Deep Web

Interactivity and user-generated content represent two concepts that have long been part of community, yet there remains question about how those concepts are being exercised in digital media. Therefore, research in this area grows in importance as community publications, like all media companies, follow their audience online (Abernathy, 2014). The public traditionally has a stronger role and voice in the production of content within community journalism. The publication of user-generated…

Alexandra Sifferlin, in her TIME article “Why Facebook Makes You Feel Bad About Yourself”, claims that seeing everyone else’s posts often have a negative effect on Facebook users. I agree with her. I’m not saying that every time someone gets on Facebook, it is guaranteed to have a negative effect. Although, it has been proven that one in three users feel bad, mostly about themselves, after scrolling through their timeline (Sifferlin). Facebook is meant for people to connect and socialize with…

Social media has a huge impact on the social interactions of today’s population. I take a lot of time throughout my day to check Facebook; I check it whenever there’s a lull in conversation or whenever I go to the bathroom; or even during a conversation with my fiance (which she gets quite upset about). Writer Sherry Turkle articulates in her article “The Documented Life” that today's lifestyle is digitized, meaning that “People didn’t seem to feel like themselves unless they shared a thought or…

Abstracts Brothers Leo and John Resig used their creative approach to build this ecommerce, Social Network Media, Curated Web, Social Media via the internet, mobile-friendly, funny, attractive, all of this including a pay-it-forward-attitude company back in 2012. This is the type of business where opportunity was noticed and capitalized on. Both graduated from college with different attitudes on life yet found a niche while observing trends in their everyday jobs and casually integrated society…

But the phone-obsessed generation is facing many new challenges. When the individual becomes a user, when a nice memorable photo becomes an “instapic”, and when a deep thought becomes a hashtag, the world is doomed to realize the major effects of social media on all life’s aspects. “Alone Together” is a book by author and psychologist Sherry Turkle, that explores the ways social media is changing how people relate…

Hypothesis: The use of social media has negatives effects on relationships between people. Aim: To determine if the use of social media has negatives effects on relationships between people. Rationale: As an avid user of social media and an observer of fellow users I have noticed the negative effects that my constant use of social media has had on my relationship with my friends and family. The findings of my research are relevant because: • It will indicate whether the use of social media…

1. Who is the audience of this argument? Answer: The audience of this argument is all type persons who use the social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter etc. There is a tendency to partner social networking with Facebook, mainly in light of the fact that it is the greatest and most prevalent online social media network, and as a result of the motion picture called the social network. This article expands the dimensions of that conviction a little to demonstrate how the online social…

moving from one country to another country, he/she can still be in touch with people they love. Media can be used as an educational tool: Studies and individual experience uncover individuals tend to put their best foot forward while collaborating via web-based networking media. With social media, you can have better-structured study groups which will allow the students to share information quicker. Social media outlets like LinkedIn allow you to socially find and connect with successful…

and get the news before being broadcasting on the TV by an hour. Social networking can be also profitable. It turned out that social networking is being used widely as professional networking. It has been used in marketing to increase brand exposure, web traffic and gain market insights. 60% of entrepreneurs say that they had gained new customers due to the use of social marketing (Karr, " 2014 Statistics and Trends for Businesses on Social Media"). Furthermore, studies have…

Many people have access to the internet. Because of how accessible social media is, it serves as a platform for people to communicate with their family, friends, and people near or across the globe. This platform is also used to update people on current events happening around them. The information provided to them depends on not only how the messages are played out, but also how the audience receives it. In the context of the CNN documentary and the LA riots, there were different…