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Many organizations – both national and international have tried to bring the issue to light by calling on President Obama to reinterpret the Helms Amendment to allow for there to be an exception for rape, incest and when the life of the mother is in danger. These same organizations have also tried to lunch a social media campaign in hopes of bringing awareness to the issue. The Global Justice Center has started the August 12th Campaign , which hopes to end the abortion ban on that’s placed by…

Facebook is the most popular online social media networking software used globally by both individuals and businesses. It is an online place where people can potentially meet; send messages, play games, share photos and videos, and much more. It is a site used as means to interact with friends or fans. Their mission is to allow people to share and connect with friends and family online. Their intention was for people to use Facebook to discover what is going on in the world and express feelings…

REI is more than just a retail store for outdoor clothing, gear, and footwear. REI’s core purpose is seen in all their messaging, “we all work to inspire, education and outfit for a lifetime of outdoor adventure and stewardship”. The retail store is unique because they develop their own gear alongside the brands for which they are also a supplier. REI stands apart from other retail stores because the company is a leader in conservation efforts, the employees are outdoor experts who know all the…

Theory Explanation Reasoning for creating a social media outlet through Instagram stems from the Social Norms Theory. This theory acknowledges how behavioral change cannot occur if social norms are not considered, which are a group’s beliefs on how others should behave, dictate change. Simply put, members of groups base their decision off others within that group (Schaivo, 2014). The most effective method to accomplishing delivering messages to groups, considering time constraints, is through…

In the essay “I Tweet, Therefore I Am,” New York Times author and essayist Peggy Orenstein observe how social networking sites have people connected online sites, as Twitter, Facebook and Myspace. Instantly posting the present moments of their daily life’s, instead of enjoying the moment. Orenstein also states how distracted, she gets from living the moment by turning to social networking to post about her day. Twitter and other Social Networking sites have affected her and the society in…

Generation Like Social media has taken over our lives. You are probably using social media at this very moment. You could be updating your Facebook status, re-tweeting a celebrity’s tweet, posting a selfie on Instagram or even just scrolling through Tumblr. Whatever you are doing, you are probably using social media to do it, but hoe is social media using you? Generation Like, a documentary on PBS Frontline (an American TV program), explains how corporate marketers turn enthusiastic fans, into…

XAMPP: Xampp is an Open-source web server solution comprises of basic components such as Apache HTTP, MYSQL, PHP or Perl languages. It was used in this project as the local server in developing the system. Importance of Social Media Marketing : We must note one thing that traditional…

In “Can You Become a Mean Meme” and “Are You Being Watched” by Kristen Lewis inform you about many positive and negative things about the use of social media and ways to fix it. In these articles, there is the positive about social media which is you can keep in touch with people and there is also the negative point about social media which is that anything can happen on social media and most of the time you can’t control it. There are also the ways that you can fix like making something else to…

In today's social media or mass media has become the norm for communications and, anyone who employs different methods is thought to be a troglodyte. This is what brings me to my next point, people who don't use social media can still be effected it. Since social media or mass media are all relatively new things the long term effects of it have yet to be discovered, however, people are leaning towards the idea that it is not healthy for a person's psychological health. There have been many…

Social media has been a part of the modern world for many years now. Social websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking. Examples of this include: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other sites. Social media has proven to be useful and efficient over the years. However there can be some complications in using these sites. In this paper I will show how social media goes against some of the Catholic Social Teaching by the following…