Social media

The internet and social media has always been important to my life and how other people around the world live. It’s a great way to learn about the culture of others through the countless social media websites including: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and much more. Through websites like Google we can learn about anything and everything that were curious about. We are no longer in the state of getting a book to research something that is only one person’s opinion. With the internet we can…

“Social media helps relationships” by Jenna Wortham was about the relationships and how the social media and technology in society today sometimes helps relationships in this age. It also discusses how Wortham spent a whole day with her boyfriend and they live 3,000 miles apart from each other, they were able to spend the day together due to technology and the ability to facetime over the phone. It then goes on about how many social media sites there are and how many different relationships are…

Free labour in digital media is a subject that both Tiziana Terranova and Alison Hearn discuss in their articles and an important subject at that. As Terranova states, Free labour is defined as “the moment where the knowledgeable consumption of culture is translated into productive activities that are pleasurably embraced and at the same time often shamelessly exploited” (Terranova, 37). With this quote in mind, free labour can be taken from those who participate in online activity even if they…

Social networking sites can facilitate communication across a wide range of modes through the use of smartphones, computers, or tablets. Users are able to share photos, instant message their friends and family, download music and videos, and ultimately create their own content and online persona within the click of a button. Social Networking sites, (also known as SNS) are defined as an online platform where information can be shared either publically or privately from a self-made and…

The media has become reliable because many people gain information and knowledge about events and issues currently happening around the world. I will explain the problem and solutions as a media user against the deliberative, the three strongest points and the most room for improvement by supporting each of these criteria with detailed examples. Throughout…

The introduction of technology and social media has changed our lifestyles. The use of social media had increased among students and its impacts have been studied under many research studies to find out the impact of using social media on the academic performance of students. The reason of using social media is different among different students. Students use social media to make new friends, to seek jobs, to pass their leisure time, to chat with friends, to get news and to get academic…

Almost every person has left a digital footprint on the internet, most being on social media sites. According to Merriam-Webster, social media is “forms of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content.” Internet started with the first dial up internet system in 1978. The first social media website was founded in 1997, sixdegrees.com with over one million users (Bennett). Today, there are over 200 well…

Employment Uses for Social Media In today’s world, social networking sites allow people to connect with an unlimited number of people all around the world. Keeping in touch with family, friends and making new acquaintances. Social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram allows people to keep in touch with family and friends, and even make some new acquaintances without ever having to make a time to meet up in person. Other sites such as LinkedIn, Skype, Facetime, company blogs and…

IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS In this age of Social Media, people have become more bothered about how their profiles in various Social Media Websites, rather than real life. People worry about how many ‘friends’ they have, and how many ‘likes’ their posts on Facebook gets, and hardly care if they have friends in real life. One of the important aspects of interpersonal communication is impression management, and some forms of new media allow us more tools for presenting…

Does Satire Help Social Media What is satire? How does it help us with social media? Although satire is entertaining, the truth is that it can help inspire people. Satire can change a story from being good to bad, but it can also end up helping people. Today's social media is helped by satire. Satire can make a situation seem terrible but in reality it's not. It helps teenagers get more involved to the situation like the news. They would watch the news and get engaged in it…