SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Murder Of James Bulger, Media Literacy, Cyberbullying
Document Summary
Social media technologies can be classified into six types: collaborative projects (wikipedia, blogs and microblogs (twitter, content communities (youtube, social networking sites (facebook, virtual game worlds (clash of clans, virtual social worlds (second life) Social media has created many large-scale changes in canada. The biggest change is in the scale of our social networks. Individuals tend to create online communities of similar people. This can reinforce existing views rather than create space for alternative opinions. Cyber-bullying refers to the use of the internet and related technologies to deliberately harass, intimidate or threaten a person. Approximately 70% of people aged 13 15 have been bullied online. The digital divide is the inequality between groups with regard to their access to information and communication technologies and their use of such technologies. The divide within one country occurs between individuals, households, and geographic areas by socio-economic status. Age is a major dimension of the digital divide in canada.
