...Social Media Social networking sites have been around for quite a while now. “A social networking service is an online service which provides a platform for building social network or social relations among people. Social Networking is growing rapidly all over the world” (Deepa, p.1). It all started with MySpace, moved to Facebook, and now everyone’s addicted to Twitter. These social networking cites have their downfalls, but most definitely have positives that follow. “The popularity of social networking sites such as Face book. MySpace, Twitter LinkedIn, and Classmates.com more than quadrupled from 2005 in 2009. We are focusing on how these social networking sites are center of attraction in this new era of 21stcentury” (Deepa, p.1). MySpace, Twitter, and Facebook all give someone individuality to be who they want in front of a computer screen. These sites help shy people potentially come out of their shell little by little. These sites also allow people to meet and socialize with new people and create new friends. Some things that none of these sites tell you is if the person is real or not. Regardless of the name, picture, or mutual friends, you truly never know who is behind a computer screen. Many people aren’t as careful as they should be with talking to the random people they meet through the Internet and through these social networking sites. Social media is very addicting and will continue to be addicting with all the new additions they keep adding to all...
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...Cheryl Workman Communication with elderly people with disabilities can sometimes be difficult. Patients who has trouble speaking, makes it hard for the doctor or nurses to understand what the patients are trying to say. Patients with disabilities who has trouble hearing also makes it very difficult for the doctor and nurses to explain to the patient what the patient need to know or difficult asking how he or she feel. In this essay, it will explain the methods of communication when communicating with elderly, disable people; explain the advantage and disadvantages of traditional, electronic, and social media for health care communication; last, the effects of HIPPA and other regulations on the use of those media for health care communication. In the situation of displacing patients, the doctor or nurse must explain to the patients exactly what is going on. First thing as a health administrator of a nursing home, the administrator must notify the patient’s family member and explain to the member on what is going on. The administrator must explain why the patient is displaced and explain the new policies that the national group is implementing. Communicating with elderly, disable patients can be difficult and also a hassle. Patients who cannot hear can and cannot be difficult. Writing the information down on a piece of paper would be a helpful way to acknowledge the patient about what is...
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...Hum/176 - Week 4 Option #1: What are the advantages and disadvantages of social media? Social media has many advantages as well as disadvantages. On a positive aspect, social media can be used to build a community on either a personal level or even a business level. Different social media sites offer different features to their users. There are sites that can be used for advertising videos as well as photos. Some are a good source mainly to reach a worldwide connectivity. There is no faster way to reach people all over the world within minutes, like you can on social media sites. Having the ability to connect to others whom share personal interest and the ability to have real-time information sharing, also known as instant messaging is a feature that has become very convenient between users. There is no limit to how much advertising you can do; it all depends on how much time you are willing to put into it. The best part of it is that’s its free. Of course there is a downfall to social media sites. One that concerns a lot of people is the face-to-face connections. Not only is it very easy to create a persona or an image of who you want people to see, but that becomes a big problem with the younger generation today. Another major concern that falls in that category is the lack of interaction between one and other causing the younger generation to be deprived of learning how to develop ones social skills, maintain or build relationships that are necessary for future success...
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...Final Project: Business Writing Project XCOM285 Part 1 How to Use Social Media for Business The article is written for a business audience. The writers are addressing businesses or organizations by mentioning the benefits of social media. They address how social media can be used to find out what competitors are doing. The article mentions how businesses need to understand who their customers are. The purpose of the article is to inform the reader of the benefits and downfalls of social media. The benefits mentioned are how to build a company’s fan or customer base. The article informs the readers that social media is not a way to sell their fans but to understand what their fans or customer needs. The article serves a purpose to persuade. By addressing the benefits of social media they are forming a persuasive stance on social media and how it can help a business. The writer organizes the information in the article by providing topics of the do’s and don’ts. The writer first lists the don’ts of social media. She gives an explanation of what not to do with social media. She writes about the downfalls of what happens with fans or customers if a business does not pay attention to their social media account and to understand how to operate the account to benefit their business. The writer continues to list the benefits of social media by providing the understanding of how a social website can help a business grow their customer base. By understanding what...
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...Social Networking Danielle Morris Professor Virginia Booth INF 103: Computer Literacy April 16, 2014 Communication is an inevitable occurrence in life and is vital to building and maintaining relationships. Individuals typically interact with family, friends, and colleagues regularly. Previously, landline phones and postal mail were popular methods of communication that individuals and businesses relied on. These venues were used to relay information, engage in transactions, and keep in touch with friends and family. As technology advanced, new and innovate ways of communication emerged. Today, one popular means of communication is that of social networking. A social network can be a group of friends, colleagues, or other personal contacts that a person interacts with. While many benefits of social networking have been identified, there are also consequences that have emerged. Individuals of social networking groups typically share commonalities that create a bond between them. One of the most popular social networks is a site called Facebook. Here, individuals can stay in contact with friends, family, and even create business pages where they can advertise products and services. Individuals typically use Facebook as a means to stay in touch with friends and family, and update others on the changes and happenings of their life. Originally, Facebook was created with the intent of allowing college students the ability to interact with one another. It was a site where...
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...Hum/176 - Week 4 Option #1: What are the advantages and disadvantages of social media? Social media has many advantages as well as disadvantages. On a positive aspect, social media can be used to build a community on either a personal level or even a business level. Different social media sites offer different features to their users. There are sites that can be used for advertising videos as well as photos. Some are a good source mainly to reach a worldwide connectivity. There is no faster way to reach people all over the world within minutes, like you can on social media sites. Having the ability to connect to others whom share personal interest and the ability to have real-time information sharing, also known as instant messaging is a feature that has become very convenient between users. There is no limit to how much advertising you can do; it all depends on how much time you are willing to put into it. The best part of it is that’s its free. Of course there is a downfall to social media sites. One that concerns a lot of people is the face-to-face connections. Not only is it very easy to create a persona or an image of who you want people to see, but that becomes a big problem with the younger generation today. Another major concern that falls in that category is the lack of interaction between one and other causing the younger generation to be deprived of learning how to develop ones social skills, maintain or build relationships that are necessary for future success...
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...being an unbiased medium for the communication of information, the U.S. media plays an intricate role in shaping and controlling political opinions. Media is extremely powerful in the sense that without an adequately functioning media, it is virtually impossible for a sophisticated social structure like the U.S. Government to exist. All known sophisticated social structures have always been dependent upon the media’s ability to socialize. The U.S. government generally will exploit the media, often times manipulating the enormous power of the printed word. This exploitation ultimately empowers the U.S. government by strengthening it with the ability to determine and control the popular perception of reality. One way in which government achieves this objective is by misusing the media’s ability to set the agenda. Contrary to popular belief, the media is in fact an enormous power in society. Separate independent news organizations do not exist for the most part. Rather than creating an independent structured agenda of their own, smaller news organizations adapt to a prepared agenda, previously constructed by a higher medium. Based upon this information alone, it is quite apparent that media has the characteristics of a hierarchical rule. In order for the U.S. government to control and determine the public’s popular perception of reality, the government must shape and oversee the information that the media reports to the people. This particular process of democracy is known and...
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...contouring the same ideas of a nation and the use of distractions in the face of a nation’s downfall. The opening of “This is America” begins with the song of a chorus. This chorus can be seen as a nation that comes together as one, just as Troy Maxon’s nation in Fences joins as one to cope with their surrounding world. In both the song and the play, the story of a joint force of black people coming together for support is told. Despite the effort to achieve unity in both nations, each one faces problems. In the nation of “This is America”, gun violence tears apart the choir, while Troy’s inability to enjoy a sense of belonging in his nation tears his family...
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...Flaisher 2-10-2012 Political Undertones in The Human Centipede In general, film and media (more specifically, independent film and media) tend to revolve around a central theme of political and social undertones, which in turn create consumer value and worth. However, many times these undertones are not consciously processed and retained. This may be due to the fact that many do not approach such activities with eyes open to such undertones, or perhaps it is merely due to the depth of the given undertones themselves. Regardless, a lack of awareness does not correlate to a lack of existence. Whether it’s the institution of imperialism in Avatar, or the relation of the later Star Wars films to the U.S. wars in the Middle East, political and social slant remains a driving factor for producers, as it allows those very producers to preach their personal views through their work. While it may be easy to write many movies off as purely visual stimulation, many times it takes a keen eye to delve further into the reason the movie was made in the first place. This supposition can be pulled into play in the case of The Human Centipede, a graphic independent horror film written by Dutch filmmaker Tom Six. Despite the general presumption that the movie was produced for shock value and shock value alone, a deeper look into setting, themes, and casting reveals a film that holds much greater social value than recognized by most. The movie begins chronicling the ventures of two American...
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...concerns about the media sphere; that it’s too trivialised, too commercialised, too fragmented, that it relies too much on spectacle, and has caused citizens to become passive/apathetic. Focusing on the concept of audience, discuss one or more of McKee’s themes using an example from new and traditional media. As social groups and fragments naturally transform themselves parallel to the stages of the development of modern technology, the concept of audience will always in turn be the product of this environment. In the modern day world, one cannot help but question if the evolution of society has been accelerated in such a way partially due to the influence of the media sphere. Audiences are now more interactive in the media and public sphere in partnership with the Web 2.0 movement as a form of new media. Even though the new age media revolution has taken over the bigger part of our lives, the means of traditional media outlets such as television are more open to all the different societies that now exist. As the quality of media outbreaks dwindles and quantity is dangerously on the rise, the idea of commercialized and fragmented elements in our society is what we are subjected to within today’s media realm. Allan Mckee in his text The Public Sphere: An Introduction discusses these topics in depth as well as others in relation to the concept of audience and how the transformation of media has affected social behaviors. It is imperative to note that progressions in social transformation...
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...A Comparison of Traditional and Digital Relationships in Society According to the US Census Bureau, the census conducted in 2011 showed that 75.6 percent of all US households owned at least one or more computers, compared to the 1984 census statistic of 8.2 percent when every household was asked for the first time about computer ownership. These same facts are repeated when analyzing internet access. In the 2011 census 71.7 percent of all US households maintain an internet access account unlike the 18 percent of the 1997 census. With all the computer and internet usage around the world it creates changes to the traditional interpersonal relationships by turning them into a digital manifested relationship. Prior to the early 1900s almost all relationships were of a traditional fundamentalist thinking. Then during the industrial revolution with the invention of the telegraph and railroads relationships could grow farther apart but still remain in contact due to the distances and time required. The contact would still have to be choreographed to remain in contact. As technology sped up with the invention of the telephone and the internet so did the aspect of interpersonal relationships. What was limited one day was free the next with the ability to be able to keep people inter connected. Traditional relationships are constantly being adapted by technology and human needs, allowing for them to keep pace and adapt to the digital world. Basically in a traditional relationship requires...
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...A Qualitative Study on two Case Studies I. Disney makes a Comeback II. The Downfall of Uptown Letter of Transmittal 23 April, 2015 Ms. Rumana Ferdous Course instructor, Introduction to Business, Green Business School, Subject: Submission of Term Paper Dear Ma’am, With a great pleasure and interest here, we submit our report, which you have assigned us to prepare by today as a term paper. This report is focused on “Marketing strategy of Disney and Uptown cigarettes and their impacts”. Here we analyzed marketing strategy of those companies according to what we’ve learned through the whole term. Though we are in learning curve, this report has enabled us to gain insight into the core fact of marketing factors. It has been a unique experience to carry out such a research work. The contents provided in this report are all our own, though some information and references have been taken from different sources to facilitate our report. However, we will be glad to clarify any discrepancy that may arise. Finally, we would love to express our gratitude for your supportive thoughts and kind consideration in and outside the class. Yours Sincerely Md. Abdullah Al Noman - 151006021 Md. Kamrul Hasan - 151006011 Jewel Rana - 151006007 Rubana Islam Piya - 151006094 Acknowledgement We would like to use this opportunity to express our gratitude to everyone who supported us throughout the project of this...
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...its dark spots. In this essay, I contend that the disadvantages of internet are an important factor in humanity´s downfall. It is undeniable internet´s contribution to communication. With the appearance of the new technologies, possibilities are endless: from keeping in touch with relatives abroad to meeting new people and cultures. Indeed, the world is connected as ever. Then, why are the new generations lonelier? A study in 2014 from the Mental Health Foundation showed that “18-24 year old are four times as likely to feel lonely ‘most of the time’ as those aged over 70.” (The Telegraph, 2014). Though social media cannot make disappear the hard part of face to face communication—embarrassment, rejection and so on—, it is a way to avoid it. The problem is that the human beings need real contact non-provided by machines....
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...The crowd quickly swelled, and in the next few days, over a million people arrived, choking traffic in downtown Manila. The public's ability to coordinate such a massive and rapid response -- close to seven million text messages were sent that week -- so alarmed the country's legislators that they reversed course and allowed the evidence to be presented. Estrada's fate was sealed; by January 20, he was gone. The event marked the first time that social media had helped force out a national leader. Estrada himself blamed "the text-messaging generation" for his downfall. Since the rise of the Internet in the early 1990s, the world's networked population has grown from the low millions to the low billions. Over the same period, social media have become a fact of life for civil society worldwide, involving many actors -- regular citizens, activists, nongovernmental organizations, telecommunications firms, software providers, governments. This raises an obvious question for the U.S. government: How does the ubiquity of social media affect U.S. interests, and how should U.S. policy respond to it? As the communications landscape gets denser, more complex, and more participatory, the networked population is gaining greater access to information, more opportunities to engage in public speech, and an enhanced ability to undertake collective action. In the political arena, as the protests in Manila...
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...University of Phoenix Material Social Structure Matrix Part 1 – Social Roles and Status |Status |The two different statuses I hold are unemployed and being a mother and a student. Being unemployed | |Identify the different statuses you hold |would fall under ascribed. And being a mother and student would fall under achieved. | |in society, both ascribed and achieved. | | |Master Status |My mastery status in society would be a parent. | |Identify your master status in society. | | |Social Roles |My role as a parent is a very important responsibility. I have to always be a mother. Even when | |Describe the roles associated with the |times get tough. | |various statuses identified above. | | |Role conflict, strain, exit |I experienced a role conflict. I was hospitalized due to a gallblatter removal. It was unexpected. | |Discuss a time when you experienced |It was hard because I never had surgery before...
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