Social media is comparatively to new occurrence that has erased away the occurrence of the past decades. Nowadays young adults are highly attached to their smartphones and laptops; and any electronic devices, which can be a platform for social networking. According to Chapman (2015), social media has become a smart way of how people interact to each other and build relationship in many different types of major social networking tools. For instants, blogging, twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. Each of
Literature review Social Commerce Social Commerce is new wave of internet marketing. There are several definitions of social commerce, Kim and park (2003) defined it as a subset of e-commerce, that the consumers are able to generate content, share information, opinions, experiences, stories, habits to optimize their buying decisions and from whom to acquire to goods and services, where and when (Jascanu, Jascuna, & Nicolau,2007). IBM define Social Commerce (cited in Dennison et.al 2009) as "a marriage
their interrelation with society, and the environment. According to Jacqueline Howard of CNN, 81% of adults have smartphones in the U.S. and they spend about 1 hour and 30 mins daily on average to consume media. Also out of 168 hours a week people spend 50 hours on technology. Technology does affect human’s ability to get work done by causing distractions, lack of communication, also it makes
Weaver 3 Social media has been a major part of our society for many years and for many years to come. These days, however, the impossible standards are set much closer to home, not by celebrities and models but by classmates and friends. With social media, teens can curate their lives, and the resulting feeds read like highlight reels, showing only the best and most enviable moments while concealing efforts, struggles, and the merely ordinary aspects of day-to-day life. And there’s evidence that
people think of it that they cannot live without it. Just like how a teenage child reacts to their parents just to be on their gadgets longer. The internet coverage that a person enjoys makes it even harder to break free from technology. The features and the wide uses of technology in terms of our needs make the people reliant to it (JaguarPC, 2014). According to JaguarPC (2014), there are several cases where technology and social media affects our personality and human behavior. There are positive and
effects of social media addiction to them as college students to know their limitations. The study is based on two theories- Uses and gratification and media dependency. Uses and gratification are concerned with what people (audiences) do with the media. The theory posits that people are not passive receivers of media messages but active influencers of the message effect. That is, the consumers of media messages have the freewill to decide how they will use the media and how it will affect them. As
Clarke-pearson. ‘’The impact Of Social Media on children, Adolescent And Families.’’ Pediatrics (2011): 1-9. This article is talking directly on the general impacts of social media on the youths and society in general. Defining social media as any website that allows social interactions is referred as a social media site, such as facebook, twitter, etc. nowadays children take it as their second life, taking them a bit far from their studies and religion depending on how addicted they are. Siers-Poisson
family. Unfortunately, the opposite situation can also occur. Have you ever thought about how much your self-esteem today depends on "likes"? A “like” is easy way to tell people that you like what they share on Facebook, with one click. Wherever you can add a comment on the content of your friends, you will also have the option to click on "Like" to tell your friends exactly this: "I like this". Social media have changed our lives. Unconsciously many small habits that we used to have, are now replaced
Accessibility Social media being a community-based has the ability to support information sharing had affect consumer’s daily information seeking (Yan Zhang, 2013). Consumers often uses social media to look for recipes for food preparation tips online or even asking advice from a friend or someone who had experience in preparing the food. Based on Lee, E. (2013) research, the amount of information exposed to us in social media is increasing day by day and in result we are able to attain
definition of social media is “the relationships that exist between network of people” (Walter & Riviera, 2004). For past the ten years, information exchange has changed dramatically due to the invention of social media. People who pass information through hand written letters before now use social media as a form of futuristic exchange of ideas, personal information, pictures and videos. Almost seventy-three percent of Americans now use social media websites (Oberst, 2010). A social networking is