本篇阅读材料 社交媒体和后隐私社会 选自《卫报》(原文标题:Social media and the post-privacy society 2012.04.03)
While having a meal with his wife in his home town of Utica in 2007, the pollster John Zogby struck up a conversation with his 20-year-old waitress about privacy, social networking and YouTube. He asked what limits she set on what she would reveal online.
struck up 使开始;建立起
set limits on 对 加以限制
reveal 展现;显示;揭露
My boobs, she said. but only on Halloween, and only for my friends.
Well, answers Zogby, in account from his book The Way Well Be. Im your friend today, but tomorrow I might not be. Can you stop me from sharing your, um, breasts, with the rest of the world, or with the company youre hoping will hire you?
No, she replies, but so many of us do this in one form or another that employers are just going to have to adjust or they wont have anyone to hire.
As Spring Break draws to a close, the question of what belongs in the public realm and whom it affects becomes agonisingly pertinent to thousands of undergraduates across the country. Spring Break is the annual, formal Bacchanal: the riotous, alcohol-drenched recess that launches scores of Girls Gone Wild videos, clogs toilets with condoms and beachside boardwalks with vomit and updates millions of Facebook pages.
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