...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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...Strong Comp. II 22 February 2015 McKie-Defeat or Defend Do you use any source of social media to share things with your “friends”? Is there someone whom you know to be a little questionable on your “friends” list? Are you using social media to create a network for future employment? The answer to these questions can help us better understand the unintended consequences for some of the personal information, which we choose to share through social media and the web. With the increased use of sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram there is a greater threat that the simple things you share on these sites can lead to catastrophic consequences in our lives. The information which you share can truly been seen by anyone. Yes you may have your privacy set where that only ‘friends’ can view things you post yet those ‘friends’ have the right to use the information you share anyway they want. What you post as a status, share from another site, and the pictures that you share of yourself or others can have unintended consequences for either yourself or that “friend”. The unintended consequences affect more than just our personal lives but the lives of our family members. Brad Stone describes the risks associated with sharing personal information on the web in “Web of Risks”, I will further defend his claim with cases where the consequence have been unexpected (Stanley). Information shared on social media sites can render criminal charges brought upon you, used to bring criminal charges...
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...because they want to be accepted by others in their age group and peer pressure. The importance of peers and media in middle childhood and adolescence can influence them to have risky sexual behaviors. Due to the need for acceptance during adolescents, children are more likely to act upon certain risky behaviors they wouldn't otherwise act upon. The media is the biggest influence in adolescents that promotes sexual behavior. Sexual explicit behavior affects an adolescent by initiating early sexual tensions and leading to drastic consequences they aren't ready to accept. The Need for Acceptance Adolescence is a time when children are trying to understand their identity in their society. As most of their time is spent in school, children feel like they need a sense of acceptance and belonging in a particular peer group. The need for this recognition leads them to make certain choices; they feel like they need change their attire, how they talk, and how they behave so they can be accepted into a group. Certain groups have higher expectations and joining them increases social statuses, adolescents get too...
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...Use of Social Media in the Workplace Executive Summary With the growing number of social media-related lawsuits happened in Canada, many employers have to find how to create efficient and effective social media policies for their companies. I am a student in a course called Advanced Written Communication, which is one of my third year courses in Bachelor of Business Administration program. As a business student, I am also interested in this problem. From the research, I find some social media-related cases and some privacy legislations in Canada. They warn both employers and employees that it is necessary to have enough legal and security knowledge. Employers should create media policies based on Canada’s laws, and employees also should carefully use social media in the workplace according to company’s policies. In addition, I find a fact that numerous companies in Canada and United States ban social media at work. However, this will alienate new employees who like social media, and make old employees feel unhappy. Thus, to create efficient and effective social media policies, a list of useful points are provided at the end. 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Purpose We will analyze cases of using social media in the workplace, consider the effect of Canada’s related laws, and finally find out how to create efficient and effective social media policies for the company. 1.2 Problems When Creating Social Media Policies In recent years, social media has become an important...
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...Social Media Impact on Society The sites offering the services of social media including LinkedIn, MySpace, Facebook and many others are avenues of connection to any one of wish. Many people browse the social media sites and connect to other people in the global community. The explosion of social media has been a focus of interest to all classes of people in the society with teens being given the opportunity to benefit through interaction with their fellow teens together with adults. With the use of enhanced communications availed in social media, it is predictable that cultural knowledge together with the social skills are to be augmented among the teens for their positive benefit. In addition, people have been empowered to make friend much easier. It is possible to make instant conversations with friends at any place and time. The world has thus become a global village with people being able to share ideas thus enhancing diversity (Thomas, 123-145). However, social media has negative effects as well. It is not possible to determine if a relationship developed over social media is meaningful. Many casual relationships have been nurtured through social media and in due course, some have been a source of misery to many people. Social media has been used by predators to advance negative actions to vulnerable people such as kids. Most of them have become victims of cyber-bullying and made to undergo terror experiences under the watch of their parents and peers. The consequence...
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...Introduction: For most people, social media sites like Twitter and Facebook are harmless platforms for social interaction and personal expression. For others, social networking has become more than an entertaining site; it has become an increasing compulsion. The question is – can a person really become addicted to social media? Body There is a scaring fact revealed by University of Chicago that Social Media to be even more addictive than cigarettes & alcohol. So, what is social media addiction and why it becomes our threat in this social world? 1. Definition of social media addiction Social media addiction happens when people are glued to their tablets and cellphones. They are constantly updating their status on social networking and checking out the videos and photos uploaded by their virtual friends. They have more friends online than in the real work. This negative development can have far reaching consequences. 2. Consequences Spending too much time online could lead to loneliness, social isolation and negative outlook. These types of psychological symptoms could eventually lead to more serious health concerns, such as dementia, heart diseases and cancer. It also can affect people personal life: They find it difficult to communicate with their family, neighbors. They struggle with virtual relationship. 3. How to defeat social media addiction • Limit the number of social network you use • Cull your network: Don’t feel obligated to friend...
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...Social Media: Freedom of Expression or Freedom to Bully? Social media has come a long way during the last few decade, and the improvement of technology has made everything online easier to manage. Social media is meant as a valuable outlet for freedom of expression, but is widely abused in order to bully and threaten others without any fear. The purpose of this research paper is to show how online bullying goes a long way, and hurts others in the long run. Bullies get online and let out their hatred/frustration on victims, without the confrontation, and without the immediate consequences. There are many ways that social media is more widely used as a weapon and some of the reasons are, bullying online can lead to depression/anxiety, even to suicide, and the bullies are able to hide behind a keyboard and threaten others with no consequences. We expect the internet to be safe and a reliable source to express ourselves, yet others use it as a scapegoat to bully others and create an environment where others don’t feel safe. From personal experiences, facts, statistics, and the words of experts, social media has been deemed an unfit outlet for teens because they use it to freely express their hatred towards others, with little to no consequence. There are many facts that prove how social media is used for seemingly inappropriate behavior towards others, and making the internet as a whole a place to ruin other people’s lives. Doing research on this topic was really...
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...Uses and Gratifications: Development and Basic Tenets Research into the reasons why individuals use mass media dates back more than 50 years. Early forms of gratifications research attempted to understand why people used certain media content. In the process, it explored the functions of the media and the role of the audiences' needs and expectations (e.g., Herzog, 1940; Lazarsfeld & Stanton, 1941; Lazarsfeld & Stanton, 1949). These early studies preceded any formal conceptualization of the uses and gratifications paradigm later proposed by Katz, Blumler and Gurevitch (1974) and Rosengren (1974). Instead of asking what effects the media have on individuals and collective audience behavior, the questions were, what are people seeking and what do they believe they are deriving from mass media? According to Katz (1959), "it is the program that asks the question, not 'What do the media do to people?,' but 'What do people do with the media?'" (p. 2). In more familiar terms, "Ask not what the media can do to people, but what the people can do with media." The uses and gratifications paradigm provides one way of conceptualizing the relationship between the producer of messages (sender) and the audience (receiver). It presents a departure from the powerful (direct) effects models of communication research that dominated the field of communication between 1930-1960 and to some extent still dominates the field today. Volumes three and four of the Journal of Communication...
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...than 170 teen poison reports for ingesting Tide Pods, but is this the web sites fault. Many people think that social media is to blame for all of these dangerous acts but social media isn't making you do this. Social media is a place for people to be creative not to post things that are dangerous. People have been doing dangerous stunts way before social media, so why are people blaming social media when it's the people doing the stunts fault. First of all, many people have been banning there kids from watching youtube because of the dangerous things they see. Social media was made for the users to be creative and show who they are not to eat laundry pods. Many kids go on youtube to find how to make slime videos or how to play twinkle twinkle on the piano. These kids don't want to see how many tide pods they can fit in there mouths or if they can eat a spoonful of just cinnamon. Also the creators on social media are posting because they think it's fun to show people how to make something or just making a funny video. Now that parent think it's dangerous to let their kids on social media because of dangerous videos what is happening to the how to cook videos that do no harm....
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...Harnessing The Power Of Social Media In International Relations – Analysis March 31, 2011 By ISN Insights Twitter may be just another way of sharing inane chatter, but if you have written the service off, think again. Social media has emerged as a powerful new tool in international relations, and it deserves closer attention. By Fergus Hanson for ISN Insights The wonderful and frightening thing about social media and Web 2.0 technologies is that their consequences are so unpredictable. When Jack Dorsey launched Twitter in 2006, did he envisage that the medium would end up playing a role in the attempted overthrow of the regime in Tehran? Did Mark Zuckerberg foresee Facebook being used by activists to help rally support for regime change across the Middle East when he was busy writing code in his college dorm room? The stunning and exciting role social media is beginning to play in our lives has sparked a fierce debate over the power of social media in international relations. Because the landscape is still so chaotic and uncertain, the debate has really only just begun. Fear of the new For many, the idea that anything meaningful can come out of a 140 character message (called a ‘tweet’) is preposterous. Suggesting these social, interactive media are stirring or enabling popular uprisings or even revolutions is heretic. Unsurprisingly there have been plenty of people willing to step in and ridicule any suggestion that these and other social media platforms are somehow having...
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...Media and Its Responsibilities Samantha Shuman Soc120: Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility David Strand June 7, 2015 Media and Its Responsibilities Growing up we are told that lying is bad and that telling the truth no matter the consequence is always the right thing to do. As we grow up we learn the difference between a bold faced lie, which always causes more damage than telling the truth, and a little white lie, which usually causes little to no harm. For example lying about stealing money from your dads’ wallet and blaming it on someone else is a bold faced lie and the other person usually faces consequences that they don’t deserve. Telling your three year daughter she looks beautiful when she has mismatched clothes and blue eyeshadow all over her face is a little white lie that is harmful to both parties involved. This is how the media portrays itself to the public whether it is on the internet, newspaper/magazine cover or on television. The whole truth is always told regardless of the outcome; the deontological approach, or half of the truth is told to benefit the greater amount of the public; the utilitarianism approach, just because the media feels that they don’t need to know the harsh reality of what is really going on. The reasoning behind the approach being used would be emotivism, which is basing ones moral decisions on ones feelings or emotions, so basically how that person feels about the given situation. The media is how people normally...
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...examples of the work of sociologists in media analysis. It takes a number of surveys conducted in the past and analyses them from the sociological point of view and determines their significance. The route between sociology and mass communication seems to be a one-way street. This is surprising because the exercise of social power, the mediation of social relations, the reproduction of society and culture, and the organisation of social experience are significant in sociology and media studies. (Sociology has a lot to say about the media and the media very little to say about Sociology.) The sociological study of communication is an attempt to answer the simple question of ‘who says what, in which channel, to whom and with what effect?’ This definition implies overt intention, avowed purpose, and communicative efficiency. However, some sociologists take the view that a greater emphasis on the role of society and external social forces in defining the roles of ‘sender’ and receiver’ is more appropriate. The former view further assumes that messages are as much received as sent and that motives for receiving are as significant as motives for sending. Thirdly, it further assumes the media are not neutral but complex social institutions with motives. Fourthly, messages are sent by media that have encoded purposes with many possible interpretations of origin and function. Developments Of Theory: Directions of change are occurring in media theory summarised as; radical subjective...
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...Social Media: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Truth. The very first electronic mail was sent in 1971 but in just over 40 years, social media has become a global phenomenon. Social media are websites or applications that allow people to share their ideas, thoughts and feelings through mediums like photos, music and videos. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Ask.fm are just a few examples of such platforms. Social media has made the world a smaller place with just a click of a few buttons. One could literally do anything, such as, posting photos, making videos or exchanging ideas. Furthermore, through social media, one can also readily share ideas and easily communicate with people around the globe. With the convenience and accessibility it brings, social media may seem like a great invention, but the awful truth is that excessive use of social media can be addictive. This essay will discuss how people’s dependence of social media would cause problems like addictive behavior that are similar to drugs and alcohol addiction, antisocial behavior, and lastly, the mental state of the user. Inordinate use of social media can cause severe ramifications. However, when used with restraint, social media could be a convenient way for people to communicate easily with one another anywhere and everywhere. For example, according to CASAColumbia (2014), more than seventeen million teenagers log into social media sites each day to update their statuses or upload a photo. On average, out of this seventeen...
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...Health and Social Care Pearson BTEC HND Diploma in Health and Social Care Individual Assignment Name: Date of Submission: ………………………. Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care Pearson BTEC HND Diploma in Health and Social Care Individual Assignment Name: Date of Submission: ………………………. Contents INTRODUCTION 3 1. TASK 1 - LO1 (Information Pack) – The link between Information and Health & Social Care 4 1.1 AC 1.1 – Ways in which information reaches the public domain 4 1.2 AC 1.2 – Dissemination techniques used to analyse health and social care information 5 1.3 AC 1.3 – How do the different ways in which health and social care information is presented influence the attitudes, thoughts and behaviour of people 6 2. TASK 2 – LO2 – Analysis of a case study where a health related Moral Panic was created by the media 7 2.1 America's Moral Panic over Obesity 7 2.2 Assessing the accuracy and validity of health and social care information presented in the media 8 4. TASK 4 – Contemporary Issue – UK National Health Service crisis of 2015 9 4.1 To what extent does the local attitude reflect those found at a national level 9 4.2 Evaluation of the validity of public attitudes and behavior in relation to NHS UK 10 4.3 Justification of the possible consequence of contemporary thinking in the health and social care provisions and services industry 10 5. CONCLUSION 11 6. REFERENCES 12 INTRODUCTION Health and Social Care is generally...
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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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