Social Media – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly – Part 1
The term social media is tossed around like a football during the Super Bowl now. At its core, we know what it is, but many people are afraid to use it, engage in it, or access it for fear that it will control them rather than the other way around. If we look at social media carefully, we will see that there are good elements, bad elements, and then “ugly” elements – those things that form the reason for the negative image. However, social media can be a highly effective tool in our day to day lives when we understand its purpose. In this first part of our series, we will address the...
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Beyond the casual or professional use for making connections, social media serves communities and groups with the ability to better focus on shared interests, goals, activities, and common life. Social media allows members of groups to quickly and efficiently share information with the entire group, and for this reason, one of the best aspects of group communication is stressed through this medium. In this ongoing series, we look at this tool from its positives, negatives, and all the range in-between so that users of social media can do so wisely. In “the old day,”...
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If you’ve been following along in this series, you know that we’ve looked at the use of social media for making connections and for promoting the tasks and goals of groups with shared interests. In this article, we are focusing on the use of social media for learning new skills and methods. Most serious users of these services are using this medium for teaching, training, and educating their “fans” on new skills or opportunities, and this is an excellent way to be both a receiver of information, and a promoter of information whether you are following a...
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We live in a high-speed, on demand world, and like everything else, the news we take in, the events that shape us, and the information that informs our decisions has had to adapt. Social media has many purposes – connections, friendships, shared goals, education and training, and also among those purposes is news reporting. Our news is now delivered regularly in this fashion, and if you are not a user of social media for news gathering, you may not be as up-to-date as you think. The good news, pun intended, in this method of delivery for current and breaking events is that...
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In this series, we have looked at the plethora of reasons that social media is catching on when used appropriately and wisely. Connections can be made, friendships established, information can be shared to teach and train others, group work can be done across geographic and time barriers, and news events can be quickly updated for all to stay current on the events that shape and form their world. However, all of the benefits of social media come with the responsibility to use the medium with care and integrity, particularly if you are going to be using social media for marketing...
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We hear it often. Social media is dangerous, and you have to be careful. The truth is that yes, you have to be careful with social media, just as you would with any other means of giving out your information, but it is not as dangerous as media reports or Hollywood movies have made it out to be. A few simple rules, particularly for children, will allow social media and its benefits to be included in your day-to-day activities. There a growing number of social media sites and services, and so it is difficult to discuss specific settings in every case, but each social media site ...
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