Social Media Impact

With the proliferation of technologies, especially the Internet, social networking has become ubiquitous in the modern world. Social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter, etc. are the impetus that is ever facilitating rapid creation and exchange of ideas to promote and aid communication. Humans interact by being social, therefore sociology analyses the changes in the social trend. Understanding the sociological perspective on the effects of social media, we find that the social aspect has changed. Comparing the past and present status of our society, it is obvious that there has been a transformation which all points towards the evolution of social media. Social media has changed our culture and has impacted on the way people meet, interact and share ideas; it has changed the perception of how people should communicate with the society. Social interactions have been defined to be an exchange among individuals with the aim of strengthening the society. Social interaction is building block in every society when people meet and interact; they define rules, systems, and institutions in which they will live by. On the other hand, social media is known as a platform that allows people to network and socialize through applications and websites that have been innovated. Though social media could be used as a useful tool to communicate with friends, family and even with people you do not know, however, researchers show that social media is absolutely harming human's skills to have

How many Americans use facebook, Instagram and twitter? According to Pew Research Center of Internet, Science and Tech, approximately 74% of Americans either use facebook, Instagram or twitter every day. (Pews research, 2015) Social media has become the new way of networking and communicating versus living in the 1800’s and using telegraph mores codes. However, with change comes positive and negative influences. Social media tends to have a more negative influence on Americans rather than positive because of how media portrays ideal body image, celebrities’ actions, and ultimately giving indirect permission to bullying, which can result in suicide.

Technology has become an important part of our daily lives. Think about it, could you honestly go a day without your phone; Checking Facebook, Twitter, or posting on Instagram. With the advancement of technology in this day and age it is important to learn all the responsibilities that come with technology, especially when it comes to social media. Students also need to keep in mind that everything that is accessed on the web is not always true.

Social media is everything. We have it everywhere, facebook, twitter, and instagram. We use it constantly, everywhere we go we are always using social media. Every product, person, and idea has a way to be connected to a social media website. Viral videos impact the industry and society because we utilize it for product placement. If you have internet connection you can see how viral videos impact the content in the media, from dance moves to random memes and videos. The media industry includes social media by using it to their favour. Media industry is getting wiped out ot by social media. People get their news in every way. Whether live streaming from apps like

The development/availability and use of social media such as Twitter and Facebook have the potential to have a significant influence on training and learning. These tools are used by many people in their daily lives, especially the millennial generation. Many companies are beginning to use these tools for recruiting new employees and marketing and developing products and services. These tools are also being used for learning.

Social media has become a prominent part of life for many young people today. Most people engage with social media without stopping to think of its influence on our lives, whether positive or negative. What will the long term effects of today's social media use be for our youth? Social media has revolutionised how most of us communicate, especially regarding young people, even in the most remote Indigenous communities in Australia youth culture is being reshaped through digital technologies. Young people are provided with a range of positive opportunities to maintain social connections and support via online social networks as well as learning and participating with a multitude of interests. Along with these opportunities there are also risks associated with social media such as social isolation or loss of privacy as well as cyberbullying and self-esteem pressures. We need to develop the opportunities offered by digital and social media to promote learning and wellbeing for our youth that is inclusive of young people’s input and ideas.

Jon Russell once said, “Social Media presents a huge opportunity for schools, universities and other educational organizations to reach out and connect with students and prospective students”. With no doubt, social media has influenced the way students are educated today. For those of you who do not know the exact definition of social media, the social media means ways of sharing information, opinions, images, videos using the Internet, especially social networking sites. Because of the Internet, people started finding ways to socialize through social websites and exchange information. Popular social network on the Internet such as YouTube became a sensation for me ever since I became a student in college. Today social media can be used for educational purposes. The ways social media is changing education has affected how the students express themselves, behave, and interact with each other.

Social media are the most ordinarily used media to connect with the world because of its many advantages and benefits. Many students are already involved in social networks and using it their daily activities including educational purposes. Social media have changed the ways of learning and providing pieces of information on education. It has been used in education nowadays more than ever and showing beneficial results out of that. Uses of social media are increasing continuously in education and both students and educators are becoming dependent on it. The reason behind this is, it is simple to access, effortless to use and easy availability. Among many of the advantages of social media in education, applying it for communication purposes, sharing class materials, files etc. for classroom projects as well as uses of QR codes are some of the leading ones.

Needs to bring Edublogs to the graduate level for greater use in individualized learning programs and scaffolding (Najjar, 2008)

With such enormous progress in Mobile networks and the increase in telecommunication, the eLearning features have developed, especially when it comes to the use of smart phones, tablets as well as other devices being used in such kind of learning. As a result, social media technology has come a long way in transforming online

In addition to this Poore (2013) argued that the new social media has reformed the traditional media resources such as the usage of newspapers, books and magazines have reduced due to the availability of information on online resources such as Moodle and WebCT. Hence, it also provides intellectual benefits such as children can learn how to analyze, interpret and synthesize the information. Okoro (2012) acknowledge that integrating social media technologies into higher education can enhance ongoing communication between teacher and student which helps in promoting collaborative learning activities. His findings laid stress on effectiveness of teaching and student learning outcomes with an appropriate example of understanding the usage of electronic media in making strategies and practicing skills in business

Before the invention of the Web, organizations had only two significant choices in order to attract attention: they could either buy expensive advertising or get third-party ink from the media. The old rules of marketing were

In the following paper I will discuss what I have learned during the course Learning and Communicating Online. The course has helped me overcome my fear of social media. I was unsure at first, but I quickly became used to using different types of social media for my academic research. In taking this course, it has helped me to learn much about evaluating the quality of internet sources. I will also touch on the different types of social media platforms and how social media has contributed to my online learning. Lastly the advantages and disadvantages of working in a collaborative online environment and how this course has taught me to evaluate websites for my assessments and using this experience to provide learning opportunities for the future.

The potential of social media to significantly improve the performance of enterprises by accelerating collaboration, communication and creating a greater level of knowledge sharing is seen across a myriad of commercial, educational and government implementations. The intent of this analysis is to evaluate the use of two social networking technologies that the university can use to accelerate and accentuate their learning objects. The strengths and weaknesses of two social networking technologies are evaluated, in addition to an analysis of how they will impact the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) of existing university IT investment.

Social media networks (SMNs) have provided a platform for people to connect with their peers, share information and interact with each other. It has proven to be a tool that can affect peoples’ lives positively or negatively depending on its usage. A large number of youths which are mostly students have embraced this emerging technology, hence, advocates of open and distance education must take advantage of it towards increasing students’ acceptance and engagement in open and distance learning. Analysis of responses obtained from the survey carried out using questionnaires showed that 50% of respondents spent more than 2 hours daily on