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This 11-page paper discusses the theory that digital footprints left behind by individuals mean we exist in very much of a fishbowl world. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
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anything interesting (such as girls kissing) to the fact that it made him, Bo Burnham, famous. "Hi, my name is Mary and Im 19 years old and I got drunk
at a party and I think someone was videotaping it but I dont want anyone to see it cause I showed half of my boob," he sings at the end,
"Sorry Mary! Welcome to Youtube . . . say goodbye to your college scholarship . . ." (Burnham). Though much of Burnhams work
is tongue-in-cheek, even tongue-in-cheek works have a kernel of truth to them. Burnhams truth is that once someone posts something about themselves on YouTube, say goodbye to any sense of
privacy. But it isnt just YouTube. The Internet, with its ability to zap information around the world in just seconds, its search
engines, its social networking sites and websites, is a great place for information. And, because of that, billions of individuals, on a daily basis, are leaving behind bits and pieces
of their digital selves, whether it be an irreverent comment on Facebook or MySpace,or a lot more information, like identification, or, like poor Mary in Burnhams song, a bodily part
shed rather not have shown. Fine (2008) notes that the Internet, which has created what he dubs a "reputational" economy, points out that the Internet has also created a culture
in which everyone minds everyone elses business, and aside from a few cries that privacy rights are being violated, people blithely share more information with their online social networking friends
than they might with their families or spouses. The point here is that, digital footprints individuals are leaving behind effectively means we now
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