...the impact of and good or bad? Phones as means of communication lost its initial function years ago. There are more benefits of social media and smartphones technology then its harm to the public. Social media is a great source of communication. Social media and social networking are becoming the daily routine of millions of people all around the world, especially college student and some high school student and the new generation children. Phones have lost their primary function of communication after smartphones were invented. The impact of social media and smartphones is controversial and it has both pros and cons. Smartphones were invented to do multiple tasks on a single device essentially. It's an alternative to a desktop computer to smart devices a lot of people are moving from using desktop computers to using sub-compact smart devices such as smartphones and tablet, smartphones has its pros and cons. Smartphones can help people do multiple tasks at one time, with the newer software and technology people can do video chat other communication purposes, and even use other advance application such as online banking, advance calculator, and other useful application. After the invention of advance micro-processor and advance GPU, people can play extensive games on their smartphones that used to be played on a big desktop computer. As smartphones have these so many benefits that I mentioned above, smartphones also have its bad side and flaws to the social life of public. Recently...
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...everyone in this class has a social media account whether it be Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or snapchat these accounts can connect you to people all around the world but did you know that they also affect your learning ability and expose you to fraud and grave danger. Topic - The good the bad and the ugly of social media Credibility Statement – I use social media myself and I too fall victim to is benefits and dangers. Preview – In my speech I will talk about the overall positive and negative effects that social media has on people (Transition to the body of your speech should be included in Preview) Thesis Statement: People should manage their use of social media so they can be more productive and they can reap the benefits and avoid danger. BODY (3-5 Main Points) 1. The Good of Social Media a. The biggest benefit that social media offers the world is the ability to connect - include any citations b. Social networking sites spread information faster than any other media Over 50% of people learn about breaking news over social media - include any citations (Transition between points) 2. The Bad of Social Media a. Social Media can affect the overall learning process of Students who use social media while studying scored 20% lower on tests. b. Social networking lacks privacy and can expose users to government intrusions (Transition between points) 3. The Ugly of Social Media a. Spear Phishing...
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...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 trust people in the world. The one thing I believe that social media...
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...2Background of the study 1.3 Significance of the study CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND 1.1 Introduction Social media affects every individual especially for teenagers, whether it might be good or bad. But what does social media mean? It is internet-based software and interfaces that allow individuals to interact with one another, exchanging details about their lives such as biographical data, professional information, personal photos and up-to-the-minute thoughts. Teenagers nowadays are very fond of using social media; they are engage in using different websites like twitter, facebook, youtube,google and many more. Social media has been part of our life for many young people today they use these things for them to communicate with their friends or to their families who are in abroad and to have entertainment. But sometimes they abuse use of social media that they forgot to balance their studies. In seeking this study I would be able to identify the good and bad effects of social media towards the study of the youth today; if this thing really helps to every individual to achieve their goals in life, help them to improve their academic grades and help them to motivate in their studies. Social media has been part of the life of the new generation today sometimes they use it just for fun ,and to escape boredom that they tend to forget the proper use of social media towards their studies. It is a big help to every youth but also it is the cause of destruction; they choose to...
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...easily. Now computer is one of the best machines made by man, which can solve any problem and process any information in a second. Due to the development in computers technology, Internet has also become a part of it. Therefore, Social media like Facebook and Twitter has become a big part of our modern life. It can run in computers and any other devices like mobile, tablets so everybody can easily access it. Social media like Facebook is commonly used media to communicate and share information in social life, although it makes our life much easier it can be detrimental to high school students due to the chances of addiction, waste of time and other bad influence. Ivala and Gachago (20112).Writes in the article Social media for student engagement which suggest for the implementation of Facebook and blogs in ways that is likely to have a positive impact on student. Somehow from social media like Facebook high school student can learn new things in new and interesting way. Dixon and Brain (august, 2012). Says that social media is the creation and exchange of user generated content, student and teachers can share original content, enhancing the education conversation occurring through the school community. (Barefoot et al., 2009) describe the use of media tools to communicate with friend, family and teachers anywhere any time and they can get required information. Due to the no geographical boundary high school student can make friends anywhere in world and learn new culture and...
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...idiots.” Social media is used in so many ways for good, with things like communicating with people all around the world, easily sharing pictures with people anywhere. Social media has also brought many negatives with things like cyber bullying,posting nasty pictures without consent There are many benefits to the growing technology, there are also many downsides, one great downside is social media. Social media can be used for so much good but also so much pain. Social media plays a large role in the lives of people today, however it has come to society’s attention that it may not be good for people, not only mentally but behaviorally, for the reasons of it can influence bad decisions and or behavior,it has had an increase in bullying as well as becoming addictive to people of our society. Steubenville Rape Case In the small town of Steubenville,Ohio Big Red football is the main event. One August 11, YEAR, Ma’lik Richmond and Trent Mays are preparing for a night of partying after a Big Red Scrimmage, so is the unnamed girl. The anonymous girl is...
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...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 million people, and growing fast. It is the number one site used to connect with friends, musicians, companies. Facebook is also used to connect with people that a user may not normally connect with. Being able to find people with similar interests across the globe is now easily foreseeable. Another popular social media site, Twitter, can be described as a smaller Facebook, where users “tweet”...
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...Protecting Company Reputation, Image, and Identity Protecting Company Reputation, Image, and Identity Prepared for Dr. Robert B. Rogow College of Business and Technology Eastern Kentucky University Prepared by Kaitlyn Miles June 20, 2013 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Students at Eastern Kentucky University students would benefit from learning how to start, maintain, and improve a company’s reputation, image, and identity. Based on findings from interviews with executives and our secondary research, a good image and reputation keeps a company in business longer. This study was authorized by Dr. Faridah Awang. The conclusion that students would benefit from a course on creating, maintaining, and improving corporate reputation is based off of primary and secondary research. They primary research was collected through interviews with 6 business executives that answered a series of questions. Analysis of the data revealed: Reputation and Company Image: Social media is an incredible tool when it comes to maintaining reputation. It allows companies to easily promote themselves and get feedback from their customers. Employees are also a key element in contributing to company image. Employees and Company Image Training and previous experience allows employers to maintain a little bit of control over what type of employees they hire. Employees receive extensive and continuous training to make them the best employees they can be. Methods Used to Stand Out Against the Competition ...
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...Athletes has it rough, there are eyes on you all the time and one slip up can spend your life on the world wind. In the work place, someone will see an inappropriate post and tell one person then they tell another person then your boss finds out. In my paper I will be explaining how social media is a great thing but also a bad thing. Social Media can cause problems in the work place in all levels of competition. Should college athletes be able to use social media with some freedom? Should a post on Facebook three years ago hold you back on that promotion? Social Media can cause you to lose your spot on the starting team; there reputation is ruined and even get you fired in your type of business. Losing your starting spot to a rookie for your...
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...person through social media there are also consequences. Not all types of speech in social media are legal. These consequences whether good or bad are also because of how fast negative and positive speeches can spread through phrases and/or videos. The bright side of this is that not all parts of speech on social media can be used against someone since not everyone incites the same emotion towards the comments made. In other words, not everything seen or read on social media must have a face value. However, a free for all speech cannot be allowed in social media because it can lead to threats and bullying even if it seems as if it goes against the Constitutional Rights. Therefore, privacy is vital to our freedoms to communicate. Although, there is no need to maintain a privacy level if there is no form of danger towards the government or another person. Do to this, interference with the freedom of expression in any form of communication is not needed. Every individual has the right to express themselves freely without an issue if they know their limits because not every speech is good nor evil. Furthermore, it is difficult to decide what is right and what is not right to be on social media. For example, the good in having freedom of expression on social media is that you can express yourself in a bad way without using violent actions or in a good way making others feel good about themselves as well. The bad in having this freedom is that some people use social media to threat others...
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...Social media is something almost every person has and uses constantly. Students are distracted by phones and media all the time. It has been shown that grades are lower for students that use phones in school, rather than students that do not. Students that do not use phones in school tend to get better grades because they are paying attention to what they are learning in class, and not focusing on their phones or media. Students that use phones in class tend not to care about what they are being taught, or just cannot take their eyes away from whatever they are doing on their phones. Many young children also use social media and can end up being very unsafe. Online predators and scammers are able to get in touch with anyone who has social media. Children are more likely to get caught up in situations because they might not know what is going on, or who they are talking to behind the screen. Most children do not think about putting their accounts on private and allow anyone to see what they post, their...
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...Bad to the Bone… Or Not? Rousseau’s On the Social Contract introduced new and powerful ways the notion of the “consent of the governed” is important as opposed to the will of the state or ruler. It plays a huge role in what our society has become today because of the development of the modern principles of human rights that underlie contemporary conceptions of democracy. Many of the ideas that Rousseau found important to have in a government are ideas that are used today. Such as what was previously mentioned the idea of the consent of the governed, this can be seen in the opening line of the Constitution simply with, “We the people,” as well as in the amendments to the Constitution. To be able to understand this though, there must first be a common understanding about what people are naturally, good or bad. Based on class discussions and other sources, humans are naturally bad. The main topic that will be focused on throughout this reflection of Rousseau’s The Basic Political Writings is what humans are naturally, good or bad. This will be discussed through the relationship between On the Social Contract and herd mentality. Another big topic will be the problems with the application of On the Social Contract in social norms of today. Some side topics to think about within comparing the ideas are the idea of general will versus individual will, as well as intellectual development. Each of these plays a major role in the connection between On the Social Contract and herd mentality...
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...Aliyyah Simmons Social Media: An Educational Tool Educational Technology and Emerging Media Professor Jacqueline Cahill March 30, 2014 Table of Contents Social Media: An Educational Tool……………………………………………………………3 The Good vs. The Bad…………………………………………………………………….…3-5 Privacy and Security…………………………………………………………….……………5-6 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………….6 Social Media: An Educational Tool Nowadays social media has become an increasingly popular hobby for many students; therefore, teachers will most likely benefit from implementing it into their e-learning curriculum. There are several ways that social media can be applied in e-learning. The social media site Facebook can be used for students to share and post ideas and information, which can promote learning. Twitter can help students connect with each other while rallying around a topic or idea (Krutka & Milton, 2013). YouTube, my personal favorite, has so much free information that teachers can use it to support the lesson, and even podcasts are essential because they allow the students to connect to audio content over the web. So many wonderful lessons can be taught and developed using social media and though it may not be ideal or accepted by everyone, you cannot deny the positive effects social media can have on learning if implemented correctly (Faizi & El Afia, 2013). The Good vs. The Bad There are many good qualities that social media bring to the classroom learning experience. Oftentimes students...
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...it, Tweet, retweet, follow it and Snopes it. Social media, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snap Chat, Twitter. We put it all out there for all to see, all to use, all to access, but is it good, is it bad or somewhere in between? IMHO, (in my humble opinion), social media has been one of the biggest social changes in recent years. Social media from the functionalist perspective started out as a simple, straight forward idea. A method or methods for people to connect with others that are in your social circle, stay or get connected with family and friends and meet people with similar interests. These are intended positive consequences, the manifest functions, we can attribute to social...
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...Audrey Runner Media: Good or Evil? I can remember what it was like to watch television as a child, in the morning while eating cereal, and how it felt playing on my Nintendo 64 and believing that piece of technology to be “cutting edge”. I also remember from an early education stand point that as a class in kindergarten we were introduced to computers, and told we would need to know how to use these when we were older. In reality, I have been born and raised in an era where technology is viewed more as a machine and not as the thriving life source of our community as it is now. Today we have digital technology everywhere; in our pockets, in our homes, in our cars, for some - even in their glasses. We are never too far from our technology or the access to social media it possesses. Social media is taking over our world. Now is this a good or bad thing? My answer to that is it always has been and always will be – there is no wrong or right. Meaning that technology and media in itself has always been progressing and digital media is just another step. Today’s media is in an ever progressing state, and it will continue to grow; such is the nature of media and social relations in themselves. Technology today has given us the ability to interact with one another much differently than we have in the past, it also has reached new heights in our ability to share and distribute knowledge, but one of the biggest problems is that of the generation gap between the technologically savvy and...
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