Advantages And Disadvantages Of Social Media

Today, it is very easy to obtain information of any kind. Thanks to the convergence and development of technology. “The Internet”, which today is one of the easiest ways to obtain quick information without allot of effort. There are millions of people from around the world that use the Internet as a tool to communicate, search, and find information on about any topic imaginable. (Aynur, Nejat, 2015). In this Essay on Social Media, we will be discussing the advantages and disadvantages of easily obtainable information, the advantages and disadvantages of social media, and importantly how knowing of these things can alter how a person might use social media, as well as the credibility issues that arise from the information on

Twitter has become a popular social networking site and an easy way to campaign with minimal costs. “There is increasing evidence that broader public is becoming a tad dismissive of what some in the media refer to as an “explosion in the Twitterverse” on any particular issue” (The Canadians Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)). Controversial issues are put out onto social media because most people will check these sites daily and voice their opinions on issues. If people see these political views spread out on Twitter or Facebook, it will make people start to wonder about a candidate’s true standpoints on controversial issues really are. Not only is social media being used to spread political viewpoints, it is negatively affecting candidates because if a scandal is revealed, then instead of covering it up the candidate has to confess to the incident since it will keep more voters on his side (The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBO)).” Some people might see the revelation uncovered scandals as a good thing, however from the

“The Fake News Media hates when I use what has turned out to be my very powerful Social Media – over 100 million people! I can go around them”, declares a Donald Trump tweet from just a few days ago. With over 32.5 M followers and 35 K tweets, Donald Trump is currently at the top of the list for biggest social influencers, which means even if a fraction of his followers are influenced by his words he has a large effect on our society. Although many political figures have argued that social media connects them with today millennials; the government should create a boundary whenever an elected official abuses their authority with negative, confidential, or outrageous social media postings.

information needed, random sampling was used based on 60 government agencies official Twitter accounts. In addition, during the course of 6 months, January to June 2010, researchers randomly collected 30 tweets to assess. The results were interesting and it ranged from the highest being 158 tweets to a low of 41 tweets. Waters also examined the “Frequency of government agencies’ tweets by the four model of public relations,” (Waters 358) which are press agentry, public information, two-way asymmetry and, two-way symmetry. This section of the research showed that 20.7% of people would mention someone else in a tweet without engaging in a conversation, which was two-way symmetry. While on Twitter, 1.5% of the users would express their emotions through emoticons, which was press agentry. Interestingly, in the research that Waters conducted he notes that in many cases, Facebook is used as a platform for organizations to share multimedia files and share information rather than engaging with the audience.

Social media is a medium to socialize with the outside environment, the media to get more information. Social media is very good in the field of learning, because social media is very helpful for people to gain more insight. social media. besides in terms of learning, social media is also very good to make money, for example selling online and as a place of promotion that is very profitable because the social media made sales and promotions are free of charge from the internet

Pending which end of the information you are on, it can have its advantages and disadvantages of being able obtain information and or having your information obtained. When someone is looking for a new job they can do a lot of research on a company and be able to obtain a lot of information. People can find out what the company stands for, what the company values are, along with the number of employees they have and other businesses that they work, to name a few. On the flip side, an employer can obtain a potential employees information as well just by doing a simple Google search. Doing such a search can give not only a potential employer different information on you but any random person can find your information and they can do a lot with it. With a person’s information being so easily available, a person who comes across someone else’s information can falsify that person’s identity and use their credit to make purchases. Another form of being able to easily obtain information could be referred to as having any question answered by simply going to Google and typing in whatever your heart desires and 99.9% of the time, your question will be answered. Having any question, you have answered with a few key strokes, could have its downfalls, pending on what answers you are seeking.

Social media is a slippery platform of communication with others around the world and has an almost equal number of disadvantages to advantages. It allows one to release sensitive information readily available to be viewed by almost anyone. As in the case of my subordinate posting negative things about me online, I should not have accepted his/her request in the first place, for a couple of reasons. When you are the boss of someone, it is best to keep your business and personal relationship separate. If others see that you have accepted that employee as a friend, it could easily be perceived as favoritism. Not only that, now that you have access to their page, you could see something you don’t like (such as that post) and hold it against them while in the workplace. This could lead to a personal vendetta, which could likely cost them their job if they don’t tread lightly.

Social media is one of the greatest tools that society uses to create and share their own content. Social media has been found by socialmediatoday that ,”the average person spends about 2 hours everyday just on social media and spend a total of 5 years and 4 months of their life span on socail media” (Asano). Given that social media is uesd often by the average person it reaches an emense amount of people of all ages all around the world. With content that can range anything to the sharing of pumpkin spice late recipes on pinterest to sharing advice in meeting your special someone on dating websites. Social is scoieties newest and greatest tools but like all tools there benefits and drawbacks in using them.

10. What is the purpose of using social media and infographics to share health messages? Are there advantages or disadvantages to using social media? (10 points)

Abstract: Social media networking has completely transformed the way businesses market and recruits potential employees. Marketing and recruiting was simply done through printing ads in newspapers. Now social media networking is done through “posting” open discussions on the business website or social media sites. Social media has allowed business to also promote their brand, hire, communicate, and connect with many people and organizations. This paper will help you to understand how businesses incorporate social media as a vital tool when hiring, marketing and connecting with potential employees and organizations. It will also explore some of the advantages and disadvantages of social networking within an organization.

An advantage of social media is open communication. The ability to share photos and videos on social media gives you the privilege to stay in touch with almost anyone no matter the distance. However, too much of social media can lead to a fear of missing out (FOMO) which can cause anxiety in some people. “There is a ‘desire to stay continually connected with what others are doing,’ so the person suffering from the anxiety continues to be tethered

The first recognizable social media site was created in 1997. It was called Six Degrees. In 1999, the first blogging sites became popular. Even though social media is only about 20 years old, it has consumed the lives of many people. It may be easy to argue that social media has positively impacted the world, but has it really? To test this position, one will have to consider the ability of social media to spread information and its effect on businesses, jobs, and relationships.

There will always be advantages and disadvantages to most things in our lives. We may not all view them the same either, and I might view something as a disadvantage to me, but to another person, it might be an advantage. For the most part though, I do think most of us could agree on what is an advantage and disadvantage. When it comes to easily obtainable information, there are many pros and cons. With the internet these days, it is incredibly easy to get any information you may want or need. It can be good or bad either way you look at it. With easily available information, it makes finding things with little effort. It’s nice to find all the information you may need all at once, but it can be bad. When you can get things so effortlessly, it can cause you to do less work and be lazier in my opinion. I find it hard to retain information that I can easily access. Then I know I can go back to it anytime so why put so much work and in return, I do not retain the information.

For most of human history leading up to the 20th century, in order for people to connect with one another through extensive distances they would have to send a written, or typed message, and physically deliver it. Then when the internet was created, it was the first time in human history that anyone and everyone were connected through online servers, allowing long distance communications to be conveyed in a matter of seconds. People were allowed to communicate and express their thoughts and ideas freely throughout the globe, as well as any other means of information. The internet became a sophisticated tool that enabled individuals to create content, communicate with one another, and even escape reality. Given the number of tools that

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