...Social Media Reshonda Brewster HUM/186 Anthony DeBonis July 15, 2013 Social Media Social media is the new revolution of this century since the Internet was developed. One may ask what social media is. Social media is a place where people socialize on the Internet. The Internet has changed the way people communicate, whether it is face time, through e-mails, reading books, receiving news; it shapes influences every aspect of a their lives. Social media has changed the way communication is delivered and received. Prior to social media, one can only get their daily news from the television or the radio with no way of the person receiving the information to share his or her thoughts. With social media, communication can be given and receive feedback. Social media has birth sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, You Tube, Instagram, Flickr, and Digg, to name a few . There are advantages and disadvantages of social media. As one reads on, he or she will discover the advantages and disadvantages of easily obtainable information through social media, how this information will alter how a person will use social media, and the credibility issues that may arise from the information that is found on the Internet. The Advantages and Disadvantages of Social Media Social media and networking is a part of many people daily life. Whether it is gaming, socializing, promoting, or joining discussions social media is a platform where there are advantages and disadvantages...
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...person who has influenced me the most in my life is my mentor, Stanley (Stan) King, CPA. He is the reason why I am a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) today. I have known him all of my life and have admired him as long as I can remember. Stan is known as a man of great integrity and credibility. In the Leadership Challenge book1, it discusses what people look most for in a leader is someone who is honest, forward-looking, inspiring and competent. Stan has all of these qualities and characteristics which is why he is well respected among his peers, subordinates and those who know him. I feel as though Stan has both types of leadership characteristics; transitional and transformational. Stan is the type of person who helps others by creating options, opportunities, building commitment and facilitating relationships. I think that he has a charismatic way of inspiring others to achieve and succeed. He treats others with respect regardless of their position. He is very confident in his own abilities and not afraid when to let people know he does not know the answer. If he does not know the answer, he will try find it let you know about it and provide the resource for your records. This is a form of credibility and developing competence not only for himself but for others as well. As a leader, below are the areas in the leadership scorecard that I believe Stan rates: 1 Kouzes, J. & Posner, B. (2008). The leadership challenge (4th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. LEADER PROFILE Leadership...
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...Travel formed to help travel agencies with foreign, international, and group trips. In 1986, Allied Travel merged with Percival Tours to form Allied Percival International (API), joining the best travel agents in the country. Virtuoso is the travel industry’s leading luxury network. This organization includes more than 330 agencies with 7,200 elite Advisors in 20 countries throughout North and South America, the Caribbean, Australia, and New Zealand. Travelers who use Virtuoso’s Advisors get access to more than 1,300 of the world’s premier travel providers, as well as exclusive services, experiences, and products. In 2000, API was rebranded Virtuoso, and has since become the leading travel network in the world. Major Social networks and Minor Social networks Media | No. of posts | No. of Followers | Types of content | Level of engagement with the audience | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Facebook | 25-57 for summertime within four years from 2010 to 2013 | 12,094 | Photos and videos of destinations with a descriptions, everyday promotions, links to pages related to travel, contests announcements | High as posts always shared and commented. However, post schedule is not regular: one day company posts every day, the other day once in two-three days. | Pinterest | 139 | 417 | Pictures and catalogues of different destination Virtuoso provides | Low level of engagement. Pictures provided get no more than 9 shares, some of them even don’t have them. Pictures rarely liked and commented....
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...Information that intruders find useful includes which hardware and software is utilized, system configuration, type of network connections, phone numbers, and access and authentication procedures. Security-related information can enable unauthorized individuals to access important files and programs, thus compromising the security of the system. Examples of important information are passwords, access control files and keys, personnel information, and encryption algorithms. No one on the internet is immune. Identity theft can affect anyone. The consequences of a break-in cover a broad range of possibilities: a minor loss of time in recovering from the problem, a decrease in productivity, a significant loss of money or staff-hours, a devastating loss of credibility or market opportunity, a business no longer able to compete, legal liability, and the loss of life. Individuals may find that their credit card, medical, and other private information has been compromised. Visit https://www.us-cert.gov/ for additional information. The US-CERT website contains papers, alerts, and other information for those responsible for control...
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...In today’s society, the majority of the public receives its news from networks putting forth mass media broadcasts. Many of these news stories attempt to summarize published research studies; however, people need to understand that all of the information they receive from news networks are not always accurate and truthful. The article “Study says person's trustworthiness determined by how close photo is taken,” published by Fox News on October 25th, 2012, is an example of how a news network can present a story that is bias, and lacks information. The study, “Perspective Distortion from Interpersonal Distance Is an Implicit Visual Cue for Social Judgments of Faces,” conducted by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), tested whether or not a person’s trustworthiness is affected by how close their photo was taken. The study consisted of four experiments testing multiple audiences on various photos of white males. Each experiment had two pictures for the test participants to analyze; one picture was a man’s face from two feet away, the other being seven feet away. The subjects then rated the man’s trustworthiness by using the “trust meter” they received. For example, the mean trust investment difference in experiment one was 3.2 > 2.45 (far face - close face). The other three experiments had similar results, supporting the claim that the closer someone’s picture was taken, the less trustworthy that person will look in that individual picture (Bryan, Perona, & Adolphs...
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...Nowadays the new media is more and more developing and involving in our day to day life. Social media is the number one media that the generation of this century use in order to get the information they need. Reilly (2012) refers to the McCrindle Research from 2006 where this generation has been mentioned as Net Gen, Millennials, Generation Y or Gen Y. New media is from a huge importance to our working and social life and has a vast impact on the society. The question is what new media does to the current generations’ working life, professional relationships and the ability to gain trust? The use of new media involves new leadership styles and practices which will help for the growth of a leader. But will the new media help Generation Y to...
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...An evaluation of Facebook’s impact on event promotions Social media’s rapid growth has lead to the fact that the event industry derives advantages from the utilisation of social media platforms and online networks, such as Facebook, to promote events. This essay discusses and evaluates the positive and negative aspects of using Facebook to promote different types of events. It assesses three key areas which need to be taken into consideration in order to succeed in promoting events in an effective and beneficial manner: i) the need to make the event stand out from the crowd and attract attention, ii) the need to target a specified audience, and iii) the need to measure and evaluate the effectiveness of the promotional actions undertaken. Furthermore, this essay concludes that the utilisation of Facebook when promoting events would be highly beneficial if the above requirements are complied with and maintaned in an accurate way. An evaluation of Facebook’s impact on event promotions The rapid growth of the phenomenon addressed as social media, plays a significant role in many of today’s industries. One industry that is utilising social networks, such as Facebook, is the event industry. With more than 300 million users, Facebook is one of the world’s most widespread social networks in which people of a wide variety of demographics choose to participate. (Kabani, 2010, p41) Facebook offers a wide range of applications and opportunities to anyone who would like to create...
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...This is extremely hard because the amount of falsified information out in the real world is bigger than what we can imagine. I would like to use all of my knowledge to show I am worthy of a larger topic to cover aside from the political campaigns. Did you know that every political figure gives information about their opponent with small minor falsified details which makes my job even harder? Why is it so hard to speak only the truth about your worthy opponent? Once each candidate makes their comments about the opposing candidate, then social media has their take at it and that is a challenge all in its own when determining what is real and what is fake. I believe that in a way, the social interactions on media and in person are solely responsible for me even having to cover this story. We have three presidential candidates that are fighting to be the top two elected. One candidate, Ron Paul, had received an outrageous amount of straw votes which is suppose to be a big reason in why someone gets voted as a candidate. Somehow, media is not covering him, and they are covering is runner up, Mitt Romney. Why do you think that is? Do you think media is trying to sway the votes so that when it comes time to choose the Republican and Democrat candidates, that they choose Mitt over Ron? Ron Paul is a libertarian which many people didn't even know was a category. Its not just Republican and Democrat. And did you know that Ron Paul reached more college voters and high school voters than...
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...the following ideas: Volunteering (Internships) I personally find volunteering one of the most beneficial strategies to reach out because not only will I gain skills and experience, but also the ability to network among peoples in the field that I find interest in. I currently hold a part time job and since I am getting near my graduation with in six months, it is a good time to seek an internship at a company that I am interested. I will inquire information in person or either calling or writing a letter to them and telling them why they would benefit from allowing me the opportunity to intern. If I am lucky I might even get paid a decent wage as an intern, that sounds cool to me, plus it will sound good in my resume also. The Media and Business Press I recently enrolled to a subscription to the Los Angeles Times from Thursday to Sunday for only $4 dollars a week only to keep up with current events and to read the Business section. I had been advised to keep up with current business news such as company ratings and forecasts by one of my previous professors at DeVry University. The professor stated that he...
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...considerations. At times, what journalists consider their responsibility may prove to be harmful for others. The policy of embedded journalism is debated mainly because, it compromises the military’s safety, security and strategy, through its bias and unethical reports; the presence of embedded journalists should not be allowed alongside fighting forces. Ethics of Journalism and War Reporting The question whether something is ethical or not, is gaining worldwide scrutiny these days. With the advent of social media, people have access to so much detail regarding the circumstances of the world. The journalists who are active through social media seem to provide all the minor details to their followers notwithstanding the ethical aspect of such information. The line between what is professional journalism and what is not is getting thinner every day with unnecessary reports being presented to the media consumers. Journalists seem to forget the ethical aspects of journalism when they report about someone’s personal issue. There are many websites, which provides real time news, and most of those are run by credible organizations with genuine news sources....
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...Content Quality Assessment Related Frameworks for Social Media Kevin Chai, Vidyasagar Potdar, and Tharam Dillon Digital Ecosystems and Business Intelligence Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia kevin.chai@postgrad.curtin.edu.au, {v.potdar,t.dillon}@curtin.edu.au Abstract. The assessment of content quality (CQ) in social media adds a layer of complexity over traditional information quality assessment frameworks. Challenges arise in accurately evaluating the quality of content that has been created by users from different backgrounds, for different domains and consumed by users with different requirements. This paper presents a comprehensive review of 19 existing CQ assessment related frameworks for social media in addition to proposing directions for framework improvements. Keywords: content quality assessment, social media, discussion forums, wikis, weblogs. 1 Introduction Information quality (IQ) has been widely defined in literature by its fitness for use. Existing research in the field of assessing IQ within traditional information systems is relatively mature and has led to the discovery and validation of numerous quality dimensions and metrics [2, 15, 17, 29, 35]. Knight & Burn (2005) have presented a comprehensive review of literature in the realm of assessing IQ frameworks. Common IQ dimensions that were identified from their review are presented in Table 1. The definitions of these dimensions have been included from Wang & Strong (1996)...
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...QRT TASK 1 Robyn Rollins-Root Western Governors University QRT TASK 1 A1. Viability of Product or Service Jordan Valley Medical Center is a 185 bed community hospital located in West Jordan, Utah. This modern medical center is equipped with the latest technology to provide comprehensive health care. In addition to the in-patient units, Jordan Valley provides many outpatient services including: Physical Therapy, Breast Care, Outpatient Lab and Radiology services, as well as Wound Care and Sleep Disorder Clinics. These successful outpatient services allow patients the opportunity to receive medical care that, in the past, would have required hospitalization. Jordan Valley also provides an Outpatient Respiratory Clinic specifically for patients with Respiratory Syncytial Virus, an illness generally referred to as RSV. RSV is a very common virus that most people have been exposed to within the first two years of life. It is spread by mouth or nasal secretions and is extremely contagious. When the virus strikes adults or older children, the symptoms are similar to a common cold. However, when the virus occurs in young children or infants it becomes much more serious, usually requiring medical intervention including breathing treatments. Previously, this need would require the child be admitted to the hospital to receive these treatments. With the implementation of the outpatient RSV Clinic, patients are able to stay at home with their parents and return...
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...relating to the audience. She also had a situational audience analysis where the size of the audience was big and therefore had a good amount of visual aids throughout her presentation. Palmer didn’t preview on her many points, but rather went with telling her many points throughout her speech presentation. As Palmer concluded towards the end of her speech she did review over the main points which was facing each other, give and receive fearlessly, and ask without shame throughout the experiences she has had. As she began to finish off her speech she concluded with an open- minded question at the end. Her delivery was another quality that gave her speech a nice presentation. Palmer built up her credibility by trusting her audience through her personal experiences and using every day social media as an example like twitter. Palmer did look nervous at first in her speech, but soon enough grew confident in what she was saying throughout her speech because she wasn’t afraid of the judgment of the audience. She also semi looked professional because the outfit she was wearing didn’t look professional, but she still gave an empowering speech. She did a good vocal delivery on her speech with her volume, rate, pauses, vocal variety, and pronunciation. Palmer could improve on the pitch of her voice because it would sometimes shake a bit. The gestures Palmer used were well done, she didn’t move her hands in all directions and knew when and how she was going to use her gestures. Her body movements...
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...inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. The newspaper industry now has annual revenue of 33.8billon, of which 2.5 billon is profit. It’s annual revenue growth during 07-12 is -8.1%, and annual growth anticipated for the next five years is -4.2%. Recent revenue comes mainly from advertising, with 69.9%, and others from sales and subscriptions 25.1%, printing services 2% and miscellaneous 3%. Recent major market is readers aged 55 or over 39.9%, readers aged 35 to 54 35.6%, and readers aged 18 to 34, 24.5%. Three major players in the industry are Gannet, Co. Tribune, and The New York Times. The Newspaper Publishing industry faces escalating competition from other forms of media, particularly digital outlets. Consumers favor the real-time reporting capabilities of online news, including social networking platforms like Twitter. As a result, advertisers are spending less money on print and more on building their online presence, where they can create customizable campaigns and reach a wider audience. By 2007, there were 6,580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a day. The worldwide recession of 2008, combined with the rapid growth of web-based alternatives, caused a serious decline in advertising and circulation, as many papers closed or sharply retrenched operations. Porters’ Five: Barriers to entry: High Surviving newspaper companies has highly valued brand and stable readership. It is built in years and hard to be paralleled by new entrants...
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...in Tunisia and ultimately the resignation of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. This was followed by unrest in a number of Arabian countries that the global press dubbed the ‘Arab Spring’” (Friedman 2011). So far, the spring breeze has entered into 20 countries in the Persian Gulf and the North Africa. Four countries—Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen—have overthrown their governments. Algeria, Iraq, Iranian Khuzestan, Israeli border areas have witnessed major protests. Syria has landed in a civil war. Jordan, Oman, Kuwait, Morocco, Lebanon have gone through protests and governmental changes; Bahrain is going through sustained civil disorder and government changes and countries like Djibouti, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Mauritania have also had minor protests. And, the impact of Arab Spring has been felt worldwide directly or indirectly. Keeping the Arab Spring at the centre, the essay will analyse the factors that contributed to surprising mass involvement in uprisings....
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