How is it beneficial to today’s way in life? Do these networks entitle privacy? Why/Why not? Is social networking safe?With much With much deliberation, this topic has become a very interesting argument.What people must understand is that social networking should not just be seen as an enemy but should be more focused on how it can also be a person’s best friend as well with communication/interaction. It is given in Clive Thompson’s, “I’m So Totally, Digitally, Close to You,” that “people are so often changed by the use of technology”(Thompson-p.168-177).
Many college students are posting inappropriate pictures and posting comments about substance abuse that violate student-conduct policies or local laws. Students these days are now being charged with code violations because of their Facebook postings. Online communities and texting also is being used as a form of cheating in the classroom. The author states a few institutions are blocking Facebook altogether. He thinks the students should be taught interpersonal intelligence and learn when, where, and what kind of internet usage is appropriate.
A good solution might be to block the access to websites such as Facebook, so that technology can continue to be a tool for knowledge and intellectual advancement, rather than socialization. Many friends of mine use Facebook on a daily basis for several reasons: to chat with other friends, to see what other people’s lives look like, or to keep in contact with people that live far away. All five of the friends I asked said Facebook is a very useful website, but it is also addicting and a waste of time most of the time. Works Cited Bugeja, Michael. “Facing the Facebook.” The Arlington Reader: Contexts and Connections.
The advantages of social media would be to stay in contact with family and friends that are not living close to visit. For example, Facebook is the most viewed media site (Campbell, 2014). It allows people to communicate with people all over the world. Keeping in touch with family via this social media allows pictures to be posted and viewed, videos and other events that would be missed. The disadvantages of social media would be when it’s used inappropriately.
The people that interview us and give us our jobs have the option to use Facebook and technology to observe us and see what we are about and decide whether we would make a good fit for their position. In Roni Jacobson’s essay “Facebook Snooping on Job Candidates May Backfire for Employers” he says that “Profile screening (of our profiles on Facebook) could potentially color the judgment of the applicant- whether they realize it or not”. Everything we do online like posting about the awesome party we attended last night or saying something about how we hate working is seen by our employers which in some cases can cause loss of our opportunity for that job. Technology can give us opportunity but also take it away just like that. There are definitely positives and negatives that come out of technology but it doesn’t matter how much we learn or how much we take from it, we will never have anything without reality and the real life aspect of life itself.
2/18/13 Marketing Social Media I would describe social media as exactly as it sounds, media that uses and requires social interaction. Its also a way for businesses to reach their customers other than tv and billboard ads. I use social media everyday including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and more. It allows me to connect with people I do not talk to everyday. They are also fun and a good way to waste time.
1 “Kolb said that social media offers many benefits for law enforcement, such as putting out alerts about emergency situations, finding missing children and issuing crime prevention tips.” ( Jenni Bergal ). Indeed, many situations were solved by the internet in the social media. That become very familiar with everyone. If someone need help to find something, need to report something commonly, they use that type of social media. Moreover, if I was a social media advisor, I will give many advices to the others.
I like being able to connect with my friends and family through these social media sites, and know what is happening around the world at all hours of the day, However, this also means its all easy to fall victim to the alternating nature of the internet. I understand how it is easy to become addicted to the instant spark of gratification when someone likes my Facebook updates, retweets my brilliance or reposts a picture from Instagram. The danger comes when you start relying on social media for affirmation, validation and a sense of belonging that they can never fully provide. Actress Keira Knightley herself quoted “I hate the Internet. I find it dehumanizing to constantly check emails or social sites which have become so fashionable” By this she is meaning to say
When we mention social media, many of us think of the recent uses such as Snapchat, with the filters and recording. YouTube, with the recent news or funny cat videos. Twitter, where many follow others for jokes or just to share how their day had been, many times it is where people get their news. Maybe an online game where a friend had been made and ended up being the closest thing to comfort, or as people prefer to put it, a small gap to forget the problems in reality. There are many pros and cons to social media, many of us like to see the positive side, where social media is able to spread word of an incoming disaster in minutes.
Cyberbullying is different from verbal/physical bullying because people can use the disguise of “anonymous” to harass their victims. You only need a valid e-mail to create or participate in groups online, so it is very easy set up “fake” accounts and bully anonymously. Even though this will never be stopped people need to take it seriously because each year there have been 41 suicides involving cyber bullying in the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom. The main types of cyber bullying are sending treating or upsetting emails, instant messaging, chat rooms and setting up "fake" profiles to bullying people anonymously. If you are the bully it can affect your life when you yet older, like when your trying to get a job employers can search up your name online and find things about you also they look to see what's on your social media accounts like: inappropriate photos or comments, being racist, poor communication skills or using bad grammar.