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Questions for Analyzing **Social Issues**

1.What are the social issues associated with a particular IT development? The social issues related with this article would be suicide and sexting. A young girl named Jesse Logan commited suicide after being harrassed by girls at her school for months after her ex boyfriend sent out nude pictures taken by Jesse and sent to him while still together. Being able to send pictures through text messages has changed many things in our society today. ( How about social aspect of people sharing more on social networking sites and changing boundaries on sex and public display of skin?)

2. How did the IT development emerge? Cell phones being able to take pictures and send them to others. [] ( also the SMS or what ever technology, cell phone cameras being present and better and also about social networking sites changing what is acceptable to send?) 3. Who are the stakeholders-individuals, institutions, societies who initiate and control the IT developments and are affected by them? Cell phone companies control and have initiated this IT developement.( more stakeholdres, teens, parents, society, schools, police, etc..)

4. What are the advantages and disadvantages for the stake holders? The advantages for the stake holders would be that they make money off of people sending pictures and they cannot be blamed for what is being sent. They hold no responsibility in what is being sent and cannot be sued for it so they continue to allow people to send pictures even if it hold illegal material. ( Add your other stakeholders)

5. What feasible solutions can be applied to overcome problems? The phone companies could monitor the picture being sent through cell phones and have every nude or risky picture stopped before being sent. It is impossible to take technology away so getting rid of MMS is not realistic but maybe putting some kind of restriction on what can be in the photos. ( does this limit free speech? how about an app or filter that allows for filtering, how about some education on what is appropriate to send)

6. What is the social impact of the IT development on human life? This may include some or all of the following areas: economic, political, cultural, legal, environmental, ergonomical, health and phsychological. With this IT development society has changed, teenagers are on their cell phones constantly even at school and we really have no control over what people do or say to each other through their phones. MMS has created another way for companies to make money because it is an application that everyone wants on their cell phones. (( say something here about teens and the impact on their life if there is some skin photo of them floating around school or the potential workplace) 7. What are the social impacts on local and global communities? Society has changed because of MMS messaging and not completely ina good way.(see above)

Questions for Analyzing **Ethical Issues**

1. What are the ethical issues associated with a particular IT development? Teenagers especially girls whose nude pictures are sent out to their peers have many negative feelings. They are shamed by their peers for being sluts or whores and even brought Jesse Logan to commit suicide. Sending nude pictures to others is never a good idea and it questions the morla sof many teens. What about issues of child pornography? Is it ok if the teen consents, or is even taking and sending pictures of her or himself? For example, it wouldn't be statutory rape for a male teen to sleep with the girl, but it is child porn for him to have a nude pic? Also, I don't know that I would committ myself to saying that sending nude pics to others is never a good idea.

2. Who is responsible? Teenagers Which teenagers? The girls the pictures are of? The people who take the pics? The people who send the pics? Are parents or school admins responsible?

3. Who is accountable? Teenagers Ditto the last question.

4. What policies, rules or law apply to this situation? Teenagers are accountable for their own actions and some teenage boys who have been caught with nude pictures of girls under 18 have been charged with child pornography. This is a serious issue but for many teengs the thought does not occur that it coudl be illegal to send nude pictures.

5. What are the alternative ethical decisions? Don't send nude pictures, eliminate the option of sending/receiving pictures on cell phones. Ban phones from schools? Ban camera phones?

6. What are the consequences of these decisions?

Rough Draft

Criterion A - Presentation of the Issue I will talk about what the issue is and why it is such a big problem in our society today. I will give statistics on the number of sexting cases per year or per month and talk I will talk about the

Criterion B - The IT background of the issue I will talk about the developement of cell phones and the process of sending pictures

Criterion C- The impact of the issue I will write about the different court cases concerning "sexting" and what has happened to teenagers caught doing it I will use the cases talked about in the article

Criterion D - A solution to the problem arising from the issue I will talk about some of the solutions that I believe should happen - no pixture sending - parents get copies of pictures - talks in schools and teaching about consequences

Criterion E- Selection and use of sources I will use this article and other resources as well to helpe me in the portfolio making

Criteriod F- Experession of ideas relecant to the social issue I will relate other cell phone related issues like the issue of relationships changing through texting

Next Draft note: not sure how you want me to site my sources, should I use numbers, symbols? Presentation of the Issue Recently in our society, the act of sending nude pictures through text messaging or posting them on the internet has become common thing to do for teens despite the many repercussions. In a study conducted by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy it was found that in 1200 youth 39 % of teens have sent or posted nude photos of themselves electronically.(2) Another astounding statistic from the same survey says that 71% of teen girls and 67% of teen boys have sent nude pictures to their girlfriend or boyfriend. For 18 year old Jesse Logan she did exactly that; she sent a nude picture to her boyfriend via cell phone thinking that it would always stay private. After they broke up he sent to picture to several girls in their high school and from then on Jessica was harassed daily. The young woman even went on the news to speak out against “sexting” and two months later her mother found her dead in her own room. This was a shock to all those who knew her and it shows how even the life of a beautiful, popular, kind and nice person can change drastically once they push that “send” button.  The IT Background of the Issue From a technological point of view, the process of sending text/pix messages is fairly new yet it has grown in usage since its invention. In 2004 at the MMS World Congress companies admitted to gaining only minimal profits from MMS but since then there has been an enormous growth in usage. In the Tomi Ahonen Almanac 2009, it shows that MMS usage has surpassed 1.3 billion active users who have produced 50 billion MMS messages. The process of sending an MMS message is very complex and very unlike the simple method of sending an SMS. It begins with the translation of the pictures code into a form similar to an MIME email. This allows for it to be sent to the carriers MMS store and forward server… note: was not sure how to describe this section because the description was very confusing. could you help me make it into simpler terms? I used wikepedia but I also found another website today that I think is pretty good. here are both of my sources [|wikipedia][|new source]  The Impact of the Issue (am aware that there are more impacts but am not sure what others there are) For 18 year old Jessica Logan, the stress was too much, the humiliation too deep and the pain to great. Unfortunately she took her own life on July 3rd 2008 after being harassed constantly for months after nude pictures of her were sent around the school. When asked if it is common for people besides the intended recipient to be shown nude or semi-nude photos and 36 % of teen girls and 39 % of teen boys said it was. This obviously had an impact on Jessica. This specific case is only known to have happened once in the United States but with increasing amounts of sexting there will probably be increasing amounts of suicide. There is also the issue of self-mutilation and self-hatred which is a form for many teens to let out stress, anger and pain. It is possible that sexting has caused this to occur. Besides the emotional impact on teens, there is also the impact on family and friends of those who are involved in sending nude photos. For Jessica’s parents the shock and pain of their daughter’s death has pushed them to commence a national campaign that will address “sexting”. In some other cases there have actually been teens arrested or taken to juvenile hall for child pornography. For example in Greensborough, Pennsylvania 6 teenagers were charged with child pornography. The three girls were 14 to 15 and the 3 boys were 16 to 17. This charge will remain on their records for about 10 years which will negatively impact their lives when applying to colleges, jobs and internships. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A solution to the problem arising from the issue <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> ​ A very pressing issue has arose when it comes to "sexting" and posting nude or semi-nude photos on the internet but there have been no movements to solve this problem. When anyone applies for a job it is the right of the potential employer to research their past and may even look them up on the internet. If someone as a teenager made a mistake and posted a nude picture of themselves and 10 years later are applying for a job and the picture is found by the potential employer, there is a chance that they may lose the job. This is why I propose an experiation date on pictures posted on the internet. After a certain amount of time after being posted, the picture should be deleted automatically and not retrievable by anyone. This does not solve the issue of sending pictures through cell phones which is why I propose some sort of screening that happens everytime a picture is sent. The picture must be accepted by some sort of system that allows it to go through to the reciever only if appropriate. This is the best possible solution to the problems that arise and is complicated yet feasible. Sources 1. [] 2. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[] 3. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[] 4. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[] 5. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[] 6. [] 7. [] 8. [] 9. []