we have been attempting to bring people together, but misuse resources (such as facebook) in the process. In a New York Times article, Onishi Norimitsu discusses how facebook has become a "potent, though sometimes unpredictable, political force." Many fear that many that this site will cause traditional values to be lost. Users have increased from 1 million to 21 million in only a year. Since millions of people now have facebook there, officials now see it as a threat, and rightly so. People discuss their opinions and take out their frustrations online because there are no consequences for doing so. It's this whole other world that people immerse themselves in, without hesitation. Via facebook, people can say whatever they want and have everyone see it, which is causing problems in newly democratic Indonesia. People in power feel threatened by sites like these because they do not have access to them. It would make sense that punishments for online media are harsher than those in print. Wouldn't it be more effective to complain about things to the government and not waste time talking about it on facebook? Tifiatul Sembiring, the minister of communications and technology said, "I think we are between China and the United States. Yes we are free, but with freedom comes responsibility." We have gotten far from the original purpose of online networking and obsessed with its power.Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Effects of Networks
Another aspect of education that Gato repeatedly criticizes in his book is networks. He says that networks divide people, where as communities bring them together. It seems that in the world, 
we have been attempting to bring people together, but misuse resources (such as facebook) in the process. In a New York Times article, Onishi Norimitsu discusses how facebook has become a "potent, though sometimes unpredictable, political force." Many fear that many that this site will cause traditional values to be lost. Users have increased from 1 million to 21 million in only a year. Since millions of people now have facebook there, officials now see it as a threat, and rightly so. People discuss their opinions and take out their frustrations online because there are no consequences for doing so. It's this whole other world that people immerse themselves in, without hesitation. Via facebook, people can say whatever they want and have everyone see it, which is causing problems in newly democratic Indonesia. People in power feel threatened by sites like these because they do not have access to them. It would make sense that punishments for online media are harsher than those in print. Wouldn't it be more effective to complain about things to the government and not waste time talking about it on facebook? Tifiatul Sembiring, the minister of communications and technology said, "I think we are between China and the United States. Yes we are free, but with freedom comes responsibility." We have gotten far from the original purpose of online networking and obsessed with its power.
we have been attempting to bring people together, but misuse resources (such as facebook) in the process. In a New York Times article, Onishi Norimitsu discusses how facebook has become a "potent, though sometimes unpredictable, political force." Many fear that many that this site will cause traditional values to be lost. Users have increased from 1 million to 21 million in only a year. Since millions of people now have facebook there, officials now see it as a threat, and rightly so. People discuss their opinions and take out their frustrations online because there are no consequences for doing so. It's this whole other world that people immerse themselves in, without hesitation. Via facebook, people can say whatever they want and have everyone see it, which is causing problems in newly democratic Indonesia. People in power feel threatened by sites like these because they do not have access to them. It would make sense that punishments for online media are harsher than those in print. Wouldn't it be more effective to complain about things to the government and not waste time talking about it on facebook? Tifiatul Sembiring, the minister of communications and technology said, "I think we are between China and the United States. Yes we are free, but with freedom comes responsibility." We have gotten far from the original purpose of online networking and obsessed with its power.
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