As social networking sites like Facebook become more and more an important part of our lives, are we putting our careers and personal lives in jeopardy? The sharing element of social media means there is a digital trace of everything we do online. Furthermore, the majority of the sites are set to share as default, with the user having to actively stop their information being shared.
But should areas of the net be carved out for private communications and some for public? Or is accessible information simply available information? This interesting video from www.switched.com investigates with enlightening interviews from Clay Shirky, Professor of New Media at New York University:
