The writing reflection for this week covers the lecture "How we use social media". This reflection is due on 10/3 at 5pm.

Note that the course staff are looking for your own thoughts on these topics. Writing in the first person, taking divergent viewpoints, and bringing in ideas from outside of class are encouraged. Write as if you are targeting a public audience. Particularly insightful or convincingly contrarian statements might be shared with the entire class in lecture or in the course slack.

This writing reflection will give you the opportunity two think a bit more about two of the key topics related to the Internet and its relationship to society:

1. If you could change something about the way you use social media, what would it be? Note that this doesn't necessarily have to address something negative about your current behavior online. Maybe there's something constructive that you'd like to do, but aren't right now. 
2. Shortly after graduation, you find yourself on a working group associated with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) that is investigating ways to increase the decentralization of Internet infrastructure. What proposals would you make to the group to bolster decentralization? Back up your proposals by invoking one of the ethical frameworks (Utilitarian, Kantian, or Virtue Ethics).

Grading

Each reflection should be between 500 - 1000 words. It will be graded in terms of:

Does the reflection adequately address the prompt?

Does the reflection reference the readings and class discussions to support the writing?

Does the reflection exhibit thoughtfulness and creative expression?

Does the reflection utilize proper grammar and style?

Is the reflection an appropriate length?

Submission Instructions

• Prepare a doc in that folder named using this convention: lastname_firstname_duedate. Example: Joyce_Ellen_100323
• The TAs will collect each assignment directly from your drive after it is due