JL MC 460 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Digital Footprint, Linkedin

• School: Iowa State University
• Department: Journalism and Mass Communication
• Course: JL MC 460
• Professor: Andrew Pritchard

Document Summary

5 tips to prevent college admissions digital surveillance & discrimination. In recent news, an article was released about those applying to colleges and graduate. During this semester, we talked about an individual"s right to privacy. The article gave five different tips to prevent college admissions digital surveillance and schools need to understand that many universities are using social media monitoring services to review those applying social media accounts. Another application universities are using are software services that track the web surfing history. During the college application process, high school students need to be more socially aware and possibly limit their digital profile. discrimination. The first being high school students should not have a public linkedin profile. Unfortunately, convicted sex offenders, pedophiles and cyber criminals are using linkedin and other social media platforms to connect with their targets. Second, they should limit their searchable digital footprint. During the application process, high schoolers should have a clean digital background.