
It was a year of real awakening to complicity in various sectors of society, from politics to pop culture. Complicit The word sprung up in conversations in 2017 about those who spoke out against powerful figures and institutions and about those who stayed silent. Here's an excerpt from our: Many of us have embraced social media, choosing to volunteer intimate particulars and personal photographs on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram this robust participation echoes an observation by Mark Zuckerberg in 2010 that the public’s comfort level with sharing personal information online is a “social norm” that has “evolved over time.” Even so, a recent survey by Harris Poll shows that young people are now monitoring and changing their privacy settings more than ever, a development that USA Today dubbed the “Edward Snowden effect.”. Was on everyone's mind that year, from Edward Snowden's reveal of Project PRISM to the arrival of Google Glass. Only time will tell if the latest wave of change Americans voted for in the midterm elections will result in a negative or positive outcome.
