The+Issues

Carl Young NC State University carl_young@ncsu.edu

= **ISSUES TO CONSIDER REGARDING WEB IDENTITY** =

The main issue is not participatory media, but how we use these social networking tools! With great tools, comes great responsibility and a need to think critically and constructively about how we use them. They can serve us well in terms of developing our personal and professional online image and ongoing digital footprint.
 * "With great power, comes great responsibility."** //-- Peter Parker's (aka Spiderman's) Uncle//


 * ====**Could this happen to you or someone you know? To your students int the future?**==== || ==== ====

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 * media type="youtube" key="TiQH1jhzdWk" height="384" width="521" || [[image:NYT_July11_SocMedia_JobHurdle.jpg width="471" height="392"]] ||
 * **Overexposed**: 2010 Trend Micro Internet Safety Video Winner || Article link: [|J. Preston, //New York Times//, July 20, 2011] ||

Consider this perspective as a contrast to both titles:

 * ====Seth Godin's Blog: Google Yourself (blog post builds upon the opening image on our digging deeper session)====

**Additional Resources:**
[|Trend Micro's 2011 Internet Safety Video Finalists]

"Social-networking sites viewed by admissions officers": //Chicago Tribune//, 9-20-08
===="One in five employers uses social networks in hiring process": Computer World, 9-12-08====