Social media is an important medium for communication, Facebook and Twitter now serve as a part of everyday life for many individuals. In a research study by Smith et al. (2012), Facebook had 1 billion users in October 2012, reaching one out of seven people on the planet. In July 2012, Twitter had 517 million users (Semiocast, 2012), according to the data analysis group Pingdom (2012), half of all social media users are between 25 and 44 years old. Therefore, young people are more likely to engage
Harnessing Social Media As A Knowledge Management Tool Abstract— This paper will discuss the use of social media as a knowledge management tool and examples of using them generally at the organization. Keywords— Social media; Knowledge management tool; Knowledge sharing I. INTRODUCTION Using the social media as communication medium has become a new trend in communities since last several years. The social media group is predicted to become larger by introducing
idealistic in using social media. Social Media can put each user’s minds in a greater advance. Every user has extended their capabilities in understanding and learning things their own way. Because of social media young people can be more creative in expressing themselves or how they deal with things in their social media account may either be through the pictures they share, the status they post or their daily blogs for example. Young people can learn anything in social media that can be very useful
influence that both social media and technology have on our society everyday. Instead of leading protests or having campaigns like many activists before the digital age did to promote their causes, many people are active on social media and online to promote themselves. One popular global activist is Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has paired with the World Food Programme to make people aware of the many hungry people all over the world, but are social media campaigns more effective
For my Social Media essay, I went through many process works to get my best work I have right now. The Social Media essay is located after my “Eleven” packet and before my PRLs (Personal Reading Logs). Before, we started our writing, we did a class survey, read a few articles, and watched two videos on social networking that described how it impacted daily lives negatively or positively. Through the survey we did, we were able to figure the percentage of our class of how long they use social networking
Eighty-one percent of kids these days have a social media like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram… but is that a good thing? One of the ugly sides of social media is cyber bullying which has become very common with these kids through the online barrier that the internet creates. Another example, is that social media can create a bad influence on kids. Finally, social media can create a distraction in kids from their school work and their lives. Social media can be used for good in many ways but with
Connected yet disconnected—is this really what social networking has turned us into? Knowing that social media has some issues, have you ever wondered whether social media is a comfort or a menace? The many issues that torment social media can be solved, so social networks remain to be a credible source of information, a means for public awareness, a platform for connecting with other people and strengthening offline and online relationships, a medium for crowdsourcing and solidarity, and engaging
Name Date Social Media and its Effects The term “social media” is used to describe an interaction between individuals and groups in which they connect with each other, share ideas and exchange every kind of information with each other. Social media websites are now popular all over the world. The basic purpose of social media is to aid and promote communication. While sitting at home, we can talk to anybody in the world via chatting, voice chatting and even video calling. Social media websites have
Social Media What is social media? Surely everyone knows what is social media. Social media is a network of virtual worlds where there are many good and bad or positive and negative to use for the society now, social media is also a network that is connected from the users of one another that can communicative very easly because is one person is in a different city or country can communicate easly through. In addition to being used to communicate easily, social media can also be used the market
quick appearance, social media has developed a quite questionable reputation: due to lack of experience, many marketers are not sure which social media tools are best to use, and whereas some businesses have already figured out how to take advantage of social media, for some it is still a new big step. Social media demonstrate huge potential, no matter what type of business we talk about; however, not everyone has perfect understanding of all possible benefits from using social media as business-driving