Social Media for Nonprofits: Analysis and Discussion of Facebook for Habitat for Humanity San Luis Obispo A Senior Project presented to the Faculty of the Journalism Department California Polytechnic State University‚ San Luis Obispo In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Science in Journalism by Christine Gorney March 2011 © 2011 Christine Gorney USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR NONPROFITS Abstract In the past few years‚ social media has become a key strategy
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younger generation in particular. Technology plays as a key factor in most lives‚ social media especially. Among the most popular of social media are Facebook‚ Twitter and Instagram‚ all with the main purpose to share or view personal information and experiences‚ communicate with others and meet new people on social or professional grounds. There are several positives and negatives effects associated with social media‚ making it a topic of debate whether it is creating more good or harm for today’s
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Social media can be distracting in the workplace. People are constantly checking their social media accounts throughout the day. People often find themselves using social media when they are supposed to be focus on their work. For some people it is hard to balance work and social media. In the article Examining Applicants Reactions to the Use of Social Networking Websites in Pre-Employment Screenings by J. William Stroughton‚ Lori Foster Thompson‚ and Adam W. Meade says‚ “The use of social networking
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comes to the topic of social media‚ most of us will agree that it is good. Where this agreement usually ends‚ however‚ is when some think that social media is bad because we use it too much and the same group of people think that it is bad because of cyberbullying. Although social media can be bad because of cyber bullying and time wasting‚ it is good for teenagers and adults because teenagers can use it for school and expressing themselves and adults can also use social media for their jobs and communication
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Annotated Bibliography on Social Media VANDERHOVEN‚ ELLEN‚ TAMMY SCHELLEN‚ and MARTIN VALCKE. "Educating Teens About The Risks On Social Network Sites. An Intervention Study In Secondary Education." Comunicar 22.43 (2014): 123-131. Academic Search Complete. Web. 13 Mar. 2016. Ellen Vanderhoven earned a master’s degree in Theoretical and Experimental Psychology in 2009 and continued her education in a teaching degree in 2010. She earned both degrees at Ghent University. In 2014‚ she received her
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Social Medias Negative impact in our society Social media plays a major part in the way today’s youth are growing up. Although it may have its benefits‚ it causes a huge negative impact in our society. Social media has drastically changed since it was introduced in 1979 when Usenet systems were first conceived by Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis‚ and even since Mark Zuckerberg created “Facebook” in 2004. Social media sites such as Twitter‚ Instagram‚ Tumblr and Omegle expose today’s adolescence to things
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Social Media and Family Relationships “During his year in Iraq‚ Army Maj. Thomas Murphy would video-chat on Skype with his wife and two daughters almost daily” (Chalmers). Many people use social media to keep in touch with their family even if they are far away from each other. Maj. Thomas is not the only person who uses social media to keep in touch with his family. There are many people around the world who use social media for the same reason. For instance‚ “Mr. Mozar an elderly man in his
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if social media does. Social media sites such as Facebook‚ instagram‚ twitter‚ etc have ruined young girls and boys self esteem. On these sites there’s always a competition for the most likes on a post and they are willing to say and show anything to get those likes. These sites aren’t just ruining the self esteem of teenagers but also their schooling grades‚ with the grade levels decreasing for teenagers and the use of proper English language has been replaced with "text language" . Social media
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Impact of Social Media on Personal Relationships Introduction Social media has had a major influence on society in the 21st century‚ enabling people to engage with each other in radically new and different ways. In less than a decade‚ it has transformed how we stay in touch with friends‚ shop‚ network and gather our news. Many of the almost 1 billion users of Facebook — and the millions who use Twitter‚ or blogs — cannot imagine communicating without these tools. Hence‚ there is a great impact
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Figure 1: BDI Logo An essay on the Black Dog Institute’s use of social media for public relations purposes. Major Assessment: How is social media being used by not-for-profit organisations for PR purposes? Choose one not-for-profit organisation operating in Australia and discuss – with reference to public relations and new media theory – how the organisation is using social media to manage their key stakeholders and community groups online. The practice of public relations has seen a change
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