...How Social Media Can Affect Privacy and Employment The right to privacy is a value in American culture; however there is no Constitutional right that protects an individual’s privacy. Everyone has an opinion to what privacy means to them; personally I feel that privacy is the information about myself or my family that I do not want others to know. When individuals choose to expand their space or allow things to become public on the internet or digital media, they are allowing themselves to be viewed by others, and therefore relinquishing privacy. When individuals post images and opinions online they are unaware that the post may limit future employment opportunities. People need to be conscious of the possible impact that social and digital media may have. I agree that privacy should be a personal choice to determine. It is our responsibility to post information about ourselves that represents who we are as a whole person. How an individual portrays themselves should be the same online as it is off. When applying for a new job you are prepared for the drug testing, and the background check; however it never crossed your mind that this potential employer may also run a check on your Facebook page, Twitter page or any social media groups you may be associated with, “75% of recruiters are required by their companies to do online research of candidates, and some 70% of recruiters in the United States report that they have rejected candidates because of information online” (Rosen...
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...Introduction Social media has promoted communication. It has gathered people from all over the world to interact electronically without any movement. Social media tools such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Blogs and Twitter have enabled people to exchange information irrespective of where the person is located. Despite its advantages, social media may negatively affect healthcare because the healthcare providers are supposed to maintain confidentiality on patient’s personal information and medical history. The healthcare providers are supposed to comply with HIPAA privacy and security rule while using social media in order to evade lawsuits as a result of disclosing patient’s information on social media platforms. Based on Rienton (2013) examples, it...
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...Is using social media for marketing a form of infringement of personal privacy? We are now in the 21st century and social media has become a very big hit. So the topic here is, is it an invasion of personal privacy when marketers use social media in marketing? First let me explain what personal privacy is. It is personal freedom from unwanted disturbance in someone’s private life meaning that we have the freedom to be not constantly disturbed. However, the internet is a public library, when you add something on the internet it is already public even if it wasn’t meant to be, and to be honest there are many people out there who just like to cause disturbance, but you have the choice to post it privately or publicly. It is not eavesdropping if you posted something publicly and a stranger saw it. There are also possibilities that the marketers collect personal data like workplace or home address so that he can personally meet face to face with the customer or consumer to conduct his survey. If the marketer constantly visits your workplace or home it is an invasion of privacy, but I find this very rare because it doesn’t benefit him, in fact it is a waste of time for him if he keeps getting rejected, in anyways so it is not practical. The reasons why marketers have started using social media for marketing is because the users are massive, like Facebook it has more than 1 billion users. Because of this massive amount of users’ marketers will use this advantage to gain knowledge...
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...e-Learning, Vol. 4, No. 3, June 2014 Legal Risks in Social Media Marketing Jawahitha Sarabdeen Abstract Social media is an important communication channel for marketers. The research conducted earlier shows that more than 81% of the businesses are using social media or planning to use social media for marketing purposes. The social media is used for engagement marketing, buzz marketing, building customer relationships and to revitalise brand image. As social media marketing facilitates two way communications between the marketers and the users, the content generated in social media is considered trustworthy and reliable by the customers. The marketers while using the social media should be aware of the legal risks involved in social media marketing. This research paper by using content analysis looks at social media marketing and legal risks involved in social media marketing. Index Terms—Social media, marketing, legal risks, regulations. I. INTRODUCTION Social media marketing is a phenomenon where businesses are seeking new ways to create value. The introduction of social media considerably changes the marketing activities and consumers‘ behaviours. With the introduction of various technologies associated with social media the businesses and consumers participate in marketing activities easily without cost. Though social media is relatively a new media, its popularity is increasing rapidly across the world. Social media is used to engage with consumers, promote the business...
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...influence of Social Media on Organisational Attraction Sam Tatam Supervised by Dr. Barbara Griffin Word count: 7,259 Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the Master of Organisational Psychology, Macquarie University, 2011 Abstract To attract the best and brightest talent it is apparent that the use of social media in recruitment is becoming increasingly common (Levinson, 2010). However, despite the use of social media by organisations today, little is known about the influence of this choice of media on applicant attraction (Davison, Marasit & Bing, 2011). The current study addressed this gap in literature by assessing the impact of social media use via every several facet facets of the recruitment communications process, including those associated with the message receiver, the message sender and media related factors. The impact of social media on organisational attraction was assessed using two distinct methods. In Study 1, an explicit measure of attraction found that individual attitudes and use of social media were associated with attraction to organisations that recruit via this medium. Conversely, utilising ‘mock-up’ recruitment advertisements and an implicit measure of attraction in Study 2, these individual factors were not significant. While overall this study did not record a significant difference in attraction when recruiting on social media when compared...
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...Introduction In this era of technology and information explosion, social media has become a part of our lives, almost everyone have their own Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and Blogs account. Nowadays social media is becoming increasingly popular; a survey (SilkRoad Technologies, 2012) shows 75% of employees logged social media while at work at least once a day, with 60% accessing multiple times. The report also pointed out that most of companies have not develop clear guidelines and policy for using social media in workplace, only less than 10 % offering social media training to their staffs. The workplace should not prohibit the use of social media sites? Some people said it should be but some ones said should not. Each has their own justifications, it is benevolent see benevolence and the wise see wisdom. Whether employers permit or not, to develop a set of the company’s social media policy is a must. Although, Singapore Airlines (SIA) have guidelines stating that all employees must not posted confidential business information or tweeted about a colleague, but the rule is usually not strongly enforced. Social media is not easy to manage in the workplace, based on historical experience cyber bullying, harassment, discrimination and victimization are constantly recurring in between colleagues, similar incidents have also occurred in the Singapore Airlines (SIA). Therefore, in order to design an effective social media policy of the organization, first must consider and resolve a number...
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...Administrative Ethics HCS335 April 29, 2012 Administrative Ethics In the modern age of society, social networking has a strong influence on everyday life for many individuals. When social networking interferes with the health care industry, multiple problems may arise. Violating personal health information may occur with the slip of a key. Medical advice may be given with consequences. Social networks can be helpful, but may also be damaging. Having a policy within a facility will assist in reducing the risk of a privacy violation. A social network site is an online community for individuals to meet and share information along with discussing common interests. The issue arises from a health care professional violating patient privacy and other HIPAA laws within the social networking sites. Leaking patient information through these sites can be damaging to the patient and the physician at the same time. Social media sites tend to be relaxed and not always handled in a professional manor. This can lead to personal health information leaking through the sites. Although the leaks may not be intentional, they are still a violation of privacy laws protecting the patient. As a society, personal information that could possibly be damaging to a person is both personal and potential gossip. Not all leaks of personal health information are gossip, and damaging, but it could be for any person. The damage will reflect the person being spoken about and the medical facility...
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...October 30, 2014 Social Media-Cause and Effect Much controversy revolves around the idea of social media. Some claim that altogether, social media benefits society by helping connect people in an easy, hassle-free way. Others argue that social media is a distraction and a waste of time. Regardless of whether social media can be considered good or bad; it has and continues to have multiple effects on our society. Social media continues to revolutionize, shape, and change our society’s basic functions, including the interaction between society members, the promotion and advertisement of products, and the altering of individual privacy. Technology is always changing, so the cause and effect it has on our society is vast and diverse. Communication plays a vital role in society, and social media continually constitutes to change in the way we communicate. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, etc., are all examples of social media that affects each of us, or whether we have an account or not. Society’s ways of communicating is growing rapidly, and Facebook has become one of the greatest examples to support this. Shilpa Shanbhag stated, “Facebook became the most popular social network in India in the week ending July 10, 2010 with a 24.69% share of all visits to social media sites. It has grown to a 32% share in October 2010, and the share has since increased to 34.66% in the week ending November 20, 2010.” The growth rate does not represent the communication change, rather...
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...The Nursing Professional and Ethical Considerations for Using Web-Based Social Networking Sites The Nursing Professional and Ethical Considerations for Using Web-Based Social Networking Sites As nurses navigate web-based social networking sites there is a dangerously thin line between professional and personal online etiquette. Health care employees must maintain patient confidentiality and privacy at all times, as well as serve as a positive representation of their place of employment. Inappropriate use of social media often leads to disciplinary action; and in the most serious cases, can negatively affect a nurse’s career and license. A violation of patient confidentiality takes place as soon as a nurse shares information or even a small detail concerning a patient over the Internet. Examples include reflecting on the severity of a patient’s disabilities, or even commenting on the behavior of an Alzheimer’s patient. Healthcare Professionals must be diligent when it comes to using web-based social media sites. Anything that is posted on the internet is accessible to all and will stay in cyberspace even if the user deleted it off of their sites. Even with the strictest of privacy settings on their profile, it can still be seen by thousands even millions of people. So imagine that you post a picture on Facebook and you have 100 friends and those 100 friends share that post to their 100 friends and then they share that post with their friends. It could go on and on...
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...Teachers, Privacy and the Ethical use of Digital Media OUTLINE Digital Media and Teachers - Ethical implications for teachers and their personal use of social media - Is it ethical for teachers and students to be friends on social media sites? Expected Privacy While Using Digital Media - Privacy Breaches - Ethical use of personal identifiable information Conclusion References Digital media has greatly enhance the way that we share things in both our personal and business lives. It has enabled us to share things with our communities so fast and so easily that we to forget about the ramifications that could come of this technology if we don’t fully understand its power. As more and more people and organizations turn to digital media the implications of our actions begin to present themselves. There are various ethical concerns that need to be addressed as we consume digital media in our everyday lives. These challenges are widespread and can be applied to virtually every corner and medium of the internet. In this research paper we will address just a few areas of concern listed below: • Should teachers be allowed to communicate with students via social media? • Should a teachers personal posts affect their professional life? • What amount of privacy should we expect and who is responsible to maintain that privacy? • Just because you can say it does it mean you should? These questions touch on the huge subject of ethical...
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...have social media accounts. We use these accounts to post pictures and share stories from all aspects of our lives. Though social media is a very useful tool, social media outlets have had their share of negative publicity. Health care professionals have the duty of caring for people who are ill and in need in part of protecting sensitive patient information. When the worlds of patient privacy and social media meet, it is like a collision that leaves many affected in its wake. How responsible is the employer for the employee’s over sharing on social media sites? What are the measures employers must take to protect their patients and employees from over sharing? Social Media and Patient Privacy Social media applications such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have become very popular over recent years as a way of keeping in touch with friends and family online. The online social networking platform Facebook reports having 1,310,000,000 monthly active users in July 2014 (Statistic Brain, 2013). Those who work in the health care field must be very cautious as to what they are posting with regards to their lives at work. The caregiver is not not violating patient privacy while discussing the happenings of their day with loved ones online until they disclose patient identifying information. There are boundaries that a health care worker must not cross when using social media applications. “Confidentiality breaches and other errors in judgment by practitioners using social media...
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...Option 1: Nursing Home Administrator Darryl Bowler HCS/320 October 8, 2013 Salome Kapella-Mshigeni Option 1: Nursing Home Administrator Because our local nursing home is being taken over by a national group, there will be new policies that we must adhere to as we progress. These policies are going to force our nursing home to adapt and change. I will review the new polices, the affects they have on our patients, the affect they have on our patient’s relatives, how we will effectively communicate to our patients, and what arrangements we are making for displaced individuals. In addition, I will attempt to define our role as a local nursing home being merged into a national group. Traditional health care communication to our nursing home clients would be a tedious task. The traditional media cannot cover all the needs of patients because the lack of services so that is a disadvantage. The advantages are physicians know the process without any problem which benefits our nursing home clients. The traditional process would involve acquiring a listing of the shareholders and a listing of our clients. We would also need mailing lists and phone contacts and hope those listings were accurate. We would have to attempt to contact each and every one listed. It would also require several personnel for the process and become very time consuming. This process would be an extreme disadvantage taking away from the productivity of the employees and the standard operations of our nursing...
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...two distinct courts; state and federal. Federal crimes are heard in the federal court and state crimes are heard in the state courts, and if crimes are both state and federal violations the case is often heard in both courts. Many issues are dealt with by the courts and the courts administrators. Current and future issues that courts and courts administrators face are; budget cuts, new technology, privacy issues and lack of training. Of course there are other issues faced on a daily basis, these are a few that have a long term affect on the criminal justice system. The criminal justice system is very important to continue to keep society safe and orderly, without it there would more than likely be a lot of chaos and disorganization. Citizens of society look to the criminal justice system to keep them safe, and the courts are depended upon to ensure that constitutional rights are not abused and to carry mandates of the state and the United States constitution. The largest issue that the courts and courts administrators face currently is budget cuts, and this issue will affect the future as well. In 2011 the House of Representatives approved a budget that reduced funding by eight percent with a previous budget cut of thirteen percent in 2009 (Cavan, 2010). A reduction in funding has an impact on employees, administrative duties and cases. Employees of the court system are affected the most by budget cuts, with forced furloughs, and layoffs there is less staffing to handle...
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...Information Privacy is a somewhat fresh concept. It is considered the third—and newest— layer controlled through digital technology (Anita Beveridge, 2014). Privacy is important in one’s personal and professional life. My definition of privacy is something that belongs to an individual person such as my personal information, things that I purchased myself, something that I have the right to that no one else does without my permission. According to Merriam Webster dictionary privacy is defined, “as the quality or state of being apart from company or observation” and/or “freedom from unauthorized intrusion.” The concept of information privacy has become more important as more systems controlling more information appear. It was suggested in about 1986 that information systems would increase privacy concerns (Bélanger, 2014), in present time this proves have been an accurate prediction. Information systems can develop the world with amplified access to information which includes communication and better productivity of large systems. We can enhance our lives with the usage of technology. With this same technology privacy can be destroyed and economies can be harmed by unethical acts such as cyber-attacks. The need to observe the go-ahead between information-sharing efforts and privacy and civil liberties is only likely to raise more pressing as the nature of the threats facing the United States shifts (Nelson, 2014). As technology continues to develop new ways to gather...
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...T205: Introduction to Media and Society Exam 1: Study guide Week 1: Introduction to Media and Society 1. (a) Can you describe the information problem that we are facing? (b) What is automaticity? (c) How did automaticity develop in society? (d) What are the advantages and disadvantages of automaticity? (e) When do we consciously process information that is derived from the media? (f) How do advertisers and producers try to get around automaticity? 2. (a) What are the two ways we use the media? Which of these uses is more common? (b) What is the difference between automaticity and ritualistic media consumption? (c) How does our ritualistic use of media affect the way broadcasting is scheduled? How does the concept of inertia in viewing fit into those scheduling decisions? 3. (a) What is media literacy? (b) What are the three building blocks of media literacy? (c) What are the skills that media literacy requires? (d) What are the advantages of developing a higher degree of media literacy? Week 2: Media Audiences 1. (a) What are the three information-processing tasks in which we are constantly engaged? (b) How can these information-processing tasks be developed? (c) What is the difference between exposure and attention? (d) In what four states do people process media messages? Be able to explain each. 2. (a) What is the difference between subliminal and automatic processing? (b) Are we influenced by subliminal content? Why or why not? (c) Are...
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