...and you try to keep up with your family and friends. What better way than social media? Most people use things like Facebook, twitter, Myspace, emails, and Skype. When your single and looking to date or a way to meet new people you also use social media, such as eHarmony, match or other dating sites. Social media has made it very easy, and plays a big role in our lives every day, but does it affect your personal relationships? How did the world communicate before cell phones, internet, and e-mail? We used a land line to call people if we wanted to talk. We used the postal services and sent thing though the mail. If something was really important we faxed documents. If you wanted to meet new people you went out and socialized. Many decades of people communicated and had relationships without social media. Before social media if you wanted a job you went out and went job hunting. Now if you want a job you just pick up the computer and look at sites online. You fill out applications on line and wait for the phone calls. The new age of social media has made socializing very easy, but do you really know who is on the other end of the message you just sent? Social media is a new way to get information from people and use it for other things. You have been talking to this guy for six months, and you believe that you are in love. Now this guy is asking you to send him money, so you send him some money just to find out you have been talking to a girl. Social media has made it hard to...
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... In the past, journalist and writers would write down information and thoughts in a pad with a pen or pencil. Nowadays, many journalist and reporters use social media to spread the information. “It has improved this process of engaging with life through pausing to capture it.” (Dickerson). In this quote from John Dickerson’s article, Note to Self, Dickerson sheds light on the positivity of social media like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Instead of using a pen and pencil to capture a moment, Dickerson believes that taking pictures and videos to capture a moment is far more convenient. I agree with this Dickerson’s point of view because I remember when emails were just starting to become popular within society. Instead of writing letters to everyone – which would take days, sometimes weeks – I could send an email and get a response within the same day. So because of the improvement in technology, it is more convenient for journalists and reporters to use social media instead of using paper and pencil....
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...Mohammad Zaman English 230 Informative speech Outline Title of Presentation - Social media as a marketing platform – The pros and cons Name of Presenter Description of Business Audience Introduction Facebook has built a reach and target driven engagement platform with a user base that is just phenomenal. For the quarter ending March 2012, the social network – that is available globally in more than 70 languages – reported a monumental 901 million monthly users, an increase of 33% compared to the same period last year. Roughly 80% of these users are based out of the US and Canada. On any given month, averages of 526 million users are active on the website. During March 2012, on average 398 million users were active with Facebook on at least six out of seven days. Further, Facebook is home to more than 125 billion friend connections. Facebook users posted 300 million photos every day and generated 3.2 billion likes and comments per day during the last quarter (Facebook.com, 2012). In fact, Facebook has witnessed extraordinary growth in terms of users accessing it through mobile. Despite the irony that Facebook was late to market with a dedicated mobile app, its 500 million mobile users speak volumes for growth prospects. With access to this wealth of data, Facebook is in a unique position to collaborate with its partners by giving them access to demographic information based on login credentials...
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...Social media marketing refers to the process of gaining website traffic or attention through social media sites. Social media is a platform that is easily accessible to anyone with internet access. Increased communication for organizations fosters brand awareness and often, improved customer service. Additionally, social media serves as a relatively inexpensive platform for organizations to implement marketing campaigns. Social media marketing (SMM) is a form of Internet marketing that utilizes social networking websites as a marketing tool. The goal of SMM is to produce content that users will share with their social network to help a company increase brand exposure and broaden customer reach. Is social media marketing right for your business? * This is the question few companies ask themselves before launching into social media marketing. And, as a result, their forays into social media marketing often result in frustration and, sometimes, failure. Not because social media marketing doesn’t work – just because they didn’t do it correctly. Social media marketing is like any other campaign, it must have an objective and a strategy to achieve desired results. * There are many companies that think it's the quick fix to a struggling business or that it will generate revenue that will help them in a difficult economic time. Truth is that social media can, in fact, affect your bottom line – but, it takes time. * Social media has a sequence of events that transpire...
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...Whether they realize it or not, social media affects everyone that is involved with it. It’s an outlet that almost every person uses on a day to day basis. They put their life on a screen for everyone to look at and silently judge. It may seem as if everyone has their life together, but that is just the side they want you to see. When people put their lives on the internet, in most cases, they need a sort of affirmation from the people who view it. They crave a comment, a like or even a share. When their post doesn't attract that attention, it may seem like a let down to them. Everyone wants approval from their friends and family, even if they resort to posting it online to make their life seem "perfect". It's common for many to see the posts...
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...We Can Be Lovers Too In this day and age it seems that there is no romance left in our society. Sex is easily accessible with things like Internet porn and social media chatting, that we (as men) no longer have to try to attract a girl to us. The effort of romanticism is gone. The new generations of young men do not know what it means to show affection, romance or love. There still is some hope for romance and chivalry. Despite all of the social media distractions the young men in our society have to find a way to bring back the gentlemanship of generations past. Most of the time before two and a half years ago, 19 years old, I was one of those guys who I am talking about in this piece. I would go out to wild parties and hook up with girls whom I did not know the names of. My best friends and I would hang out, sit around talking about girls. We gossiped about the girls we had been with. Who ever got with the most girls was always the “coolest”. It was weird; back then, my definition of cool. My use of social media was strictly for finding new girls that I thought were hot and trying to hit on them through that social network. I would go on Facebook and Instagram seeing new and old couples thinking, “Ugh, that doesn’t look like fun, why would anyone want to be locked down like that?” Then go on with my day eating lunch either alone flirting with girls online. I enjoyed that time in my life though. I went through everyday, not giving a care about anything or anyone beside...
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...and disadvantages of social media. There are multiple advantages of social media, to name a few advantages; worldwide communities available, multiple interactions with large quantities of people, able to link other websites for advertisement, etc. These are ways to get a lot of boost in your advertisement and an increase in sales. This is due to Facebook or other social media sites being sought after by so many people. It is the ultimate way to communicate these days and allows developers to fully put out their product. There are also disadvantages of this as well, some of the disadvantages of social media include; taking up a lot of time, not able to be as productive due to always updating, if social media or internet were to crash nothing would get accomplished as far as advertisement, possible bad reviews, etc. These are all negative to the developer/advertiser. If the social media network world were to shut down for a day or more there would be nothing being said about the game in this instance that would in turn make it impossible for people to see anything. This would make all the money saved on advertising actually go into advertisement a different way. The best way to advertise is to use an assortment of different ways, that way if one thing fails you always have a backup to still get the info needed to get out there out. Social media is used so much these days it’s only a matter of time before there is a server overload and it has to get shut down for a little while...
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...Social Media Affect Mohamad Badaoui Devry University PHIL-447: Logic and Critical Thinking April 5, 2016 Abstract Social does have its positive affects on behavior and it is a great tool, however, it does have plenty of negative affects on behavior. A lot of people now days, have lost their sense of personality, sense of humor, and cannot interact the same way because of what social media had done to them. I have seen people basically develop different personalities because of social media. Over social media they act a certain way, but when they are face-to-face they are completely different people. This is largely due to people expressing their feelings and emotions behind their phones, but when it comes time to do so verbally, they cannot. Especially the younger generations, people who are about 24 years and younger are so dependent on social media and the Internet. Before technology was so booming, people were not relying on social media, or interactions behind screens as much. That basically explains why older generations are better at face-to-face verbal conversations compared to the younger generations. The younger generations have been exposed to all of this technology such as advanced social media. They are accustomed to it, they communicate through the Internet, but then when it comes to verbal communications in person, younger generations have lost some of their communication skills. They are more socially awkward now a day. I have seen people who do not know...
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...Social Media and its Influence on our Youth The correlation between the development of youth and social media has become blatant. Although few of the consequences are favorable, the majority have displayed a negative impact. The drive social media can implement on youth is exceptional. The pressure and strain social media can place on our youth is an enduring force which leads individuals to question themselves as a person and feel inclined to fit a norm expressed in media and social media of our society. The underlying force social media can play in the lives of the youth is astonishing and is a force that must be dealt with and controlled, for it not only holds the power to give an individual strength, but also to break them down. Social media is described as content created and shared by individuals on the web using freely available websites that allow users to create and post their own images, video and text information and then share that with either the entire internet or just a select group of friends (Affilorama, 2012). They are more like a website allowing you to express your daily activities, beliefs, locations, likes, dislikes, photos, music, etc. They are used by creating a profile, and logging in through either the website, or apps now used on smartphones, or any portable device with Wi-Fi connection. Although most social media networks are directed towards adults and young adults, young children are getting into these websites as well. There are usually age limits...
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...Social Media Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, these and many more are examples of social media sites. These sites have been an aid to society and also a thorn in its side. Social media Social media creates new social connections and promote athletes. Social media is a good way to meet new people and to reconnect with old friends and or family. A study showed that 70% of adults found some of their family members online (pros and cons of social media). Also 57% of teenagers have made new friends on some type of social media network. Social media has also blown up the careers of some sports stars. Jeremy Lin was a big sensation back in 2012, everywhere you went we would seem to hear his name. Social media affected his life after one good game he had. It was because of social media that everyone heard of him, because he was a nobody before that. Another example of social media blowing up sport stars is, in 2012 Notre Dame all-star linebacker mante teo and his “girlfriend” death. That had met though some social media site and never met, they dated for about two years and found out she died of cancer (Clemmitt, 83). Later it was reported that she was never real and it was just a big hoax (Burke and Dickey.). This could also be related as a thing that will be talking about later. Many people believe that social media has gotten rid of face to face communication. The way that technology is now, it has change the way we talk to people, and engages with others. Some believe that something...
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...Ashlyn Oswalt Facebook Me Happy February 28, 2012 1 Ashlyn Oswalt Tweeting and friending used to conjure up images of birds and human contact. Tumbling meant rolling down a sloped hill and “Myspace” referred to the personal area one called his own. Today, all these words revert back to one image: humans spending unlimited amounts of time in front of a computer screen, “socializing.” The generations that precede the current are always looking for an outside force to blame for the corruption of youth, and today social media takes the cake. This corruption has been the increasing cause of clinical illnesses, behavioral changes, and suicide. The invention of the internet brought many exciting avenues to investigate. World Wide Web users quickly realized that they could easily make contact with people outside their immediate area without ever leaving their homes or picking up a phone. Connecting with family overseas or making cyberfriends hailing from exotic hometowns quickly grew to be the norm and letters and phone calls quickly became obsolete. The first major social networking site, Myspace, was geared towards teenagers and emerging musical artists. The site took off running, with over 100 million users in three years. Myspace encouraged users to share photos, feelings, thoughts, and build an arsenal of friends. Although Myspace use has since declined, it has sparked similar versions such as Facebook and Twitter. According to the Facebook website, the site is 800...
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...Turning to Social Media? XXXXXX Managerial Communication: MGMT 500 Bonnie Adams Keller Graduate School of Management August 24, 2014 Executive Summary Social Media has become of the most effective, efficient and great part in today’s society. It is a great tool in branding your business and became one of the efficient ways in figuring out your company’s target audience. Stone Goose Creek Company can benefit through the use of going through the use of the various social media platforms available. Entail in this proposal are the key elements on why Stone Creek Company should take this implementation. This could lead the company to more generated revenue, profits, new customers, brand awareness, and can help open doors to new opportunities. What are the types of Social Media available? There are many types of social media platforms. Such as videos, blogs, pictures, and texts. Some of the most popular social media companies that is popularly use are Instagram, Facebook, Vine, and Twitter. The best approach for Stone Creek Company would be Facebook and Twitter. “The best part about social media marketing is that it can be deployed without spending millions. If businesses handle it on their own, it costs nothing but the time of the person doing the updates” (Hendricks, 2014). The only thing when it comes to maintain and keeping up with these type of social media profile, hiring a social media manager to keep this in order will be beneficial. This will help...
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...Use of Social Media in Recruiting Think about the things you do when applying for a new job – anything from perfecting your cover letter and resume prior to applying to dressing nicely for the interview. You do everything you can to present the best version of yourself to the potential employer that you’ll be meeting with. But have you thought to prepare your social media accounts, too? With the rising usage of social media, “…it’s no surprise some recruiters and hiring managers are tuning in” (Smith) – but should it be used in the recruiting process? In Favor There are many pro’s to using social media when recruiting new talent – here I will discuss four points that you may not have considered before. First, social media allows the employer to see a more genuine version of the candidate, and that doesn’t always mean bringing light to negative attributes. A CareerBuilder survey found that 29% of surveyed hiring managers found something positive on a profile that drove them to offer the candidate a job (Smith). Websites like LinkedIn allow professionals to present their resume, showcase their interests and volunteer work, present more casual recommendations and endorsements that may not have a place in a resume, and show what professional organizations someone belongs to – all things that are important to understanding who a person is, but not things that will always come up in an interview. Second, social media gives employers the opportunity to target specific job...
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...What is Social Media? P1/M1 Types of Social Media & opportunities provided: Networking: * Facebook: Social networking service launched on February 4th, 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, is an online social networking service open to anyone who is at least 13 years old. After registering to the site, users can create a user profile and add other users as ‘friends’. Once a user becomes ‘friends’ with someone they are able to receive notifications when their friends update their profile. Facebook had over 1.44 billion monthly active users as of March 2015. Facebook provides many opportunities to individuals, including the ability to sell goods and services through ‘groups’; make new friends and connect with old school friends through the search function. * LinkedIn: Business-oriented social networking service. As of June 2013, LinkedIn reports more than 259 million acquired users. Its main purpose is to help people network professionally, find jobs and help you find other business associates, clients, and colleagues whom you already know. LinkedIn can be used to market products, reach out to the person of interest and on the other hand find jobs and connect with professionals. Media Sharing: * YouTube: Video sharing website created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005 but was bought by Google for US$1.65 billion for $1.65 billion and now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries. The site allows users to upload, view, and share videos. Available content...
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...I One of the key roles of social media from a marketing perspective is the development of a client based platform. It is becoming an increasingly important part of any business’s marketing. Businesses can utilize existing online platforms to build networks of current and potential clients. By being active online allows businesses to connect with their customers in innovative ways to become a trusted source of information and convey the passion they have for their industry. Social media is different from more traditional marketing tactics as it offers a free platform that is easily accessible to anyone with internet access. This allows for the increase communication for organizations to foster brand awareness and often, and improved customer service. It serves as a fairly inexpensive platform for organizations to implement marketing campaigns as opposed to the traditional marketing paid platforms where traffic is generated by purchasing ads (i.e. pay-per-click) on search engines. Second difference is one on one marketing while traditional media is designed for mass consumption. Social media encompasses one on one marketing emphasizing on personalized interactions with customers to develop greater customer loyalty and a better return on marketing investment. I would agree that that social media is rapidly going to become more important than traditional media in promoting the products and services of companies. Companies integrating social media into their overall marketing...
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