Human civilization has many watersheds and these watersheds have given direction to the evolution of human progress/civilization. One of such watersheds was Industrial Revolution of 17th century, which yielded not only new socio-political-economic system, but also new notions, precepts and perspectives. If we study the progress of human civilization, the imprints of Industrial Revolution on the evolution of human civilization become so evident. Invention of internet; social scientists and historians agree is the most recent and apparent watershed, which is not only influencing the progress of human civilization, but also shaping it. It is observed that internet has provided with the more accessibility to information/data/evidence. Individuals
As the reach and popularity of social media augmented, so did social media’s role and its use. There were many reasons, which increased the relevance of social media, which included its reach; its inexpensiveness and user friendly interface. Think of the time when people across the globe were not linked to each other. Landline phones were the only technology reaching across borders. But with evolution of internet and social media’s role; things have completely changed. Society is getting closer through social media, where people from every field of life with different opinions interact with each other and share thoughts, ideas and information. It is observed that sometimes a news story even before reaching electronic media, reaches in the world of social media. Business world id also getting more benefits from use of social media. There are so many social media platforms, but Facebook is considered one of the most popular in all of them
As per the criterion, which claims that inaccurate information or flawed information is zero information, which is also a true criterion. They people are less informed than before and social media has not helped in expanding human intellect or in maturing of political thought process. Therefore, based on this criterion and claim, we can say that people of modern world, who have access to immense data and information, are less informed and therefore not able to take accurate and precise decisions. But in my opinion, such argument cannot be generalized to whole social media world. The revolutions and benefits which social media has brought to the world cannot be ignored. Certainly, issues are there, but these issues are not unsolvable. New research and studies will help social media to deal with negative issues to make it more informative, authentic and
Social media is very influential for life today. Social media helps us in many impossible circumstances. But social media can also adversely affect its users. The adverse impacts arising from social media are anti-social.
Such negative impact like the information that circulating on the social media is also not guaranteed the truth. The sites that use are very diverse also often disseminate information that deviates from the real situation. The distribution of pornographics content is also often widely accesble and open withim any existing in social media. Besides that, much information spread in social media which still not one hundred percent fully guaranteed. So each users is required to understand well which information is correct and which are not
There might be few people in the globe who are not aware of social media especially most famous networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Wikipedia. It is declared in Time Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ in the year 2006 that social media has been introduced to rule the world. As of course, there are many variations on the basis of culture and geographical in the social networking sites, but their main aim is the same. We can take the example ...
Social media and networking are two of the greatest ways to influence the views and beliefs of a society. Being that it is a prime communication center for millions of people worldwide, the power of social media is incredible. In January of 2011,...
The rapid growth of the social media networking makes life different. According to the real time internet live statistics, the internet users in the world are now more than 3,338,000,000 and keep rising every day (Internet Live Stats, 2016). Social media like Facebook, Sina microblog (Weibo), Twitter, Instagram and YouTube are defined as the online communities which allow users to create and share their own content (Bolton et al., 2013). The faster and easier information exchange brings a new trend of marketing communication established and makes traditional peer to peer word of mouth spreading go online. Social media provides a platform for consumer to engage in electronic word-of-mouth. It can be either positive or negative statement on the product brand or service which made by potential, actual or experience users on the internet (Themba & Mulala, 2013). Facebook is one of the fast developing social media. It brings up a new trend of social media marketing. Facebook influenced customer behavior and suggested to be one of the most critical metrics of social media usage (Schultz, Schwepker & Good, 2012).
Katona and Sarvary (2014) define social media as “the way in which people interact to create, share, and/or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks”. Asur and Huberman (2010) state that social media is shifting in a high-speed the conversations in the society about topics from the environment and politics to the technology and the entertainment industry due to the easy use, speed and capacity of social media platforms and networks. Well-known social media platforms include Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn,Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, Tumblr, Reddit, Instagram, Pinterest, Google+ and more. Social media differ from related concepts such as Web 2.0, which is considered as the platform for the development of social media (Kaplan
It is considered that a rapid process of informatization of all areas of modern society is a characteristic feature of the XXI century. That is why it has led to the growing importance and development of social media that are the main source of different kinds of information. Today social media has become a necessary part of our culture as it significantly affects the mass consciousness. It becomes possible for anyone to express themselves and share different kinds of information through social networks. Moreover, they also play an essential role in the process of socialization of modern society. Despite a quite controversial opinion about the influence of social media on people, there is also an idea that it is the best way to spread useful
Social media is the fruit of the current Web 2.0 technology. It is a series of organized applications which need to have internet connection to realize their functions of producing and interchanging of the contents generated by users (Kaplan & Haenlein, 2010). To be clearer, the social media is what we use to exchange information in daily life through internet. The implementation of social media can be found all around us, especially with the development of portable devices, and easier internet access. With constant upgrading on mobile platform, and the efforts of internet suppliers, more and more people can now enjoy the social media applications and media web sites with a relatively lower constraint by time and space. Through using social media tools, people can receive or deliver information quicker and more effectively. The implementation of social media has made the earth smaller. Thus, it may bring about many impacts which may significantly change people’s lives.
This group of people has a very strong claim, which completely against the first claim that social media is informing the society. They say that it is creating confusion through wrong information. They say that in this time people are getting more information, but the issue is correctness of the information. They believe that humans are less informed than past because it is hard to find correct information, as there is too much information is available (Kelly). They further say that a person or organization must have a method to understand correct information. If an individual or organization has no ability then it will not able to find or identify correct information. The use of inaccurate information will affect the decisions and actions, which will further make issues difficulties or challenges for company or individual. To consider their viewpoint and claim they give example of current economic conditions. As per this group or, investment based on inaccurate data/information has created wrong economic environment, which atlas burst and creates economic losses
Society has over time, developed many means of communication starting with the word of mouth to writing letters, the telephone, and now the internet. The internet has developed its own form of communication, which is a social network. Social networks have created a way for people across the world to communicate with each other at the same time, all in one place, thus making it the internet the reason behind the revolution known as Social Network.
Recent technology and new social media websites and apps have changed the world forever. This is no longer disputed. When Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook in 2004 he could not have imagined the forces it would unleash (Wadhwa). A new era was created. One that would connect the world in a way never imagined. But it was not just Facebook. Many websites dedicated to the art of social media were created and embraced. The new tools of social media have reinvented social activism as we know it (Gladwell). All of this change inevitably brings upon many questions. The most important question of them all: is social media a good thing for the world? This is a fair question. The new social-media filled world is a different world than the one known by the baby-boomers. This new world is filled with change, and with change comes uncertainty. This paper is designed to answer the question posed before and will argue that social media has ultimately changed the world for the better by giving people connecting the world, changing the way political campaigns are ran, changing public policy, and giving people stronger voices in the news media and in general.
Social media is a form of online communication channels devoted to society input, intercommunication, and cooperation. In social media, people can talk and interact without restriction, exchange and debate information with each other about their lives by using many different combinations of the words, personal multimedia, photos, and videos. Also, in social media, individulsa and groups can create, edit, comment on, and engage in personal conversations. There are numerous types of social media, for example, wikis, blogs, social network site, micro blogging services, and sites sharing media. At the beginning, social media was limited to a few networks sites, for instance, Bulletin Board System that allows people to communicate with each other and post a comment. Today, social media has transformed from ineffective sites to more useful and effective websites, for example, Facebook, and MySpace. Some companies are using social media to achieve their goals which is attracting more customers to company website. Three advantages of using social media in business are: raising brand consciousness, building customer relationships, and increasing performance measurements.
Technology has come a long ways from its existence till today. In today’s modern world, people are surrounded by technology everywhere. In the present, people are surrounded by disrupting technologies every day. Today innovators are always creating new technologies that will make an impact on the daily lives of millions. Technology has made the lives of many people easier. The influence of technology has made an impact on social media. Social media has impacted the society in many ways. Whether it is the life of an individual to how successful a company is going to be. Social media is not just about tweeting about what you just accomplished or instagraming what food you are about to eat at a very nice restaurant. The uses of social media is way broader. Now most social media companies are buying out and merging with many other companies that will be off use to them. The people of society has certainly come from a long way. Social media is influencing consumers in what they are going to buy next. Social media is helping businesses to become more aware of their impact they have on they customers. Social media has a big presence for an individual and a business. This research paper is going to be over how social media impacts an individual. Then it is going to be about how much of an impact it has on businesses. Afterwards it is going to go over the pros and the cons of social media in society. Then this research paper is going to conclude on where social media is heading towards in the near future and so on.
Social media is a controversy topic in today’s society. Some people think that social media destroys human interaction and real life human relationships. While others think that social media is a bless to humanity. Social media makes human interaction much more convenient and much faster than real life human interaction, it makes globalization a reality, it gives a chance for introverted people to express themselves, and it also benefit develop international relationships whether its business or social.
In the end, social media provide a way of keeping in relations with friends, also allow many companies to reach a large number of costumers and to be more productivity. At the same time, media are changing the ways in which we communicate and interact with others. Social media is a very interesting thing in our life. It was made for the free exchange of lots of information all around the world without boundaries but we have to know well how and why to use these media.