high-tech website has created a whole new way of enjoying news that appeals to the adventure seeking, music loving community.
Their attempt to create thrill-seeking activities and filming them and placing them into a commercial for the world to see has created this whole new brand. Red Bull is no longer just an energy drink, its a way of life, a way to see life, a way to live.
On the Edge.
Adventurous.
The fine work of Red Bull's new promotional ad's and their attempt to merge into the media world has become a phenomenon to me. Their success with creating such moving television ad's to creating fascinating news stories that are available on their high-tech website has created a whole new way of enjoying news that appeals to the adventure seeking, music loving community.
Their attempt to create thrill-seeking activities and filming them and placing them into a commercial for the world to see has created this whole new brand. Red Bull is no longer just an energy drink, its a way of life, a way to see life, a way to live.
On the Edge.
Adventurous.
Google (verb)
To Google something as simple as how to get to a restaurant right down the street, or how to do a certain math problem has become a part of our daily lives. Being a college student, I have my fair share of "googling" basic information just to make sure I am accurate and it has actually become one of my rituals when doing homework. The role that Google has played in lives across the country is astounding. Everyone googles something, no matter what it is, each and everyday, and Google has become a huge game changer for people around the world.
Google has made America simple and very reliable on its power of infinite information. Anything you're uncertain about, what is your immediate go-to source? I guarantee you it's not an encyclopedia. Having every website at your fingertips and every type of information just a click away has become so alluring that people actually believe it has become something to be addicted to. Having such simplicity is seducing the weak minded that it has actually made its way into the human mind and made such a connection that it has burned its name into your memory and now is your go-to source for anything that your looking for.
Since Google has bought out Youtube, the other mind-killer, Google in itself has become an unstoppable player in the game of simplistic technology. Youtube consumes the lives of millions each day with videos on cats jumping off cars, or babies laughing hysterically without the user actually realizing how much time they are actually wasting. Youtube is a constant distractor from homework, jobs, chores, and other everyday responsibilities.
People are becoming blind from how badly technology is consuming our lives and how dependent we are becoming to our computers, tablets, smartphones, etc.
Google has made America simple and very reliable on its power of infinite information. Anything you're uncertain about, what is your immediate go-to source? I guarantee you it's not an encyclopedia. Having every website at your fingertips and every type of information just a click away has become so alluring that people actually believe it has become something to be addicted to. Having such simplicity is seducing the weak minded that it has actually made its way into the human mind and made such a connection that it has burned its name into your memory and now is your go-to source for anything that your looking for.
Since Google has bought out Youtube, the other mind-killer, Google in itself has become an unstoppable player in the game of simplistic technology. Youtube consumes the lives of millions each day with videos on cats jumping off cars, or babies laughing hysterically without the user actually realizing how much time they are actually wasting. Youtube is a constant distractor from homework, jobs, chores, and other everyday responsibilities.
People are becoming blind from how badly technology is consuming our lives and how dependent we are becoming to our computers, tablets, smartphones, etc.
Nation full of Networks
Connecting with people all around the world is something that has recently come to light these past few decades. Blogging has changed the game on ways of communicating in ways of journalism and just people becoming more creative and sharing their ideas with the world.
Trine-Maria Kristensen, in her interview, talked about how blogging made her feel important and that she knew people will listen to her and her ideas on crafting. Kristensen chooses her topics based on her interests and what she enjoys doing rather than what her readers want her to post. She is very inspirational when it comes to blogging in my eyes, due to the fact that she does what she wants and she is halfway around the world and still gets international views on her craft blog posts.
Here's the link to her interview with Rebecca's Pocket:
Kristensen Interview
Trine-Maria Kristensen, in her interview, talked about how blogging made her feel important and that she knew people will listen to her and her ideas on crafting. Kristensen chooses her topics based on her interests and what she enjoys doing rather than what her readers want her to post. She is very inspirational when it comes to blogging in my eyes, due to the fact that she does what she wants and she is halfway around the world and still gets international views on her craft blog posts.
Here's the link to her interview with Rebecca's Pocket:
Kristensen Interview
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