UF 1111 – 008
Veach/DiPietro
Fall 2006
Due Friday, October 20 by 11:59 A.M.
Length: 250 words
Worth: Credit/No Credit
E-mail Assignment #2
As a reminder:
Assignment is scored credit/no-credit
If you complete the assignment on time and write the required length, you
receive credit.
If you fail to complete any or all of the above requirements, you will not
receive credit.
Plan ahead! No sympathy and extension if the network crashes at the last
minute!
You must use your EIU e-mail account to receive credit.
Send the e-mails to both tfveach@eiu.edu and Lndipietro@eiu.edu for full
credit.
This assignment calls upon you to review your Facebook account. (If you are one of
the two students in our class who do not have a Facebook account, please see the
bottom of this assignment sheet for other options, or see us after class if those
options don’t work for you.)
Answer any or all of the following questions:
Do you feel that Facebook is a safe internet environment? If so, why do you
feel secure on Facebook? If not, what can you do to your profile to
protect yourself?
Look at it as if this was your resume.
What does this say about you?
What do your pictures tell a future employer about you?
What groups are you in and do you think they are appropriate? Why or
why not?
What about mini-feed can make it unsafe for other people?
Who can look at your profile? Anyone? Your friends? Friends of friends?
(Check your privacy settings.) Do you think your current
privacy settings could be a potential problem? Why/why not?
Are you aware that judicial affairs and police officers are on Facebook and can
look at your profile? How do you feel about this? Do you think it’s fair?
If you got charged for a crime, such as underage drinking, because
your Facebook profile tipped off the police, do you think that would be
legitimate?
Overall, do you feel that Facebook is a safe internet website?
If you do not have a Facebook account:
Review your Myspace account and all of the dimensions of Myspace
OR If you don’t have Myspace, review MSN Messenger or AOL Instant Messenger
and all of its elements.
Please Note: We have already reviewed everyone’s profiles, so please be honest or
we will not accept this assignment as credit.
