MM47: Google Glass

1) Why was Google Glass controversial?
As moral panics started stirring up as the feature of being able to record what you see and share live instantly can allow for people to record other people without permission and in a way where people may not even know that they're being recorded. This can cause a problem with privacy and personal space. Secondly, it is possible that google may be able to see what we see, for example they could analyse what we look for in a supermarket & what we dont, then sending a bunch of marketing towards us.
2) What are the positive elements to Globalisation that the article highlights?
That google are able to connect people online & are growing to get more and more people access to the internet. Google? In a sense the world becomes more accessible, and people are enriched by getting to know and understand it better. Increased choice and opportunities empower people, while access to information can enhance not only the ability to make informed decisions but even the democratic process.

3) What are potential negatives to Globalisation?
Smaller companies have little, or no hope of making an impact on in the market as they wont be able to compete. This means that are choice is very limited by a limited number of companies who dominate the global market, and, in the main, only distribute the majority of the world’s wealth amongst themselves. Google is 15 featured on the FT500 list, eight out of the top ten of these are American owned.

4) What is a techno-panic? How does it link to moral panics?
A techno-panic is therefore a moral panic that centres on fears regarding specific contemporary technology or technological activity. Questions are forming that ask whether Google glass will begin to make people less engaged in conversations. This is because people may not know whether someone wearing glass will be paying attention to what is going on around them, it could be like trying to  talk to someone with headphones in.

5) What is your opinion on the privacy debate and major corporations being able to access large quantities of personal data?
I think that as corporations like Google still continue to grow and grow, it makes it a lot easier for us to grow our carbon footprint. This means that Google is more able to access our data and personal information, and in most cases, we never check long pages of terms and conditions so we may never know what Google do with this information. They can easily find out what we search, shop for, upload, email and even where we are going because of Google maps. In some cases, it may just be a moral panic due to conspiracy theories, but i guess we'll never know.