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In the articles “Could You Become A Mean Meme?” and "Are You Being Watched?" both by Kristin Lewis, they give good advantages and disadvantages of using social media. A great advantage of social media is, it’s easy to able to talk to and share things with friends and family members. In the article, it says “The great thing about these platforms is that they allow us to participate in each other’s lives by sharing moments both big and small--in real time. You can send your best friend a good-luck snap before his basketball game, watch your baby cousin grow up on Instagram, and share YouTube videos of your new kitten. You can, in fact, stay up-to-date on hundreds of people all at once.” (Lewis 12). This shows that social media is very useful …show more content…

In the article, it says “ Companies buy information gathered from tracking to create targeted advertising--ads sent to people who are most likely to want the products being advertised (like that pimple cream). Targeted advertising is a large and rapidly growing business. A recent study conducted by the University of Washington found that 75 percent of the 500 most popular websites use tracking tools. “Our sense of anonymity is largely an illusion,” Nicholas Carr wrote in The Wall Street Journal. “ Pretty much everything we do online… is recorded.” Tracking is legal, but the idea that our online activities are being recorded is upsetting to many Americans. Many feel their privacy is being invaded.” (Lewis 15). This shows that you have to be careful with what websites you use, because what you do on schole media can be tracked and used even if you don't want want it to be. Overall, social media can be very helpful and useful, but you have to be careful because anything you do can be recorded, no matter what it …show more content…

In the article it talks about how there is ways to reduce websites and people from tracking you and your activity on the web. In the article, it says “There are ways you can limit tracking. You can go into the browser settings and disallow cookies, browse in private windows, and turn off your phone’s location services. Such measures have drawbacks though. Without cookies, for example, you’ll have to enter your username and password each time you visit a site. Without location services, your phone won’t know where you are, so map and weather apps won’t work automatically.”(Lewis 15). This shows that even if you do everything you can to trying and stop this tracking, it is impossible to truly stop tracking, and the invasion of your private information. Also, some websites have have private group chats, but even the most private of group chats can not be 100% private. In the article, it says “However, even the strictest privacy settings aren’t foolproof. Anyone can take a screenshot-- even of something you post in a private group, chat, text, or app--and post it on another site where you have no control over it. This isn’t necessarily done with nefarious intentions, but the result is that something you intended to be private ends up out there for anyone to see.” (Lewis 13). This shows that you should never post

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