English 015 February Young adults who use social media‚ but not Tumblr The Best Form of Social Media Imagine a rainy day when there is absolutely nothing to do. All the homework assignments you have are done‚ you have already gone through your chores‚ and none of your friends are available to hang out. As a last resort‚ you decide to go on a social media website. Many times I log off of the website to log back in five minutes later out of pure boredom. The issue I‚ and probably many other
Premium Blog User Login
Nowadays‚ social networking sites are very popular among people all around the world especially teenagers. In fact‚ social networking sites such as Facebook‚ MySpace and Twitter are names which are quite familiar to anyone of us. Furthermore‚ many of us make use of these social networking sites to stay in touch with our family and friends. This is because that these sites are cheap‚ fast and easy to access. However‚ the parents often feel worry for letting their teens use these social networking
Premium Facebook Social network service Social network aggregation
Natasha Morales Prof. Kanter English 102 July 31st‚ 2013 The Internet: Friend or Foe? Over the past 5 years or so I’ve realized that both my attention span and reading skills have declined. Most people like the Internet because it is easy‚ quick‚ and “reliable”. Ever so often 85% of Americans 18 and older are on the Internet. According to studies made by nGenera‚ a research and consulting group of people‚ in 2008 they released that young kids have trouble absorbing information
Premium Social network service History of the Internet Internet
citizens time on the internet for these reasons alone. Individual users are not the only ones picking up on the the latest internet craves‚ however. Most universities and business are using online social networking sites‚ such as The Facebook and Myspace‚ to get to the personal side of the resumes they are receiving. But the major question arising for these actions is: Is it a good idea for employers and universities to use these sites to try and monitor students and/or employes? When posting updates
Premium Social network service Facebook University
Age discrimination at the workplace Believe it‚ or not‚ job seekers are reporting age discriminationbeginning as early as the mid-thirties. By the time you reach your forties‚ you can be considered washed up in some industries. There are strategies you can use to help mitigate discrimination issues. There are also laws that prohibit employment discriminationbecause of age. Age Discrimination Issues In addition‚ to being considered "old‚" experienced candidates are some times considered more of
Premium Social network service Discrimination Facebook
communication and information sharing among ordinary citizens‚ and paved the way for a transformation of communication and information access in North America and across the globe. In the mid-2000s‚ online social networking sites such as Friendster‚ Myspace and Facebook took center stage. As their popularity grew‚ online social
Premium Internet History of the Internet World Wide Web
Sikes Professor: Dr. Sokol Date: July 25‚ 2011 Introduction Facebook is a social networking website launched in February 2004. Facebook has gained in‚ as Sarah Lacy calls it‚ “some made-up social media war”‚ on its’ at one time rivalries: MySpace and LinkedIn. However‚ Twitter‚ another‚ very similar‚ social networking site‚ was started in 2006‚ and has forced Facebook onto a collision course. Synopsis of the Situation The Facebook vs. Twitter case concerns the two similar social networking
Premium Facebook Social network service Twitter
countless reasons‚ such as looking up information about a topic‚ virtual online gaming‚ and even watching favorite shows online. Among these reasons is the major subject‚ social networking. Social networking‚ through websites like Facebook‚ Twitter‚ and MySpace‚ allows people worldwide to interact with each other and “is transforming how people find and share information and how they connect and collaborate with one another.” (Source E). This may seem as a beneficial tool to the way humans socialize‚ but
Free Social network service Internet Sociology
Jimmy Canhell Intro to Mass Communications Impact internet has had compared to the printing press The invention of the printing press‚ and the internet were two very big things that impacted are culture. The printing press was invented a lot earlier than the internet and has refined are culture here in America entirely. But the new era made a new invention
Premium World Wide Web Social network service Internet
time (i.e. you connect directly with another user). The primary reason that people join a social networking site is to maintain old relationships and establish new ones to expand their network. Some obvious examples of social networks are Facebook‚ Myspace‚ and LinkedIn. One interesting feature about people’s social networks is that they are extremely unique. It is actually very difficult to fake a Facebook or LinkedIn profile‚ because your friends (or who you connect to) will collectively identify
Premium Social network service Facebook Internet