Social media

Social media has become so much more than just a way to communicate with your family and friends, it has reached new heights that has made it a broad topic. The first characteristic that comes to mind would be easy, the social media apps are accessible on every smartphone device or tablet and most times when people are using their phones they are accessing a social networking site. With sites like Facebook and Twitter allowing users to speak their minds freely, opinionated is probably the most…

Alsokoot Almutairi Ismet Ozkilic The article “Social Media Explosion” was written or authored by Marcia Clemmitt, who has served as editor in chief of medicine and health besides her work as a staff writer for the Scientist. (Clemmitt 100) Given that the rate of adopting online communication is ever increasing, what are the potential limitations facing online users? The author’s main point is privacy safety of social networking sites (Clemmetti 82). She notice that emergence of facebook and…

Social Media: The Addiction The new generation of young adults lives amidst a fairly new type of technology that is known as The Internet. When first created, a computer would fill up an entire room. As of 2015, a cell phone that fits in the palm of your hand and the pocket of pants can carry more advanced technology that wasn’t even imaginable in years prior. Social media sites are some of the largest sources for following celebrities, friends, and family and also to be linked to the rest of…

Social media sites are very popular throughout the United States. As technology advice more social media sites advance for everyone who owns a laptop, cellular phone or even an iPad. Social media is a relationship that exists between the individual and the whole wide world. In today’s society, anything someone desires to know can be found on social media. We have several different social media websites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and several more. Many years ago the only form…

that social media increases or decreases social capital at a societal level? If so, what types of social capital are created? (pg. 164) I would say that social media increases social capital at a societal level. As the book says, social networking is essentially a “spiderweb of connections” and social capital is simply the strength of social connectivity. Social media allows for interpersonal relationships to be initiated and developed. Connections are used to exchange information and social…

Is social media the most modern way of communication? Social media is the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into an interactive dialogue. Social media gives the users an opportunity to socialize and communicate with each other mutually as compared to other regular media that offers one-way communication such as newspaper and television. This use of technology has enabled social media become efficient than any other form of communication. Therefore, can we out rightly…

In the recent years social networking websites such as Facebook, Twitter and online shopping websites such as ebay.com and amazon.com are gaining popularity. The social media is affordable ad effective tool for the market researchers to gain insight of customer needs, brand impact, target audiences and other such important market research. On an average an individual spends around three hours per day in this virtual world of social media, so social media cannot be ignored as it has become…

Facebook has come a long way from the little social site launched to help us chat and flirt and cyber-stalk friends. It directs web traffic to a large portion of the internet, it also commands a huge share of mobile advertising. The article “Facebook Controls What News People Read. That’s A Problem” states that there was new research released on July 14, 2015 by the Pew Research Center with the Knight Foundation which suggested that the social network’s hold on how we find news is continuing to…

1.What is social media? l Social Network Service l It is service which socializes and exchanges information with others on the internet 2. What kinds of social media are there? l Instagram l Kakaotalk l Wechat these 2, as well as Whatsapp, are not Social Media. They’re not a network like Facebook that is a platform for social interaction. There is a difference between ‘Social Media’ and ‘Social Networking’. Whatsapp, Kakaotalk and Wechat fall under Social Networking. However, you…

against this, discussing why social media activism is actually quite effective, no matter the size of an act. The author points out that when clicktivism is used as a negative word, it typically only refers to attempts for political…