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Research question: To what extent does Facebook influence racism in Australia Rationale: This research originated in the widespread evidence of racism in Australia. The social media is playing an important role in the process of converting traditional guidelines and standards we used in the past to determine group membership, they involved negative stereotypes such as aggressiveness. It is inevitable to study the possible reasons for the racial inequities and discrimination in Australia because…

the week I can’t help but find myself clicking back and forth between Facebook and the work I’m looking over. Before I know it, it’s past midnight and I’ve found myself only half way through the work I intended on completing for the day. I’m sure I’m not alone on this, I’ll notice classmates scrolling through their feed during a lecture, or checking their instagram account periodically as they do work in the library. Facebook and social media in general consumes hours upon hours of time…

default setting should always be the moderate choice, means that it is neither too public nor too private. For example, Facebook uses “Public”, “Friends”, and “Only me”, as three basic levels of privacy setting. According to Facebook, “Public” means if a user chooses this option, then any one on or off Facebook can see his/her post; “Friends” refers to only a user’s friends on Facebook can see his/her sharing; “Only me” states that only the user himself/herself can see the information; It also…

In the article “Catfish: The Untold Story of Facebook”, the authors state how “Catfish reveals the complicated nature of Internet relations and gives us a glimpse into our increasingly computer-mediated futures.” Nev developed an online relationships through with member of the Wessleman family from Facebook, and learned a lot about their lives from their online profiles, and through his interactions, without actually ever meeting…

In this article “Is Facebook making us Lonely”? by Stephen Marche. The author explains how technology has changed our social life. Social media such as Facebook, has made people isolated from the society. People are getting addicted to social media which causing loneliness. Loneliness is like a disease that people who are connecting more with social media; they are likely to get away from friends and families. I agree with Marche that People who are suffering mentally and physically are due to…

hiring an employee using just social media footprints. Lori Andrews presents frightening information in her essay “Facebook Is Using You”. Through the use of statistics, anecdotal evidence, and appeals to the audience 's sense of fear, she successfully convinces the reader that there is a need for a Do-Not-Track law. Statistics are used throughout Andrew’s essay, starting with “Facebook made $3.2 billion in advertising revenue last year, 85% of its total revenue” (552). However, Andrews…

Facebook Beacon: Cool Feature or an Invasion of Privacy? Facebook launched Beacon, “a new and innovative approach to advertising” (O’Rourke, 2013, p 215) on November 6, 2007. This software has the ability to post a user’s online purchases to their Facebook pages, in essence creating advertising directed to their network of friends for the products purchased. By November 19, 2007 the group MoveOn, a political and civic organization, started a public campaign in an effort to stop Beacon citing it…

In the article “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely”, Stephen Marche discusses the effects and utility of network in people’s life. Marche establishes how Facebook is making us more isolated and replacing deep connections from society. He also demonstrated that isolation is an option in which we are blinded pushed towards by social networking. As stated by Marche, the things that you post in Facebook are a reflection of yourself. Facebook has been a medium to help people meet others that are far apart…

Facebook: It’s Complicated Our lives with social media can be described as, well, complicated. People often find themselves in a heap of lies, misunderstood statuses or comments, and “friends” that aren’t even your actually friend. In Lauren Tarshis’ article, Is Facebook Making You Mean? she talks about how one simple comment on a friend’s Facebook picture or status can be misunderstood. Steven Levy’s article, Facebook Reset, describes how Levy wants a “friend-list do-over” (Levy, 2014, p. 169).…

Facebook was founded in 2004 by a Harvard University student named Mark Zuckerberg . “The initial concept was to build a centralized place that would allow an easy way for the Harvard students to stay connected” - (http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/jul/25/media.newmedia) Within 24 hours of Facebook going live, 1200 students had already created an account. Due to Facebook’s rapid growth and popularity on campus, they decided to branch out to other Boston Colleges, the Ivy League, and…