Internet, the secret killer…?

Everyone new there would be issues when the Internet became popular. People were worried about ’ safety, do there parents know what they are doing…do they really care?  The Internet created a easy ay of constructing false identities, how can you tell who people really arewhen they have created themselve a vritual life.

However, a new issue has risen and an article on the BBC page explores ” suicide web pages”. The Internet has been known to be the home of positive groups, were people who have things in common come together and communicate. For example, there are web pages dedicated to illnesses were people can discuss and relate to each other.

These “suicide pages” run the same, the pro-suicide site are not yet banned in the UK unlike other countries and health campaigners believe that the sites prey on vulnerable people to provoke actions.

The people on the sites believe that they have things in common and instead of helping each other they seem to encourage each other in their suicide plans.

Should people in this state be able to get to site like this by the click of a mouse?

We should have control of what goes on the Internet, because at the end of the day it’s us putting it on there. But we actually don’t have control of the situation and can’t stop whats happening.

“Suicide Pages”

 

 

Is there actualy a future for the “television box”?

Technologies are converging and changing. I found an article discussing how Myspace has commissioned and online drama. It has teamed up with a producer and director and has plans to create its own series.

This creates the question whether there will be need for the actual television “box” in the future. People can watch television programmes through their computers, PSP’s and even their phones. So who needs a Box in the corner of the room when you can have it all in your pocket?

Myspace Article