Essays on Twitter

Zara's strategy in the use of social media platforms include use of Facebook, Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn, as well as Pinterest, among others to remarkably accelerate their brand and create positive brand awareness (Zala Systems LLC). Zara has been highly active on Facebook about 16,657,330 people who have liked its page, and 82,650 individuals who are discussing about the company on the platform (Facebook, 2013). The company is also significantly active on the use of Pinterest, which is an online pinboard that connects and shares what inspires it to the target members (Pinterest). Also, the company has ...

Social networking sites are increasingly gaining attention for analysis of their marketing opportunities and reach. If a good business strategy is designed to gain a competitive advantage using the company’s core competencies, then in the case of Twitter it is possible to help the organization grow and explore various market opportunities. In case of Twitter, capabilities suit the business strategies under consideration by the company’s management because the firm has been operating in the social networking industry for quite some time and has also been able to prove itself to be a market leader (Kaplan & Haenlein, 2009). ...

One of the most prevalent online activities worldwide is social networking. It is extremely big and grows each day. It has evolved to become a platform where consumers can interact, shop, share, engage and obtain news and information. Despite the fact that enormous efforts have been put behind creating social channels and building the social media, few have been capable of generating significant revenue. However, the payoff is increasing as various businesses engage their followers and convert customers. Most social media have been able to generate substantial amount of revenue through advertising and various applications where the members can ...

Prodromou, Ted. Ultimate Guide to Twitter for Business: Generate Quality Leads Using Only 140 Characters, Instantly Connect with 300 Million Customers in 10 Minutes, Discover 10 Twitter Tools That Can Be Applied Now. Irvine, Calif: Entrepreneur Media, Inc, 2013. Print. The book is an ultimate guide on how people can use twitter for business. The book enables us to get the reasons why twitter is an increasingly powerful tool for communication. The book breaks down the guiding steps on how to use Twitter to build deeper engagements and strong relationship with customers. Weber, Steve. Twitter Marketing: Promote Yourself and ...

We are leaving in the word of new media and increased technological developments have resulted in the widespread use of social, media networks. Twitter is one of the social media platforms that have been utilized to revolutionize how people transact businesses. Twitter is widely used in the sharing of information (Bohen 8). It is also used in the following ways: Marketing business, running business promotions, creating rapport with customers and in interaction with business leaders, business research, brand monitoring and other important people in the business industry. Twitter is used as a business, social and economic tool due to ...

Ten years ago, if someone were to use the phrase “#YOLO” you would have no clues as to what he or she meant. Since the rise of the Internet started in the early 90s, the network population has grown from millions to billions. Social media has become a regular stopping point for most, including actors, activists, government organizations as well as the public. Thus, I focus on seeking the answers to ascertain whether current social media is being utilized for the purposes, it was initially intended. In the article “Small Change, Why the revolution will not be tweeted,” Malcome ...

With the growth in social media websites including; Facebook and Twitter, companies have moved to these platforms in promoting themselves. Most of the customers for many companies are active users of these social networking websites; therefore, it is cost effective for them to market themselves through this medium. Advertising on social media platforms allows organizations to reach a broader market at a very low cost. It allows for promotions to be embedded in the customer’s minds by constantly updating their Facebook or Twitter pages. However, companies that are selling complex products or products for old people would not ...

With the advent of technological advancements, people have learned on how to use Twitter as a tool to share valuable information or tips. Businesses started using Twitter to market their business; they have used Twitter to give away discount coupons for their services and products. There is several business networking events that are being promoted exclusively on Twitter. Twitter is being used to promote business interests. Businessmen use Twitter exclusively for research and to follow fellow leaders in the industry. Businesses utilize Twitter daily to primarily monitor their brand in the market and to spy on their competitors (Prodromou ...

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Terms Of Service (TOS) agreements such as those by Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are sometimes unethical in how they treat consumers who use these companies’ services. For example, in a case where the terms change and the user is not notified, it is unethical because it is unpractical for the user to keep checking whether TOS agreements have changed or not. This is because most of them are often voluminous and very difficult to peruse through on a daily business. Social networking websites such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram should notify their users every time their Terms Of Service ...

The article “What Twitter’s made of” by Paul Ford talks about how Twitter was conceived and how much it has changed the way people communicate throughout the world. The article looks keenly at twitter as a whole analyzing it in detail from tweets to the technology that runs twitter. It tells us how every tweet once made is designed to stand on its own forever. It talks how each tweet made has the identity of its creator as well as the location and the time it was posted. However, as much as twitter has changed our ways of ...

Introduction

Sports and media have always had a direct link between them. In the modern context, it is even argued sports and media cannot exist without one another. Sport can be defined as a “repeatable, regulated physical contest producing a clear winner”. The evolution of the media has had a direct impact on sport. Currently, the media chooses, analyzes, interprets and finally represents sporting events mainly to attract audiences. Sports in the media have increased dramatically, and some media firms have even abandoned other communication roles to focus primarily on sports. The content and style of sports programs are designed ...

[Title: Essay 1] Social media is a new method of creating political dialogue. It helps to build trust among government officials and public, promotes active participation and engagement of policymakers into interests of the nation. It can be regarded as a new form of public affairs approach, where appropriate use can lead to successful outcomes. Before social networks appeared on the internet and became so widely widespread, all policymakers could do was to influence audiences on radio and television. Candidates, who were smiling and charismatic, had indeed more chances to win. If we trace back to the history we ...

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The social media phenomenon which started a decade ago has grown at a tremendous pace and thus the adoption rate of social media has become part and parcel of everyone’s daily life. With the emergence of mobile technology in terms of internet connectivity, social mediums such as Face book, LinkedIn, and Twitter etc. have become communication channels with its constant interactive elements both from a professional and personal perspective. The mediums discussed above have their own consumers ranging from teenagers, adults, middle age, and old age people of both sexes. Being a student the medium which I use ...

When it comes to the topic of social media, things like Twitter, Facebook and instant messaging, most of us would agree that these new technologies are the wave of the future. Although it seems that millions of users have more than welcomed these media sites, there are still some controversies surrounding their usefulness and intent. Published in The New Yorker, Malcolm Gladwell wrote a convincing article titled, “Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted.” Gladwell argues the differences between real social change and social networking. Real social change, as Gladwell states, can only be accomplished through “strong ...

#YOLO. 10 years ago if someone were to say that phrase you would have no clue what they were talking about. Since the rise of the Internet started in the early 90s, the network population has grown from millions to billions. Social media has become a regular stopping point for most, including actors, activists, government organizations, and the everyday citizen. To me, this raises an important question: Is current social media being used for what it was intended for? In the article “Small Change, Why the revolution will not be tweeted,” Malcome Gladwell insists that social media be nothing ...

Abstract

Social media today has become a very critical part of any Brand’s marketing campaign. Social media is a democratisation of media as no single person owns or controls it. This essay tries to showcase some of the important aspects of social media marketing, social media outlets, role of social media marketing manager and some of the effective ways of alternate dispute resolutions used during the social media transactions. It also tries and highlights any kind of agency relationship that exists today in social media marketing. Keywords: social media, social media manager, alternate dispute resolution, outlets. The social media, ...

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The Boeing Company is a global manufacturer of airplanes, aerospace and defense products. The company, founded in 1916 is currently one of the largest manufacturers of commercial and military aircrafts, with a product range consisting of large wide bodied jet liners such as the 747-8, 787-Dreamliner and 777, narrow body aircrafts such as the 737, military aircrafts, business jets and freighter aircrafts. The company also has product offerings for the defense and aerospace industries and is a major supplier to NASA. The Chicago headquartered company employs approximately 169,000 employees, has presence in over 150 countries and works with ...

Lady Gaga, a famous American singer and songwriter, was born Stefani Germonatta on March 28, 1986 in New York. Her strong musical inclination was observed even when she was very young. She started playing the piano at the age of four, and has strong fascination over the hits by Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper. She started out her career in music as a songwriter for other artists, while performing for rock and roll bands. It was when she was eighteen that she decided to quit school and pursue a fulltime career in music. With the stiff competition in the ...

Brief History

The company was established on 15th November 2012, and the primary objective was to be the leading insurance company in the United States of America. The line of business is insurance but apart from this the company also finances new business. The company provides insurances cover for all categories starting with business risk, accidents, health among many more other. The company has various ways to reach their customers. First they have a customer care department where they address all questions that clients May seek answers. After the customer has served there are questionnaires that they fills to help the ...

Introduction

With the growth of the internet, there has been internet communication, thus the growth of social media. Social media platforms have been developed with each social media platform having a unique way in which communication is undertaken. Different platforms have different features and characteristics. They each have a specific way in which to attract customers and users. This paper will focus on comparison and overview of three popular social media platforms. The paper will focus on the differences and features that make each of the social media tools to be unique. Social networking tools have helped improve business communication ...

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We are a charity organization that helps people with Kidney problem by financing dialysis and kidney transplants. We have put smiles on faces of more than one thousand persons who had lost hope in life after developing different kidney conditions.

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The world of sports is quickly changing especially in the field of journalism. This is due to the increase use of social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instigram and other sites to rely message to audiences. The rationale behind this increasing use of social media is due to the fact that it is easier and cheaper. Undoubtedly, it can even reach a wider scope of audience compared to other traditional medium. It can share news stories regarding the latest sports happening even in different parts of the world. In this line, it is no surprise that some well-known ...

CMN598 Rhetoric of Social Issues

12-05-2014 Abstract Advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and digital media have led to transformations in the way humans communicate and interact. One of the latest waves of the new media is a social media tool that have “introduced new communication patterns, created new forms of expression and stimulated wide civic participation” (Bardici, 2012). In the recent past, social media platforms have become important in driving social change. A case in point is the Arab Spring. In Egypt, for instance, social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube were instrumental in fuelling the revolt that led to ...

- There are several uses for intranet as a corporate communication tools and cost saving mechanism. An intranet is a system through which only the organization is connected, and it is different from World Wide Web, as only the computers within the organization has access to it. It can be used as a communication tool where all the users can send their information which is shared through the organization. Similarly, all the important files can be shared within the organization at all level using Intranet. It leads to a lot of cost saving, as instead of individual license, one ...

Old Spice is the leading brand for male personal care and has achieved its position through a strong re-branding campaign spearheaded by Wieden + Kennedy, a Portland based advertising agency. The campaign, “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like” has bolstered the one-time grandfatherly company into a social media magnate, targeting young males between the ages of 18-34 mainly through Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Old Spice has succeeded in engaging with their users and followers particularly on the latter two platforms, which can be attributed to their commitment to providing real-time responses and creating fresh video content - both of ...

Impact of social media upon politics has facilitated propagation of free speech in society. Owing to this influence, several nations have witnessed closure of tyrannical dictatorship. The Arab Spring is one such example that exhibits the influence of social media in instigating mass protests. Widely tagged as the Facebook or Twitter revolution, scholars have analyzed over 3 million tweets, YouTube videos and more than thousands of blog posts, and revealed that the social media played a pivotal role in the Arab Spring. The week before Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned, daily tweets surmounted from 2,300 a day to ...

The Occupy Wall Street Movement is the name given to a protest against the financial institutions and the government policies regulating them. The official date for when the protest began is September 2011, in New York City’s FiDi (Financial District). The movement succeeded in garnering global attention and sparked similar movements throughout the country and the world (Occupy.org, n.p.). The issue at the heart of the movement was the greed that fueled financial workers, and it brought up the issue of the 99% and the 1%. The issue at play was a huge income inequality between the richest ...

Social networking is nothing new, but the popularity and accessibility of the Internet have made the online realm, rather than just the office water cooler, a popular place for people to connect with others. According to statistics portal Statista, the number of social network users worldwide is projected to climb from 970 million in 2010 to 1.82 billion in 2014 to 2.33 billion in 2017. While there are many different sites online, a best-of list for October 2014 by eBizMBA finds that the top five people-connecting sites are Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Google Plus+.

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The world we live in is quickly advancing, and with each advancement, it appears more information is easily at our fingertips. Internet portals such as computers and cell phones, television, blogs, and podcasts all give rise to the question of where new media fits in. Newspapers, journals, and other forms of old media are still in syndication. However, this cannot be expected to last for much longer if new forms of media continue to advance as they have done. There are many differences in the two types of media, with an ever-widening gap, and not many similarities. New media ...

Communication

Sports Event Analysis Paper – The Southwest Airlines Orlando Pro Summer League (Philadelphia 76ers versus Memphis Grizzlies) This analysis begins with a short introduction on the Summer League followed by an examination of how the game fixture was covered on a live television broadcast. It includes a further analysis of its cover on the league website and a final twitter response that was related to the event.

Introduction

The Southwest Airlines Orlando Pro Summer League began on the 5th of July on a Saturday running through the 11th of July, 2014. The seven day, 25 game sporting event featured renowned teams ...

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Marketing and advertising are two important aspects of managing a business, or to be more specific, of leading a business towards success. A product or a service offering may be good or even of the highest quality when compared to those that the competitions in the industry offer but if the marketing and advertising strategies used are not effective or not suitable to the target market, or in some cases, simply do not work the way how they are supposed to, then the actual sales and profitability or the company’s product or service may not reach the expectations . ...

Twitter is a social media platform owned and operated by Twitter Inc., offering a micro-blogging and social networking services to its users to read and send messages globally known as tweets. These tweets are text-based posts containing 140 characters that are displayed on the user’s profile page. By default, the tweets are publically visible to everyone; however from the settings the senders can resist message delivery only to their followers. The users can easily subscribe to other users’ tweets – this is regarded as following and all the subscribers are referred to as followers. ("The Official Board", 2014) Moreover, ...

Introduction: What are Social Networking Sites?

Before moving into the actual description of social networking sites, perhaps into would be wise to explain what exactly social networking sites are. In simple terms, social networking sites refer to websites that essentially provide a virtual community particularly for individual’s interested in a similar subject or subjects. A social networking site also provides a platform for people to hang out together, interact, share ideas and opinions and update each other about their on goings. A social networking site can be compared to a virtual clubhouse where when one becomes a member and later creates an official profile, ...

In the past, the advertising field was clouded by instances that the players sought to highlight the wares and the products using hard facts such as the newspapers and the posts. People used to highlight their products and services using the print means and avenues. However, in the advent of technological improvement, advertisers have embraced the dynamism and change of technology. This has emerged, in a way, such that the social media as a form of technology, like the Facebook, Twitter and other social avenues. This is because the social media has a bigger platform which encompasses a lot ...

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Internet has been a useful in providing information and bringing news concerning the business world and the entertainment world. The use of internet has been made even possible through the existence of Wi-Fi in which people are able to access the internet at any period of the day. Among the many users of social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, young adults are considered to be the most proactive particularly in constantly updating their status. In a paper-and-pencil survey provided to 545 young adults of diverse backgrounds, most of them were ages 21 or 22, over ...

Introduction

The social networking sites have increasingly become intrinsic in the modern dispensation. One of such social sites is Twitter. Far and wide, Twitter has become very influential in the social media industry to the extent that it has become a better platform for the conveyance of information. Jennifer Egan, one of the most celebrated authors used the social media platform that is Twitter to tell her story to a wide range of audience. The story Black Box was unveiled to the public through tweets at an average of one tweet per minute. In this case, Jennifer was able to ...

It was not too long ago when experts disregarded the social media as a mere entertainment outlet for individuals. As such, its importance for businesses was thought to be low, if at all, present. However, soon, people started to realize that the social media was much more than what was believed initially. Outlets such as Facebook and Twitter started to dominate the internet, and the sheer amount of traffic that these websites attracted was more than anything that businesses had ever seen. The primary reason why the social media started to become such a dominant force in internet marketing ...

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Informational Interview with an Oil and Gas Consultant

Introduction Today, the global oil and gas industry offers exciting opportunities to young college graduates, post graduates, and experienced professionals. It is one of the most lucrative industries, which is full of challenges and exciting new opportunities. This paper deals with the reflections and advice that I received after interviewing Mr. Agnihotri, who is an oil and gas consultant of international repute. He provided me with valuable information and insights on the dynamics of oil and gas industry, and what it can offer to the next generation.

Background of the Interviewee

He has authored of a book titled ‘oil- past, present, future- An ...

What I am working on

This project will seek to establish the relationship between Twitter and Business. It will also clarify the ways by which businesses can leverage on Twitter to grow their businesses. Twitter has been transformed from being a cult personality to a juggernaut. It has transformed ways by which individuals and business entities interface in the world around them. It has been established that twitter has become a vital tool for business to interact directly with customers. This project will therefore seek to prove this assertion. The project will also find out the various ways by which businesses use twitter to ...

Introduction

Organizational diagnosis is necessary to produce the road maps that guide the interventions, related to change management. Organizational diagnosis is a complex process that can be viewed from the perspectives of macro image of the organization; contributions of individuals, as well as management and motivation in high-involvement workplace (Burton&Oberl, 2004, pp. 3-4). The research proves that different types of change managers (directors, navigators, caretakers, coaches and interpreters) prefer to choose different devices in order to diagnose the way the changes goes. This finding stems from the fact that different types of change managers set different goals, when applying the ...

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Our group had edited our paper on Technical Instructions based on the suggestions that we have received from the Usability Test. On the title, we decided to further narrow down our target audience because just like what the Beta Group had said pertaining to our paper, the topic we want to use is still too broad and will most likely take up more time than what is allotted to us. Thus, we changed our title from ‘How to Use Twitter’ to ‘Twitter for Beginners’. Because we focused on ...

For Beginners

Twitter is a form of social media that you can use from a laptop, desktop, and even from your cellphone. It is one of the programs that people use to communicate with friends, family and even business clients for a variety of things. Some use Twitter for microblogging or people posting things about themselves and being updated on what is happening to friends or relatives living far from them. Some use Twitter as a channel of information. Because several million people actually use Twitter at any given time of a day, information can easily be passed on in minutes. ...

As discussed in the first article, social networking is one area that has seen the need for privacy. Facebook, twitter, google+, orkut are some of the social networking sites where privacy concerns have been raised. In keeping the privacy, the users choose what needs to be made public on their profile, those that remain semipublic and those that are kept completely bounded. Much as people want to make connections, communicate and maintain relationships, they have established limits within which to do so. As of 2012, it is estimated that over 1 billion people actively use Facebook in the world ...

Businesses have acknowledged the power and role of Social Media in increasing their customer relationships. Most businesses today whether big or small have social media accounts in their efforts to reach out to more and more customers and take advantage of cheaper advertisement methods. Social Media has several advantages but one of its most significant advantages is its easy personal access to both customers and potential customers as these are available in the personal phones and other devices of the clients. Full Foods is not an exemption to this as it is also trying to venture out on the ...

The name of my product is Refi-back bag and the slogan is “take it with you, everywhere!”Refi-back bag is a small electric fridge that can be carried on the back like a back pack; it serves to keep perishable products such as snacks and drinks fresh when one is out travelling. This product seeks to solve a day to day problem using a simple easy to carry and environmentally friendly manner. The back pack works by keeping its contents cool and thus making it possible for them to stay fresh when one is travelling. It is made of ...

It should be noted that making justifiable decisions is both crucial and challenging. Therefore, it is important to ensure that making decisions, an individual should select the best criterion that would yield the best option both the individual and the situation. A weighted decision matrix refers to a table that is used to evaluate possible alternatives to a desired course of action with each alternative allocated a score on a desired scale depending on their perceived value under every criterion, and adding the scores to determine the most advantageous option that deserves most attention (Hubbard & Evans, 2012).

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Today, Social media marketing is taking the front seat as far as the practice of marketing is concerned. Social media marketing is taken as the process of gaining web traffic and attention by means of social sites. Social media marketing campaigns concentrate on creating content that will draw the attention of readers who in turn share the information with friends and acquaintances (Zarrella). The corporate message stretches from a user to another and appear more convincing coming from a trusted acquaintance as opposed to when it comes directly from the company. This form of advertising is referred to as ...

Re: Social Media Presence

MEMO As you requested, I looked into how we can benefit from having a social media presence in addition to our web site. When I looked into it, I saw three main reasons to have a social media presence; to keep our existing clients happy, to attract new clients and to keep an eye on the competition.

Background

Social media is here to stay. While many businesses are now looking to take advantage of the targeted advertizing opportunities it offers, having a strong presence on the social media sites is as important. Many marketers feel that this presence is even ...

Social Media and Brand Promotion Strategies

Introduction In recent days, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) a pay per view sporting event owned by Dana White and Zuffa management, has become an important brand of Mixed Martial Arts in North America and Britain (Schneiderman, 2007). Recently, the MMA and the UFC have embraced Social Media that include social networking sites like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, and have launched their own websites recognizing the utility of these platforms, and have begun an aggressive campaign, with an attitude that reflects MMA true spirit.

Brief History

Mixed Martial Arts lost appeal in yester years chiefly due to development of other forms ...

Social Justice and Political Revolution – The Case of the Arab Spring

Social Media Growth is a Facilitator of Free Speech, Social Justice and Political Revolution: The Case of the Arab Spring Social media is acting as the harbinger of political and social change, especially in the Middle East. Since 2011, the use of social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube has grown manifolds with millions accessing them through mobile phones. As has been evident through the Arab Spring uprisings in other Arab countries, Egypt and Tunisia in particular, social networking sites can play a crucial role in spurring protests and bringing about planned and coordinated revolts. These revolts ...

A Twitter Literature Review

TWEET FOR MORE THAN JUST GOSSIP Twitter is a widely recognized “microblogging” social networking site developed by Jack Dorsey and founded by him, Evan Williams and Biz Stone in 2006 through the startup company Obvious (Grossman, 2009). Use and interface is very simple with people answering the question “What are you doing?” in 140 characters or less. The site is arranged in such a way that the person can see what his/her friends (i.e. people followed by the person, termed as “following/s”) are also posting. Twitter also popularized the word and use of “hash tag”, which uses the number ...

Abstract

The aim of this research paper is to analyze the social networking phenomenon and its impact on interpersonal communication. A thorough examination of the topic suggests that social media has become the primary medium of communication for the past few decades which may be a key factor for the significant amount of attention they receive. Social media today, especially social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, have become more than a means of exchanging written messages. Such sites are used extensively to share photographs, videos, organize and coordinate events, corporate marketing and networking. The study found that users ...

Measuring Business Success on Social Media

Thesis While much has been hypothesized on the pivotal role played by the social media in offering a viable platform in which business firms can attain an enormous magnitude of success (Jilly, 2012), it is imperative to device and note adequate ways in which such business firms can attain their success (Casimir & Doris, 2012). Social media in the recent has past played a major role in creating a platform in which business firms, individual and companies advertise their goods and services. Social media has a huge area of coverage and attracts many followers who happen to be the target ...

The Real-World Impact of Scientific Analysis of Twitter

The Real-World Impact of Scientific Analysis of Twitter First presented at the Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on World Wide Web in 2010, Kwak, Lee, Park, and Moon’s article, “What is Twitter, a Social Network or a News Media?” describes the researchers’ unique methods of analysis to discover who uses Twitter and for what purpose. Utilizing a variety of highly technical evaluations following an evaluation of Twitter based on studying number of Twitter followers, ranking via PageRank and retweets, a trending topic analysis, and retweet information diffusion, the authors conclude that Twitter is much more of a ...

Research question: How does social media affect identity in popular culture?

Background: In today’s day and age, social media is the next big thing and this has become intrinsically part of our popular culture in many ways. As argued in Reading the Signs, popular culture can be defined in several ways which include the portrayal of adverts in a given commercial and other similar issues. However it is social media which is now gaining the upper hand in popular culture and this is reflected in the phenomenal growth and success of sites such as Facebook and Twitter which dominate everything these days. Before popular culture was more centralised in ...

How do males & females use Facebook as a platform to initiate flirtatious activity?

Introduction: Social media has become almost the be all and end all regarding interaction and although it has its own purposes as a business tool, it is mostly used for flirtatious activity. In today’s day and age, social media is the next big thing and this has become intrinsically part of our popular culture in many ways. As argued in books such as Reading the Signs, popular culture can be defined in several ways which include the portrayal of adverts in a given commercial and other similar issues. However it is social media which is now gaining the ...

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Designing a Research - Review: Academic Excellence in 140 characters - Research Method: Experiment - Hypothesis: Using Social Networking Sites can enhance a student’s activity, participation, and interaction with other students in class. - Subjects: 125 First Year Students - Control Group: Yes (55 students) e. Variables: 1. Independent – usage of twitter for the experimental group 2. Dependent –enhancement in activity, participation and interaction with professors and peers f. Research Design: The research was conducted using a qualitative design where a common reading was provided and discussed. The professors interacted with the students on Twitter regarding the discussions ...

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In today’s day and age, social media is the next big thing and this has become intrinsically part of our popular culture in many ways. As argued in Reading the Signs, popular culture can be defined in several ways which include the portrayal of adverts in a given commercial and other similar issues. However it is social media which is now gaining the upper hand in popular culture and this is reflected in the phenomenal growth and success of sites such as Facebook and Twitter which dominate everything these days. Before popular culture was more centralised in issues ...

Twitter, which is a microblogging application, has attained credible popularity based on its entertainment value. Twitter has been able to attain a large customer base because of its effective feedback mechanism, multi-platform access and brevity traits (Brock 530). The modern communication habits have embraced the concept of Black Internet. This has occurred effectively through the social media integration to the modern communication patterns and means. Twitter is one of these social media platforms, which has seen a large growing number of users from the Blacks. Hence, the social media may be regarded as “Black Twitter”. This is because studies ...