Policy and Practice Volume 1 | Issue 2 Article 7 7-23-2012 THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR ACADEMIC PRACTICE: A REVIEW OF LITERATURE Retta Guy Tennessee State University‚ rguy@tnstate.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://uknowledge.uky.edu/kjhepp Part of the Communication Technology and New Media Commons‚ Curriculum and Social Inquiry Commons‚ and the Instructional Media Design Commons Recommended Citation Guy‚ Retta (2012) "THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR ACADEMIC PRACTICE: A REVIEW OF LITERATURE
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Introduction Advertising uses appeals as a way of persuading people to buy certain products. Advertising appeals are designed in a way so as to create a positive image of the individuals who use certain products. Advertising agencies and companies use different types of advertising appeals to influence the purchasing decisions of people. Music appeal This is the use of music in adverts. Entertainment as an intrinsic part of music helps to make the advert more appealing to the consumers
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The uses and gratifications approach places power in the hands of the audience and is a helpful perspective when trying to understand media usage‚ exposure‚ and effects. However‚ while the uses and gratifications approach has been applied regularly to traditional media‚ research explaining why people use new social media networks as well as the gratifications they obtain from them is scarce at best. This thesis provides a comprehensive overview of the uses and gratifications approach as well
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company policy. This Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) sets forth the Company’s policy with regard to the use of Autosource Group‚ Inc. (AGI) Computer and Network Resources. You‚ the user‚ are ultimately responsible for your actions in accessing and using Network Resources. As a user of AGI Network Resources‚ you are expected to review and understand the guidelines and procedures in this document. SCOPE This policy applies to all AGI hourly associates who will have
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Impact of Steroid Use Sports require much talent and skill to be played at the professional level. All athletes must work hard and practice often to get more proficient in their field of play. There are also some people who try to get by without putting in all the effort through the use of performance-enhancing drugs‚ which refers to steroids. The use of steroids is banned from professional sports‚ so why did several athletes use them? Most professional athletes abusing steroids utilized them to
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Police use of force is something used by law enforcement to contain and control the situation. Use of force has been frowned upon throughout the history of the United States. There have been many situations that citizens think could have been handled differently and the use of force was to much or excessive. Throughout the history of the United States there have been a different take on the use of force by police. Many citizens think that it is nessasary for police to use their discretion when choosing
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risk but more as a way of determining the subject’s popularity rank. As young teens fall deeper and deeper into the trap of using illicit drugs the least of their concerns is their health. The immediate health may not be in danger but the long term use of illicit drugs can potentially alter your body chemistry. The toll that illicit drugs take on your body is never seen right off hand‚ but may become visible by middle age adult years. To understand the severity of illicit drug usage one must know
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Drug Use in the Vietnam War Drug use by the soldiers in the Vietnam War was very common. Drug use in the military has always been around‚ but in the Vietnam era it started to increase at an alarming rate. It is noted that there were many drugs used and abused during this time. These drugs include marijuana‚ cocaine‚ and heroine. Soldiers often used these drugs to kill the pain of many hardships such as injury during battle‚ loss of a fellow soldier or being away from home. Marijuana is legally
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Whats right from wrong when it comes to police use of force. The unnecessary use of force has been described as deadly force‚ brutality and many more abuses towards minorities Do police officers believe in correct use of protocol because citizens are not seeing the result. Police officers are taught to serve and protect but unnecessary use of force is being revisited. Police officers can’t be taught to treat citizens as if they are animals. Now a days animals are treated better than a your typical
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or tablets” (Smart Devices Make for Smart Kids). For these reasons‚ many schools have begun to allow cell phones in the class room for educational purposes. Due to the fact that cell phones help students in many ways during school hours‚ cell phone use should be allowed in classrooms all around. Cell phones in the classroom would make things much easier for us when it comes to having to research a certain topic or look up answers when we are given certain questions instead Abreu 2 of using a heavy
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