Although, with any kind of virtual world, like Facebook, comes with its fair share of discrepancies. Examples include the basic fraud, dishonesty, security. Take the MTV hit show Catfish, which is based of people getting scammed, or “catfished,” by internet personalities. People form online relationships with people they have never met and end up being nothing like their alleged profile described. The documentary styled show has been on MTV since 2010 and has aired five seasons (MTV, 2016). That gives me the impression that some people make it a hobby to duplicate someone else’s life instead of providing the truth. This is also the case for LinkedIn, a networking site dedicated to keeping professional relationships together. Not only can
Policies are often put in place without regards for the effect it will have on other areas, people, or wildlife. Several examples of these unintended consequences are shown in the documentary Salmon: Running the Gauntlet, which explains the effects that human activity, dams, and attempts to repopulate the salmon species have been implemented and failed. With proper evaluation at the onset of a major project, these severe consequences may be avoided.
How would you like to be abducted from your family and locked in a bathtub to live out the rest of your days and be used as a source of entertainment? That is exactly what happens when an orca is captured, which is disgusting and pure evil. The Documentary Blackfish by Gabriela Cowperthwaite helps depict the horrors that orcas face while in captivity and reveals the ugly and hidden side of SeaWorld. Blackfish does a great job at showing what SeaWorld has been hiding and really makes you hate them. The main focus of Blackfish is on an orca named Tilikum who was captured off the eastern region of Iceland when he was two years old. Tilikum was first sent to Sealand where he was constantly getting attacked by the other orcas, which made him very
Blackfish is a 2013 documentary attempting to elevate public awareness regarding the orca that are being kept in maritime amusement parks, specifically SeaWorld, and the inherent danger of their captivity. The film is effective because it raises a set of important ethical questions for the viewer while presenting with a necessary fact-based style of documentation that does not evoke gratuitous scenes of abuse in order to inspire sympathy, unlike some of the other films that are intended to raise awareness about animal abuse.
Ethics is the study of morality. Morality is composed of the standards that an individual or group has about what is right or wrong and good or bad. Through ethics, you are able to reflect on one’s moral standards or moral stands of a group or society and asking whether they are reasonable. One must keep in mind ethical relativism when analyzing whether a situation is right or wrong. Ethical relativism says that moral right and wrong depend on the culture a person belongs to. Since societies differ in the moral standards there is no single correct set of moral standards everyone should follow. The three main schools of thought learned for ethics are utilitarianism, Kantian ethics, and ethics of care. Using these three schools of thoughts I will analyze an episode of Catfish.
Social networking sites leave opportunities for vulnerability, however, I don’t believe many youths are an easy target. Using ethos, pathos and logos individuals can create their own reality to relate to the internet world who they think are and how they wish to be seen. In mediated publics such as Facebook and Instagram, the user has complete control of his or her profile and is the only one who can allow content about his/herself to be shared. It is my personal belief that as technology has evolved many people have taken to fabricating some truths here and there and omitting details to give an ideal representation of who they are without incriminating themselves or leaving themselves vulnerable for mistreatment. The fantasy of what is or could be is more desirable than reality. In the past few years, privacy settings have been adapted to cover the growing technological advances to keep users safe from online predators.
In today’s society, dating websites have become a very popular way for people, particularly singles, to meet online and meet their potential mate. Internet dating has become more or less accepted as a means to forming a relationship, and with so many different matchmaking websites, potential partners are being well marketed. The sites promote use by publicizing the idea that anyone can find their perfect mate. However, what people fail to understand is that it’s easier to lie online rather than face to face. “Just as statements can be falsified, so can entire online profiles-….” (McIntosh 230) it opens up opportunities for people to be coerced into sending money, or personal information to someone they met online. In her essay “Digital Deception”
“How can you buy or sell the sky-the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. Yet we do not own the freshness of air or the sparkle of the water. How can you buy them from us? We will decide in our time” (Chief Seattle: 1855). In the Documentary “Flow – for the love of water” it visualizes the global crisis we face on Mother’s Earth as it pertains to the diminishing of fresh water. The Documentary portrays along with the help of experts that this global crises is affecting each and every one of us in today’s society including animals. The film shows us that water is constantly being wasted, polluted, and privatized by big co operations. Prime examples of these greedy companies were mentioned in the film such as Nestle, Thames, Suez, Vivendi, Coca Cola and Pepsi.
...to Facebook, as well as to many other social media that is found on the web. Social communication online can never replace the true face-to-face communication, and many people justify it.
The walking catfish has become known as a notorious and harmful indigenous species on the top 100 most invasive species list (Masterson 2007). The species is so harmful that is has been blacklisted by numerous states including the state of Indiana (Brogan 2003). This species has a certain trait that allows it to work its way throughout the regions in order to invade and reproduce. Due to the species ability to walk on dry land and also to survive long periods of time without food or water, it has made its mark as an invasive species (Masterson 2007).
Many people feel more comfortable talking through a computer rather than in person. Some experts believe that catfishing is related to pathological lying. Pathological lying is usually motivated by need to regulate self-esteem, denial of reality, or desire for power. How far can catfishing go? Catfishing can results in psychological problems in the victim as well. They may become depressed or have trust issues after being betrayed. Although studies on the topic have been conducted, very little is known about the psychology of catfishing. There is not enough information to make the connection between catfishing and psychological problems. Maybe it is just a coincidence that people who have some type of psychological disorder tend to create fake accounts, rather than creating fake accounts causes people to have disorders but at one point or another every catfisher can agree that the account has caused them some stress (even if that means after they were
... led to a diversification of the people who create and maintain them. This can be anyone. Putting personal information into the hands of a stranger is risky outside of the Internet, but even more so online. The ease and speed of the mobility of information means no information is safe on Facebook. Anyone who can see it can copy, save, or redistribute the information at will. A broad and deep aggregate source of information makes search and retrieval of anything posted on Facebook quick and easy. If somebody wants information about you they know how and where to look. Finally, this information can be passed along and analyzed in order to draw conclusions about you and your lifestyle. These can be stereotypical and false. Facebook and other social media sites, and more broadly information technology in general has greatly impacted our lives and our right to privacy.
LinkedIn is NOT like other social media sites; it is not MySpace wrapped in a new shade of blue.
The Folks have had these strange encounters, for example this one guy has conversed with a girl he met Surfeit online for about a week. The couple decided to on a date. When they finally met the guy finds out that not only did the picture she gave him was fake but also her name. When asked, she said she was pretending to be her younger
This is a critique of" Roger And Me", a documentary by Michael Moore. This is a film about a city that at one time had a great economy. The working class people lived the American dream. The majority of people in this town worked at the large GM factory. The factory is what gave these people security in their middle working class home life. Life in the city of Flint was good until Roger Smith the CEO of GM decided to close the factory. This destroyed the city. Violent crime became the highest in the nation, businesses went bankrupt, people were evicted from their rented homes. There were no jobs and no opportunity. Life was so bad that Money magazine named Flint the worst place to live in the entire nation. When news of the factory closing first broke, Michael Moore a native of flint decided to search for Roger Smith and bring him to Flint.
However, through Facebook, people tend to post status which you cannot predict whether is consider truth or fake. Most of them, when they fail to confessed through social media, they tend to show their anger by posting vigorous or bad status that shows their emotion just to have more attention from the others. Meanwhile, confessions through love letters or face to face is much better, at least the person is rejected in a clearer way or maybe they can still remain their