Social Media vs. Privacy
The use of social media outlets has gradually become a societal norm as time goes on. Americans develop these habits when it comes to the use of the Internet and Americans do not tend to think twice about it. The Internet is a powerful tool that is being used by individuals known as Little Brother. Relating to Big Brother from 1984 written by George Orwell, Little Brother is seen as a citizen’s reaction to government surveillance. Little Brother is a prankish character that can turn bad and has. As individuals, people demand this idea known as privacy. Sadly, due to the use of social media, Americans have gradually begun to erode the existence of privacy in this day and age since people tend to overshare without …show more content…
In the article “We Want Privacy, but Can’t Stop Sharing” by Kate Murphy, Murphy states “it’s hard to argue for the value of privacy when people eagerly share so much achingly personal information on social media” (Murphy 4). People have gotten stuck in the habit of oversharing, that they cannot see how much they are exposing. This results in an invasion of privacy that can become dangerous. Murphy continues to use the analogy “privacy is like sleep” and explains this by writing, “Just as being unconscious for a portion of the day is restorative, so is being unselfconscious” (Murphy 4-5). To put it simply, people need privacy like they need sleep. Individuals have a need for this “me time” so they can be themselves and not have to worry about how their actions may be judged by society. Sadly, with the use of social media, people consistently put themselves out in the open, minimizing their “me time” resulting in a lack-of-privacy induced exhaustion. Facebook is a common social media site used nowadays and it’s purpose challenges conventional notions of privacy. In “Aliases, creeping, and wall cleaning: Understanding privacy in the age of Facebook” written by Kate Raynes-Goldie, Raynes states that the very purpose of Facebook is to increase the efficiency and transparency of communication, resulting in voluntary surveillance (Raynes-Goldie 1). People voluntarily put up personal information on their profiles and sometimes even expose personal contact information in doing
The use of social media outlets has gradually become a societal norm as time goes on. Americans develop these habits when it comes to the use of the Internet and Americans do not tend to think twice about it. The Internet is a powerful tool that is being used by individuals known as Little Brother. Relating to Big Brother from 1984 written by George Orwell, Little Brother is seen as a citizen’s reaction to government surveillance. Little Brother is a prankish character that can turn bad and has. As individuals, people demand this idea known as privacy. Sadly, due to the use of social media, Americans have gradually begun to erode the existence of privacy in this day and age since people tend to overshare without …show more content…
In the article “We Want Privacy, but Can’t Stop Sharing” by Kate Murphy, Murphy states “it’s hard to argue for the value of privacy when people eagerly share so much achingly personal information on social media” (Murphy 4). People have gotten stuck in the habit of oversharing, that they cannot see how much they are exposing. This results in an invasion of privacy that can become dangerous. Murphy continues to use the analogy “privacy is like sleep” and explains this by writing, “Just as being unconscious for a portion of the day is restorative, so is being unselfconscious” (Murphy 4-5). To put it simply, people need privacy like they need sleep. Individuals have a need for this “me time” so they can be themselves and not have to worry about how their actions may be judged by society. Sadly, with the use of social media, people consistently put themselves out in the open, minimizing their “me time” resulting in a lack-of-privacy induced exhaustion. Facebook is a common social media site used nowadays and it’s purpose challenges conventional notions of privacy. In “Aliases, creeping, and wall cleaning: Understanding privacy in the age of Facebook” written by Kate Raynes-Goldie, Raynes states that the very purpose of Facebook is to increase the efficiency and transparency of communication, resulting in voluntary surveillance (Raynes-Goldie 1). People voluntarily put up personal information on their profiles and sometimes even expose personal contact information in doing