The Social Of Social Media

In present day society, individuals dedicate their time to social media on the internet and electronics, towards updating statuses, rebloging pictures, favoriting videos, reading up on current events, and staying connected in general. It’s only been 25 years since Tim Burners-Lee invented the world wide web and it’s no secret that it is one of the most progressive and influential invention of our time. Dave Eggers, in his current book The Circle, foretells his version of what can happen with the growth of technology and social media and pushes our current standard of being virtually connected from the main social networks Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Tumblr. In

Teens and even adults post fights of themselves and other people on platforms like Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram. The crime rate in the last four years has gone up 780 percent due to social media, and about 650 people have been charged with crimes due to social media. “A blockbuster violent movie has a direct effect on crime as more individuals are exposed to screen violence, but also has an indirect effect on people as people are drawn away from an alternate activity and its associated level of violence” (Dahl 681). Violent movies and social media platforms are the main causes as to why the crime rate has gone up. Social media is everywhere and people cannot go about their daily lives without seeing some form of social

“'Protect Your Children”: 14-Year-Old Girls Shot, Killed By Three Teen Boys After Agreeing To Meet One On Facebook.'" Social media has become a platform for youth violence. ABC news interviewed a person who lived in Chicago that knew about different sites that gang members used to promote gang violence. Gang members made threats, called out rival gangs, promoted their territory, and recruit gang members. In effect of that, it led to stomp-outs; which are,to beat someone, or rival enemy up with feet so bad to the point they become unconscious or dead; shootings, and death. It's scary what can start on the media and can be taken to the streets. ABC News covered a story where they interviewed a Chicago resident that showed correspondents how sites

The number one cause of adolescent health issues is not illness, but violence around and towards them. Has this always been the issue? A new development within the past decade has been distribution of smartphones. These items may seem completely devoid of association to violence, but when viewed further in depth these handhold devices can be seen as a tool for more than innocent communication. The phones are able to perform similar functions to a computer, act as a phone, and a high tech pager. With the development of the smartphone come more methods of communicating and transmitting messages, the realm of social media. The display of violence and threats in social media influence adolescents, perpetuates fear, and is carried on by the same

First, social media websites must not be considered unsafe because a person can keep in touch with others around them. Families and friends have started to separate throughout the year. Whether if it’s a friend who leaves to a different place for college or for a new job opportunity, keeping in touch could be challenging if it weren’t for social media. Once they leave it is difficult to stay in touch and updated on their lives and thanks to these social media outlets someone can get a little glimpse into their lives without being there in person. Marcia Clemmitt shares in her article that sharing personal information has become something that people do with ease these days. In the future, it will be suspected that people with power will be able to get ahold of peoples’ personal information easily and not only powerful people but even people

“Technology, it seems has unleashed an ugliness in us.” (Pitts, 2010, p. 8A.) With all the technology around us, one would assume that it should be used for good. However, people today are using social networks such Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Skype, Youtube and many more, not only as a way to keep in contact with people but as a way to attack people.

Is social media bringing us closer together or driving us further apart? I decided to attack the topic by going the route of empathy and if it brings people together or separates them Keywords I used were social media, empathy, Facebook, and affirmative empathy. I plugged this keyword into google and on EBSCOhost and ProQuest and yahoo search. Which at first the articles were horrible and made no sense which led me to topics like politics and body image which are not bad topics but I felt like I was getting into something with a dead end or just something very deep that I had no interest in but after searching it resulted in me finding articles about memes, hashtags, Facebook and experiments that there main topics that were discussed was about empathy which really interested me because I didn 't know what the word empathy and when I researched it and found it means The meaning of empathy is the feeling that you understand and share another person 's experiences and emotions: the ability to share someone else 's feelings . So I kept with that topic and found sources stating that social media is positive towards empathy and some others saying its negative and also how people are inappropriate online

A lot of Millennials feel that social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Myspace, and LinkedIn are an easier way of communicating with their peers. What they fail to realize is that potential employers are using these platforms as categorical imperatives when making a decision to hire a specific candidate for employment (Miller, 2016). I feel it is unreasonable for any employer to utilize a potential candidate’s social media page as a basis for extending them employment or rejecting employment. In today’s society, it’s very unfortunate that anyone can browse your social media pages, google you to acquire information without you having any knowledge of them doing so. “ According to a new survey from Career Builder, more than half

Now, with social media being an enormous part of our daily lives, businesses have to keep a close eye on what their employees uncover or talk about on social media websites. With that said, businesses and labor agencies must enact laws that outline what an individual can display online involving their businesses. In Hill’s article “When You Can and Can’t Fire employees for Social Media Misbehavior” and the other two articles apart from Hill, such as Fyfe’s “Fire Someone for Slamming Their Nonprofit Employer on Social Media: Legal update” and Broeke’s “’Facebook Got Me Fired!’--- Social Media and Employee Termination”, acknowledge in some way that agencies have established only concerted activity is allowed online and can be protected if an individual is fired for it. Whereas, personal opinions and harmful remarks are not protected thus allowing a business to legally fire an individual over the comment or comments. There are established policies for businesses too. These policies basically describe that a company policy over social media cannot be overly broad. All the articles will tie in together with at least two of the three topics overlapping with each source.

The Internet has become an integral part of life and social media continues to be one of the most popular communication platforms. Social networks are defined as member-based websites and applications that allow users to communicate with others or find others who share similar interests to their own (Lecture two, 2016). The introduction of Web 2.0 has caused a revolution in social networking, with the use of social networking sites (SNSs) becoming an everyday practice in today’s Western society (Lecture two, 2016). Social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter have prompted debates regarding the advantages and disadvantages of these sites, and the positive or negative consequences for users (Chan & Saqib, 2015). Advantages of social networking include the ability to connect with others in a convenient and accessible manner. Users are able share their experiences, opinions and ideas with users who share similar or dissimilar viewpoints, as well keep users aware and informed of global news and events. Social networking provides a platform for social commerce by allowing businesses to grow through instant communication and collaboration between workers, consumers and stakeholders. However, there are also many disadvantages associated with social networking’ as individuals are exposed to hacking, fraud, stalking and identity theft from online predators. While cyber bullying is a common occurrence affecting an individual’s psychological, behavioural and emotional well-being

On June 2014, Matt Cutts announced Facebook, Twitter Social Signals not part of Google Search Ranking Algorithms. Social networking sites can still help you to easily connect prospect and direct traffic to your website. Use it correctly, your social profile page can show up on search result as it 's matched with the searcher 's intent.

Social media dates back to late 1970's, when bulletin boards system was invented by Randy Suess and ward Christensen. The purpose of the boards was to inform their friends of meetings, share information, and make announcements. This was the early stage of a virtual community. 1993 saw the arrival of the Mosaic web browser which led to the emergence of World Wide Web or internet in 1994(Shneiderman, 2009). Path to the current day social media sites was laid down

In today’s society there is a vast amount of information about anything you would like to research. It is easy for many of us to become over stimulated on whichever avenue we choose. Be it the news, social media, or just plain research, everyday people tend to get lost in the vacuum of internet life and lose sight of major life affecting issues. With all the distractions in today’s current society of comical videos, informative research or horrifying/distracting news stories the children are sometimes overlooked when it comes to proper/moral parenting. This issue of distraction is in direct relation to a major problem in parenting in the 21st century. One problem in particular is the catastrophe of child support fraud. Drug traffickers (Cartels), their henchman and deadbeat drug addicted parents are the only parties benefiting from the way the current system of child support is setup. This issue can be severely overhauled by mandating that every person who is a recipient of child support should be required to drug screening. The ease of child support recipients manipulating the child support system in the state of Virginia is awakening.

Social media is a great way to stay in touch with old classmates, organize work functions, or letting everyone know what you had for lunch. It is also a good way for hackers to get a lot of your personal information, your photos, and even your locations. People look at the good that social media can do but do not

According to Danah M. Boyd and Nicole B. Ellison, social networking sites can be defined as a web-based portal that allows users to create a semi-private profile within a bounded system, build a list of users they wish to connect to and interact with, as well as view and interact with users outside of their connections who are also part of the system (2008). With no privacy restrictions, users that join a SNS they are allowing any user within that site to view their profile. Within SNS users have the capabilities to establish friendships and relationships as well as send private or public messages (Boyd & Ellison, 2008). Internet users have hundreds of SNS options, but there are only a few that have reached worldwide audiences. From 2004 to 2005 Facebook developed from a Harvard student specific SNS to a worldwide, high school,