Blog Entry 1

What is the biggest issue facing blogging, citizenship and the future of the media?


The Internet is a widely ranging resource. It has given us the ability to communicate, create, transform and transcend many skills. However it has also created more problems and dangers for those who lack the sufficient understanding of good from bad. The Internet has created a new cyber nation, which has learned to live life on the virtual side of things rather than in reality. This in itself has had an adverse effect on the population. Generations of children are now becoming less aware of their fellow man and more aware of their facelessness in society. Collectively the Internet has made people less reliant on one another. Instead of having breakfast together, the family is now checking e-mails, utilizing every moment staying connected to the school or business; instead of families seeking the importance of love and respect it is now about productivity - a true capitalists dream.
The Internet, or any technology for that matter has become the focal point in our existence. Talking is replaced by blogging, interactions by instant messaging, and life by cute little virtual icons that wave, smile and say hello. But with all of this comes a cost. These risks have not only taken a long time to figure out, but many lives as well. With facelessness comes the inability to know younger from older, good from bad, and friends from foe. The ever-expanding child molestation cases of instances where the paedophiles have met children online have been large and are growing. The hazards of this technological wonder involve mostly crime. Being able to break out of a shell is one thing, but when one is doing so with a criminal and has no idea, that is a totally different story. As well the chances of white-collar crime on a national scale increase. If even one person is able to hack into bank accounts or treasuries, it is enough to bring a whole nation to its knees. Technology has made us as a society vulnerable to everything and anything. It has made us dependent like an addict to heroine or cocaine. Though technology seems to be the beacon of achievement and evolution in this universe. Left to the unwise, technology – yes, beginning with a simple blog – can ruin an entire civilization. Think about that.