...INTRODUCTION Snapchat is a mobile social media application that allows individuals, who have the application downloaded, to send timed pictures, messages, and videos to other users. A common practice of the Snapchat application is posting a story, which is video/picture content that a user posts digitally for their friends to view for a twenty-four hour period. The belief behind this practice is that this feature helps users maintain relationships with their network through regular updates. The question can be posed, what different types of self performance are found in Snapchat stories? Is the performance deeply rooted in a need to be connected to our social networks? Previous research suggests that users on social media networking sites...
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...real question is what is the best? I think that Snapchat is the best social media app because it is easy to use , connects users with all different types of people across the world, and it allows users to share those picture perfect moments right as they are to experience them. Click, capture, and send, how much easier could it be to connect with a person? Snapchat is the best social media app out there because it is user friendly. At the click of a button a users photo will go out into the world, however once the receiver opens the photo it will only appear on the screen for up to 10 seconds. According to the Business Insider snapchat was ranked the third most popular social media app in the world. As of July 2014 over half of the users were between the age of 13 to 17 years old. Snapchat is the best social media app....
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...Exposition: Good afternoon everyone. My name is Bonnie Beckford and I’m a CIS major. Quick question. How many of you watch the news or buy a newspaper daily? How many of you have some form of social media account? Whether it be Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, or even a Linkedin account, I’m sure you’ve seen news coverage of some sort. As social media use continues to grow, news becomes more easily accessible allowing instant news coverage making social media a prominent source for retrieving news. Problem: From just 2003 to 2014 digital news revenue has increased where print newspaper revenue has dropped tremendously * The annual revenue for print newspaper ads had dropped from roughly $45 billion to $16 billion, which is about 1/3 of the revenue it had nearly ten years previous. * The annual revenue for digital news ads has nearly tripled from $1.2 billion to $3.5 billion. As newspaper ad sales continue to drop drastically, digital news ads continue to grow. Solution: By having a social media account it exposes you to news almost instantly giving you access to things globally often right after they happen. You will most likely know about a current event on a social media site before major networks pick up the story, although a lot of news sources are using social media to get and report news. Twitter * Twitter recently unveiled its new feature called “Moments,” which does the following: * Feature allows anyone, whether they are a Twitter user...
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...In this report, we discuss the following sentiment: > Privacy in a world of online social networks is an old-fashioned concept and young people feel less need to protect their privacy. This statement implies that young people do not care about their privacy, and do not act to protect their privacy, at least not as much as their elders. # Privacy Paradox The discussed sentiment is known as the privacy paradox. The study that coined this term makes the claim that "Adults are concerned about invasion of privacy, while teens freely give up personal information." The study claims that young people post too much of their private information in public spaces like Facebook and MySpace. This sentiment was not exclusive to adults either. According...
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...5 Trends That Will Change How Companies Use Social Media In 2016 Hootsuite CEO Ryan Holmes offers a look ahead at the social trends that are fast reshaping how companies do business. * * * * * * * * * 01 /06 | 5 TRENDS THAT WILL CHANGE HOW COMPANIES USE SOCIAL MEDIA IN 2016 Hootsuite CEO Ryan Holmes offers a look ahead at the social trends that are fast reshaping how companies do business. * 02 /06 | 1. SOCIAL NETWORKS STORM THE WORKPLACE Slack has proven a game-changer, attracting more than 1.25 million active business users in just two years' time and now has a cohort of competitors going after a piece of that pie. Meanwhile, Facebook is gunning to roll out Facebook At Work sooner rather than later. * 03 /06 | 2. COMPANIES TURN TO EMPLOYEES FOR AMPLIFICATION 2016 will see companies turn increasingly to an underused resource in the effort to get the word out: their own employees. Employee social advocacy programs, which encourage staff to share updates about the business on their own social media accounts, have grown by 191% since 2013 and are due to take off in the year ahead. * 04 /06 | 3. COMPANIES WADE INTO SOCIAL MESSAGING There are nearly 4 billion global active users of messaging apps, from WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger to WeChat and Kik. And while messaging’s huge potential remains largely untapped by businesses, 2016 may well be the year that analytics and insights become more readily available...
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...A.) Many of us may have the app Snapchat installed on our smartphone. Snapchat is a social media app that uses several useful features that can be used to communicate to another person who also has this app installed. Snapchat officially came out in September 2011, and it was originally called Picaboo, then they changed it later on to Snapchat. Snapchat was created by three Stanford University students; Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown. B.) As of today, there are over 166 million active Snapchat users around the world. Majority of the population that uses this app are teenagers and young adults, between ages 12 to 35. C.) Snapchat can be used to take pictures, add a filter to the pictures or video, as well as add stickers, emojis, and draw on the snaps and videos. There is a chat feature in Snapchat where you can just have messages between yourself and another friend, and also you can create group chats. Snapchat is a now-in-the-moment type of app, unlike Facebook or Twitter. Whenever someone sends a picture to a friend or group of friends, then the maximum seconds they can see it is for 10 seconds, well unless the owner of the picture sets the timer on 1 second or the infinity sign, so that the receiver of the picture can see...
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...The Social Media Era In this era and time, billions of people everywhere in the world are logging into the internet several times a day. Why wouldn't they? Large amounts of people have the internet on their high tech mobile devices, and at the touch of a phone they can check their email, their Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, their financial activities, film times, and on and on. One of these things typically takes up more of a person’s time than the others. Any social networking site or application, whether it is Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Snapchat, appears to easily take up the hours of an individual's day. Kids and teens are getting to these sites while they’re at school and when they get home from school. Grown-ups are getting to these websites while they are at work. The people who are married or have kids are commonly deciding to spend time checking their profiles instead of being with their friends and family. Many individuals say we require them to stay in contact with companions. Be that as it may, the benefits don't exceed the issues they cause. Social networking gives teens and grown-ups excuses to be sluggish, overweight, and preoccupied with less important things. The overuse of social media is less beneficial at school, work or in one’s personal life. For these reasons and many others social networking is viewed as terrible for pop culture and should not to be used. Social networking, particularly Twitter, creates dependence. Some may say drugs...
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...Beats Head phones - YouTube Integral to future proofing the success of Beats Headphones is the design and implementation of relevant social media platforms. Currently beats uses (i) Facebook, (ii) Twitter, (iii) Tumblr, (iv) Instagram, (v) Google plus, (vi) Pinterest and (vii) YouTube In this section we will concentrate on the impact YouTube can have as a social media networking platform, to market the company’s core philosophies and also engage customers and potential customers through a visual and audio medium. Here are two important statistics to note: 1.YouTube has more than 1 Billion users 2. Localised in 75 countries and available in 61 languages To successfully manage this brand a thorough understanding of YouTube is paramount. Using Mangold and Faulds, ‘Social media: The new hybrid element of the promotion mix’ as a Bible we can effectively analyse how YouTube can be utilised to its maximum potential. Mangould and Faulds state that “the emergence of Internet – based social media has made it possible for one person to communicate with hundreds or even thousands of other people about products and the companies that provide them. Thus, the impact of consumer-to-consumer communications has been greatly magnified in the market place” From an Online Community perspective we want to engage with our customers and create a community that shares interests, sentiments, behaviour and objects. On Beats YouTube site currently, there are a number of EminEm(Rapper) and Lady Gaga...
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...Dating and Relating in the Internet Age," Does communication via social networking sites, such as Facebook, negatively affect the ability of young people to socialize and to develop and maintain healthy relationships? I think that Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and all other social media negatively affect the ability of young adults and teenagers. I think that Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and all other social media negatively affect the ability of young adults and teenagers. Young adults and teenagers are very addicted to social media; everything that they do, they do it via social media. I don’t think that young adults and teenagers can have and develop healthy relationships while having a social media account. For example, the other day I was watching the news and the news anchors reported that a teenage boy was shot and killed over a Facebook message. I have seen videos on social media websites where young people meet up to fight because of messages that were posted on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. I always think to myself that this is not healthy for these young people because they are ending up in jail, dead, or in a hospital. I think that they shouldn’t let young adults and teenagers have social media accounts. How can teenagers and young adults grow up to be successful and professional if all they do is going on social media? Teenagers and young adults get bullied via social media and sometimes they end up committing suicide. When I look around...
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...How Social Networking is Changing Lives for the Better Ever wonder what makes social networking helpful in the lives of others and what the real logic behind everyone using it is? Social networking is more than what it seems to be, it is a way of interacting with others to talk about interests or simply connect with people. Opponents argue that social media can be troublesome, and is causing cyberbullying within the internet since bullies believe they have authority over others and can do whatever they desire, even if they do not see the pained expression on the victims face in person. On the other hand, parents can control the problem by limiting texting apps to a minimum that could potentially become a harm to one's life. With the use of...
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...Before the creation of social networks, instant messaging systems such as AIM were all the rage. It may be hard for children born recently to imagine a world without social media, it is quite new after all. Social media are web 2.0 based applications. They rely on user-generated content that is maintained by the organization. The U.S. Digital Consumer Report shows that 47% of mobile phone users use social media apps daily (Wee). Social media has become a way of life in this modern age of technology. It seems that everyone and their cat is on at least one social platform. The challenge is using these tools in a way that is beneficial to our personal and professional lives. Social networks hold a lot of advantages over traditional paper-media including reach, usability, immediacy, and frequency (Wee). Facebook is the most popular social media site in the world, averaging about 1.1 billion visits a month (Wee). Launched in February 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, it was originally designed for college...
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...In today's world, majority, if not all humans are involved with the internet or social media someway, somehow. Whether its Instagram to post cute selfies and stalk an ex, or Snapchat to follow and keep up with other people lives, or Facebook to stay in contact with family and post accomplishments or perhaps Twitter to constantly stay in communication with others. I am a heavy consumer of technology myself. I don’t have every social media that are available to the public, but I am still very active on the internet. I constantly check my phone for notifications, or glance to see if I received a new text or call. It can be overwhelming at times. I am also guilty of not eating a meal until I have took pictures and uploaded it on my Snapchat or one of my fitness community apps like Fitbit or MyPlate, seeking for appraisal from others or to simply share new recipes. I am also constantly on Pinterest scrolling for new recipes to make, or googling why my right ear is itching, just to get a list of terminally ill diseases I might have. I am also always on OfferUp and Letgo.Part of being a manager at a cellphone shop means posting phones and items we have for sale, and constantly keeping up with interested buyers. I can say I'm...
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...On high schools, bus routes, college campuses, gyms, apartment complexes, and recruitment agencies signs, posters, bus wraps, printed signs, and banners, should display the benefits of a career with the SAPD. During SAPD events, it is necessary to set up recruitment booths, pass out brochures, provide “swag”, and leaflets to those who might be interested in the SAPD. The use of all forms of social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat is recommended. Social media ads should include a personalized SAPD hashtag and a Snapchat filter geared towards the SAPD. Ads on employment-oriented social networks such as Indeed and LinkedIn should be checked daily and must promote current job openings, benefits and salary. I recommend the use of videos educating, informing, and promoting SAPD and the duties of a SAPD officer, These videos should highlight the overall mission and goal of recruiting bright young members of the San Antonio area. Media...
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...Intro to Mass Communication 6 July 2016 Social Media Influences How many of us remember being a pre-teen or teenager? Those crucial middle school and high school years can be rough on their own but add social media sites like Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat and life as a young adolescent can be publicized and critiqued more so by hundreds of people you might not even know. Social media is a term used to describe the interaction between groups or individuals in which they produce, share, and sometimes exchange ideas over the internet and in virtual communities. The impact of social media on young adolecents is significant, children are growing up surrounded by mobile devices and interactive social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat which has made the social media a vital aspect of their life. Social media is transforming the manner in which teenages interact with their parents, peers, as well as how they make use of technology. If not used properly however social media can be used in a negative context. My niece has been a victim of social cyberbullying on 2 of the 3 sites named above. She is a gorgeous 15yr old girl with full potential to take life by storm. Unfortunately, a group of her peers didn’t feel the same about her they not only shamed her at school but would post things on Facebook and Instagram about her. I believe the infatuation today’s world has with posting everything on a social media site is a little out of hand. It causes so...
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...------------------------------------------------- social media “How effectively do Government Departments use social media?” ------------------------------------------------- social media “How effectively do Government Departments use social media?” CHENTELLE CHUA CHENTELLE CHUA “Social media is changing the way we communicate and the way we are perceived, both positively and negatively. Every time you post a photo, or update your status, you are contributing to your own digital footprint and personal brand.” – Amy Jo Martin. Social Media is a tool that enables society to create content and share information, ideas & opinions. Being in the 21st century, not only can this be done through words but also through photographs, videos and gifs (compressed images into videos). Long before social media became a commercialised mass information source, the internet was and still is indeed a focal point for social interaction. Since then, social media has ultimately thrived with Facebook (1.49 billion users) being the most popular platform. Data on the use of Social Media was collected to determine young people’s perspectives on today’s Government Departments. 70% of the participants were over the age of eighteen with the leftover 30% being underage. 50% of these participants were male while the other half were female. In order of popularity, these were the most used social media platforms; Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter, with Pinterest and Vine having...
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