Spider web

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 collection of online services that allow people to create and publish web content and connect with each other over the internet.” According to Waters (2010), social media includes social networking applications, video and photo sharing applications, blogs,…

Technology and Social Networking: Why people use them? In the American society there are many ways people can use communication threw social networking and Technology by using it differently. Numerous of people will as well have positive and negative effects with the use of technology and social networking. Technology and social networking have huge improvements in communication threw out the years. David Crystal has stated in his article on how people use texting in shorthanded ways, not…

Facebook vs Twitter Social media has taken over the 21st century with a storm. Social networks are now considered as a means of life this days. It’s highly improbable for the modern generation especially ‘millennials’ to go for even a single day without checking into the favorite social network. Some of the most well-known social networks that exist today are Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat, and Reddit among others. Social networks has made the world a ‘small village’ by…

some situations, but not all of them. ProCon is one of the leading sources for pros & cons, refers that the use of social media can actually be beneficially in education. 59% of the students that has access to the internet report that they use the web for educational topics. The 50% of the surveyed student say that they use it for school assignments. A school in Portland, Oregon, introduced a social media program. (To engage the students) The grade actually went up by 50%, chronic absenteeism…

Technological determinism can be associated with a concept, a vision and more widely a current of thought having passed through social sciences in the twentieth century. It suggests that technology is not influenced by society and that sociological evolution inspires technological changes. Technological advances are independent of the society and thus exercise a major role on our lives. In other words, technology is taking the lead on humanity. The Canadian McLuhan is generally associated with…

In this Reflective Essay I am going to discuss and focus on the lessons I learnt during the Graduate Career course which I attended for one week from the 16th- 20th of November and also it will go ahead to discuss how it will benefit me in the nearer future especially when applying for a job role in any firm or company. What is a Reflective Essay? “according to Gibbs, 1998 a reflective essay should be descriptive, experienced gotten from the event attended should be stated, evaluation, analysis,…

The world has registered huge technological intricacies concerning about social media. There are no contentions that the thrilling defect elevated to an extent that created the ethical issues governing social media. With increased usage of the social media for purposes other than personal affections, the question of privacy and confidentiality has been much highlighted by experts. Whereas the social media gives individuals the platform to publish and or share whatever they have in mind, there…

To capitalize on the success of their super bowl ad campaign for Old Spice body wash, Procter and Gamble developed and implemented a project to interact with fans and customers of their commercial. The idea of the project was simple, over a series of 2 ½ days (July 12-14 2010) the Old Spice guy would respond to comments given to him by his fans via social media. Procter and Gamble’s main reason for implementing this project was to generate brand awareness for Old Spice and therefore increase the…

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…