...This creates the ability for those who choose to use the social media platform to network with people whom they would never have encountered if it was not for social media; however, this newfound ability creates side effects that have not been explored thoroughly, but doesn not send the new generation in the right footsteps. As an avid user of social media, I always find myself getting distracted by the buzzing of notifications from the software that has been broadcasted to my generation, and am consistently trying to evade these aberrations....
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...How Social Media Negatively Affects Gender Stereotypes The stereotypes that are made today are that girls have been expected to act proper. They are told to do what they should do, and not say anything about it. Girls are constantly reminded by society that they should look, act, and present themselves in a certain manner. For boys, they are expected to be tough, to be strong, and to be a leader. But, why should we try and fit into society's norm? Social media does not help the problem of society's pressure towards teens. It dictates how someone should act, in order to be considered “normal.” Social media has only opened up more and more ways of others trying to change themselves because they aren’t good enough. Many different social media apps allow you to connect with others. Just from the year 2000, there were only 361 million users, compared to the 2.34 billion users now. Even though social media leads people to have more interaction and allows long-distance relationships to actually last, it has a lot of negative things that create many problems for many people. Many social media...
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...Samantha Forsee Honors English 11 October 2015 Period 8 Amanda Todd: Suicide, Social Media, and Stereotypes People make mistakes, some bigger than others, and due to social media these mistakes can become bigger messes than they really should, and they never fully go away either. Video-Chats, a harmless environment, except when a video-chat becomes a horrific game, such as when an older man begins to chat with an 11 year-old minor. Amanda Todd at the age of 11 was sent down a route of bullying, stereotypes, and sexual extortion, due to a man who knew enough to manipulate her into showing him her breasts, a small action, that caused so much commotion.("Amanda Todd's Story: Struggling, Bullying, Suicide, Self Harm") Amanda Todd struggled after...
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...children, teenagers, and adults every Halloween claiming to portray an Indian identity, Lewis Henry Morgan and the other society members played Indian and took part in “yet another reinvention and dramatic appropriation of Indianness” (Deloria 94). Halloween costumes continue to reenact “stereotypes of Indigenous Peoples as a much-distorted, monolithic culture” (Robertson). The stereotypes and tropes continually reenacted in these “authentic” American Indian costumes are feathered headdresses,...
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...Introduction “Don’t Bully My Breed” is a registered 501c3 non-profit animal rescue and advocacy group that is dedicated saving “pit bull” type dogs from animal control and kill shelters and placing them in foster homes located all over Illinois and Northwest Indiana. This non-profit organization works very hard to assist the public with protecting and caring for these breeds. The organization helps to spay/neuter, fight against breed-specification legislation, help other rescue organizations and individuals by posting images of their dogs on their webpage for viewers to see, screen adoption applications for other non-profit organizations, educate the public about responsible bully breed ownership, combat dog fighting, and help promote a positive image and understanding of all bully breeds. They are a 100% volunteer organization and rely solely on donations from supporters, adoptions, and money they raise through fundraisers which all go right back to the dogs. In 2014, this organization helped rescue, rehabilitate, and, when they were ready, find forever homes for over 40 bully breed dogs. The non-profit organization “Don’t Bully My Breed” provides pit bull advocates with a code of ethics, and they fully support and help rescuers/owners practice ways of being a good handler of this specific breed by providing guidelines for them. So the question is, how do we make an organization receive a better reputation and more awareness to the public due to the type of breed of dog they...
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...The Effects of Social Media on Generation Y Abbigail Bronkema Chamberlain College of Nursing Abstract This paper explores the effects of Social media on today’s Millennials. Social media has created an environment that allows for communication and sharing posts with friends and even someone unknown. This paper also explores three published books and three articles that report on the effects of Social media on social and personal behavior. In the first section of this paper it examines the difficulty of interpersonal communication, that has been created by Social media, for Generation Y. Keller (2013) suggests that we are more social and more interactive with other but the style of communication has changed. This paper also looks at the ability to interact with anyone through different media sites. Cabral (2008) reports that younger generations are changing how the society communicates on many different levels. The last section of this paper examines the fulfillment without delay that Social media provides to Millennials. Alsop (2014) supports that social media supplies instant gratification whenever Millennials need it. Keywords: Social media, Interpersonal communication, Instant gratification The Effects of Social Media on Generation Y There are many influences that shape today’s Millennials lifestyles and behaviors. Families, friends, and environment are the main factors that shape a person as they grow, but today social media has begun to make its mark...
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...I think the market of senior citizens should never be neglected. Older people usually have more income and assets comparing to young adults. I feel like a lot of business don't consider the demand of senior citizens because of the stereotypes of this age group. Moody and Sasser (2017) lists some examples of stereotypes including senior citizens don’t buy new stuff, and they only focus on the same brand over and over. Also, there is another point that older people’s individual differences need to be recognized. So, there are a lot of misconceptions about how the gray market should be. For example, a lot of senior citizens start using social media, and according to the example in the book Aging: concepts and controversies, “people that over...
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...from the outside looking in. Every day, every second, every minute someone is uploading images, videos, tweeting, or dming one another on social networks. But we fail to realize that at each moment that someone is rather tweeting doing live videos or whatever it is, there is always someone criticizing, hated on, bullied, stereotyped, etc. Disconfirmation is one of the most closed stereotyped there could be. Communicating about...
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...One of the most significant things that are constantly and rapidly evolving is technology. Technology has a direct impact on the social, economic, political, and cultural life. Nobody these days can do the daily responsibilities without using transportation or without their phone. Technology has become part of everything in the life. This rapid development has many advantages, but unfortunately it also has some disadvantages. Currently, the most important advantages is using technology in the educational process. On the other hand, technology has also some negative impacts especially on the kids. The worst disadvantage of using technology is that...
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...Marketing Communications | Syndicate assignment Case 1 Prius Launch: Harmony Installations 2011 Bronze | Media Innovation Case 2 Canon Eos Cameras: Photography beyond the still 2011 Silver | Consumer Electronics Case 3 Southwest Airlines: Grab your bag it’s on/ Bags fly free 2011 Gold | Transportation Case 4 Ocean Spray Cranberries: Straight from the Bog 2008 Gold | Renaissance 2011 Silver | Sustained Success Case 5 Sears: Don’t just go back. Arrive 2010 Gold | Retail¬ Case 1 Prius Launch: Harmony Installations 2011 Bronze | Media Innovation GET: Echo/Tech friendly minded people WHO: Are environmentally and technologically aware and enjoy innovation. TO: Think Prius is the car they should buy versus the car they want to own. See Prius as an Icon of progress. Encourage consumers to put a Prius in the mainstream consideration set. BY: Outlining that hybrid motoring is good for the environment, endorsing the idea of being proud to own a Prius. LIKE THIS: By highlighting the “harmony between man, nature and machine”. Happiness, Optimism, Pride, Imagination SUCCESS: Desired 20% increase in sales of Prius. Increase hybrid vehicle market share. Engage social media metrics. $4.5m in earned media desired through Solar flower installations/social media. Market/Commercial insight The reported market decline in the Automotive Industry for passenger cars has declined by 37% in FY2011. Financial modelling of passenger...
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...advertising costs. It also stimulated awareness and interest in its targeted audience group, the Millennials. In class we talked a lot about using social media to get the customers involved in the advertising process, and Ford did that by having 100 agents test out and promote the Ford Fiesta through multiple social media platforms. It was so successful because Ford’s agents engaged multiple social media sites to increase exposure and enhance customer interaction with the brand. The agents constantly updated information and communicated stories to interact with and engage social network users. The agents definitely improved the value of the Ford Fiesta through their usage of social media and changed the way other consumers perceived the brand. Ford allowed the agents to co-create value in the brand and the agents helped gain consumers trust in the Ford Fiesta. Overall, the agents were very successful since ninety-seven percent of the leads were from those who never owned a Ford before. While the campaign was very successful, it definitely could have been improved. The campaign did not seem to have a ‘core’ message since each agent was free to do what he or she wanted for the most part. A core message could have made the campaign easier to follow. Ford could have also increased the number of agents to increase their reach in social networks to engage more potential consumers. They also could have used some authority figures in addition to the agents they had to provide a better...
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...adults used a social networking site such as Facebook or Twitter. As of 2012 the user count for Facebook was one billion people and for Twitter was 500 million people (Are Social Networking Sites Good for our Society?, 2013). These sites are used by simply creating a personalized profile for yourself. By using the tools provided by that profile you can connect with friends, family, and business associates; as well as share your thoughts, pictures, music or links with the world. It gives you the opportunity to meet people from across the globe who also shares in the same interests as you. Facebook is the largest social media site with one out of seven people having a profile and only 16 percent of users are in the original age range of 18 to 22 with 50 percent of users over the age of 36 (Are Social Networking Sites Good for our Society?, 2013). Social media sites have become so entwined into the lives of people across the globe that so many have come to rely wholly upon them. With such a reliance on social media sites there is a difficulty to foresee what might happen when they don’t exist anymore. If you were to ask twenty different people what would happen if social networking sites disappeared tomorrow, you would get twenty different answers ranging from a complete collapse of humanity to not much change at all. Society surely would have a difficult time repairing itself after the removal of social media sites, but it wouldn’t dissolve completely. Social media has become...
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... Technologies and online communities What is the importance of social media in today’s society? How is it used and by whom? What would be the effect on society if social media were suddenly removed? Social media has gained importance by instantly connecting groups together to exchange thoughts and ideas on both current events and personal opinions. People can express their thoughts to anyone that chooses to log on and read what is posted. Given humans are social creatures this allows everyone to interact on a level that was previously unheard of and unimaginable. Nearly everybody has a Facebook account or follows Twitter and the numbers grow as more and more people gain comfort with the ability to converse online. It also allows a degree of anonymous contribution of thoughts and opinions that may not be otherwise accepted. In businesses, social media has allowed for transfer of information more rapidly and more widespread than previously available. Companies now are able to promote themselves more both within their area and outside the previous norm. In medicine for example, doctors can access information that they would have had to otherwise wait to be published in trade journals. This has been a boon to the medical community. Were social media to be removed, the effect on society would be one of immediate shock and similar to drug withdrawal. People have gotten hooked on the Internet and social media access very much like addiction to harmful drugs and the withdrawal...
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...Societal Impact of Pop Culture Western culture has always been influenced by ideas and content perceived as popular by others. The compilation of these cited works provide insights as to how social media and entertainment outlets continue to formulate perspectives and influence culture within western society as well as emerging global markets. The selected writings provide information specific to the societal impacts of watching TV, playing video games, and communication through social media networks. Bissell, Tom. "Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter” They Say I Say, The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing With Readings. 2nd ed. Ed. Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, and Russel Durst. New York: Norton, 2012. 349-362. Tom Bissell describes his personal experience playing the newly released video game Fallout 3 on November 4, 2008. Bissell expresses how he played the game for seven hours straight and missed watching the CNN International broadcast of the United Sates Presidential election results that occurred this same date. The remainder of the article Bissell describes the related game content and characteristics for which he expended his time. Bissell evaluates and provides specifics regarding the games atmospheric graphic elements, overall style, and in-game play intelligence. Bissell expresses that he is more interested in video games that tell stories. Bissell evaluates the differences between films and video games by which the player creates the game...
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...We’re all connected: The power of the social media ecosystem Richard Hanna a, Andrew Rohm a, Victoria L. Crittenden b,* a b College of Business Administration, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, U.S.A. Carroll School of Management, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, U.S.A. KEYWORDS Social media; Traditional media; Online ecosystems; Marketing communications; Marketing metrics; Consumer engagement and interaction Abstract Consumers are adopting increasingly active roles in co-creating marketing content with companies and their respective brands. In turn, companies and organizations are looking to online social marketing programs and campaigns in an effort to reach consumers where they ‘live’ online. However, the challenge facing many companies is that although they recognize the need to be active in social media, they do not truly understand how to do it effectively, what performance indicators they should be measuring, and how they should measure them. Further, as companies develop social media strategies, platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter are too often treated as stand-alone elements rather than part of an integrated system. This article offers a systematic way of understanding and conceptualizing online social media, as an ecosystem of related elements involving both digital and traditional media. We highlight a best-practice case study of an organization’s successful efforts to leverage social media in reaching an important audience of...
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