When it comes to the topic of social media‚ many will vilify Twitter and Facebook. This is true of authors Gladwell and Baron. Whereas Gladwell states that social media is not the adequate tool to organize social or political activism‚ Baron maintains that even without social media available‚ people will continue to fight for what they believe in. One way that each other tries to persuade the readers is through logos. Gladwell begins talking about the sit-ins that happened in Greensboro in 1960
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our mother. You may ask yourself‚ what is social media? Social media is the interaction among people in which they create‚ share‚ or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks (Wikipedia). Social media websites range from Twitter‚ Facebook‚ Instagram‚ LinkedIn‚ Google+‚ etc. and are all globally connected. Society is moving forward and craving the latest and greatest in technology. To what extent is social media necessary? To some‚ social media is a necessity and plays an
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The Significance of Social Networking The development of public social networking websites is surely apparent to anyone in the Twenty first century. Because the world has been changing so much technically‚ public media tools and websites also consume me. It appears that websites have begun to modify my identity as an individual‚ whether I like it or not. Some of these changes are good‚ and yet others are not. Social systems have modified my identity by allowing me become friends with and connect
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express the organization’ identity and promote a particular image. In 21 century‚ many organizations decided to choose social networking as their channel to communicate to their stakeholder. Today’s social media such as blogging and micro blogging (Twitter‚ Facebook) offer organization a platform to post tradition news releases‚ corporate blog that contribute to image building. With social media‚ an increasingly popular means through which companies can communication in online communities. (Sweetser
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new sense of social activism. He states social activism as an action that intentionally tries to bring a social change to an issue (314). It has been made easier to bring awareness and also have act upon an issue because of social media‚ such as: Twitter‚ Facebook‚ tumblr‚ etc. There are several movements around the world that are fighting to solve an issue and the use of these websites are able to congregate a large community to engage in conversation about the topic. Gladwell explains how the
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tool as well as for support‚ whether it is for school work or just for moral support through the many different types of Social Networking sites. There are several different types of Social Networking sites. The more popular sites are Facebook‚ Twitter and MySpace. Blogging sites are also considered to be a part of Social Networking. I will go through each of the main three Social Networking sites. The first Social Network site I will be discussing is Facebook. Below is a little diagram full of
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We’ve all heard of them. Facebook‚ Twitter and Tumblr are just a few of the websites that consume the vast majority of anyone who can afford a computer or phone’s life. While it is such a huge part of our lives‚ it leads to the question‚ do we even enjoy it? Or is it just another way for people to fit in with today’s society? It is undeniable that social media makes our lives easier. Within the clicks of a few buttons you can plan something with your friends‚ have a whole conversation with somebody
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Donald Trump’s Twitter account was the target of a "rogue" employee who apparently is not a fan of the president. In a Friday tweet storm in response to the outage incident‚ Trump gave a "Covfefe"-esque response as to the worker’s motivation. In what is mystifying to some on Twitter‚ the POTUS said his account was sabotaged because his messages were "finally getting out... and having an impact." https://www.inquisitr.com/4595893/trumps-twitter-account-down-update-hero-employee-sabotaged-potus-account-last-day-on-job/
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Service Members Make Mistakes As a service member myself‚ I have seen the errors from my comrades with regards to social media. Dates‚ times‚ the nature of mission‚ and other details could be posted on someone’s social media account like Facebook or Twitter‚ just to name a few‚ while communicating with family and friends. Although not a direct detailed listing of the event‚ the incident could easily be extrapolated from the simple post. Images can give potentially dangerous information as well. In one
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