➲ Privacy ➲ Article: “Adolescent Weblog Use: Risky or Protective?” “Informed consent procedures were not required for this study because the blogs were considered public information”

1.Do I have a legal right to say what I want? No, you don’t. 2.Can I get fired if I blog about my job? Yes, you can 3.Do I have a right to remain anonymous? No, in the UK, you don’t 4.Can you get sued? Yes, you can!

On what grounds? 1.Defamation 2.Copyright breach 3.Trademark infringement 4.Disclosing confidential information 5.Certain types of expression or speech with are by law criminalised

➲ Youtube ➲ Way of expressing yourself ➲ Where’s the money in all of this? ➲ Ubiquity first, Revenue Later ➲ Quote Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google: “We’ve figured it out. Nowadays, just about every advertising campaign involves YouTube as part of the solution. That’s a big deal.”

➲ What’s a blog? ➲ Dell’s Hell ➲ History ➲ The 4 tips Jeff Jarvis gave ➲ Resurrection of it’s online PR (author of “WWGD”)