Web 2.0

As technology advances through time, cultures must both define and adjust acceptable behaviors to coexist in harmony. Social media, as a relatively new phenomenon, has forced our society to decide how to best utilize this advancement in an appropriate way. The fire service has not been spared from this, often difficult, process. Furthermore, social media, like most technological advancements, can both have a positive and negative affect on the ability for company officers to operate effectively…

Since 2005 the use of social media among adult population has increased drastically from 8 percent to 72 percent. With that in mind, about 70 percent of healthcare organizations are utilizing social media, especially Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and reaching consumers while influencing their choices and decisions (Ventola, 2014). Thus, it would be quite advantageous to promote important health care policy adopting the everyday use of media and electronic social networking. Therefore, in light of…

Which social media sources do you use? Please list all of your social media sites. Which ones do you use the most and why? How much time do you think you spend per day checking in to these sites? The social media sources that I use is snapchat and instagram. I currently use snapchat the most. The reason I use snapchat the most is because I am only friends with family, and friends on there and with instagram I am friends with family, friends, and people I personally I do not know. I also love…

The media has a massive platform to get stories out to the public, more so now than ever before, with the likes of Facebook and twitter for news stories about dog attacks to be shared across the country, or even, the world within seconds. The Staffordshire Bull Terrier is a perfect example of gaining a reputation mainly through the media, unfortunately for the SBT, their popularity was at its height as the media was discovering more outlets meaning stories of attacks spread further and faster.…

Purpose The purpose of this document is to provide information about Lockheed Martin’s use of social media. Its social media goals, target audience, and effectiveness will be thoroughly analyzed. Social Media Overview Lockheed Martin implements a variety of social media platforms to promote their services and provide information to users. The company displays its general social media feed through its website. Further information can be found through Lockheed’s LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook…

Since I’ve been shopping for furniture in the past few weeks, I decided to select for this project two of the many stores I have visited so far, Lowe’s and Big Lots. To me, it seems like fan acquisition is not the first priority for Lowe’s. To find the links to social networking sites in the Lowe’s website, you have to scroll down all the way. In the section “Get Connected” you will find the icons to Lowe’s Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, and Instagram sites. On the other hand, as…

Who hasn’t seen a post on Facebook a friend has posted blasting their company for some perceived slight? Or the posts that try and shame their coworker into working harder and doing their ‘fair share’? Social media has become an outlet for employees to vent after a long day at work. Due to this, more companies are turning to monitoring their employee’s social media sites. This is done both to look at what current employees are saying and to check on applicants to see if they are too good to be…

Social Media absolutely kills me. As my peers and I have grown up with this constant knowledge being birthed into society, it’s easy to forget this wasn’t always the case. However, aren’t we always saying this? It’s not new knowledge that we are as students aware that we didn’t always have it this easy… yet we’ve let this monster control us. Wouldn’t it be insane if you just woke up and started getting ready and not checking our social media apps? Absolutely crazy. We as a group of young people…

DiCaprio’s current social engagement strategies are also effective for promoting social good because the information being presented is authentic as well as respectful. When DiCaprio engages with social media platforms, the information he presents typically involves protecting biodiversity, wildlands conservations, climate change and ocean conservation. These are his areas of expertise and the information he presents regarding these topics are well known by him and have significant research…

In a single day, teenagers, ranging from 13 to 18, spend over nine hours on entertainment media, and at least thirty-two minutes of this time is spent on Instagram (“Landmark Report”)(Wagner). Instagram boasts that it has over 800 million users that are active every month (Balakrishnan and Boorstin). With such large quantities of individuals using this social media platform, no really question the fact that instagram is shaping the way many people live their lives. Instagram not only provides a…