Privacy and Confidentiality

The issues of privacy and confidentiality have definitely escalated with the development and growth of new media. I have addressed that issue regarding Twitter in my term paper, but it concerns not only Twitter but any other social media tool. Social Networks allow our society to be more dynamic, linked and collaborative. As the result some people have hard time separating between personal and professional lives and therefore lots of private information becomes available to everyone. We have heard plenty of examples when lots of private information accidentally ended up on utube or Facebook which can potentially lead to loosing a job, relationship or dignity. Another issue that comes with new media tools is higher chances of security breach or identity theft, which arises from reliance on technology.