The World of Cyberspace and its Effects on Social Relationships Many studies have been conducted on the various features of cyberspace, its connection to social media, and how it influences professional, intimate, and cordial relationships. Although many spectators are convinced that society’s frequent use of cyberspace has taken a turn down the wrong path, cyberspace has opened up many opportunities for professional relationships to establish, such as the relationship between Facebook usage and an increase in work values in Taiwan (Lin, Le, Khalil, & Cheng, 2012). However, contradictory results suggest that heavy use of the internet by young children, specifically adolescent girls, may be a factor of negative social well-being (Pea et al., 2012). In order to fully understand how social cyberspace affects everyday relationships, all forms of interactions must be examined. This paper will examine the positive and negative effects of cyberspace connections and whether they should be utilized and in what manner. Primary Issues Cyberspace Cyberspace is a time-dependent set of interconnected information systems and the human users that interact with these systems (Ottis & Lorents, 2010). In recent years the term “cyberspace” has been used to explain things that pertain to any type of network system and anything to do with the use of computer technology. However, given the frequent use of cyberspace and its different qualities that people use daily, human relationships are affected by the information systems. The everyday use of cyberspace has changed the way in which social identity, social interaction, and relationship formation is formed differently online than in real life (McKenna & Bargh, 2000). Cyberspace has affected the way ... ... middle of paper ... ...various businesses. Social media is now used in order to recruit and hire employees for different companies. For instance, the social media site, LinkedIn, has many social profiles of individuals that are thrown in a candidate pool for different jobs. Many recruiters can find their ideal candidate by searching for key terms that may match individual’s background or show up on their personal profile (Blacksmith & Poeppelman, 2013). Although this process may make it easier for recruiters to scout potential employees, the method has its limitations. Recruiters are basing their decisions off of information provided by the unknown individuals, information that could potential be false. Also, other trivial things, like people not updating their profiles or revealing photographs of themselves that are accurate may influence the recruiter’s decision to hire someone or not.
Staples’ Article “What Adolescents miss when we let them grow up in cyberspace” explains how children are constantly living their lives through cyberspace such as email, chatroom, and instant messages, causing them to “miss” essential real-life social development skills when they grow up in “cyberspace” that would be vital to them when they enter adulthood. There are many examples, however the three most significant examples that support this idea is: Research is supporting that continuous use of cyberspace is isolating young socially connected people;Staples uses Prof.Robert Kraut a researcher at Carnegie Mellon university idea that people let real-world relationship get replaced by the ones made in cyberspace; and Staples’
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religious and demographic information) of the applicant. The use of these information for recruitment purposes is illegal and can also lead to charges of discrimination. Some of this information includes the religion, age, national origin, or race of the applicant. Screening a candidate out because of his or her presence on social media can also inaccurately reflect the work ethic of an applicant. Just as the name implies, social media sites like Twitter and Facebook were primarily designed for social use and not as an avenue to display work samples and professional skills. Also, because not all applicants make use of social media networks, using social media in screening can create an unfair advantage or disadvantage for candidates that make use of social media. (Durham Chamber of Commerce,
On an HR standpoint, social media have played a huge role into employee recruitment. According to a 2013 survey from the SHRM conducted by Mulvey on social networking websites and recruiting/selection, more than three quarters (77%) of organization reported using social network sites to recruit potential job candidates. The article also stated that 80% of organizations said that the primary reason of using social networking for recruitment purposes was the ab...
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...n social sites fits their company’s culture or not, less than half wants to know about the qualifications of candidates online and others look for reasons not hire candidates from their social media sites,”. Employers screen profiles of job seekers and existing employees, pictures depicting their life styles, the kind of comments they make online-whether discriminatory or not, their communication skills, and for any form of image degrading information on their social media sites. They make choices as to their ideal candidate highly based on the information gathered online about their identity. Meeting requirement or standards of an employer online is virtually the same as passing a “face to face” interview with a well drafted résumé. The online identity that the youth gradually build from been a teenage to a job seeking adult determines their fate in the job market.
...HR professionals, but can be a dangerous ‘foe’ when used inappropriately.” (Davison, Maraist, & Bing, 2011) As long a recruiters apply uniform reviewing techniques social media can be successfully to help in hiring qualified individuals that will meet the needs of the company.
“Cyberspace” is a term which is now frequently used among people. Through the advent of computers and especially the internet, our very lives have changed dramatically. Now starting from acquiring information to complex online transactions involving billions of dollars have become possible due to the cyberspace.
The presence of social media in hiring decisions is something that has become more prevalent with technological advancements. As the usage of social media websites becomes more frequent, the use of these websites in hiring decisions also raises. Issues that arise with social media sites interfering with the hiring process include legality versus ethicality conflicts and discrimination due to specific social identities reflected on profiles of the individual applicants.
The limited sensory experiences of cyberspace have some significant disadvantages- as well as some unique advantages - as compared to in-person encounters. Since communicating only with typed text, people have the option of being themselves, expressing only parts of their identity, assuming imaginative identities, or remaining completely anonymous. Anonymity has a disinhibiting effect that cuts two ways. Sometimes people use it to act out some unpleasant need or emotion, often by abusing other people. Anonymity also allows them to be honest and open about some personal issue that they could not discuss in a face-to-face encounter.
The human need for affiliation creates the challenges and rewards of finding acquaintances, forming close friendships, as well as intimate relationships. Through technological advances cyberspace, or the internet, has become a place of multiple opportunities for people to be able to fulfill that need for affiliation. Websites, chat rooms, and online communities are just some examples of virtual platforms for people to seek others, come together, and find that special someone. These opportunities can result in positive outcomes allowing people to achieve what or whom they were seeking, but they can also result in harm to themselves and others, resulting with damaging consequences. Cyberspace does not come with a warning label. People who use the internet as a means to seek relationships are at risk of being exposed to positive as well as negative results. Being made aware of some of those risks and dangers, and realizing that forming relationships on the internet is not all fun and games, may be ways to help promote a positive future for cyberspace as a place to form successful relationships.
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Social network profiles are the most essential tool to judge job applicants because it reflects a good image of the job applicants. For example, if the company is recruiting a writer, it would be better to choose a person who has a blog web page in a blogging website such as Word-Press that shows and reflects his/her ability in writing. In addition to that, a Human Resources manager can check this person’s Facebook and Twitter in order to see his/her grammar and writing skills. This information provides accurate and complete picture about the candidate. (Fish & Lee, n.d). Moreover, social network profiles can prove the application as it shows applicant’s participation in many fields. For instance, when a recruiter enters person’s blog that includes art and design work, it will show his/her passion to work as a designer in the company. Therefore, it is important to judge applicants based on their social media profiles because it shows a good image of the person.
In the modern n day, we cannot imagine a world without technology. It 's fascinating how much digital technology like mobile devices, and social platforms such as facebook, instagram, twitter can connect human being to one another. . Rather than conversing face to face, we can connect our loved ones from anywhere and anytime. Technology has been improving from the past to present, in its: shapes, speed, collection etc. We have reached the point where we are deeply acquainted with digital technology platforms. Digital technology such as mobile devices, and social medias can make, maintain and destroy human relationships.
Cybercrime refers to all forms of crime conducted through a computer or a mobile device using computer networks. It is thus the use of a computer with the aim of intercepting and manipulating content, disrupting communication, stealing or generally destroying others’ information or hardware through a network. Although cybercrime is a worldwide problem and affects both small and big companies, small companies are affected more from the dangers of cybercrime. The rapid advancement in technology is causing tremendous problems to businesses in terms of more sophisticated cyber-attacks. This project is interesting and beneficial because it enlightens one on the dangers of cybercrime, thus preparing individuals to know how to prevent attacks while online, how to reduce the effects of a cyber-attack and how to prevent future