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canon25 the internet canontwentyfive 1- “Two-Face” Book January 2011 2- The Internet: A Particularly Sad Story So I thought a topic as broad as the internet would Maybe About You/Reborn Dreams inundate Peter and I with submissions. Alas! It was not so. I was really hoping for an entire article in leet speak 3- Examining the Christian Subconscious or lolspeak. (check them out here: http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Leet and here: http://speaklolspeak.com/) 4- Coffee is No Substitute for Sleep That would have been hilarious. Oh well, we did get some fantastic submissions from some very talented Tyndale 5- Futurishtic students. If you can spare some time from Facebook and YouTube you should give them a read. 6- Technology: A Necessary Evil? Happy Stumbling, ! -/\/\4|2|< 7- YouTyndale My favourite place on the internet: Futuramas awesome 8- Framework/Blog Roll wiki called THE INFOSPHERE! Everything you ever wanted to know about Futurama! The real Infosphere was actu- 9- Stumble/The Web/Ostrich ally created in deep space by the Brain Spawn aliens in S05E08 who wanted to collect knowledge about every- 10- Missed Connections/Right Through thing in the universe. Are you laughing at me? Facebook is pretty much doing the same thing, but collecting infor- You/The Sobbit mation about YOU! -Pete Canon 25 Canon (k ă n Ə n) Editors: Design: a. A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a fi eld. Mark Fisk Patrick Sutherland b. The works of a writer that have been acepted as Peter Adourian authentic. Fine Print: 25 (t w ĕ n t ē - f ī v) Canon 25 is the offi cial student publication of Tyn- a. The address of Tyndale University College and dale University, but does not represent its ideas or Seminary on Ballyconnor Crt. opinions unless specifi cally noted. b. Average age of middle-aged twenty-somethings. Canon25 has a monthly circulation of about 150. c. Number of people waiting in line at J&T (after cha- Submissions: pel). Canon 25 likes creative articles, humor, comics, Canon 25 (k ă n Ə n t w ĕ n t ē - f ī v) photography, art, poetry and all other forms of a. A collection of fresh perspectives and thought printable expression. Submit material online at provoking ideas inspired by the hearts and minds of [email protected] or in per- Tyndale Students. son to any Canon25 staff b. A glossy, uncomfortable substitute for toilet paper 123 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 “Two-Face” Book Facebook is a social media tool that has rapidly allowed people to connect with friends, family and businesses online. It has become the one-stop spot for all social media interactions. Now, many people are so intimately connected with their Facebook that they would not survive a day without it. It is as if now they are wedded together—Facebook has become a part of them. 1 second ago · like · comment · see friendship Facebook has created a whole new world: interactions have changed, the things people share have changed and the characters people publicly display have changed. It has created a “brave new world” for people to interact in whichever way they feel like. They become an avatar of themselves; they have the ability to refl ect whichever characteristics they choose at that mo- ment without suffering the immediate consequences. Facebook has opened many good opportu- nities for people, but there is always something negative lurking around the corner. Facebook is unique because it allows people share publicly as much as they possibly could without feeling they are sharing everything. They share pictures from the family vacation, they share how they are feeling certain days, they share what their friends are up to, and they share pictures they take in their bedroom of themselves. They share all the things they normally would with their most intimate friends in the entire world. This creates a problem. Most people post ignorantly; not truly knowing who their audience truly is. They do not Matt Stiller likes the group: realize that their worst enemy, their best friend, and the creepy boy in the back of their math class Canon25 Literary Contributors knows what they are doing, knows how they are doing, knows where they went on vacation, knows what their bedroom looks like, and looks at pictures day in and day out of them. This is not healthy. The one thing that makes Facebook so attractive to so many people is that it allows for relationships without vulnerability. It allows people to share everything about their lives—their favourite movies, their favourite songs, their favourite books, their family members, their photos, etc. You can share what you want indiscriminately without the hassle and risk involved in normal relationships. There is no need to get to know someone anymore—they can publicly display all that they are. Consequently, this is very addicting and very alienating for many people. Social interaction has become non-social. Another fear is that the Internet separates actions from their proper consequences. You can look at something or say something to someone and there will be no consequences. You can gaze at someone’s private photos, you can tell them that you love about them and there is no fear of being rejected. The girl is not going to slap you and the guy is not going to ‘take a round out of Hey! Mark and you’ because they can’t. You can do and say anything publicly from the safety of the internet and Peter don’t there are rarely ever any immediate consequences. People are slowly living two separate lives. They live one life as the shy person; not willing intend to be to say what they truly think, not willing to look where they want to look, not willing to approach people about certain things in real life. But, on Facebook they are a different being. On Facebook, here forever. they are the loud, arrogant person who scans through the attractive guy/girl’s photos more than they should. They will look at what they want and say what they want and there is no fear. The We are looking only thing that they have to approach is a computer. The other person cannot touch them, harm them, look at them in the eye, or have any physical contact. They are protected from all that—it for intern(s) to is just them and their computer, nothing else matters. Facebook allows you to completely mask your emotions. About 80% of all our communication is non-verbal and none of that can be seen help us out and through a computer screen. Electronic communication tools like skype allow for the nonverbal maybe you’ll communication that is lost on Facebook. Many people become brave over Facebook. Of course it is easy to try to ‘pick up’ some- take over when one over Facebook. You can be charming, you can be rude, or you can be arrogant. If a conver- sation turns for the worse a simple ‘click’ on the delete button and that person no longer exists to we’re gone. If you. All communication is then cut off. People soon become two-faced, they act one way virtually you’re interest- and another way actually. Facebook is disturbing our natural human communication. Many people become some- ed talk to one one they are not—they say things they wouldn’t normally and they look at things they wouldn’t normally. Since the creation of Facebook, the term ‘creeped’ has even risen. Someone ‘creeps’ of us in person on another if they look through their pictures, watch what they are doing, and see who they are talking to. It is a modern version of eavesdropping and is not healthy for any properly functioning or email us a relationship. It is often a sign of manipulation and control issues. Many people are intimately ac- quainted with people via facebook who they are not actually acquainted with in real life. Perhaps tyndalestu- this thirst for knowledge is tied to a greater thirst for power. dentpublica- So, check yourself next time you go on Facebook. Are you living a two-faced life? Are you spending too much time submerged in virtual communication? Are you ‘creeping’ people you [email protected] shouldn’t be? Are you spending too much time looking up the intimate details of people who you shouldn’t be looking up? The fact that you are looking them up usually means that they wouldn’t be someone you would show everything to in real life. Are you watching over those who are close to you because you want to know everything that they are doing? Facebook can be a killer of natural human communication—don’t let it be! 123 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 canontwentyfi ve The Internet: A Particularly Sad Story, Maybe About You This issue’s theme was ‘the internet’ and not one student submitted anything about pornography. So now this is happening. Pornography is all fun and games until somebody goes blind. In May of 2003, I was fi nishing up grade nine. As with most niners, it was a signifi cant year in my life: I fi rst picked up the guitar, I committed to keeping my long hair, and I was about to enrol in a leadership train- ing program at a Christian summer camp. These things defi ned the following seven years of my life to the present day and, without exception, became the foundation for my identity, for better or worse.