Are Selfies Good or Bad?

If you're on a social media site, then its likely that you have an online identity.

One of the elements that's required in regards to creating the online identity are photographs.

Taking photographs of yourselves via smart phones, then uploading it to social media sites has became a very common behavior in our modern society.

With its popularity among celebrities, teenagers and some politics, there has been a number of debates to determined the advantages and disadvantages of selfies.

So what do you think about selfies? Are they really that bad?

WEEK 7 "My Esaay Topic"

5. "If I quote something you said to me over breakfast while I'm at lunch, there's no copyright violation. But if I copy something you posted to your blog and put it into my blog, I potentially violate your exclusive rights to control copying, adaptation, display and performance of your 'work'" (Doctorow, Cory, 2007. "Creative Commons." Locus Magazine. November. Available: http://www.locusmag.com/Features/2007/11/cory-doctorow-creative-commons.html).

Considering the ease of copying in the digital environment, are copyright laws still relevant? Are they a necessary way of protecting an artist's intellectual property, or are they an impediment to artistic creation? Critically discuss this conflict with reference to academic writing on the topic.

WEEK 7 "What is a Scholarly Source"

Peer Review Test

AnnaSelleh, "Bionic implants raise ethical questions" 

- Is not a scholarly source

IgorRistić, "The Virtual Public Sphere" 

- Is not a scholarly source

Philip N. Howard and Malcolm R. Parks,"Social Media and Political Change: Capacity, Constraint, andConsequence"

- Is a scholarly source

SO Hansson, "Implant Ethics" 

- Is a scholarly source

VachaDave, Saikat Guha, and Yin Zhang, "Measuring and Fingerprinting Click-Spamin Ad Networks"

- Is a scholarly source

HenryJenkins, "Media and Imagination: A Short History of American ScienceFiction"

- Is not a scholarly source

Greg Goldberg, "Rethinking thepublic/virtual sphere: The problem with participation" 

- Is a scholarly source 

Communications Research Unit, Department ofCommunications, Information Technology and the Arts, "History ofCommunications in Australia"

- Is not a scholarly source

StephenBrook, "Radio revenue goes backwards in July"  

- Is not a scholarly source