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Lol...Omg!: What Every Student Needs To Know About Online Reputation Management, Digital Citizenship And Cyberbullying (2011)

by Matt Ivester(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1466242078 (ISBN13: 9781466242074)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Createspace

review 1: The book is an ok book for introduction into the internet. It reads like a how to book or I guess a how not to book. It is centered around college age students, but I feel it's more of a freshman in high school book, if only certain examples were toned down a little. It's an easy read with quick notes about each chapter to review what you just read. It gives decent examples of situations where students have done stuff that they regretted thinking it was funny at first (lol) and after it goes viral they realize what they have done (omg).
review 2: This is a good book for any student OR anyone who has a job or plans to ever have a job, as well as anyone who uses the internet really. It is amazing how the harmless, jokey little things you do online can come back... more and bite you in the ass, apparently. Have Facebook pics of yourself drinking beer? "Liked" a page that's about sex, cursing, violence, ethnicity, politics or language policy? All of that can impact your potential to get employment or into some schools. Put your real name in when you registered your email? Your email that use all over the place, probably on blogs and forums where you talk about god knows what that you wouldn't want an employee to see? It may not seem fair, it may be that don't want to work for such assholes who would judge over such a little thing, but when it comes time to pay the rent and you must have a job, you don't need anything holding you back. This book will help you to see the different potential dangers in sharing seemingly innocent information online. People in law enforcement are being fired for supporting the legalization of marijuana--not for actually doing anything with marijuana, just signing petitions or being involved in political groups to legalize it-- fully legal, adult teachers getting fired because they posted photos of themselves with alcohol on Facebook, etc etc. The reason for the book existing, our online and offline lives are not completely separate and exclusive, and employers can find out more about our personal beliefs and lives than ever before because of the internet. Unless you keep your real name and any photos of yourself completely off the internet (not that easy; even if you're discreet, friends, relatives and people that know you may not be so) it's good to know exactly what dirty tricks employers, landlords, universities, and potential dates are using to dig up dirt on you. Even if this book isn't personally of any use to you, most of the people around us use Facebook and other online sites in a way that could impact them, and it's good to know what forces are at work in the world today. less

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