Privacy and Facebook

Like Morgan posted earlier this week, Facebook is changing its privacy settings soon! I read a New York Times article today stating that Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg officially announced these new privacy features. These new features are "simpler" to use because many users don't know how to access these privacy settings. In the article I found it really shocking that "experts and analysts said that few of the site’s 400 million members were aware of them". It would be nice to know the exact number, but 'few' shows that innocent people are having their privacy taken away from them and they don't even know it.

In the article, Zuckerberg states that privacy, "is something we take very seriously". If it is something that is so important, why did it take them so long to make these changes easy for all the users?


Since the majority of us use facebook, do you use any privacy settings? Why or why not?

(Image via http://www.stolaf.edu/services/hr/facebook_logo.png)

Ugly Betty

This post was inspired by Mr. B's TV Tokenism presentation in class last week when we looked at cast photos. One of my favorite shows (which is no longer on the air :( ) is Ugly Betty. Although it is not considered a "network drama", its more "network dramedy" (drama/ comedy). The show follows a Latino woman making it big in the fashion industry but still staying true to her roots. In the cast photo above, she is the main focal point. I find it interesting that her white male boss, Daniel, is next in the photo. This shows his supremacy without making him the lead character. However, what bothers me is that two of Betty's white colleagues, Marc and Amanda, come before her family. Her family has a bigger role than both Marc and Amanda, so it doesn't really make much sense.

I believe that Ugly Betty changed American TV for the better. It's one of the few network TV shows to focus on a minority family and had a main character as a minority female. It was a truly unique show that put Latinos in a new light. I'm sad to see it end. As we have been discussing in class, there still is not one example of a  minority lead in any network drama.

(image via: http://blog.earnmydegree.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/ugly-betty-cast-photo.jpg)

Junior Theme pt 3

The day has come! Almost. I'm currently working on the finishing touches on my JT! As I previously posted, my topic was obesity in America. I felt like I learned so many new things but I would not call myself a total expert. I'm really happy about the final outcome too. I put in a lot of hours and now we can all relax. Wooo! However,  I am struggling with my conclusion. I'm looking into the future but it all sounds too cliche as of now. I just finished the annotated bib and I am working through each paragraph for one final clean up! Overall, I actually enjoyed the infamous JT.

In the long run, I'm sad it's over.