The Social Media And Digital Media

“Contrary to the idea that social media creates a polarizing “filter bubble,” exposing people to only a narrow range of opinions, 70 percent of Millennials say that their social media feeds are comprised of diverse viewpoints evenly mixed between those similar to and different from their own. (American Press Institute, 2015, p. 3)

The selfie assemblage is a means of self-expression and representation of oneself. It is one of the ways to communicate and interact with others. Emerging technologies and new platforms are enabling individuals to interact with each other more conveniently. As a result of these emerging technologies, everyone is always connected in one way or the other. These interactions through devices are affecting behaviors and practices of users in a variety of ways. Some ways of communication can affect users’ measure of worth. Therefore individuals’ view of themselves and each other is sometimes dependent on their interactions with social media platforms. This age of emerging technologies and digital media has had many mixed effects on society. In some ways, social media has given users the opportunity to express themselves and discover their identities through interaction with others across various platforms. They have also had an impact on how network identity differs from one platform to another. As well as, increase ways in which individuals are able to promote themselves online.

Throughout this essay I have selected to focus on the difference of news we see on social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter to what we’re being presented with on traditional media platforms such as television and radio and which of the two is more likely to have an influence on us as citizens who are consuming the news.

In society today, social media has taken over as one of the primary ways to reach a number of people at an affordable price. Many companies have needed to join this platform whether they are comfortable or not with the process of social media involvement. Luckily there are some great tips out there on how to utilize social media in a way that benefits a company, the customer, and the product itself.

Despites their advantages can the Internet and social network be misused to exert political violence? Does and or should it make a different in what political system this is taking place?

The rapid use of social media can explain the growing trend of revenge porn occurrences (Wilson, 2014), as the advances in technology have transformed the way that sexual violence can be perpetrated (Mcglynn and Rackley, 2017). Due to the development in mobile phone technology that has become increasingly more intelligent and complex, cameras are included as a standard feature on most smart phone models, which allows people to share images and videos with ease in a matter of seconds. The technological advancements allow a person to take an incident image, distribute it and coerce a victim all via the use of one tool which makes it extremely accessible and convenient (McCartan and McAlister, 2012). In depth studies have focused on peoples

Social networking sites create an unspoken competition between users which will cause them to experience low self-esteem. For instance, people compete for social capital: relationships with people among a society. Jacob Silverman stated, “If I don’t get ten faves in the first three minutes after tweeting something, I’ll probably just delete it, an amateur comedian told the wall street journal…What the comedian really fears is the loss of followers and social capital” (Silverman 25). When people post on social networking sites and their tweet, status, or picture doesn’t evoke a response within a certain amount of time the author will feel unnoticed by their peers. This “unnoticed” fear causes a decrease in self-esteem because the author

Electronic communication technologies influence the social development of adolescents in several ways including interpersonal communication, and emphasized that interpersonal communications are depersonalized because adolescent now conduct a higher proportion of communication electronically rather than face-to-face or voice-to-voice. (Subrahmanyam & greenfield, 2008). Any type technology to communicate with others, such as cell phones, instant messaging, and social networking sites, it deprives any visual or auditory cues of facial expression, body language, and voice dynamics (Cyr, Berman, & Smith, 2014). Interpersonal relationship problems arise when messages on either end are misunderstood (Erozkan, 2013).

Technology truly rules over us, and the social media craze has continued to grow. The growth of technology has given us to opportunity to stay more connected with each other but it also has given us the ability to grow more lonely. If someone who is of the college age or younger was reading that sentence they would say,“What no way! My phone keeps me more connected!”, but when one truly looks at technology and its affect that it has on us, you can see that it has brought us further apart. Today, we spend more time on technology than truly being with the people who are in our everyday lives. I see this through the amount of time that I do spend on my cell phone, and with the obsession of social media that is present today.

So much of today’s communication is done on the internet. It has become the primary medium for communication. The earliest form of web based internet communication was email. Communicating threw email is an essential tool today. Most phones allow you to read and respond to emails remotely. Social media is a form of exchanging information and sharing content online. It can provide a user friendly platform to exchange information, products and services. Another form of web based communication that has expanded are blogs. Anyone can give their own opinion on any topic. The number and variety of web based media platforms available for communicating is impressive. These forms of communication have been used to reach target audiences.

Social media, phones, and technology have really come a long way. I remember when I learned how to text, write emails appropriately, and create and maintain a Facebook page. When texting and writing emails, there are some things that you have to consider before clicking the send button. There is also some things to consider when creating and maintaining a Facebook page before clicking the post button for the world to see.

I am eighteen years of age, throughout those years I have had the privilege of watching technology advance and grow throughout society. I have seen every type of phone out there as well as watched social media boom into existence. As a kid, I was so amazed how you could play even the simplest games on your phone. My parents both had Nokia cellphones with that ugly antenna that stuck out of the top. I also remember begging my mom to use her phone so I could play the game “Snake” on it. Today we make fun of those phones because they were virtually indestructible, unlike our fragile iPhones that if they are not in a case they are bound to break. So, throughout the years are phones have gotten smarter but easier to break. As for social media, I have seen the successful companies take off and continue to grow. As a teenager, I have personally been impacted by social media, it continues to grow around me and more and more are using them each day. Technology effects every person today whether you think it does or not.

“Social media is a group of internet-based applications, built on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, allowing the creation and exchange of user-generated content” (Terry, 2009). It includes a various range of services and forms. Social media networks are playing important roles in many fields. Generally, social media and the relevant social networks can be classified into 6 specific groups: social communicating media (e.g. Facebook), collaborative media (e.g. Wikipedia), content communities (e.g. YouTube), blogs (e.g. Twitter), virtual social worlds (e.g. Second Life) and virtual game worlds (e.g. World of Warcraft) (Kaplan and Haenlein, 2010). The use of social media networks has been developed

Thus, the advancement of technology including social media has been trending worldwide as this leads to an increase in marketing. The promotion of social media pages such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Foursquare all impact increase membership for fitness franchises. Each fitness clubs has its own mobile application with leads to the convenience of registration or even checking in what is new. Some recreational clubs might even offer a one-week pass for new check-ins via Facebook or Foursqaure. The gym’s website are essential for checking out gyms along with important information such as membership, location, frequently asked questions, customer support, hours of operation, the gym’s history, job opportunities or even vendor

In many public places such as the mall, restaurant or birthday parties, many of us see technology and social media being used. The growth of technology and social media has evolved drastically and has pushed itself into the modern world and is used as an electronically communication tool. Information spreads and people retain information that is posted on social media. According to Pew Research Center’s article “Social Media Usage:2005-2015”, almost two-thirds of the American adults which composes about 65% of the population, uses social networking sites (Perrin, 2015). Two-thirds of the adult population reflects on the amplification of usage upon teens and upcoming generations. Perrin stresses that social media has affected politics, work, communication patterns, receiving and sharing information about health (2015). In the health care field, technology and social media has been incorporated to be used in being beneficial such as increasing awareness and education on new or known diseases. However, with positive aspects, there are also negative impacts on the use of technology and social media. Ethical and legal means have been placed and integrated into the system to counteract the negative impacts of technology and social media. In this paper, we will explore and discuss safeguards, advantages, disadvantages, legal and ethical concerns regarding the protection of patient’s privacy.