Social network aggregation

To define the difference between “strong tie activism” and “weak tie activism,” “Small Change” is an essay written by Canadian journalist Malcolm Gladwell, which targets several breaches that modern social media activism possesses to this day. Gladwell commences his essay by describing how a protest occurred at a campus in the University of North Carolina after four college students were denied a cup of coffee because of their race, where several of the students’ friends gathered with them to…

In today’s world, technology has become a medium of connections among people. Through the advanced technology people are able to communicate with each other. Social media and artificial intelligence are one of these technologies. People can use robots as a substitute for a human. On the other hand, social media allows people to chat with people all around the world. Gradually all people have started using technological devices as a medium of connection. This has happened because people imitate…

Social media has come a long way since it was first introduced to the world of technology. Where would society stand without social media today? In Isabel H. Evans’ article “Head in the (Instagrammed) Clouds”, she states a common international problem: the overuse of social media. Evans indicates that online sites are a distraction and are taking over daily routine. She argues that although she uses Twitter and Facebook herself, sites like those are a waste of time. She justifies her argument by…

The Beatitudes Versus (Social) Media Social media is everywhere. It constantly appears in our daily lives, and we accept it and normal living. Included with it’s popularity, however, is a lot of advertising and showing off. When someone uses social media, like Facebook, Instagram, or Snapchat, they share their lives with the world. However, social media users only share the best things about their lives, making their lives seem much more important and glamorous to someone viewing their page or…

successful in using social media as an effective campaign strategy. With social media being a part of everyday life today, it is hard to think about that back in 2008, interacting with people on Facebook and Twitter was a big deal. After all, Twitter had just come into the social media world and the very first iPhone was not available yet. This only emphasizes the importance of Barack Obama’s use of social media in his 2012 presidential campaign for reelection. In his book, The Social Media…

am graduated and I want to find a work with my university degree, so I have to present my CV to the manager of the company using my real name and my real personal information. I should write my name as it is in my identity card not as I put it on social media for example. To sum up, using real names can damage our privacy and dignity. But there exist some situations when we have to be totally real as a human being. “We need online alter egos now more than ever” by Judith S. Donath. The…

Nurit Tal-Or and Yael Papirman’s article discusses the fundamental attribution error as seen with actors and their viewers. Fundamental attribution error (FAE) is how people often overlook external factors and focus solely on one’s personality when trying to understand a person’s behavior, (2007). Tal-Or and Papirman state that FAE is likely caused by the passive attention held during the audiovisual media of TV shows and films, (2007). Two experiments were used to test FAE in relation to actors…

"The Social Network," Neal Gabler. Brief Summary: In the article, The Social Networks, obtained from page 54 of One World, Many Cultures, Neal Gabler focuses on friendship in terms of the way it is in reality versus the way we view it on television, which correlates with social media. Early in the article, Neal provokes the reader to think about formed friendships within many television series'; he lists t.v. shows such as "Seinfeld", "Friends", "Sex in the City", "Desperate Housewives",…

The number of Americans joining the social media has been increasing since the past decade. As of 2017, almost 81% of Americans have a social media profile[1]. Thus, finding information about someone on the internet is easier with the digital footprints left behind by such users along with the powerful search engines [2]. I was surprised to see my personal data on other uncommon websites that seemed to be scraping my Facebook and Instagram profile. Hence, with more availability of the personal…

Social Media Research Question: What are the different aspects of social media? Thesis: Social Media is the collective of online communications channels dedicated to community based input, interaction content-sharing and collaboration. Although social media has its good and bad in it, we still have to use it everyday, because now in the 21st century social media are being used for EVERYTHING in our society. Body Paragraph 1: Websites and Applications dedicated to forums, microblogging, social…