Becky Stoner 10LC Explore some of the similarities and differences between spoken conversation and web-based communication such as messaging, Twitter and Facebook. It is interesting to compare spoken language and web-based communication because people tend to talk differently online than they do face-to-face. Web-based communication has also only evolved into everyday life in the last 20-30 years, making it a very modern step into present civilisation. Some people rely heavily on web-based communication to send messages to friends, or loved ones rather than talking face-to-face. Web-based communication has even managed to change our spoken conversation, with acronyms such as, lol (laugh out loud) that originally evolved from web-based communication being used in spoken conversation.
For example, the average age of online gamers are 25-44 years of age, which includes about 95 million people or more that play online games. Therefore, the online gaming industry will continue to grow as the access to broadband internet expands and the variety of games increases. In America’s gaming industry, there are about 100 companies sharing combined revenue of 11.8
The Effects of Text Messaging By Seb Dex According to Nielsen, American teenagers send and receive, on average, 2,272 messages per month. This equates to nearly 80 messages a day. In fact, text messaging is so popular that in North America (as of 2006), 40% of cell phone users actively use SMS. In Europe the average is 85%. Throughout the world, the use of text messaging has developed very rapidly.
Also, the company has now been able to have multiple individuals oversee each major section of the company. The statistics have greatly proven that since the change in their strategy to go into the four major sections, the company as the on the rise from where it was. One of the greatest rises has been in their Internet services. Over the past two years Matav has seen a tremendous jump of above 40% in their customers, just in this service alone. 2.
Its Instagram unit has more than 300 million users, while mobile messaging app WhatsApp, which it purchased for $19 billion in cash and stock in 2014, has 700 million users and is growing. (“Forbes Mag.”) Zuckerberg made two major life changes in May 2012. Facebook had its initial public offering, which raised $16 billion, making it the biggest internet IPO in history. How Zuckerberg's company will handle this influx of cash remains to be seen (Williams 56). But Zuckerberg may be looking at more acquisitions.
For example, television news together with print and online newspapers are still the most important sources of political information in most countries. Social media has reshaped structures and methods of contemporary political communication by influencing the way politicians interact with citizens and each other. However, the role of this phenomenon in increasing political engagement and electoral participation is neither clear nor simple. Research has it that the use of social media is becoming a feature of political and civic engagement for many Americans. Some 60% of American adults use either social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter, and a new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project finds that 66% of those social media users—or 39% of all American adults—have done at least one of eight civic or political activities with
Internet capable technology is extremely affordable, and people across the world are adapting to this new wide world of communication. The world is changing, and experts are divided about the consequences of the fast-growing new ways people have to reach out to each other. Social media is now the most popular way to keep in touch with old friends, new friends, and family. Text messaging, along with its altered lingo, has almost replaced telephone calls and voice mail messages entirely. Business meetings have been replaced by emails or internet based conference applications such as Skype.
How is social media affecting social movements? Social Media is becoming a global phenomenon. With Facebook housing over 845million users and Twitter having 140million users worldwide (Stone, 2012) it is possible that social media is bringing social change to the world. These social media platforms have caused global affects for example the recent KONY2012 campaign which continues to circulate through social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, has dominated the views of millions of people over a short period of time. Since March 5th the video produced by San Diego non-profit Invisible Children has been shared and viewed by more than 100million people worldwide.
Responses to Ethical Challenges of Technology It is commonplace for people in developed countries to have an email account. Most people have more than one between a work email and personal email account. Some of the more well-known providers of free email accounts are Google, Yahoo!, MSN, and AOL. Consider what an extensive database of names, addresses, and other demographic information each of those companies holds. Other companies that have such demographic information available include online shopping venues such as eBay, Amazon.com, and Overstock.com.
In addition, many celebrities became notorious users of this platform since its creation, which has also contributed to Twitter’s continued growth. With over 500 million daily tweets from 288 million monthly users, Twitter is the third most prominent social networking site around the world, only after Facebook and YouTube (Edomsowan, et. al 2011). Twitter’s worldwide popularity warrants a wide audience for businesses to engage with. However, what type of influence,