Journalism and Internet
My dad came home with his new gadget, the Iphone, and proudly showed me the first application he downloaded; The Straits Times. The world of traditional media is changing, with more people browsing websites and online articles/news for information. The question is, is it beneficial or harmful to us?
There are of course 2 sides of the story. People who think that the Internet is helping Journalism thinks that it is an alternative way for us to read news without having the need to spend like how we did on traditional news, and people who think that the Internet is actually hurting Journalism tends to feel that the Internet blurs the line between facts and opinions and that we are sometimes confused and may take opinions as facts.
What say you?
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Politics and internet
Okay this is going to be a short post because I aint exactly a fan of politics. No, even though I am an avid user of the internet, I’m not even into the politics in the USA that has become very active these days on the Web.
The NY times said that both the Democrats and Republicans have increased the use of email, interactive websites, blogs and text-messaging to raise money and organize get-out-of-the-vote efforts and assemble crowds for rallies.
Indeed, the Internet is a cheaper alternative as compared to the traditional ways of politics. I like Podcasts where we can actually feel and hear the candidate so as to understand and know them better. But then again, I don’t think that is going to happen in Singapore in near future (at least 10 years?), but oh well, it’s just my guess, and we’ll never know till the day comes.
The NY times said that both the Democrats and Republicans have increased the use of email, interactive websites, blogs and text-messaging to raise money and organize get-out-of-the-vote efforts and assemble crowds for rallies.
Indeed, the Internet is a cheaper alternative as compared to the traditional ways of politics. I like Podcasts where we can actually feel and hear the candidate so as to understand and know them better. But then again, I don’t think that is going to happen in Singapore in near future (at least 10 years?), but oh well, it’s just my guess, and we’ll never know till the day comes.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Internet Security
Seriously, every time I get on MSN, I see many of my friends sending me such messages asking me to enter the phishing sites, may it be for weight loss or free gadgets like IPhone or whatsoever, and it is pissing me off big time! I’d then start thinking to myself, are my friends really that stupid to have clicked on the phishing sites hence getting the virus or what actually happened because almost a quarter of them are spamming me with such messages!
Until one fine day my friend took a screenshot of what I sent and showed me, and yeah it is very embarrassing because I have also become a spammer! One of my friend explained to me that we do not certainly have to click on the websites to start spamming people with such messages because our accounts have actually been hacked into! My friend then suggested that I change my password and voila! No one complained about me being a spammer anymore!
There are many different types of viruses around, like Trojan, Spyware, Adware and Worms. Some are very dangerous, while some are mild and does not do much harm to our computers but still, it is best for us to have an updated anti-virus software like Norton Antivirus (Very popular in Singapore) to keep our computers safe and secured!
Lastly, I am going to talk about internet security in the context of online shopping. I think that online shopping has become very popular nowadays, and this also increased the chances of us getting cheated! We should always purchase something on a safe and secured site by checking out for the locked padlock at the top/ bottom of the page before releasing our personal or credit card information. Otherwise, we can also choose to use secured payment methods like DBS IBanking, UOB IBanking or Paypal. To ensure that the merchant is real and reliable, we can check reviews or feedbacks on the merchant’s page!
Credits to Eileen for screenshot (Taken from project slides)
Until one fine day my friend took a screenshot of what I sent and showed me, and yeah it is very embarrassing because I have also become a spammer! One of my friend explained to me that we do not certainly have to click on the websites to start spamming people with such messages because our accounts have actually been hacked into! My friend then suggested that I change my password and voila! No one complained about me being a spammer anymore!
There are many different types of viruses around, like Trojan, Spyware, Adware and Worms. Some are very dangerous, while some are mild and does not do much harm to our computers but still, it is best for us to have an updated anti-virus software like Norton Antivirus (Very popular in Singapore) to keep our computers safe and secured!
Lastly, I am going to talk about internet security in the context of online shopping. I think that online shopping has become very popular nowadays, and this also increased the chances of us getting cheated! We should always purchase something on a safe and secured site by checking out for the locked padlock at the top/ bottom of the page before releasing our personal or credit card information. Otherwise, we can also choose to use secured payment methods like DBS IBanking, UOB IBanking or Paypal. To ensure that the merchant is real and reliable, we can check reviews or feedbacks on the merchant’s page!
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