SOCIAL MEDIA: BOON OR BANE? Roberto M. Macatuggal, Ph. D. Web 2. 0 has enabled web-based services, such as social networking sites, wikis, communication tools, etc. , that emphasize collaboration and sharing among users. This platform (Davis, 2012), described simply as the read/write web, allows users to be both consumers and producers of online content. It is an interactive two-way web; a place where everyday […]

Abstract Nowadays the main trend on the net is the rissing numbers of Social media Appilications, which all have a common factor. They all depend largely on the users-generated content in simle terms the users of the application. Users create the websites. The process of creating and adding content is a way of working which Italian autonomists call immaterial labor. An example of a social […]

Social media is the reason for many of the world’s problems and solutions. It can be used to raise awareness for an important cause, but it can also be used to spread hate. Do you ever wonder how much time per day the average American spends looking at a screen? Have you realized it has become harder to start a conversation, or keep a conversation […]

Can you get fired for what you post online? In October 2010, Mariana Cole-Rivera, a domestic violence advocate at the group Hipics United of Buffalo, began the Facebook thread that would get her fired. Cole-Rivera and four of her co-workers who’d responded to her post had lost their jobs. Their boss said their Facebook thread violated HUB’s harassment policy by disparaging a co-worker. The Facebook […]

The emergence of social media and its rapid growth has led to an interest in how society is affected by its existence. The matter of how social media relates to body image among woman has been significant and there is a vast amount of data on its connection. Past studies conducted by Holmstrom (2004), Grabe, Ward, & Hyde (2008) and Halliwell (2013) focused on how […]

Facebook the world. Since the beginning social networking sites, like Facebook has attracted several types of users, and in most cases, these people have incorporated these websites into their daily practices. While some sites support existing relationships, others help creating new relationships in different interests such as political views, religious, activities or even just gaming! While supporting Facebook on society is beneficial, one can find […]

Many social media sites display multiple advertisements such as banner ads, behavior ads (ads that target people on the basis of their Web-browsing behavior), and demographic-based ads (ads that target people on the basis of a specifc factor such as age, gender, education, marital status, etc) that infuence not only the buying tendencies of preadolescents and adolescents but also their views of what is normal. […]

Colleges will need to embrace these new communities in order to keep up with recruitment of the younger generations, student to student interaction, student to professor interaction. Backbone and Linked are some of the internet communities that we will need to embrace to encourage our recruitment and student interaction. Backbone has been around since 2004 and is still growing in popularity. Backbone gives you the […]

Title Examining the Use of Social Media and Its Impact on Corporate Commerce Assessment A, Part One – Evaluating the Pros and Cons of Different Social Media Sites Identify the pros and cons for each site. Blogger Con: Security – possible transmission of untrustworthy links Blogger Con: Too much information – public disclosure Blogger Con: Ability to post relevant, up-to-the-minute news and updates Blogger Pro: […]

In 2018, 70% of Internet users use Facebook, 40% use Instagram, and 25% use Twitter. Once you log onto a social media site, create your profile, and start to scroll through the seemingly endless page of posts, you’re hooked. Social media sites, designed to catch the user like a fish, are an amazing concept on the surface. They allow you to interact with friends and […]