Keen and Jarvis on Social Media Privacy and Connectivity
Introduction Andrew Keen’s “Sharing Is a Trap” and Jeff Jarvis’s “Get Over It” represent two competing ways of understanding digital life. Keen fears that platforms built around constant disclosure weaken privacy, independence, and the protected space in which a person can think or change without being watched. Jarvis argues that openness can create knowledge, community, accountability, and practical help, and he warns that privacy claims can be used to block

