Social Web

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Social Web
Radesha Chandler
INF 103
Thomas Hennefer
November 5, 2012

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When it comes to online social networking, websites are commonly used. You can meet and stay in contact with friends and family members from this day forward. Social web is a set of social relations that link people through the World Wide Web. The Social web encompasses how websites and software are designed and developed in order to support and foster social interaction. These online social interactions form the basis of much online activity including online shopping, education, gaming and social networking websites. There are common networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, and the list goes on and on. Today hundreds of millions of Internet users are using thousands of social websites to stay connected with their friends, discover new ‘‘friends, ’and to share user-created content, such as photos, videos, social bookmarks, and blogs, even though mobile platform support for cell phones. There’re many positive and negative out comes when it comes to social network. The social aspect of Web 2.0 communication has been to facilitate interaction between people with similar taste. Web 2.0 allows those who visit web pages to leave their own content for others to read, allowing users to become part of a collective intelligence. A great thing about Web 2.0 is you don’t have to worry about the complicated programming that goes on behind the scenes (Harris, 2008). These tastes vary depending on who the target audience is, and what they are looking for. For individuals working in the public relation department, the job is consistently changing and the impact is coming from the social web. The influence, held by the social network is large and ever changing.
What’s the big deal about blogs? Blog is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web and consisting of discrete entries ("posts") typically displayed in reverse 3 chronological order (the most recent post appears first). There are two main types of blogs. The first is known as the pure aggregator, which is a Web site that simply has daily updates of links to other Web sites. The second is called a pure analyst and contains no links to other sites, just original content. It’s just a few steps to create a blog. Visit www.blogger.com and select create blog. Select a template and start blogging. Remember blogs are viewed by millions of people around the world, anything personal, you may want to keep to yourself. Majority of web users interact with blogs every single day. There are approximately over 200 million user’s blog daily. It’s a great way to stay updated and connected with lots of news. Twitter, which was created by a 10-person startup in San Francisco called Obvious, is a heady mixture of messaging, social networking, micro blogging and “presence,” shorthand for the idea that people should enjoy an “always on” virtual omnipresence. Twitter has become one of the top 10 most visited websites on the Internet. Twitter also is the fastest, simplest way to stay close to everything you care about. This service is for friends, co-workers, and family to communicate and stay connected. You are allowed to update anytime of the day what you are doing. These are called “tweets”. The service rapidly gained worldwide popularity, with over 500 million active users as of 2012, generating over 340 million tweets daily and handling over 1.6 billion search queries per day. You’re able to view photos and videos of your peers and favorite celebrity. It’s a wonderful site if you want to interact with people.
Facebook is a social networking service launched in February 2004, owned and operated by Facebook, Inc. As of September 2012[update], Facebook has over one billion active users, more than half of them using Facebook on a mobile device. There are 7.5 million children under 13 with 4 accounts and 5 million under 10, violating the site 's terms of service. Creating an account to Facebook, you’ll be able to send messages, voice calls, video calling, and play games. There is also a subscribe button. The feature allows for users to follow public updates, and these are the people most often broadcasting their ideas. It’s perfect to keep up with notifications that you like. You can also decide to use Facebook for professional use. If you decide to use Facebook for professional networking, take a close look at your profile and decide what you want business contacts or prospective employers to see - and what you don 't. Limit the photos you post. Post content relevant to your job search or career. This site can be used for so many outlets. Facebook have reached their goal in currently having the attraction of million viewers. Take advantage.
While socializing on the internet, remember safety tips. Cyber bullying is a big problem. "Cyber bullying" is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones. It has to have a minor on both sides, or at least have been instigated by a minor against another minor. Once adults become involved, it is plain and simple cyber-harassment or cyber stalking. Adult cyber-harassment or cyber stalking is NEVER called cyber bullying. When it comes to cyber bullying, they are often motivated by anger, revenge or frustration. Sometimes they do it for entertainment or because they are bored and have too much time on their hands and too many tech toys available to them. It’s a bad decision to make and action is need to made if you feel threaten. STOP CYBER BULLYING.
Social networking is one of the hottest things in internet technology right now. You have to watch out for identity thieves. Some people tend to think social networking is exclusively for 5 teenagers (Facebook) and college students (Twitter), but an increasing number of business professionals (LinkedIn) and adults looking for love (Match, E-harmony…) have their own sets of profiles and online friends. With increased connection comes increased vulnerability to identity theft, especially in relationships where it can be hard to verify the identity of the person you are communicating with or where your personal information is made public through online profiles. Sure, you might be smart enough not to post your social security number or bank account info on your profile, but did you know that posting your birthday, full name or even your home phone number or address can be just as dangerous? Online social networking can be a beneficial thing if you do it correctly. Just remember that even the most “private” profile on the internet is still on the internet and is, therefore, hack able. Viewing your personal profile as a public forum and handling your information accordingly can help you make great strides when it comes to identity theft protection.
Social networking websites are being watched out for virus. A virus can spread so easily and you will spread it to other viewers online. Security experts say the new virus is “nasty” and compels it victims to percolate in creating social networking accounts. In previous years, virus has chaos across the web. The attacks work clicking on malicious social networking wall pages, inviting users to click on varies videos, and some are clicking on video games. Clicking on emails can easily attract you to a virus. It’s hard to view these types of virus but please be carefully on social websites. The bug is very contagious.
Social networking sites can be valuable sales and marketing tools, as well for fun. Engaging in many conversations, sharing photos, and videos are things users do. Planning family 6 events through Twitter and Facebook for a family reunion are also things to do. There are also many employment opportunities to find while engaging in social webbing. While you have fun you have to watch out for the bad. There is a lot of information online that can help you with any facts you need for online social network. Be on the lookout for your safety and for others. There are security issues that can be a concern for many people can steal illegal information. Cyber bullying is a main focus that students and adults should be aware of. Gladly to have viewed all the positive and negative effects on social web, taught me a lot that I never knew. I will take these notes to the head and I hope you do also. There are good and bad and you decide which route you will take.

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References: Bowles, Mark D. (2010). Introduction to Computer Literacy, San Diego, CA: Bridgeport Education, Inc. Retrieved from http://content.ashford.edu/AUPSY 292.10.1. Cyberbullying.org – includes the first formal definition of cyber bullying by Bill Belsey. Retrieved on July 6, 2011. Dorsey, Jack (March 21, 2006). "just setting up my twttr". Twitter. http://twitter.com/jack/status/20. Retrieved February 4, 2011. Ed, H. C. (2008). The social web: Research and opportunities. Computer, 41(9), 88. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/197428793?accountid=32521 Facebook virus attack sends firms scurrying for cover. (2011, Nov 21). DNA : Daily News & Analysis. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/905092271?accountid=32521 Kazeniac, Andy (February 9, 2009). "Social Networks: Facebook Takes Over Top Spot, Twitter Climbs". Compete Pulse blog. http://blog.compete.com/2009/02/09/facebook-myspace-twitter-social-network/. Retrieved February 17, 2009. Mutum, Dilip; Wang, Qing (2010). "Consumer Generated Advertising in Blogs". In Neal M. Burns, Terry Daugherty, Matthew S. Eastin. Handbook of Research on Digital Media and Advertising: User Generated Content Consumption. 1. IGI Global. pp. 248–261Thelwall, M., Buckley, K., & Paltoglou, G. (2012). Sentiment strength detection for the social web. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 63(1), 163. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/926412066?accountid=32521