Social Networking
Social networking sites are more popular than ever, and they've changed the way people use the Internet. Some of the most popular sites are Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. These sites allow people to keep in touch with their friends, share links, plan events, and more. Moreover, Social networking has the propensity to make or break an individual. Corporations can use media technologies and networking strategies to further investigate their prospective employees, therefore, depending on how an individual uses said platforms, they can win or lose out on a job. If done correctly, both individuals and businesses can use social networking to promote themselves positively, share useful information, and reach people they may not have had access to otherwise. Furthermore, for many teens and even younger kids, online social networking is an important part of their lives because it lets them talk to their friends no matter where they are.
However, Social Networking is the newest and maybe most important – form of social interaction of the 21st century. As the century has progressed, Social networking has become a common occurrence throughout a normal time-frame of 24 hours. To many, social networking is used for casual entertainment, keeping in touch with distance relatives and friends, and as a source of news information. Lately however, another common used for Social networking is surprisingly, employment and recruiting. By learning a small deal of information from an individuals social media pages or even LinkedIn page, employers have a much easier time finding strong candidates for job opportunities. Social networking has gone from a tool initially meant for entertainment, to a strong tool that you may need to monitor day in and day out as everyone may be looking. Despite this, there is still so much one can learn from an individuals social media page. Nothing beats actually meeting an individual in person and getting a sense of personality. To continue on that note, the future of social networking seems to still be up in the air and how we browse the web to find information. How we currently browse the web is totally free, with a link to common pages once we search a certain topic which is requested. What innovators at social networking giant Facebook is trying to accomplish will make the internet more safe by linking all searches and information between you and your expansive network – and by network I don’t only mean your Facebook friends. Expansive network would mean anything from your friends, family, neighborhood you live in, school community, professional network and etc. This would then help you locate many things from restaurants, doctors, professional services all based on your network. This seems extremely interesting, but also very encompassing in the sense that your network can be dictated by many items such as your job, your ethnicity, your home location, your social class. That also seems like it can lead to other problems and concerns throughout society.
Today it is very difficult to find a person who does not use a social network to share their experiences through the network, and people are also related through social networks, talk, share, comment on the moments and feelings of others, approve or disapprove these experiences through “likes or shares”. Such is the importance of social networks in today’s daily life that even a birthday greeting is done through the network.One of the ways that companies use social networks today is the direct communication with consumers or potential consumers.This is one of the ways we are helping more companies today because they can adapt their products and services to the immediate needs of consumers without spending money on it.
However, Social Networking is the newest and maybe most important – form of social interaction of the 21st century. As the century has progressed, Social networking has become a common occurrence throughout a normal time-frame of 24 hours. To many, social networking is used for casual entertainment, keeping in touch with distance relatives and friends, and as a source of news information. Lately however, another common used for Social networking is surprisingly, employment and recruiting. By learning a small deal of information from an individuals social media pages or even LinkedIn page, employers have a much easier time finding strong candidates for job opportunities. Social networking has gone from a tool initially meant for entertainment, to a strong tool that you may need to monitor day in and day out as everyone may be looking. Despite this, there is still so much one can learn from an individuals social media page. Nothing beats actually meeting an individual in person and getting a sense of personality. To continue on that note, the future of social networking seems to still be up in the air and how we browse the web to find information. How we currently browse the web is totally free, with a link to common pages once we search a certain topic which is requested. What innovators at social networking giant Facebook is trying to accomplish will make the internet more safe by linking all searches and information between you and your expansive network – and by network I don’t only mean your Facebook friends. Expansive network would mean anything from your friends, family, neighborhood you live in, school community, professional network and etc. This would then help you locate many things from restaurants, doctors, professional services all based on your network. This seems extremely interesting, but also very encompassing in the sense that your network can be dictated by many items such as your job, your ethnicity, your home location, your social class. That also seems like it can lead to other problems and concerns throughout society.
Today it is very difficult to find a person who does not use a social network to share their experiences through the network, and people are also related through social networks, talk, share, comment on the moments and feelings of others, approve or disapprove these experiences through “likes or shares”. Such is the importance of social networks in today’s daily life that even a birthday greeting is done through the network.One of the ways that companies use social networks today is the direct communication with consumers or potential consumers.This is one of the ways we are helping more companies today because they can adapt their products and services to the immediate needs of consumers without spending money on it.
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