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The term free labour presents commonly in the digital era. In Terranova’s (2004, p73) idea, it is an essential source of value in advanced capitalist societies which is not acknowledged yet. After Web2.0 gradually took the place of Web1.0, numerous digital industries were actively seeking and absorbing user-generated contents to satisfy their commercial needs which mainly contributed by free labourers. The collaboration between unpaid digital labour and digital industries further discovers new…

Google Analytics data was collected for the domain www.pegandkris.com for a duration of one month, from October 12, 2016 to November 11, 2016 (Google Analytics, 2016). Data collected includes the number of sessions, number of users, user origination, user behavior, devices used, and revenue generated (Google Analytics, 2016). Kristy May, CEO and collector of the data, states that the data has been collected primarily to decipher the effectiveness of the company’s online marketing strategies (K.…

Self-Analysis Communication is a skill that I learned at an early age. When growing up, learning proper communication skills is a key to becoming a successful citizen. I have taken the time to go over my self-assessment tests and have had the opportunity for others to express their opinions about my skills. The self-evaluation test has brought to my attention that I have a “Driver” kind of communication style, a “high self monitor” score of 14, and a “compromising” type of management style. My…

Interactivity and user-generated content represent two concepts that have long been part of community, yet there remains question about how those concepts are being exercised in digital media. Therefore, research in this area grows in importance as community publications, like all media companies, follow their audience online (Abernathy, 2014). The public traditionally has a stronger role and voice in the production of content within community journalism. The publication of user-generated…

Alexandra Sifferlin, in her TIME article “Why Facebook Makes You Feel Bad About Yourself”, claims that seeing everyone else’s posts often have a negative effect on Facebook users. I agree with her. I’m not saying that every time someone gets on Facebook, it is guaranteed to have a negative effect. Although, it has been proven that one in three users feel bad, mostly about themselves, after scrolling through their timeline (Sifferlin). Facebook is meant for people to connect and socialize with…

Social media has a huge impact on the social interactions of today’s population. I take a lot of time throughout my day to check Facebook; I check it whenever there’s a lull in conversation or whenever I go to the bathroom; or even during a conversation with my fiance (which she gets quite upset about). Writer Sherry Turkle articulates in her article “The Documented Life” that today's lifestyle is digitized, meaning that “People didn’t seem to feel like themselves unless they shared a thought or…

Abstracts Brothers Leo and John Resig used their creative approach to build this ecommerce, Social Network Media, Curated Web, Social Media via the internet, mobile-friendly, funny, attractive, all of this including a pay-it-forward-attitude company back in 2012. This is the type of business where opportunity was noticed and capitalized on. Both graduated from college with different attitudes on life yet found a niche while observing trends in their everyday jobs and casually integrated society…

Since social media became a popular platform for learning, sharing, and posting online, some speculate that the world we live in is becoming more interconnected while others believe that the invention that revolutionized how we communicate is rather making each one of us more alone. Social media like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and many others aim at making the world more connected by creating online social utilities that allow people with internet access to share things and get information about…

Hypothesis: The use of social media has negatives effects on relationships between people. Aim: To determine if the use of social media has negatives effects on relationships between people. Rationale: As an avid user of social media and an observer of fellow users I have noticed the negative effects that my constant use of social media has had on my relationship with my friends and family. The findings of my research are relevant because: • It will indicate whether the use of social media…

1. Who is the audience of this argument? Answer: The audience of this argument is all type persons who use the social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter etc. There is a tendency to partner social networking with Facebook, mainly in light of the fact that it is the greatest and most prevalent online social media network, and as a result of the motion picture called the social network. This article expands the dimensions of that conviction a little to demonstrate how the online social…