In Josh Roses’: How social media is having a positive impact on our culture, in Current Issues Page.612. Josh states, “I recently asked the question to my face book friends: “Twitter, Face book, Foursquare … is all of this making you feel closer to the people or farther away?” There would be a lot different responses because some people might agree and say that it does bring me closer to people and other might say no, it keeps us farther away from people of our age. I see people intertwining with the use of social media in and out on a daily basis to keep up with life. The use of social media technology is also being used in the education world and is becoming increasingly more normal in classrooms all across our country. There are handful of benefits behind the use of social media in an educational system.
Juarez 1 Will YOU jeopardize YOUR own future? Angelo Juarez N01047993 Massage Theory 1 - MSTH-103-0NA Amanda Baskwill Juarez 2 In less than 10 years the world of social media has changed forever. From writing hand written letters and sending emails, to instantly messaging someone in seconds. Social media today allows us to create our own personal profile, in which we can provide personal information about ourselves and share it with the rest of the world. But do people realize what the risk is in sharing personal information, where literally millions of people could view it?
I strongly believe an individual can strengthen their community just as fast as the world is turning. Three ways an individual might strengthen their community is by using social media to reach out to people, Volunteer, and start a program to keep the local community kids off the streets after school is dismissed. As technology is constantly changing so is the internet and how our world shares information. We have social networking programs such as Facebook, twitter and instagram to share information. On facebook and instagram you can add pictures and information with other people across the globe.
It’s funny how the universe throws things at you. Over the last few weeks, I’ve come across several different sources that all recommend updating your Twitter account and your Facebook status separately. That was news to me. I’ve been allowing Twitter to post my tweets to Facebook for a long time and thought it was just too convenient to pass up. Of course, I supplemented my facebook feed with additional, more personal information, but I couldn’t see the harm in letting Twitter updates show up there too.
Thompson suggests that Twitter is a very useful tool. “…I’m more knowledgeable about the details in her life, than the lives of my two sisters in Canada, who I talk to only once every month or so” (Thompson, 2011). The author argues that social media websites like Facebook have made it possible to quickly see and share photos as well as be updated on what someone is doing or how they are feeling in an instant. In the beginning Facebook was primitive and the concerns about privacy were abundant which made a lot of Facebook users feel uneasy. Zuckerberg made changes to modernize Facebook by creating a News Feed which gave us easier access to what people were doing.
Text speak saves time and shortens text length. In preparation and sending messages it reduces costs.... Some of the negative aspects of text speak are that.... Whether text speak eventually becomes the standard.... Over the past ten to fifteen years, there has been a major change in the way people communicate to each other due to the development of the internet. Because of this, there has been a massive effect on the amount of socialising between friends and family; using technology in online social messaging websites such as Bebo, MSN, Facebook and many more.
I personally depend on TV, News, and Internet to find out what’s hot or not. Because technology is so transient our means of communication and expression has also evolved over the last decades. Current social trends include the craze for plastic surgery, celebrity gossip, reality shows, and social networking sites like MySpace to create friendships. Trends depend on our fast-changing information and technology era to grow, and make it past the fad stage. From the clothes we wear to the music we listen to, they are trends that come and go, and influence us all through our media.
Social Media has become a major form of communication across the world. As the world becomes continuously more interactive with advancements in communication technologies, social behavior is widely popular and it seems the majority of the masses have become addicted to being a part of social networking websites. Whether sending pictures via Instagram or sending messages via Facebook or Twitter one can’t deny the impact that social media has on culture. People are actively participating on social media sites for example the widely popular Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Myspace. Social media websites have allowed people to make new friends, and have fostered many relationships.
Cyberbullying and Technologies Negative Outcome The internet and social media outlets have allowed our society to communicate instantaneously with long lost family members, co-workers and friends. Although these developments are considered to be a benefit to society, we fail to see its disadvantages. I will site several authors and use their writings to further my findings to take a deeper look into the topic of technologies negative outcome on society, more over Cyberbullying. I found this topic interesting because it is happening all around us every day; it’s in our culture, politics, businesses, even in the way we raise our families. With advances in wireless technology we can go further than ever before.
In fact, I believe it has given us a more effective way of communicating and engaging with one another especially in our fast-paced society. If I am on a work assignment one of my favorite tools to research is twitter. I find it to be a quick news feed and I usually learn about news first from there before learning it from the mainstream media such as television or radio. And of course facebook has been the staple for me as for many in helping us remain engaged and to keep abreast of graduations, weddings, births or other special events regarding our family and friends. Social media continues to make strides to make communication more accessible and easier for all of us.