Notes and Tutespark week 6

In week six lecture we talked about media in forms of new media and social media.
We started out by once again defining technology which the lecturer defined as; “the scientific study of mechanical arts and their application to the world”, which includes physical objects and the knowledge of their function.
When we talk about media we talk about technology used as a medium for communication.
When studying media, and social media, we often study the two terms. First, ‘virtual community’; a group of people who communicate via the internet (social network sites, chat, blogs etc), and second ‘Individual Identity’; how people try to express who they are via the internet (personal profiles, Myspace, Facebook, blogs etc).
Both of the above terms include the creation of an ideal self, and to communicate with whomever you want, also people you normally (in real life) wouldn’t communicate with. Whereas focus earlier was on creating networks with people of same interest, or with things in common with you, the focus is now on you; you as a individual is the common thread.
Whilst the web as we first new it was a ‘read-only-web’, people can now contribute and be a part of the creation of the web. In other words, we are no longer only consumers but also partly creators.

With this in mind the tutespark this week asks us..
- Who owns the content you put on the internet on various sites?
- The content on a social networking site - do you own it?
- Who has the right to use your creations?

The following statement is taken directly from FB's right and responsibilities site:

Sharing Your Content and Information

You own all of the content and information you post on Facebook, and you can control how we share your content through your privacy and application settings. In order for us to use certain types of content and provide you with Facebook, you agree to the following:

1.For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like photos and videos (”IP content”), you specifically give us the following permission, subject to your privacy and application settings: you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook (”IP License”).
2.This IP License ends when you delete your IP content or your account (except to the extent your content has been shared with others, and they have not deleted it). When you delete IP content, it is deleted in a manner similar to emptying the recycle bin on a computer. However, you understand that removed content may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time (but will not be available to others).
We always appreciate your feedback or other suggestions about Facebook, but you understand that we may use them without any obligation to compensate you for them (just as you have no obligation to offer them)
(http://www.facebook.com/terms.php)

In other words, the content you choose to put on facebook is all your, however, facebook or others have full rights of using this content as long as their still online, and you havent deleted them or your account. With tags and shared albums, this is basically impossible for you to controll.