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Social Media and
Communication
COM 150
Agenda
-History of Social Media
-How Social Media affect our individuals’ behaviors/ perspective
-How important Social Media to us
-Pros/Cons
Definition: SOCIAL MEDIA
-forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social
networking and microblogging) through which users create
online communities to share information, ideas, personal
messages, and other content (as videos)
(2014,
Merriam-Webster)
History of Social Media
How social media can make you feel
pressure
One girl decided to delete her IG account because she felt herself
becoming depressed by it.
It is because of the pressure she felt when she is taking the right
picture, with the right filter, wearing the right outfit, at the right
place, and with the right people.
How can Social Media affect on our
future? (Social skills, Future jobs)
Social media affects on our future, includes
jobs.. There are certain companies that
will ask to see a person’s Facebook or any
social media sites in order to decide if
they are the right person for the job. And
also, what we post there can have some
major impacts.
Social Media
The use for social media has gone above that, from
websites like Facebook, Twitter, Linkedln, and Pinterest
-all of those sites have shaped the way for not only how
we communicate but how we share ideas, get jobs, and
our news.
Our generation to lose valuable social skills that help us
communicate with others better
Pro
Con
Social networking sites spread information faster than
any other media. (like newspaper, reporters, news)
Social media enables the spread of unreliable and
false information
Law enforcement uses social networking sites to catch
and prosecute criminals
Social networking sites lack privacy and expose users
to government
Social networking sites help students do better at
school.
Students who are heavy social media users tend to
have lower grades
Social media sites help employers find employees and
job seekers find work
Using social media can harm job stability
Social networking sites facilitate cyberbullying
Social networking sites allow people to make new
friends
How Social Media affect teenager’s
behavior
Social networks can harbor a flow of generally
undesirable things such as anger and sadness,
unhappiness, but good things also flow like happiness,
love, altruism, and valuable information.
Social networks also affect their behavior by putting up
bad things, drama, fighting, seeing people getting
killed. Its can also have people doing/follow negative
things in life. Social media can control people mind and
cause them to think and react in a different way.
Social Media improves social relationships
how?
Social Media sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Vine and more sites
make our life simpler and easier to connect with families and friends who
live far away from you via statues, pictures and videos and also share the
exciting things with them.
It is not just for personal life, it is also for sharing business via social media
sites.
It might help you find a job without challenge because company bosses may
look at your profile and may get a good impression.
(2014, Patton-Carson)
Does social media improves education? How?
Social networking is not just for flirting. It offers students the opportunity to
learn new ways to research, create new interesting ideas or topics, and to
learn for academic benefits. Today, adult students use computers more
than workbooks as we live in a social world, from a young age teachers
teach kids how to use web sites which lets them learn how to collect
information, share links, and many things.
(2007, Sm ith)
Are there a way to improve your life
from social media?
YES!
-keep contact with family and friends,
-have quality time with them,
-to save some time to find information from articles, posts, sites, and videos,
-to show your abilities to the world on YouTube or any site as a fan, to get
comments that may help improve your problems,
-to help people’s needs by donating to improve their life,
-to distract yourself with overwhelming/pain from hard work.
(2008, Hamburg)
Debate
Is social media bad for society?
References:
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Social Media." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2014. .
A Brief History Of Social Media (1969-2012) [INFOGRAPHIC] (- AllTwitter) n.d. Web. Nov 18, 2014
http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/social-media-1969-2012_b45869
Hamburg Monica (2008). 6 Ways Social Media Can Improve Your Life. Received on November 22, 2014 from
http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/6-ways-social-media-can-improve-your-life/
Fran Smith (2007). How to Use Social-Networking Technology for Learning. Received on November 22, 2014 from
http://www.edutopia.org/how-use-social-networking-technology
Patton-Carson Lindsay (2014). Why Social Media is Important for Your Personal and Professional Life. Received on
October 28, 2014 from https://www.udemy.com/blog/why-social-media-is-important/
Social Networking ProCon.org. (n.d.). Retrieved December 1, 2014, from http://socialnetworking.procon.org
Social media affects social skills, future jobs. (n.d.). Retrieved December 1, 2014, from
http://www.bgnews.com/in_focus/social-media-affects-social-skills-future-jobs/article_d7500336-9394-11e3-a4de001a4bcf887a.html
COM 150
Final Group Presentations/Projects
Individual Paper
F’14
Use the notes you made during the meetings you had with your group for this
project and compose the 2-3 page assessment of your group’s process throughout
the project. It’s like giving yourself feedback for your group, your participation in it,
and your group presentation.
The typed paper is due on Monday 12/08/14 by 4 pm. The paper can be emailed.
Also include in the email a copy of your part of the presentation ppt.
The following questions will help you create content for the essay, but make sure to
do an essay and not just answer the questions.
Me and 3 classmates worked on a presentation project about social media at SAC lab and library.
We met outside class to organize it but we had extra time to work on it while the teacher directed
us. The meetings was good and my classmates were nice and cared about the assignment. Our
goal was to get a good grade.
-How did your group decide on the topic and title?
One of my classmate wanted to discuss it to learn more information.
-How did you divide the work and parts of the project? Why did you do it
that way?
I did the research and here is the information;
How does social media improve social relationship?
Social Media sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Vine and more sites make our life
simpler and easier to connect with families and friends who live far away from you via
statues, pictures and videos and also share the exciting things with them. It is not just for
personal life, it is also for sharing business via social media sites. It might help you find a
job without challenge because company bosses may look at your profile and may get a
good impression.
Patton-Carson Lindsay (2014). Why Social Media is Important for Your Personal and
Professional Life. Received on October 28, 2014
from https://www.udemy.com/blog/why-social-media-is-important/
How does social networking improve education?
Social networking is not just for flirting. It offers students the opportunity to learn new
ways to research, create new interesting ideas or topics, and to learn for academic
benefits. Today, adult students use computers more than workbooks as we live in a social
world, from a young age teachers teach kids how to use web sites which lets them learn
how to collect information, share links, and many things.
Fran Smith (2007). How to Use Social-Networking Technology for Learning.
Received on November 22, 2014 from http://www.edutopia.org/how-usesocial-networking-technology
6 ways to improve life from social media?
The 6 ways are to keep contact with family and friends, have quality time with them, to
save some time to find information from articles, posts, sites, and videos, to show your
abilities to the world on YouTube or any site as a fan, to get comments that may help
improve your problems, to help people’s needs by donating to improve their life, to
distract yourself with overwhelming/pain from hard work.
Yes
Yes
Yes
-Do you feel you had enough input?
-Were you fully involved in the process?
-Did your group members get along well?
-Did you have an easy or hard time getting together to work on the project?
Kinda essay
-Did the group have some conflicts? What were they and how were they
resolved?
Yes and they just researched themslves
-How did you feel about your group’s project overall? How did you feel about
your contribution to the project?
Yes and felt good.
-How did the presentation go?
I think it went well.
A
-If you were to evaluate your group, what grade would you give?
A
-If you were to evaluate your part in the project, what grade would you give?
-What changes would you make if you did this kind of project again?
Nothing, I think its good enough.
-What did you learn from doing this project?
Learnt how to present with my group.
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