Personal Commentary
Jeremy
- Personally I feel that the importance of the privacy of others is lost among Singaporeans today and the effects of this invasion is often thought too little of
- However I believe that because this concept is rather new but given time Singaporeans will learn to understand the importance of this concept
Augustine
- This project has given me a deeper insight into the ethical issues concerning blogs. Blogs are an effective way to disseminate information. However, one should consider the accuracy of the information by questioning the truth. Who decides if the information is true? Where does the truth lie?
-By examining ethical issues such as invasion of privacy and 'real' identity, I would not just accept the information passively, but consider the validity and accuracy before deciding if it is credible.
-One should consider the ethical issues before blogging, as the readers have a right to be exposed to accurate information. More importantly, bloggers should respect the readers' feelings,expectations and consider the implications of their blog entries on readers when possible.
Marie
- This project strongly supports my belief that for factual information, one should always go directly to source of the story to get information (much like journalism). Biased views from blogs are merely speculation and readers have little means to verify the sources used.
- However, though blogs seemed to disrupt how the crisis should have been handled and is seemingly unethical, people are entitled to their opinion and bloggers can use blogs as an outlet for the expression for their grief.
- Despite doubting the reliability of the source, I think that in this digital age, this is merely another set of information readily available over the net and that readers should be discerning of the information and aware of the pros and cons of various medias.
- It is thus down to your ethics as a receiver of information. Do you accept it in blind faith? Do you question your material and attempt to cross-reference the information? Are you a responsible user of the media?
Julyn
- Personally feels that this project enable better understanding the important and essential aspect of crisis intervention. Being able to consider all affected parties with respect to the circle of vulnerability promote better crisis intervention as it allows a wholesome consideration to render help as well as support for people who are directly and indirectly affected by the incident.
- Crisis happens and is often unexpected, thus, having a ready and prepared intervention system allow quick and effective approach at times of emergency. Modern and new ways of intervention are necessary for effective intervention and this should include new means of gathering of information such as from the internet.
