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“If Facebook were a country and its users citizens, it would be the third most populous country in the world, behind only China and India” (Griffey, 2010, p. 34). Social Media continues to thrive at astonishing speeds. What is social media? In the words of Safko (2010), “Social Media is the media we use to be social. That’s it” (p. 3). Humans have an urgency to relate, to share, to communicate and to live. Because of the growth of the internet, social media has become one of the most effective…

recognized journalist. In her article, she discussed about how useful is social media in finding jobs, she said, “ job searchers are migrating away from traditional sites and toward social networks like LinkedIn and Facebook, where many feel more comfortable and in control. They 've helped LinkedIn raise its market share in job search from 4.7% in 2010 to a projected 12.2% by 2013”. This date shows that how social media is in progressing its advantage to the public users. In end, social media…

Introduction The term social media as used in popular culture and literature can be at times confusing. For example, there are those who think that social media refers to Facebook, twitter, or MySpace. However, although such assumptions are not quite far from the truth, the exact definition of social media according to Mathews (n.d) is as follows; “any medium of communication that allows interaction.” Another definition is afforded by Waters & Lester (2010), who describe social media as “a…

There are a variety of recruitment and job search tools that have been designed for this mobile-friendly, popular network. Twitter is also not familiar a social site recruiters, therefore meaning Facebook and Linkedin have a clear advantage when it comes for job openings. Twitter however is a great site where recruiters tend to post a lot of statistic based tweets as well as information, allowing Twitter in that sense to deliver a real sense professional purpose…

online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content.” Websites classified as social media can include Facebook and Twitter, where users can posts comments, pictures, and videos, while other sites like Instagram and LinkedIn serve other major purposes such as posting photos and listings of past…

their interest and background. It consist of a user profile, various methods to get interacted with other available users, possibility to form groups, post status, make comments on recent news etc.,The most popular among this is Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Social news services that let people to post various news or links to the current happenings or articles and then make users to vote their response regarding the items posted. The community also has an eye in the new items that is viewed…

used to date are Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Instagram, Tumblr and Google +, with Facebook, Youtube and Twitter being the most popular, while Pinterest, Tumblr, Instagram LinkedIn being the fastest growing since the year 2014 according to GlobalWebIndex (GWI Device Summary Q3, 2014 Social report). Others include Reddit, LinkedIn, Myspace, and Pinterest. All over the world, the use of social media has been fully integrated into the people’s daily lives…

advertisements for businesses on almost any social networking sites. Using social media for a company is very cost effective and time efficient. Staying connected is important to improve your business relationship, and keep your company running properly. LinkedIn is a popular social media site used by business related users for networking and other benefits. It…

One problem which we face is inequality of internet connectivity especially throughout Canada, this also impacts those of Indigenous culture as well as people who live in rural areas around Canada. A study was completed showing that “Remote rural communities suffer disadvantages associated with their distance from urban centres. Broadband can alleviate these disadvantages by connecting people, places, businesses and services irrespective of the physical location.” (Townsend, L., Wallace, C., &…

The Good of Technology People from all around the world depend on their use of technology to communicate, get around, and seek more knowledge. Some say this dependence on technology is going to harm the future generations. However, they fail to realize how helpful technology has been. A main source of technology people use nowadays is social networking sites. Social networking sites help people get their information faster, businesses’ grow, and is an amazing way to keep in touch with friends…