...Argument essay about social media Nowadays, a lot of people are using social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler and so on. Since the Internet has propagated rapidly, social media have progressed a lot. The generalization of the internet makes us to live conveniently and fast. People are almost using smart phones, i-phones or comfortable devices which can access to internet. These equipments make us to do social network easily. It helps contact friends, family, and other people even though they live far away. It could be, however, abused, if you don’t use properly. Especially, it is important that we understand and regulate the use of social media by young children. First of all, social media, especially facebook, are very addicted. People would say drug or alcohol is more addicted than social media or social media addiction is not big problems, but it is not true. There is a report of the social media addiction by University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. A team from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business recently conducted an experiment involving 205 people in Wurtzburg, Germany to analyze the addictive properties of social media and other vices. Participants in the week-long study were polled via BlackBerry smart phones seven times per day and asked to report when they experienced a desire within the past 30 minutes, and whether or not the succumbed to that desire. They were also asked to gauge each desire on a scale from...
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...Effects of Social Media Although created to allow people to keep in contact, social media is a ticking time bomb that has adverse effects. The negative effects from social media sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, range from misinformation to arguments and depression. There is nothing that goes unsaid when it comes to online communication. Numerous hot topics are hit every single day leading to resentment, hate and the ending of friendships. False Information The commonality of false information on social media is unreal. Every day I skim through my Facebook feed, I see the most ridiculous things being shared by my friends that are assumed to be true. I can’t help but to subconsciously look down on people who share such things. Users of social media are much too quick to share information without first verifying their sources. It is 2014 and in this day and age, we are only as smart as our ability to use the internet correctly. Establishing the validity of everything shared is something that should be done more often, yet is rarely done at all. There are countless bogus websites, such as The Onion, who post ridiculous articles that prey on the emotions from recent events. Current, trending topics are Robin Williams’ suicide and the case of Michael Brown. People are getting extremely worked up reading false articles that lead to their misguided opinions on topics that aren’t even real. It’s no secret that when emotions and social media mix, fire is ignited. Arguments Friend...
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...Social media has recently become an ever present reality. Ask just about any American teenager or even adult if they have some sort of social media account, and more than likely the answer will be yes. Social media is a very unique invention that grew among internet users exponentially. With this exponential growth came the debate over whether or not the government should regulate social media use. Of course recent attacks and propaganda from terrorists via social media has embedded fear into its users. Along with this, youth safety online due to cyberbullying has become a rising threat. The impacts it can have on one’s health has raised concerns as well. These arguments for regulation of social media combined show you why there has been recent debate over social media. Terrorists are becoming a bigger and bigger threat to American citizens. One reason it feels this way is due to the increased use of social media by terrorist groups. Michael O’Hanlon, a specialist in foreign policy and defense, states, “There is no doubt in my mind that social media has helped ISIL enormously.” O’Hanlon goes on to say that the group continues to draw in about one thousand recruits each month (Johnson). Justine Dunlap, a college professor, agrees with this unfortunate...
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...In her paper, Sharon Vallor mentions that while new social media provides little avenue for direct shared activities, they do reflect friends’ will to connect with their friends. (Vallor, 2011) Vallor’s paper focuses mainly on how new social media can contribute towards friendship by means of shared virtues. She does this by exploring the ethical significance of new social media trends relating to friendship. (Vallor, 2011) For her argument, she states that this “will” can be indicative of and meets the aims of friendship with respect to Aristotle. Indeed, with the limitations that are brought about by the fast pace of life and its circumstances, the significance of the will behind people’s actions is heightened considerably. This is especially...
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...The videos that I believe were most effective in arguing how social media is used to encourage protests, revolution, and social change were in Clay Shirky’s speech How social media can make history, How the Internet will (one day) transform government, and Alexis Ohanian How to make a splash in social media. In Alexis Ohanian speech I found that an issue, in this case humpback killing, can be so troubling that the public can change that with social media popularity. Social media has the power to transform an issue with popularity and I learned that it can be something as little as a meme. In this example, Reddit had a majority vote to what trend their main logo should be and the highest vote was 119,367 votes with 78% of the entire poll being...
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...Leticia Ybarra Instructor Garza-Horne July 20, 2015 Person and Persona in Social Media and Reality TV Reality television seems to dominate our airwaves just as social media dominates our smart phones and computer screens. With the rise of such non-fictitious outlets of entertainment and self-expression comes a change in social perception of self and others. We do not expect reality television and social media to be completely fictitious, and they are not; but we only see a version of reality that the authors want you to see. While there are some differences in audience and scale of reach between writing for reality television and social media, the similarities in their use of person and persona, and how those lines are blurred, are interesting and merit some analysis. A reality television writer’s job is to take the everyday moments of the chosen cast and develop a story that creates drama in order to keep the attention of its audience. This calls for countless hours of analysis of developing relationships between the cast members and crafty editing to angle storylines for dramatic affect. In his article, “Of Losers and Moles: You Think Reality TV Just Writes Itself?” Derrick Speight, a reality TV writer, says his job is to “sniff out what I think the story will be, then craft the interviews or situations that will draw it out”. (Speight p.351) He essentially dissects the mundane and reassembles it to highlight an interesting line for the audience. The writers do not...
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...Social Media for Business-An Analysis of Statistic Data Introduction. The area under discussion in the following assignment is to quantify the possibility of a deviation from accuracy in the fifty samples formed from a selection of data, following their questionnaire rejoinders. Questioning in which there is a relationship between the kinds of social media is and the type of business. Moreover, does this relationship exist for the reason that day by day more people use social media? (NielsenWire, 2010).This assignment’s first directional hypothesis, testing the first question is: The longer a company use the social media, the more improver’s its customer’s relation. This assignment’s second directional hypothesis, testing the second question is: The longer a company use social media, the helpful to raise companies’ profile. This assignment third hypothesis is: The more skilled companies’ employees are in using social media, the more customers attracts to the firm. Firstly this assignment will review the questionnaire follow by my personal critique. Secondly, present its ‘findings in a variety of tables and graphs followed by analyse and discussion relate on the literature review. This assignment will end with a personal suggestion for future research. Questionnaire. According to Sekaran and Bougie 2009, our data collecting method was questionnaire. A questionnaire is a pre-formulated question, in particular written set of questions to which the respondent records his/her...
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...examining these technologies, it is a good idea to think about how Web 2.0 in general is thought to indicate a general shift in the character of online interactions and use these changes to help think about your chosen platform. You will be expected to use some of the readings/viewings provided in the unit, but you will also need to seek out appropriate secondary material. When selecting useful secondary material, please ensure you select credible sources which appropriate for the platform you are addressing and the broader academic context in which you are examining that platform. Please keep in mind that your essay should include a fully formed introduction and conclusion, should be written in paragraph form, should present a clear argument and should...
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...companys social media marketing has become a very important strategic operation within the last years due to the changing habits of the population. More than one billion people worldwide are using facebook actively nowadays and the number is still increasing. (Chart no. 1: (Brandt, 2012, Statista)). Therefore companys need to adopt to this dramatic change in communication and have to be present on social platforms, to stay in customer contact and build relationships (Edelman, D.C. (2010), “Branding in the digital age“). This term paper deals with the question wheater social media marketing is an opportunity or threat for Mc Donalds, in particular Mc Donalds Germany. Although social media is a must-have for companys nowadays and nearly twenty thousand firms have a facebook page for their business, social media could be a threat for companys. Especially fast food restaurants are often criticised by protestants and social platforms are perfect places to make their criticism public. So businesses need to evaluate wheather social media is an opportunity or threat for their performance. My thesis statement is that social media marketing is very effective for companys as well as for Mc Donalds and possible threats do not represent a serious danger for them. Importance of social media for companys nowadays Social media marketing is a type of onlinemarketing, where companys use social media for several purposes. There are several possibilities to use social media for business...
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...Social Media and Political Revolution Project 3: Research Paper Steve Gubenia Professor: Robert Zornes CMST 301 Outline I. Introduction a. Rise of digital media in political upheaval II. Body b. Social Media i. Development 1. Facebook 2. Twitter 3. YouTube 4. Others but these are “big three” ii. Attraction to sites 5. Ease of use 6. Socio-economic barriers 7. Demographics of users c. Revolution before social media iii. Regime control of media iv. Medium used to get message out 8. Slow distribution took longer to organize v. Fall of Soviet Union d. History of social media in political revolution vi. 2001 Philippines vii. Ukraine 2004 to 2014 9. Original Orange Revolution 10. Oksana Makar incident 11. President Yanukovych being ousted viii. 2009 Moldova ix. 2009 Iran “Twitter Uprising” x. 2010 Tunisia xi. 2011 Egypt “Facebook Revolution” xii. Lebanon, Syria, Libya lack of internet e. Critics of social media revolution xiii. Arguments against social media making a difference 12. Social media platforms built around weak ties making ineffective 13. Twitter’s limitations xiv. Examples of activists failing 14. 2006 Belarus ...
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...Develop an argument around experimenting with marketing communication in a competitive environment of cross-platform media. How does your choice of social media affect your marketing message? Make reference to your own project and valid readings. Media Platforms: “The media landscape today is a complicated network of connected platforms that content is released on to. When we talk about platforms we mean categories or types of media content that can be consumed by audiences. Example of these platforms may be: films, episodic shows (tv, web series), games, literature (comic, graphic novels, books), or even social media (facebook, twitter). Each platform has their own affordance and limitations …we need to take into consideration when creating content and stories to be released with each platform.” Researching and investing time into finding resources to communicate and build our target market, social media has given us numerous of opportunities to do so. In our term project, by creating a broader use of variety of media platforms, we can therefore create a wider audience within our target market that might find interest in our film. When this happens, word of mouth will occur that will make people talking and about the interest they find in the film, or even if their review is not so good, at least the concept is still out there. By using platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo and twitter, we would be able to spread our concept over them all to create a larger audience...
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...The Negative Side of Social Media BCOM/275 October 21, 2014 University of Phoenix Negative Side of Social Media There are two sides to every argument: right and wrong, and pros and cons. The side of the argument today will focus on the negatives of social media only. There are several cons to the argument of whether social media is beneficial; the nuisance of having to keep pace with changes, monitoring daily users comments, as well as some legal risks. Negative Side of Social Media Social media is such a strong trend in advertising and is often a useful tool for businesses to utilize, however, disadvantages also exist. When using social media as an advertising tool, there is the accepted risk of giving a part of the brand’s management and reputation to customers and employees. If there is someone that believes he or she was treated unfairly that person can use the social media site to voice his or her issues with the public. This negative feedback on social media can lead to loss of credibility and damage any prospected new clients of the company. Even if the company tries to remove any negative comments, customers may believe that the company is trying to hide something. There are so many social media websites that it can make it difficult for a company to decide which one(s) to use. If the wrong site were chosen, it can negatively affect the business’s success. A few of the most popular sites are Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, and Pinterest...
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...In this essay, I argue that popular culture strongly portrays and greatly determines a person’s experiences with friendship. In recent years, the popularity of social media platforms, such as Facebook, have risen portraying a new form of communication for friends and strangers alike. To say that the growing age of social media has impacted popular culture would be an understatement. Traditionally, friendships have been formed off of face-to-face interaction, and with the steady rise of social networking, those types of connections seem to be few and far between. In the article, Why I Am Not a Friend, Mariam Thalos expressed her concerns on the topic saying that “…social networking might make a wide range of face-to-face interactions obsolete,...
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...Assignment 1: Social Media Nicole Brock Prof. Davenport; LEG 100 May 19, 2014 This paper is going to be discussed the Twitter social media outlets and also detailed about four components of legally astute social media marketing. It explains the methods of alternative dispute resolution and determines the effective genuine disputes. This paper analyzes that how the federal government controlled the consumer transactions. It also examines the three branches of government for the discussion of impact of consumer transactions. This paper is going to be explained the agency relationship for utilizing the site for advertising. It also concludes this topic by providing the entire details of Twitter social media outlets. This was to be the component of astute Twitter social media marketing which was to manage the risks and to develop the realizable value for the initiation of rules which were offended by the law. The component provided the firms’ overall strategy which varied according to the legal tools of managers in business. This component analyzed that how the law affected the risk ratio for making business of Twitter social media marketing and also it provided the proper application of legal tools for attaining the legal astute of social media marketing. The ability to exercise informed judgment was to be the second component of social media marketing which provides the legal rules and outcomes for executing the facts and minor changes dramatically. It was also to...
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...Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted The term “social media” refers to the wide range of Internet-based and mobile services that allow users to participate in online exchanges, contribute user-created content, or join online communities (Dewing). It has become common today to use applications such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube to express and share your thoughts, opinions, and common interest. In Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted, writer Malcolm Gladwell touches upon the issues of social media’s role in activism vs. the traditional way of becoming a true activist Many of us today use these social networks for its beneficial approach to attract users and acquaintances to support their cause or activism. In today’s social era, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and so on constantly surround us. For most individuals, these social applications have become our daily way of communication. These application are so internally imbedded within our lives we tend to believe that what goes through these social media are true and that we technically are involved and active on these events, causes, and activism. Utilizing the sources from Gladwell’s Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted allows the reader to be more persuaded to believing that social outlets do not help change a cause or revolution. Gladwell uses the events at Greensboro to confirm his belief of how a protest can manifest itself without the usage of social media. For example, “These events in the early...
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