This is America. Гришенкова Е.Г. - 64 стр.

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Public officials recognize that social media has changed the way people
communicate. The White House, for example, held a live discussion last Tuesday on
its Facebook page. People watched and commented on a speech by President Obama
that was broadcast to students nationwide from a Virginia high school.
Before the speech, a student at the school asked for advice about how to get the
president's job. Barack Obama answered: "First of all, I want everybody here to be
careful about what you post on Facebook because in the YouTube age, whatever you
do, it will be pulled up again later somewhere in your life. And when you're young,
you make mistakes and you do some stupid stuff. And I've been hearing a lot about
young people who -- you know, they're posting stuff on Facebook, and then suddenly
they go apply for a job and somebody has done a search and, so, that's some practical
political advice for you right there."
Experts say a good rule to remember is not to post anything you would not
want your mother to see. But what if your mother -- or father -- is one of your
"friends," as in a friend you accepted on Facebook?
Some parents use social media to communicate with their kids and to monitor
their activities. This, in turn, has led to myparentsjoinedfacebook.com. This is a site
for sharing and laughing at things that parents have posted.
Ekin Oz, the exchange student from Turkey, has a different concern about
privacy. She worries about cybercrime and the information that could be gathered
about a person from different Web sites. "I'm scared of copying my personal
information to use, like my photos they can use for things which is not good for me,
and I'm concerned about that. If someone writes my name on Google they can find
one picture from Facebook or something, but is it safe?"
By now most parents know about the dangers of sex offenders using social
networks. But the computer security company F-Secure points out the risk even in
posting information like vacation plans. Someone who wants to break into the house
will then know when people are away.
And then there is the time issue. Jenn is a student at Appalachian State in North
Carolina. "I'm probably on Facebook a lot more that I should be. I'll go on sometimes
to check it and then get right back off. And then maybe ten minutes later I'll be like
'Oh, well, I need to talk to so-and-so,' and so then I'll go back on it, every thirty
minutes or something."
And how often does her classmate Karey check her page? "If it's like during
school when things are busy, once maybe for like twenty minutes max. But then if it's
like during the summer and I'm really bored, I don't have anything else to do, then it
might be a little longer."

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