The Value of Social Media Giants The case that was presented‚ is telling us Facebook has a market capitalization of over $160 billion. In 2013‚ Facebook generated just $1.5 billion in net income on $7.8 billion in revenue. There does not have to be a substantial revenue to create value for its investors. In early 2014‚ Facebook acquired the mobile messaging platform WhatsApp for $19 million. Then there is Twitter‚ which is garnering a valuation of $25 billion‚ despite never having
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Pinterest is a hot topic on the social media marketing scene right now. The transition Pinterest has made since its founding 5 years ago is truly astounding‚ and keeps marketers wondering what’s next for the platform. From its humble beginnings as a way for users to organize their dream home or outfits they love‚ it has developed into an e-commerce powerhouse where those fairytales can become reality through buyable pins. Now that Pinterest is offering rich pin options‚ many brands are realizing
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Social media has increasingly dominated the society today. Missing children have returned home safely‚ with the help of bringing communities and law enforcement together to recover these lost individuals. More likes on Twitter to increasing views on Facebook has overall increased the chances of locals successfully participating in the investigation. Social media has revolutionized the way we undergo a missing person’s case‚ these tools we utilize impacts abduction or missing cases positively. With
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Employers Use of Social Media in Recruiting With the arrival of new web technologies‚ a grey area of ethical responsibility exists concerning the use of the technology within an employer’s capacity. Employers should not be permitted to use social media as a condition of employment‚ because of privacy infringement‚ stereotyping‚ and misrepresentation. One of the more disturbing ethical infringements on personal privacy is the use of Facebook profiles in employment screening. According to
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Has social media limited your social skills? Has social media caused you to lose your confidence‚ and social skills? Social media‚ such as Facebook‚ Instatgram‚ and Twitter has been limiting society social skills over a period of ten or more years‚ because it has given people a false confidence‚ unrealistic expectations of relationships‚ and people don’t know how to act with people face-to-face and deal with body language and intimate situations because they are behind a screen. Before we had
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one of the more common reason people are used to hearing. Instead‚ many drivers are carelessly checking on their social media for the latest news‚ tweets‚ messages‚ or updates. Living in a period where social media thrives it can be impulsive for drivers to reach for their cell phone once the notification goes off or to post a picture of whatever they’re currently witnessing. Social media has impacted the modern world in a great variety of ways‚ however‚ it has also contributed as a risk factor in
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also proposed free medical outreach in the region. This is quite different from the pictures painted on social media; many chose to paint the exercise as an operation to systematically exterminate the Igbos. The Nigerian Army also shared hotlines and toll-free call centre information to ensure the proper conduct of the exercise. Instead of this information spreading like wildfire on social media so as to ensure the protection of human rights‚ people chose to spread the impression that the army was
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USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN PROMOTING STAKEHOLDER RELATIONS IN THE EDUCATIONAL SECTOR DEFINITION OF SOCIAL MEDIA Social media has rapidly integrated itself into our everyday lives‚ both personal and professional‚ and it’s perhaps had no greater impact than on the world of marketing‚ with consumers and brands seeing enormous benefits and changes. Social media literally means interactive platforms through which individuals and communities create and share user-generated contents. Social media are social
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William Auriemma WRD 104 An Inconsistent Relationship: Social Media and Political Activists Since the “Arab Spring” movement of early 2011‚ many have sought to understand the role played by Internet users and Social media platforms in overturning oppressive and totalitarian regimes. With great thanks to Twitter‚ Tunisians usefully mobilized social change. Without Facebook‚ how could Egyptians possibly have accomplished such timely and coordinated public protests? Perspectives often range
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SOCIAL MEDIA AS A CHALLENGE FOR QUALITY JOURNALISM by Umar Ibrahim Usman. Bayero University Kano‚ Nigeria. umayyfa_baima@yahoo.com +2348066426433 Social media refers to the use of web based mobile technologies to turn communication in to an interactive dialogue. Social media is best understood as a group of new kind of online media‚ which share most or all of the following characteristics. Social media encourages contributions and feedback from everyone who is interested. It blurs the
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