Is Social Networking A Distraction Or A
"Is Social Networking a distraction or a valuable tool that can facilitate an improved quality of life?"
Right off the bat, any help that one can get from taking the globalised world to our fingers tips would only serve to benefit
Social
Bad: Sexting and perverts at our doorsteps
Good: The Skype program in teens in Brazil speak with English pensioners.
Education
Widens the geographical area of what can be defined as a classroom
Personal experience I’ve asked that instead of buying the book I have a copy of it on pdf so with them bringing smartphones, tablets etc, that would work best for everybody.
Economical
We can simply place an ad on strategic websites to gain a push in business, example being Facebook.
There are many advantages of social media, as well as, some disadvantages. For example, it has helped to spark awareness about criminal activities, it has helped to retrieve data that has aided investigations for the judicial system, and it brought awareness to economic woes and social issues such as poverty and health care concerns like cancer and AIDS.
It has helped not-for-profit organisations to gain sponsorship and volunteers. It has helped influencers to spread positive messages to the masses. Social media technology has aided in the LGBTQIA equality stance; it has brought awareness to women's rights issues, such as equal pay and sexism.
Social media helped to raise funds for the Jamaican bobsled team through crowdfunding. It helped to create viral support for the Voice season 5 winner Tessanne Chin; it has aided in finding missing children, when an Ananda Alert is declared users share the missing persons report.
The boom of social media technology
BY Melissa Salmon
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
The use of social media tools in health and development programs has become an effective way to expand reach, foster engagement, and increase access to credible, science-based health messages (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011).
So what
Right off the bat, any help that one can get from taking the globalised world to our fingers tips would only serve to benefit
Social
Bad: Sexting and perverts at our doorsteps
Good: The Skype program in teens in Brazil speak with English pensioners.
Education
Widens the geographical area of what can be defined as a classroom
Personal experience I’ve asked that instead of buying the book I have a copy of it on pdf so with them bringing smartphones, tablets etc, that would work best for everybody.
Economical
We can simply place an ad on strategic websites to gain a push in business, example being Facebook.
There are many advantages of social media, as well as, some disadvantages. For example, it has helped to spark awareness about criminal activities, it has helped to retrieve data that has aided investigations for the judicial system, and it brought awareness to economic woes and social issues such as poverty and health care concerns like cancer and AIDS.
It has helped not-for-profit organisations to gain sponsorship and volunteers. It has helped influencers to spread positive messages to the masses. Social media technology has aided in the LGBTQIA equality stance; it has brought awareness to women's rights issues, such as equal pay and sexism.
Social media helped to raise funds for the Jamaican bobsled team through crowdfunding. It helped to create viral support for the Voice season 5 winner Tessanne Chin; it has aided in finding missing children, when an Ananda Alert is declared users share the missing persons report.
The boom of social media technology
BY Melissa Salmon
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
The use of social media tools in health and development programs has become an effective way to expand reach, foster engagement, and increase access to credible, science-based health messages (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011).
So what