http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-12479660
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9386720.stm
While these articles are much different in both subjects and reason, they both hint at the fact that the internet is revered as a great invention, yet brings about problems. Some huge problems and some small problems. As in the first article we see research presented on how Facebook causes stress in people, rather than being a celebratory website of sharing information with friends and letting people into your virtual life, we see kids getting stressed out by Facebook. Of course those that get stressed the most are those that use it the most and keep up with it the most, feeling the need to update their own. Yet, everyone who uses Facebook finds themselves in some situation of feeling guilt, or angry or sad over updates of people they may or may not know. Instead of dealing with these feelings with others, or with those that actually are sharing the information, we are becoming isolated.
The second article deals more with attacks on internet freedom and the idea of living in a world that is trying to silence or take away the freedoms that the internet holds.
It is important as librarians to follow these patterns, stick up for what we believe in and explain our reasoning to patrons.
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