A Photograph Investigation

The descriptions indirectly answer the question - what makes a good photograph?

The image on the right is a good example because, although the terminology may be unfamiliar, the point is made. Industry standard tools and applications are not as secure as administration, hence this is why the administration part of the digram has a secure lock on it, and the industry standard tools and applications do not not. (EXPLANATORY/GENERIC)

The diagram on the left is a

good example because it tells what the information is representing - the availability of your personal

data on Facebook. Therefore, a viewer can easily see how private their Facebook profile was in April

2010. (EXPLANATORY)

The photo below is not a good example. It poses that there is some issue with Facebook and privacy but doesn't say what it is. (GENERIC)

The screenshot on the right is a good example because it alerts the viewer that this issue

of Time would tell how to protect online privacy

and persuades the reader to click the link and read the magazine. (EXPLANATORY)

The photo below is not a good example. When searching on Google for the

word "privacy", this image appeared. But, this image looks more like something is a secret or that the person wants quietness. It doesn't reveal anything about computer privacy.(GENERIC)

Cell Phone Privacy

The following post is a summary of the information that was found as part of a research project for a journalism class. More information on other research projects in this class can be found on the course site HERE.

For this project, my partner and I designed a survey whose goal was to observe the difference, if any, between adults and college students on their opinions of cell phone privacy. We conducted the survey using Google Survey and collected 56 responses. Of these response, 21 were adults and 35 for college students.

In general we didn't find much difference between adults and teens. Out of the 21 adults surveyed, more than half (52%) owned a smartphone and 60% of college students owned one which is showing that the participating gap with these new devices is decreasing.

When asked how concerned they were that people can track their information when using a cell phone, neither groups were very concerned.

An interesting difference is that out of the 56 people surveyed, only 3 of them got into legal trouble over something that was said on their cell phone. More interestingly, all 3 of the participants were college students.

While most people were familiar with cell phone privacy features, it is important to note that more adults take advantage of registering their phone numbers on the National Do Not Call registry. However the majority between both groups were on some mass text message alert system. In addition,many people knew that when buying or selling a used cell phone that personal information is not automatically deleted from the device. But, most people in both age groups did not have knowledge of the E911 feature. which automatically tells law enforcement you address when you call for help.

Overall, the study performed shows that there isn't a significant difference of cell phone privacy issues with the 2 populations and the many of them understand some of the special features that are currently available on cell phones to aid in efficiency and privacy.