Facebook features

Creating a Facebook account is fairly easy, you just enter your first and last name, an email address, date of birthday and your sex. After providing the basic information, I was given the option to find friends from the email address provided earlier. The next step is to fill out your profile information such as your hometown, current city, and employer, all of which is optional. The final step of adding a profile picture is also optional however, I suggest that everyone add a profile picture…

Technology today is making the world a much smaller place, social media in particular can connect you with people all around the world never having visited that country, or maybe even that continent before. This, of course, from an obvious perspective can have very positive outcomes. The ability to socialize with various cultures would only further educate people particularly youth. However, I had to wonder, is there any adverse effects to being able to communicate on such a wide basis; is it…

nowadays, many people discover social media a reason of ruining relationships and separating family members. Social media gives us a kind of feeling that we know people better than we actually do. In fact, the people who like photos of someone on Facebook or Twitter are not the real friends, and by doing this action their friendships are not getting started. The real relationships take a little bit time and conversations face-to-face. Nowadays, the situation of families has really changed in a…

it is always asking for it. For example Facebook asks you to “Share what 's on your mind” (Facebook) to upload a status. Facebook also asks you questions about your education history, work history, your birthday, the places you have lived as well as a few of your interests. This is how they get there information about you to suggest friends for you to add and widen your social capital, however this information is out for everyone to see not only for facebook 's personal use. This overload of…

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like Facebook and Instagram people are able to instantly and illustratively share their life experiences with a simple click of a button or snap of a picture. In a world where human interaction is evolving, it becomes inevitable for individuals and societies to learn and adjust to such untraditional ways of communicating. In fact, the ability to constantly be conscious of the lives of friends and family all over the globe indeed influences human behavior and perception. Subsequently, Facebook…

their peers and at the same time using them as a way to promote advertisements for different companies. The first part of this video introduces the viewer to a group of younger people brainstorming ideas in order to get the most “likes” on their Facebook profile pictures, while this is happening Douglas Rushkoff is asking questions about how, and why they are doing what they are doing. The video presents the viewer with a group of parents that are grouped in a classroom asking questions about…

What a day and age we live in. WIth technology growing, the cyber world spreading wouldn 't interactions upon this realm be mandatory. Social media has become a new way of life spawned in the last decade of the “old world.” Anything whether it be advertising, spreading news, or spending time with friends and loved ones rides on the rails of this circumnavigational train. My goal in this paper is to highlight more so the history of, pros, as well as cons of, and my first hand experience with…

Sydney James 12/19/17 The digital age has created multiple platforms for story telling. With technology being such an integral part of every day life artists have moved from canvas to the screen and are reaching audiences in new ways. There’s no doubt I-docs and interactive gaming are engaging ways to reach people, but has new media allowed for an effective way to tell stories that addresses issues humanity faces? The first artwork I chose is Keiichi Mastsuda’s Hyper Reality which takes place…

I neither agree nor disagree with the statements and opinions of Nicholas Carr. Social media is a very, very nasty place; there is no denying the negative attitudes and cruel comments of many users, as I have experienced firsthand myself. There is also excessive amounts of pressure - for females especially - to look a certain way, thanks to Instagram models who profit off of curves in all the right places and flawless skin. Despite this, all of the positive aspects of social media platforms…