Web 2.0

Should government regulate the time spent on social media? It is hard to ignore the fact that social networks is a part of almost everyone’s lives nowadays. Social media has gained an increase in popularity and growth over the last decade. With the advancement of technology, there has been an escalation in society’s usage of social networks. “When you just wake up and open your eyes, you don’t have to walk outside to get the newspaper, just take your phone and scroll your Twitter timeline then…

The article “trial by twitter” written by Ariel Levy really interested me because of the topic it was on. Almost everybody in the twenty-second century is using social media and it plays a big part in most people's everyday life. People use it to share what they are doing or even just to communicate. It is a way for people to connect without there having to be in person interaction. This can sometimes be a good and even sometimes a bad thing. Social media can tribute both positive and negative…

We live in an era where social media is at its peak. Many people are of the opinion that social media has contributed to new age revolutions, however Malcolm Gladwell is one of the few who have contradicting ideas. In his article “Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted”, he argues that “social media can’t provide what social change has always required.” In his defense, he asserts that social media is a tool, not a cause of social change. He narrates with a number of examples, using…

Social Networking Social media has been on the uprise since 2003 founded by Tom Anderson. Since then social media has skyrocketed not only by creating interactions between people, but also as a marketing platform. Interacting and supplementing to vulnerability online can be dangerous when compared to dating people traditionally. Meeting people in person gives people the security of knowing who they're dealing with, and what information they want to share. Since the uproar of social media, two…

1. Social networks can be used in a business setting as a tool to help employees interact with their colleagues, as a tool for marketing, and as a tool to gain information about potential customers. 2. I can use web services for my site to help me gather data on potential customers, to provide suggestions to existing customers, to process payments, and for many more activities. 3. It is important to have an organization that manages IP addresses and domain names because it keeps the Internet…

Why should we participate in “Shut down your screen” week? This week is when students give-up their devices and focus on something more than Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, etc. By participating in this activity we can be focused on other things in our lives. Such as, interact more with family and friends, be more active and focus more on school. We should participate in “Shut down your screen” week, because we can be able to have more time with our family and friends. We usually don’t interact…

When I clicked on Generation Like (citation), I thought the video would be about conformity or how everyone is like each other. Instead it was referencing likes as in Facebook likes. The video talked about more than just social media though. It asked the question "What are companies doing to our kids through technology and how can they and we be more aware?" (Citation). This video is a good start in helping people become more aware of how the different platforms of social media are used to…

Snapchat and Instagram are very popular apps, which most teenagers and young adults have on their phone. Snapchat is an app that is geared towards those who want to message each other either with pictures or text. Instagram is an app that is mostly used for posting pictures and creating a page to keep those pictures on. Everyone has their own preference, but most prefer Snapchat. Snapchat is geared towards those who want the ability to say something and not have it stay around. Snapchat has…

Social Media and Writing Rough Draft Social media is defined as: “forms of electronic communication (as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos)” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary 1). People can use social media for all sort of reasons, some people use platforms like Facebook and Twitter to communicate with friends and followers and let them know about their life. Other…

We Are Legion Outline & Essay Outline Topic: there is a media conspiracy to further the government’s propaganda. Thesis statement Social media can bring a huge impact if it is used by ISIS to carry government’s propaganda, it could gain their supporters and increase more power. Premise 1 ISIS uses the social media as a tool to share the propaganda and send out violent information, imbuing incorrect information to change people’s opinion. - Social media are the sources of powerful propaganda…