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The information in this article was strengthened by the extensive research provided throughout. The research was validated with numerous tables illustrated and thoroughly explained (215,219,223). Stever and Lawson also utilized various celebrities, such as Oprah Winfrey and MC Hammer to substantiate their findings (212). The pair use clear statistics when illustrating how the different celebrities utilized their personal Twitter accounts (220). This particular article was extremely informative and filled with interesting facts regarding Twitter.…
David Silver in Twitter Meets the Breakfast Club, explains different ways how twitter and social media are great ways to keep in touch with classmates and students as a professor at a school. According to David Silver, he used to warn his students to “Be, Careful” in the mid 1990’s warning students what they put on the world wide web is public, until his mind set changed when he started a twitter assignment with a class on history of television cooking shows called “Green-Media” (498). David Silver’s had students join twitter for many good reasons, one being that “Twitter accounts are public, for their professor, their classmates, and the larger twitter community to access their work” (Silver 498). This means that the class can easily interact…
In the age of technology, trends come and go almost instantaneously. The trend of the decade; Social Media. Ten years ago when someone thought of Social Media, he or she only thought about Myspace. Today, however, Myspace is an afterthought, and there are two new faces atop the Social Media world. These new faces are Facebook and Twitter. They may seem very similar but they are extraordinarily different in their overall structure, their friend/follower format and their communication layout.…
In our AP Statistics project encompassing the first semester’s material, we chose to research and analyze the correlation between the number of AP classes Taft seniors have taken in their high school careers and the number of followers Taft seniors have on their Instagram accounts, where the number of AP classes was our explanatory variable and the number of Instagram followers was our response variable. Our group chose this question because we were interested in seeing if there was, indeed, a statistically significant relationship in Taft seniors’ academic schedules and their presence in social media, specifically Instagram. We did not expect to find a clear or obvious relationship in the findings of our sample, as academic rigor and social…
Twitter is an amazing social networking service; it can be used to share news reports, weather updates, emergency notifications, gossip, and even everyday thoughts—all within 140 characters or less. The “get to the point” rhetoric that it’s known for can be a nice break from tedious Facebook posts or lengthy articles on news station websites. With all of its attributes, it’s not surprising that it could also be a useful platform for many professions. From advertising a business event to promoting a sale at a retail store, the sky’s the limit as to how to benefit a targeted audience using this social media website.…
It is estimated that 50% of all Americans get their news from social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook (Sutter, 2012). These sites…
Other studies showed similar results. The R2i study compared the 35% of companies that reported increased profit or revenue using social media with the companies that did not. It found the companies with increased revenue were about twice as likely to have formed a formal strategy and about twice as likely to have created a system to measure their outcomes .…
A majority of college students engage in social networks such as Twitter and Facebook for educational benefits and entertainment. Twitter and Facebook usefulness depends on how the user engages in these social networks. Twitter is known for sharing information with other individuals who share the same interest, and a “growing number of professors are embracing it as away to introduce students to a different kind of communication” (Miners, 2009). Professors also realized that communicating through Twitter keeps students engaged in course content in and outside the university, and keeps them current with real world event alerts or issues that are relevant to the course. No one is ever too old or experienced to still learn in today’s society and professors even use Twitter to find answers to teaching…
In the article “How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live”, the author Steven Johnson writes about Twitter and its impact on how we live. Twitter is a social network site that lets you make status updates with up to 140 characters. You follow celebrities or people you know and tweet about your daily activities, how you are feeling, what you are eating, etc. The author says Twitter is so interesting because it gives you a glimpse of someone’s daily routine, and gives you information without even having to ask. The author predicts Twitter will become addictive and a whole new distraction on the Internet.…
3. We can use social media for advertising specials that we are offering to our customer base. This will let our followers know when we are having a special and make that purchase even if they were not thinking about making a purchase yet. We can also use social media for displaying our volunteerism we do as a company that may attracted even more consumers as our followers share our good deeds.…
Social media is being used more in businesses today. Not only does it allow a company to connect with a larger audience of people by simply making a page dedicated to their work, but it also grabs the audience's attention, and also brings in people who might not normally associate with their particular line that they do. On Social media you are able to showcase pictures, statuses, and really connect with the ones who are loyal to your business.…
My use of media isn’t too bad. I don’t have accounts to most of the social media forums that most people use. I set up a facebook account a few months ago because many of my childhood friends have moved away to college and I want to keep in touch with them. I probably could watch a little less CBS, but as a whole, I don’t use too much media.…
Current digital media is having a positive impact on society because it has improved workplace productivity. Digital media having a positive impact on society help’s set up a successful environment, at a school, work, or in the area where the person is using the digital media. The use of digital media is huge, it touches everything in society. Sarra Bean believes that “Digital media now touches almost every aspect of a typical organization, from how talent is sourced and deployed, to how work gets done, to how the business connects with employees and customers.”(Sara Bean). What Sara Bean is explaining is, digital media impacts almost everything we do at work, from where we can get our sources and information, to how work gets done, and how people can communicate or talk to employees, friends, and customers. The improvement in workplace…
When it comes to preferences, I enjoy entertainment media but at times I also enjoy things like the news and other informational media sources. Media is honestly the most efficient tool in obtaining information and entertainment. It also has the power to persuade and motivate its audience. For example, commercials and advertisements are very effective examples of persuasive media. Their complete intent and purpose is to get someone to purchase their product or buy into their ideology.…