I often try and imagine a world before the internet and wonder how people were able to manage. My parents for instance, if they had a nagging question in their mind they could not simply ‘Ask Jeeves’ for the answer, they would have to either interact with another human being, or heaven forbid go and look it up in a book because ‘Wikipedia’ is two decades away from its conception.
BY PATRICK BROWNE
Haroula Pasparaki considers the damaging effects of careless social networking
It’s time to be honest. When you come back from an amazing holiday/concert/night out, is one of your first thoughts that you have to put your photos up online or check your Facebook or Bebo account?
Many of us belong to one if not several social networking sites, and while they boast numerous benefits, we are often unaware of how incriminating and damaging some content we post online may be to our education, personal security and future employment.
Increased concerns have emerged due to the well publicised negative aspects of such sites, ranging from cyber bullying to identity theft and even expulsion from universities and denial of employment.