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Daniel Gomez- Perry

Mr. Padgett
ENGL 11028
22 February 2014
Annotated Bibliography
Inquiry: To what extents can social media affect an individuals privacy?

Proposed Thesis: The way social media affects an individuals privacy can produce
negative effects on their professional and/or personal lives.


Clark, John R. "Social Media and Privacy." Air Medical Journal. 29.3 (2010): 104 107.
Print.

This article exposes a truth that is hard for potential employees to ignore. As
social media gradually expands in our world, we are exposed with a more facilitated
ability to communicate our personal information with the rest of the public. But when
applying for a job these facilitated forms of communication can become a threat and
comprise the chances of attaining the job. In this article, the author focuses in how
different social media sites can ruin chances for potential employees to obtain a job, and
how social media can also affect the portrayal of organizations and companies to the
public. In essence it is true because if inappropriate information such as: pictures or status
updates are displayed, then the perception of the employer towards the employee will be
tampered, causing the employees professionalism to decrease and subsequently reduce
the likelihood of that person to attain the job. The author also exemplifies another
scenario that has potential to harm a company. He states that a companys appearance can
be unintentionally damaged by the inappropriate information that is put online by the
current employees. This can give a bad reputation to the company and subsequently could
Comment [AP1]: Can you be more specific
here? also, this seems a little axiomatic. In
other words, who would disagree here. your
argument should be worth arguing. There
should be some manner of conflict taking
place.
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Comment [AP2]: Good, this seems to really
reinforce your thesis here.
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damage their number in clientele. The author is very direct and demonstrates how all
these networking sites are creating difficulties and challenges for the current and potential
employees. Although many employers have guidelines and codes of conduct for e-mail
and Internet use, social networking and media-sharing sites pose different privacy
challenges that should be specifically addressed in a similar guidelines-based manner.
Although a bit different and more complicated to handle the author has a point in this. By
addressing the guidelines for social media and media sharing sites similarly to that of e-
mail many problems would reduce. He states that once this is done the current or
potential employees and the companys appearance would not be at risk of any harm. The
article in itself will greatly support and prove how a reduction in professionalism can be
an outcome of poor privacy in social media. It will demonstrate how unresolved issues
with social media sites are affecting many peoples careers and can effectively put them
at risk.
Debatin, Bernhard, Jennette P. Lovejoy, Ann-Kathrin Horn, and Brittany N. Hughes.
"Facebook and Online Privacy: Attitudes, Behaviors, and Unintended
Consequences." Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 15.1 (2009): 83-
108. Print.

This article provides information on how social networking sites such as
Facebook can create unintended negative consequences on the users personal lives. The
author fiercely professes how Facebook gradually affects the users and their privacies,
and how their privacies can be subsequently ruined. The lack of privacy on Facebook can
damage a reputation, and certainly harm the individuals personal life. The possible
outcomes of an affected privacy due to Facebook can include Rumors and gossip,
unwanted contact and harassment or stalking, surveillance- like structures due to back
Comment [AP3]: Could you provide some
analysis or interpretation of what is being
discussed here? I really want to see your
voice in dialog.
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Comment [AP4]: So what is the suggestion
here? to abstain from such media?
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tracking functions, use of personal data by third parties, and hacking and identity theft.
The author provides detailed examples of how specific individuals privacies have been
breached and invaded, and how people have suffered due to hackers invasion of privacy
and their cruel taunting. Above all, the article exemplifies these peoples demand for the
restoration of their privacies and their reputations, and how these social media sites
should prioritize in finding solutions for these inescapable and mortifying attacks. The
content of this article will really shape out the way the essay is going to speak for the
affected personal lives aspect, it will really give a variety of examples and details in
how personal lives can be harmed due to privacy in social media sites.
Nissenbaum, Helen F. Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social
Life. Stanford, Calif: Stanford Law Books, 2010. Print.

This book summates in a small chapter the way in which individuals are harmed
due to posts on social media sites. The author depicts how young people no longer care
about their privacy and are ultimately getting harmed or punished due to posting
ridiculous pictures or posting updates, which they eventually regret. She illustrates how
this occurs in our social networking world with different examples of real people and
their stories. She states that Facebook and other social media sites are trying to
disseminate a positive aid for the public, but it carries with it a burden that can severely
shape many individuals personal lives and unravel harmful consequences for the general
public. She claims that social networking sites contain different types of privacy issues,
the way it normally begins is with individuals posting information about themselves;
later, when this information is discovered, it gets them into trouble. Particularly, she
puts together many examples of how many individuals have regretted the posts they have
made. Briefly, this chapter in the book is an excellent example of social media affecting
Comment [AP5]: Okay, really interesting
annotation here. but I still want a stronger
sense of a conversation and where your
specific voice fits in.
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Comment [AP6]: Again, this leaves me
wondering what your or the sources
recommendations are for dealing with
social media. Is it abstinence? Is it heavy
self-censorship? The answers to these
questions could really stimulate
conversation.
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personal reputation and peoples privacies, for the most part it supports the points of
argument in the thesis and will definitely aid in creating a more well rounded discussion
for the topic.
Andrews, Lori B. I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and
the Death of Privacy. New York: Free Press, 2012. Print.

This books is the jackpot for a multitude of examples of privacy breaches on
social networking sites, there is an enormous spectrum ranging from intimate personal
information being exposed online to professionals being harmed due to simple but
disastrous posts online. Lori Andrews discusses how social media is shaping and forming
our lives into less private ones, and how negatively this is affecting us in different
circumstances. She supports her arguments with strong examples that discuss both the
effects of social media on the personal and professional privacy. Particularly she
exemplifies her arguments through examination and analysis of occasions in which
different individuals were negatively affected by social media. One of her best examples
for the breaching of personal privacy is: the social networking site Fitbit. Its infamy
spawned when scandalous claims of exposing confidential information came out into
public. Their affiliations in exposing intimate user information came out, and any one
could see this humiliating information. Allegedly their users sexual lives were
displayed online and were a Google search away from being searched. This is not the
only example of horrid ways personal lives have been affected due to lack of privacy
online, the author displays great examples that demonstrate really how personal lives can
become damaged. Also Andrewss states how professionalism can also be damaged due
to lack of privacy in social media sites, she puts great emphasis in particular to this issue
in how dangerous it is for a professional to post information online. Especially to how by
Comment [AP7]: So is this her argument?
If so, what else is she implying? What do you
think of those implications?
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just one simple remark online their whole professional world around them can
instantaneously collapse and crumble. Her different examples give a realistic view of
how grave the situation is with privacy and social media, Leaks in social network
information have led to people divorcing, being fired, being denied admission to college,
and committing suicide. This will be a great book that will definitely create a good
support for the two arguments that embody the thesis to my discussion; it will provide me
with great examples and different angles from which I can view these arguments.

Young, Nora. The Virtual Self: How Our Digital Lives Are Altering the World Around
Us. Toronto, Ont: McClelland & Stewart, 2012. Print.

Different chapters within the book have a focus on the privacy of social media
and its effects on its users. The book explains how posting information about oneself in
Facebook has become global and is mainstream within most of the population. She
emphasizes the idea about privacy in social media that, no matter how unhappy you
might be with how Facebook deals with our privacy, leaving Facebook starts to feel like
pushing yourself out onto sea on a solitary life raft, and waiving goodbye to the populated
cruise ship having a party on board. In essence this is true, this argument has logic in
that people would rather expose their privacy to the public eye than to not be part of
something that the majority is doing. The author also emphasizes on how location- based
social media can potentially be harmful for people. These include Foursquare, Dodgeball,
and Facebook Places. These can be a threat to a persons privacy by exposing a persons
location at all times, it would not be a good idea to share this information specially
knowing there is a chance anyone could see this. The potential for inadvertent sharing of
location with the wrong people is worrisome, especially because social-network
Comment [AP8]: Very interesting.
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Comment [AP9]: This is really interesting
too.
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friendships are leaky around the edges. The author emphasizes how this new way of
communication is creepy and in a way the individuals could be placing themselves into
danger. This cannot only damage a persons personal life, but it can place person into
danger. The author strictly iterates that by using these location based social networks you
are begging for people to come rob you, or maybe even harm you.
Daniel,
I think you have done some really great research here. These sources are interesting and
engaging and seem very on-point with your thesis and inquiry. I would like to see more
of a discussion though. Maybe find those gaps as Kantz discussed and find a place
where your voice fits into the conversation. Also, consider generating a much more
specific thesis, one with a little more nuisance so that the thesis doesnt seem so
axiomatic. Otherwise, great work here, strong and clear writing. You really do a good job
annotating and articulating the subject matter of these sources.