Web 2.0

Social media platforms have become the norm in the society today and are used by billions of people around the world. Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have transformed the social, political and economic aspects of life. Social media platforms allow users to share their photos and videos as in the case where Steve Stephens shared videos on Facebook of his intention to murder somebody and even ended up sharing a video where he actually murdered Robert Godwin Sr. This…

With the recent popularity spike of social media, presidential candidates have been using it as a platform for their election campaigns in order to encourage online participation. The Internet has become an extremely popular tool in online political participation. With this recent internet popularity, more and more people are spending their time online, especially the young adults, ages 18-29. The key to political participation lies in the knowledge of the presidential candidates, their…

Ever wonder how many hours an average person uses social media? An Average person has five social media accounts and spends around 1 hour and 40 minutes browsing these networks every day (Davidson). Social media has dramatically changed and upgraded within the last 5 years. Internet users become so connected it’s hard to give up something they’re so passionate about. Thompson, Carr, and Turkle investigate digital life through comparison/contrast based on reality and social media connections.…

Social media has always been a great channel for meeting new people and expressing one’s own view. Social media sites are sites shaped to keep in touch with friends, and family. They allow people to post statuses, view videos and search for job opportunity. People can make their own profile distinct to them by categorizing their interests, and customizing other features. Social Media Trending Social media trend has become a cultural and social power that has molded many…

The first form of immaterial labour is intellectual or linguistic labour. Rose et al (2015) describe this form of labour as “problem solving, symbolic and analytic tasks, and linguistic expressions. This kind of immaterial labour produces ideas, symbols, codes, texts, linguistic figures, images, and other such products” (p4). The second form of immaterial labour is termed as affective labour. This form of immaterial labour deals with “affects such as feeling of ease, well-being, satisfaction,…

Digital DNA: Teenage could be vulnerable Syed Rabius Shams Let’s face a Facebook chat between a teenage boy and girl. ….. Boy: Hi, are you engaged? Girl: Excuse me, why do you ask this type of question, may I know. Boy: Otherwise I’d like to approach. Girl: approach for what? Boy: I’ve scanned your profile, like it and would approach you for affairs…. This is an existent Facebook conversation that I have had experienced. Not only for such kind of affairs but also teenage browse other profiles…

Social media an advancing tool in the field of communication. They are highly interactive online tool that provides people, companies and governments to create, share or exchange their views in virtual way. The problem of distance or meeting people around the world is no longer an issue as the social media is being a rising trend in the modern technology. Through this media we would communicate with people around the world by sharing pictures, videos, text messages or even talking with them face…

way of how it can be accessed and different types of social media. Users of social media can now usually access their digital identities through pretty much anything that can connect through the internet. Computers have the original method of using a web browser to access the websites, however now people can access it through their smartphones. Access to social media will require for a user to download an app on their smartphones/tablets and then the social media will be accessed through that…

Culture’s impact on social media There is a great relation between culture and social media . social media is influencing by our culture, norms, values, belief s and religion . Same as our culture is influencing and impacting by social media. Social media is a platform that brings people of different culture together these people interact with each and share their ideas , thought , information . in this way social media has created is own culture which is followed by people of different culture…

Social media is a part of our lives as the days go by but is it absolutely beneficial or is it entirely detrimental or is it both? A question our subconscious mind often sneak in upon using social media. Social media is defined as websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, various blogs, and other sites that have content based on user participation and user-generated content are examples…