How do users feel about their "personal" comments being harvested to make billions for Internet companies?
With social network growth rates in 2009 ranging from 228 percent for Facebook to 1,382 percent for Twitter, users are either unaware unconcerned. Regardless of what users think, it is likely that businesses will increasingly analyze the continuous flow of data over social networks to generate insights they can use.
Discussion Questions
1 Do you think it is ethical for social networks to sell access to user information to businesses for market research and other uses ? or why not
2 what service does the monitoring of social media ultimately provide for consumers?
Critical Thinking Questions
1. What competitive advantage does the monitoring of seen media provide to companies that invest in it?
2. Why is the monitoring of social media considered a CBIS?