And now for some local news.
Liquing Liu, a Chinese national, started a sex ring here in Minnesota. He would move around to avoid detection with his 100 Asian women.
These women were illegal immigrants and are being treated as crime victims not criminals, according to Sgt. Grant Snyder of the Minneapolis Police Department. The women were probably lured under the prospect of having a better life in America.
However, once here they were confined to the place of business and had to give most of their earnings to Liu.
This reminds me of the Korean comfort women issue during World War II. These women were often forced to become sex workers because of Japan's occupation in Korea. They, like these recent prostitutes, were usually paid nothing while having to endure squalid work conditions.
I just can't believe that this man, who probably knew poverty first hand, would deliberately deceive others in a similar situation.
I wish the article would have gotten a quote from him as to why he did it just so people could see how twisted his ethics are.
The article can be found here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/17/us/17brothel.html
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
What do your Facebook activities say about YOU?
Enough to attract dozens of research groups across the country, apparently.
One research group on the East Coast is studying how personal tastes, habits and values affect the formation of social relationships.
Another team at Penn State studied how individuals reacted to another person's friends count on Facebook. They found that people with many friends were perceived as popular, attractive and self confident. However, people with TOO many friends (800+) are seen as insecure.
But how accurate is the sampling on Facebook? Researchers are delving into that topic too. According to Eszter Hargittai, Facebook is popular among white, Asian, and Asian-American people, while MySpace is more popular for Hispanic students.
One Harvard team studies Facebook profiles of many students without their permission, which has sparked a debate about the ethical issues surrounding Facebook research. The laws in place currently allow the study of human subjects in a public setting, but whether Facebook is public domain or not is debateable.
I don't like the fact that potential job recruiters or anyone else can see my profile. I feel like because of this, many people are putting their Facebooks on "friends only," which doesn't open them to new people as much.
My Facebook is set to the Chicago network, but unless the person has a different connection to me, they can't see my profile unless they friend me. This is one of the safeguards in the system, but judging by this article, many people don't seem to use the security options available.
Is studying people's profiles without their permission ethical? Is Facebook really a viable research tool in studying social relationships?
The rest of the article can be found here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/17/style/17facebook.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
One research group on the East Coast is studying how personal tastes, habits and values affect the formation of social relationships.
Another team at Penn State studied how individuals reacted to another person's friends count on Facebook. They found that people with many friends were perceived as popular, attractive and self confident. However, people with TOO many friends (800+) are seen as insecure.
But how accurate is the sampling on Facebook? Researchers are delving into that topic too. According to Eszter Hargittai, Facebook is popular among white, Asian, and Asian-American people, while MySpace is more popular for Hispanic students.
One Harvard team studies Facebook profiles of many students without their permission, which has sparked a debate about the ethical issues surrounding Facebook research. The laws in place currently allow the study of human subjects in a public setting, but whether Facebook is public domain or not is debateable.
I don't like the fact that potential job recruiters or anyone else can see my profile. I feel like because of this, many people are putting their Facebooks on "friends only," which doesn't open them to new people as much.
My Facebook is set to the Chicago network, but unless the person has a different connection to me, they can't see my profile unless they friend me. This is one of the safeguards in the system, but judging by this article, many people don't seem to use the security options available.
Is studying people's profiles without their permission ethical? Is Facebook really a viable research tool in studying social relationships?
The rest of the article can be found here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/17/style/17facebook.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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