...Social media is an inevitable reality to the high-tech, innovative American society. Even non-users are somewhat educated on the topic of social media due to its prevalence among citizens, businesses, and news sources. This popularity has fueled debate over whether or not social media is helpful or harmful to the American public. People who believe social media is helpful boast many benefits to its usage. Police departments are able to transmit useful information to the public and harvest tips that can be life-saving. It is also improving the quality of school work due to the effortless connection among students that social media administers. Moreover, social media enhances the quality, quantity, and access of news compared to times before...
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...Social Media and Our Children Crystal Y. Mays Liberty University Abstract Social Media today has confronted our youth with different entertainment environments than the one experienced by their parents and grandparents. Today children live in a world that provides various social network resources, like cell phones, Ipods, Ipads, and notebooks, that makes it possible to connect to social networks at any time. Technology is everything to them because they communicate, live and socialize through and with it. It can provide a great opening for children to develop cognitive, social and language skills, but because they are so captivated by the vast products and many programs offered they are missing this opportunity. Social media has also become a very lucrative playing ground for predators, either sexual or bullies to prey on vulnerable and please seeking boys and girls. The power of technology has created a new monster called cyberbully who has the ability to reach out and manifest harm and danger to their targets very easily. Parents can commit to enforcing technology education and monitoring to help their children make a successful tool to access for their advancement and also take the correct defensive measures to protect them from the many dangers. Social Media and Our Children Social media has vastly evolved over the last decade. It has become a vital ingredient of our personal as well as our professional lives. Social media is a key component of practically every...
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...Social networking powerful tool to promote good health (NaturalNews) The power of social networking to connect friends and help businesses connect with existing and potential clientele continues to be a driving force in today's world because of its incredible success. But how can social networking work to promote better health? The National Institutes of Health (NIH) believes that if people promote healthy lifestyles within their social networks, public health as a whole will significantly improve. Recent studies have shown that people's behaviors rub off onto their friends. Bad habits like smoking and overeating are contagious, say many researchers. But so are good behaviors like eating healthy, exercising and getting good rest, which is why NIH is offering funding to scientists willing to work on improving public health through social networking. "We've come to realize more and more that how people live and function in social networks is really important to health," explained Deborah Olster, acting director of the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at NIH. Several researchers have already come up with creative ideas to promote better health through social networks. Dr. Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School believes that creating artificial social groups around things like losing weight or eating better will help to encourage unhealthy people to improve their lifestyles. Christakis also suggests using social group "leaders" to influence their...
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...Social media post differences between genders Student Name Affiliate of the University Social media post differences between genders Part One: Effects of social media The use of sites of social network has become a worldwide phenomenon, and it has attracted a vast population of people from all corners of the world. Due to the effects of social media, several changes have occurred in the lives of the individuals who use the social media (Myers, 2011). The people who use social media come from different ages, education levels, and ages as well. Apart from day to day checking of emails, reading the newspapers and forums online, or following the tools of instant message, an extensive population now checks their social networks as well. On the social network, they follow the status changes to other people, update their status or look at the profiles of other people. It has been observed through studies that most of the people usually connect to the sites of social network at least once in a day, to have a look at their profile or to take part in various activities online (LaSalle, 2006). People usually use the sites of social network for distinct number of reasons. These reasons include allowing faster updating, ease of use, reflecting on daily life, supporting the informal learning processes as well as sharing and analyzing the information that continuously increase. Other reasons include the establishment and maintenance of the spontaneous social contacts and relationships...
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... Evaluation of Technology Impact on Higher Education The important role played by ICT (Information and Communication Technology) in today’s world cannot be denied by anyone, whether it is in the corporate world, social, home and so on. Technology has changed the way on how universities teach and how the students learn. The advancement and pervasiveness of ICT in the 21st century and in the world today means that many nations have been relying on technology to handle and address many arising challenges faced in the education field. Some literature reviews were done in this paper where we would look into the needs of learners today, what and how they learn, how ICT could be used in learning, the new culture of learning through online learning and virtual classroom, how e-learning was accepted among the learners and what were the barriers to ICT implementation in higher education institutions. Introduction Peter and Hong (2011) pointed out that in the past few decades; there have been great changes in education, especially to those economical advanced countries. The arising issues of massification, internationalization, diversification and marketisation in higher education were brought about by political, economical and social changes as well as the globalization and global economic crisis. These issues had resulted in the increase in the number of students and demands for higher education, the number and type of higher education providers and concerns...
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...Social Media, Do They Really Make Us More Social? In today's society, many people of all ages use social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Instagram, and many more through their phones and computers. These social networking sites allow people to find, connect, and have relationships with just about anyone, from a classmate in your English 101 class to the pretty girl or boy you just met in last night's party. Browsing these sites can make you feel connected with others, but such easy, casual connection in an electronic environment has its downside. These social networking sites do not improve the social lives of people, but instead, these sites ruin the social lives of people by creating false sense of connection, bullying, having less privacy, and decreasing people's productivity from the real-world. Ironically, social media sites do not make the social lives of people better. They isolate people from society and causes people to have difficulty communicating with others in the real-world. It is because the bonds that people have online are fake which creates false sense of connection or relationship causing people to struggle communicating with others in the real-world. "It’s true that by eliminating barriers like geography, time of the day, and physical availability for a conversation, these social media make it easier and quicker for people to remain in contact and have relationships with other people"("All this social media might be making...
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...transmitted diseases, trauma. d) Emotional/psychological abuse: Low self-esteem, withdrawal, depression/isolation. e) Financial/material abuse: Sudden loss of assets, unexplained inability to pay bills. f) Modern slavery: Signs of physical or emotional abuse, restriction of movement. g) Discriminatory abuse: Signs of distress, withdrawal, low self-esteem. h) Institutional/organizational abuse: Poor care standards, and lack of respect for dignity. i) Self-neglect: Poor personal hygiene, and unsanitary living conditions. j) Neglect by others: Malnutrition, untreated medical conditions, poor hygiene. 2.2 Describe factors that may contribute to an individual being more vulnerable to abuse. Dependency on others for care; Isolation: Keeping away from social or physical gatherings, including family. Communication barriers: Where individuals are not able to express themselves. Lack of mental capacity: Where individuals are unable to make decisions. Environmental factors such as living in a care home or hospital. 3.1 Explain the actions to take if there are suspicions that an individual is being abused. The suspicions must be reported to a supervisor or safeguarding officer, then follow-up with the organisational policies on safeguarding and abuse, then ensure accurate, detailed, and prompt documentation of the incident. 3.2 Explain the actions to take if an individual alleges that they are being abused. The first step is to listen carefully to the victim, offer them support but do not promise...
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...Bullying at School What is Bullying and How Does It Differ in Boys and Girls? What is bullying?1 * An intentional act. The child who bullies wants to harm the victim; it is no accident. * Characterized by repeat occurrences. Bullying is not generally considered a random act, nor a single incident. * A power differential. A fight between two kids of equal power is not bullying; bullying is a fight where the child who bullies has some advantage or power over the child who is victimized. Strategies students use to bully others:1 * Physical - hitting, kicking, beating up, pushing, spitting, property damage, and/or theft. * Verbal - teasing, mocking, name calling, verbal humiliation, verbal intimidation, threats, coercion, extortion, and/or racist, sexist or homophobic taunts. * Social - gossip, rumor spreading, embarrassment, alienation or exclusion from the group, and/or setting the other up to take the blame. * Cyber or electronic - using the Internet, email or text messaging to threaten, hurt, single out, embarrass, spread rumors, and/or reveal secrets about others. Bullying and gender:2 * Boys tend to be physically aggressive. * Boys may be more accepting of bullying than girls. * Boys are more likely to both bully and be bullied than girls. * Girls tend to bully other girls indirectly through peer groups. Rather than bully a targeted child directly, girls more often share with others hurtful information about the targeted child...
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...Social Networks: Changing Society Social networks are changing society’s attitude towards personal interactions due to their accessibility, variety and overall appeal to all age groups. When using social networks for daily interactions, we communicate with two main groups or networks. The first group is close friends and family, with whom we share our most intimate side and the second group is colleagues and associates at work (Bowles, 2013). When interacting online with the first group, we use Facebook, the most popular Web 2.0 social network, with over one billion users (Bowles, 2013). Timelines, Activity Logs, and News Feeds allow daily activities to be shared, keeping friends connected in a way never before possible. With the addition of Graph Search, users will be able to find friends who have visited a location or liked a topic. Facebook, however, considers the Timeline and News Feed options the two central “pillars” of the site (Bowles, 2013). Google has introduced Google+ to compete with Facebook and is set up to separate contacts into “circles” which targets a certain audience and streamlines information posted (Bowles, 2103). To interact with the second group, LinkedIn, with 175 million members as of 2012, is used to share skills worldwide, search for employment, recruit, and assist entrepreneurs in advertising goods or services (Bowles, 2013). LinkedIn is profile based; however, it reads more like a resume. LinkedIn is a tiered system with the main tier...
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...The impact of Social Media Addiction on an Individual’s Social Life & Mental Health and the factors that causes Social Media Addiction Anku Sherpa ACADEMIC YEAR 2014 Data Driven Decision Making Stamford International University ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to understand the factors that causes Social media addiction and the impacts of Social media addiction on the social life and mental health of its users. The research will be conducted amongst users of Social media in Thailand and will highlight whether Socio Demographic factors such as age, gender, level of education and marital status influence Social media addiction. The respondents for the study will be chosen through non probability – convenience sampling and the research will focus on only quantitative approach. Lastly, the research study will also attempt to illustrate whether there is a relationship between Social media addiction and Human interaction and Mental health. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This Thesis would not have been completed with the continual support of our facilitator Dr. Apitep Saekow and we would like to thank him for his continued support and guidance throughout the writing of this research study. Our sincere gratitude also towards the Stamford International University for providing us with an opportunity to conduct this research and providing us with the necessary resources through the Stamford Library. Our Special thanks also goes out to all our friends who helped us...
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...The 2nd Indonesia International Conference on Human Capital and Knowledge Management (IC-HCKM 2015) Transition of Malaysia towards Knowledge Society by 2020: Ethical Consideration on the Use of Electronic Gadget in Malaysia Schools Nalni Devi Subramainama, Amizah Mohd Taffy Ganb, Devakumaran Rajamohanc a,b,c Master in Engineering Business Management Razak School of Engineering and Advanced Technology Universiti Teknologi Malaysia International Campus Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Abstract Due to demands to full fill necessity of K-economy towards Vision 2020, Malaysia is now on the race to create more Information Technology (IT) literate. Education sector has been targeted to be an introduction sector to implement Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools to advance learning and teaching processes. As such, Government of Malaysia has been working on few strategies to introduce electronic gadget applications in Malaysian schools to improve quality of education inclusively. In this study, we have conducted a survey to study the needs and acceptability of electronic gadgets such as mobile phones in schools, then analyzed outcome of survey accordingly. The result of the survey shows level of acceptance on the use of electronic gadget in schools and ethical consideration has been considered to decide best decision to overcome its negative impacts. Based on ethical consideration, the use of electronic gadgets in schools should be permitted as it brings more...
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...established, now known as American Counseling Association (ACA). In 1952 The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) was established. In 1958 the National Defense Education Act was passed, which increased training and hiring of school counselors. In 1964 NDEA Title A was passed, providing counseling to elementary schools. In 1997 ASCA published their National Standards, providing benchmarks for student’s competency in academic, career, and personal/social domains. In 2003 the ASCA National Model was published as a framework for school counseling programs it was revised in 2005 and 2012 (Erford, 2015). The collaborative model of school counseling is a cooperative process where the school counselor “helps others in the school community to think through problems and to develop skills that make them more effective in working with student” (Erford, 2015, p.35). Through this model the school counselor partners with parents, educators, and community resources and organizations to promote the career, academic, and personal/social development of all students. The role of the professional school counselor is evolving to a new vision, in which the school counselor focuses on the whole school not just individual student concerns, a focus on student academics and student achievement. School counselors are focusing using data to create programs, involvement...
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...INTRODUCTION Social networking consists of wide and diverse issues which concern the lives of individuals resulting to the blast of online socializing. Due to the impacts it caused to the public, this research paper tackled about the effects of social networking and its influence to the society. It also includes the issues about the threats and security of the social networks as well as the changing behaviours of people caused by the growing popularity of social networking. Remember the early days before the online interaction all over the world knocks on the door of every being when everything is basic and simple. The ability to communicate and stay connected across the planet has fostered and altered the existence of every individual. This research aims to know and to stay focus on what is life in the world of social networking. Despite the thousands of miles being apart people still manage to keep in touch by just logging in to a social site. Online social networks are the reason behind the connections and interactions between people based on common interests. However, more people were complaining about the threats and security of social networking. Others were complementing about what it could offer. From own personal purposes to school activities, to business promoting to politics campaign, social networking is always involve. This research will also cover the impacts of social networking to our society. This is conducted to be able to know its harmful and beneficial...
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...November, 2009 Disclaimer: This document represents part of the author’s study programme while at the Institute of Social Studies. The views stated therein are those of the author and not necessarily those of the Institute. Research papers are not made available for circulation outside of the Institute. Inquiries: Postal address: Institute of Social Studies P.O. Box 29776 2502 LT The Hague The Netherlands Kortenaerkade 12 2518 AX The Hague The Netherlands +31 70 426 0460 +31 70 426 0799 Location: Telephone: Fax: ii Contents Acknowledgments List of Figures List of Acronyms Abstract Key Words Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 The Filipino Youth and Media in Recent Philippine History The Marcos Regime: Youth in the Streets The 1986 People Power: The Culmination of Protests The Post-1986 Youth: Disengaged or Disillusioned? People Power II: The Rise of GenTxt Postscript 2001: ‘People Power Fatigue?’ Media and Technology: Expanding Youth Spaces 1.2 Research Objectives and Questions 1.3 Case Studies Philippine Educational Theater Organization (PETA) Dakila RockEd Philippines 1.5 Methodology 1.6 Scope and Limitations of the Study Chapter 2 Analytical Framework 2.1 Youth, Citizenship and Popular Culture Conceptualizing Youth and Generation Democractic Participation and Citizenship Popular Culture: Arts, Media and the Youth Chapter 3 Art against Apathy, Media for...
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...ETHICS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Third Edition This page intentionally left blank ETHICS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Third Edition George W. Reynolds Australia • Brazil • Japan • Korea • Mexico • Singapore • Spain • United Kingdom • United States Ethics in Information Technology, Third Edition by George W. Reynolds VP/Editorial Director: Jack Calhoun Publisher: Joe Sabatino Senior Acquisitions Editor: Charles McCormick Jr. Senior Product Manager: Kate Hennessy Mason Development Editor: Mary Pat Shaffer Editorial Assistant: Nora Heink Marketing Manager: Bryant Chrzan Marketing Coordinator: Suellen Ruttkay Content Product Manager: Jennifer Feltri Senior Art Director: Stacy Jenkins Shirley Cover Designer: Itzhack Shelomi Cover Image: iStock Images Technology Project Manager: Chris Valentine Manufacturing Coordinator: Julio Esperas Copyeditor: Green Pen Quality Assurance Proofreader: Suzanne Huizenga Indexer: Alexandra Nickerson Composition: Pre-Press PMG © 2010 Course Technology, Cengage Learning ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright herein may be reproduced, transmitted, stored or used in any form or by any means graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including but not limited to photocopying, recording, scanning, digitizing, taping, Web distribution, information networks, or information storage and retrieval systems, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without the prior written permission...
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