This blog post is a culmination of the information gathered through the digital representation of humans as online entities. After having written my first blog, I soon realised that my expression of interest towards the usage of digital new media was exponentially higher than writing essays in my university. In an assessment task for my present unit at Deakin university, I was given the choice between several topics that reflected on the impacts on human behaviour through the usage of new media. Amidst deciding between gamification and surveillance, I was found to fathom into an investigative report that scrutinises privacy and data of personnel online. It is hence, out of this interest, that my inner Sherlock Holmes, was brought to life.
I have read several articles to see whether we are truly the victims of online identity theft or data theft. Data Surveillance online, is basically a form of scapegoating by large corporate, government bodies, as well as the platform owners. Social media and new media platforms cater to the largest form of online identity amongst people. Online Surveillance carried out by government bodies is to make sure, the people are aware of calamities of emergencies, as well as to maintain law and order in the online society as well. The corporate however, use competitive advantage of selling our data to media and advertising companies that will enable them to make product placements and marketing plans based on the data accumulated.
I have created a podcast on Soundcloud on this topic and I also briefly explain the whole process in a video uploaded on my Twitter profile. I would recommend all my readers to follow my link and give it a listen. I have used Voice memo application on my MacBook Pro to record my narration. I have also gathered journal articles online for research. I have used the help of Creative commons website, Bensound.com for free to use music. I have used the help of Audacity to make and edit the final podcast. Finally, I have uploaded my podcast on my Soundcloud profile, link down below. Feel free to drop a like and Subscribe, Open to accept feedbacks.
During the making of this Podcast, I have faced judgement day, with bad health conditions and irregular voice. I believed that I would have sounded terrible on my podcast. However, through sincere determination, I was able to cure my flu, with the help of home remedies. Back to Podcast, I found it a bit hard to create a structure over the vastness of my topic. I was able to validate on a very few topics and points in the given allotted time. However, I had most fun in the editing of the podcast. Audacity gives a variety of options to make my podcast attractive for my audience with music and effects. I was able to work on the editing part quicker than expected. The most challenging aspect of this task was to come up with content of my own with the help of scholarly research, that I have used to select for my information. I have also found this task to be very educative, with regards to video editing and reflection. As well as making and publishing my very own podcast.
Finally, in conclusion, I was able to learn and reason to my question about why is a balanced perspective needed to understand the complexity of surveillance processes and practices. Answer to this is that, we can never be too careless and everything you post online is not safe. Be careful and choose wisely for the decisions you make.
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