The social web is a set of social relations that link people through the World Wide Web. It enables people to connect with old friends, family, and classmate. Social networking is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on facilitating the building of social networks or social relations among people who, for example, share interests, activities, backgrounds, or real-life connections. I am going to take a look at a few of the many different social sites that I have used and when they began.…
Within this assignment I will describe my understanding of the links between management and leadership, the skills and styles of management and leadership, the application of management and leadership theories in an organisational context and planning for the development of management and leadership skills.…
The industry for short-term cash loans (payday loans) grew in the early 1990’s because of the shift in financial services marketplace. The cost structure of the market rose due to bounced checks, overdraft protection fees, and late bill payments penalties. Second the trend of regulation of payday advance service that allowed protection for consumers. To avoid such cost, payday loans were the solution for consumers.…
There are three different social media networks that I have used ,still use, and one that I have not used myself. MySpace is one of the ones that really got social media networking to where it is now. I used to use MySpace to talk to friends, share pictures, listen to music, and share my blogs. These were the main functions that I used MySpace for. MySpace was one of the first big steps that lead other social media networking where it is. Being able to interact with your friends and family in a virtual world is a big success to being able to so be many places at once. Facebook is another social media networking tool that took the world by surprise and has also took over MySpace users. With Facebook you are able to share photos, express what is on your mind with your friends and family, write messages between you and others, and stay connected with people all over the world. Facebook came and conquered most of, if not all, social media networking web sites. The main thing that separated Facebook from any other social media web site is that it was made for college students. Little by little it became so popular that everyone wanted to be a part of this network. Businesses really took advantage of the social networking site for advertising. With so many advertising competitors on the network, it is hard for users not to take advantage of the products advertised. Businesses even have commercials that tell to “like” them on Facebook to ensure the attention of the social media users. The latest installment to the social media networking web sites that I have not used is Twitter. Twitter is different in its own way for various reasons. Twitter allows people to, share their posts or “tweets” with all of their friends at once or certain people that want to see your posts. Everything that you can do in the other two social networking sites is done completely different in the Twitter world. When you add friends they are either…
1. Connect: Social networking sites let you connect virtually with anyone. Almost anyone with a computer or a phone has a presence online. Social networking sites are one of the easiest ways to connect with friends and family and also make new friends.…
First of all, common social media sites that are used to promote information would be Twitter. This social media site is a text based that allows a maximum of 140 characters to write and send a message which is called a “tweet”. Facebook, which is a web based social media site, allows users to communicate via a bi-directional friends list. LinkedIn is a social media site that professionals use to communicate through a friends list. The last social media site we will discuss is MySpace. This site affords the user to create a followers list, which can include friends, bands, businesses and sports teams to name a few.…
In order to better understand what a social networking site is let us quickly review their history. In 1997 the first social networking site SixDegrees.com was founded (Procon, 2013). It is considered to be the first social networking site because it provided the opportunity to do basic functions such as connecting to friends and creating a personal space. Other sites quickly followed and advanced more rapidly then SixDegrees. These sites included: MySpace, Facebook, Pinterest, Google+, Twitter, and Friendster.…
“Twitter” is a network which allows a person to express their opinion on many subjects or just post a status message at any given point of time. Facebook and Myspace are the same to Twitter but these two networking sites allow you to leave a private message to a friend or family and it is easier to post pictures to your account. Social networking doesn't just bring us to a computer or into the cyber regions of technology, but it also connects people in ways that other media networks cannot provide.…
The popularity of the social networking sites increased rapidly in the last decade. This is probably due to the reason that college and university students as well as teens used it extensively to get global access. These social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook have become a raging craze for everyone nowadays.…
Today, social networking is at its highest. Who needs a cell phone when you can type away & share you’re most inner thoughts, personal information, photos & your life stories with family & friends by just a click of a button. With technology expanding, most people prefer social networking to read about what’s hot, current events, family events, parties, etc. Two of the most popular websites where all the social networking takes place is Facebook and MySpace.…
Social Media Networks are basically applications that are completely based on user generated content and the action of users play a substantial role in increasing the value of the application or service. Blogging, social tagging, pod casting, social networking, media sharing, social gaming are some of the popular applications…
Social networking is a network of sites is very effective in facilitating social life among a group of acquaintances and friends , and enable old friends to connect to each other and after a long year , and enable them to also communicate the visual and audio and share images and other possibilities that solidified social relationship between them. Featured social networking such as : ( Facebook – WatsApp - Twitter – Skype - MySpace - LIVE Boone - Hi- Five - Orkut - Tagd - YouTube , etc.) , which allowed some of them , such as Facebook, WatsApp and skype sharing videos and photos , share files and conduct real-time conversations , and communicate The direct interaction between the audience .…
Social Networking is changing every day. New ways to communicate and interact through online networks is a trend that is so immensely popular that it is harder and harder to keep up with this new technology. People spend such countless hours using social networking for business use and personal use that many people have become dependent on modern technology and social networking for their everyday lives.…
People who want to keep in touch with friends and family commonly use Social Networking sites. The most popular of these sites include, Classmates, MySpace, Friendster, Live Journal, Twitter and the most common, Facebook. Facebook allows users to connect to others by sharing pictures, blogs, videos, interests and more and has taken over American teens and even adults. There have been sites long before Facebook was created but this fairly new site has become the most popular today by far. Since 2004 this site has gained over 175 million active users and is still growing.…
In modern era, a lot of people use social network because it has many functions and benefits. As we know, social network is one of a part from social media. However, social network sometimes has negative effect to teenagers. The writer will try explain advantages and disadvantages in social network. Social network is one of a part to social media, in this globalization era.…