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Blog task Read  ‘Somebody’s watching you: Social media and surveillance’  – MM52 p13 . Our  Media Magazine archive is here . Complete the following tasks on your MEST3 Exam blog: 1) Summarise the article in 50 words. The article within the magazine talks about the idea of privacy whilst roaming the internet through the uses of sites such as 'Facebook'. This article definitely sets a negative tone as its speaks about government surveillance and access online to our online data for example when apps that use your 'location'. 2) Are you worried about companies tracking your online movement? Companies like Amazon and Google use of tracing our online movement is more beneficial than harmful as stated within the article 'Data mining, getting information about users is essential to business on the internet. Even Retailers like Amazon use data to recommend products to us' therefore its less worrisome and has more pros than cons.  3) Are the questions o...

1) Read the first two articles. Write one paragraph on each summing up the key aspects. This article is written by a researcher (previously a media teacher) and his observation on the relationship between the youth and this digital era. The article is about trying to understand the changes and links between  dynamic change in students overall development and learning. For example, this article takes about current anxieties brought on by social media which are then inflicted into their daily life showing how dominating and authoritative the internet can be. The research also emphasised the fact that schools are highly unaware of cultural and social influence that  the media can have and tend to be less involve with the student's online life to due the fears of unfolding illegal or inappropriate data such as porn or derogatory sites.  This article talks the new profound app called 'Periscope'. The app allows the online users to live str...