Sometimes, we like this kind of advertisement, since it shows us some related items that we are interested in. Sometimes, it gets annoying since we might just bought some paper towels, and we definitely are not interested in knowing all brands of paper towels. Nevertheless, have we thought about how could every website knows what we want or what we bought? Is it possible that the computer may know what we like better than ourselves? Is it legal for that to happen since it kind of violates our privacy? If it is not legal, how could we build policies about it?
In James Moor’s article, Why We Need Better Ethics for Emerging Technologies, he points out that “we are confronted with policy vacuums, and we need to formulate and justify new policies for acting in these new kinds of situations”. The Internet has introduced a new world for people, where we can have a new identity and a new way of living. Nevertheless, we do not have complete corresponding policies to ensure that we can safely surf online. For example, we can freely express ourselves online without letting people know who we are in the real world, but we can also cyberbully people without being responsible for who we hurt. We need new policies for these situations that may never occur without the Internet.
How do we decide what the new policy is? What should be the bottom line for the trade-off between privacy and convenience? This is where learning ethics in information technology comes is. By learning ethics in information technology, we could better know what we are doing, and more importantly, we could learn how to fill these policy vacuums and make appropriate adjustments for the technology revolution.
images are from:
https://resources.symphonytalent.com/blog/3-ways-to-make-advertising-that-works
https://www.wired.com/story/wired-guide-personal-data-collection/
Hi Jinghan! I think this is a very interesting article. I liked how you added more to the ending in this revision to expand on how the reading ties into your post. I also liked how the beginning hooks the reader and then you used photos throughout to keep the reader engaged and help the post flow better. My only suggestion would be to try to bring in the reading earlier in the article instead of waiting until the end. This would allow for the reading to be more of the main focus instead of an afterthought.
ReplyDeleteHi Jinghan,
ReplyDeleteYou have an interesting build up to your reading and main points, but I think it is a little too long. The piece would flow better if you brought the reading up earlier. You also have a few grammar issues that make it a little hard to read. Overall, the blog is interesting and raises a lot of questions and points to the reader.