Exercise 7 Digital Story presentation

Social Media
                           

link to youtube: https://youtu.be/TpYiCs12fuE

Introduction

Hi everybody. First of all, do you have any idea about how many tweets are being made on Tweeter per day?

OR

How many posts of Video & photos on INSTEGRAM?

This background report is about the social media. Social media has become widely essential in our life that people of all ages use it every day for various reasons. The rapid spread of technology and the various technological inventions such as the mobile phone, the laptop, tablets and other technological device have accelerated the use of social media.

History of social media:

The internet came into existence in 1990. It helped people to find information about different topics. 

Facebook was launched in 2004 and the effective communication began.

YouTube appeared in 2005 as a source of entertainment and communication.

Twitter was launched in 2006 and attracted billions of users from around the world.

Different Types of Social Media

There are a lot of types of social media that billions of people worldwide

use on    a daily basis.

 On the top of the most used types of social media are Facebook and Twitter. They are considered the most popular types.  However, social media is divided into six types:

Ø Social Networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn. This type of social media helps people to communicate with other people who have similar backgrounds and interests.

Ø Bookmarking sites such as Delicious and Stumble Upon. This type allows people to manage their links and organize them on the internet.

Ø Social News such as Digg and Reddit. This type allows people to post news on the internet.

Ø Media sharing such as YouTube and Flicker. This type gives people the opportunity to upload pictures and videos.

Ø Microblogging such as twitter. This focuses on short updates that are sent

Ø to anyone who subscribe to receive updates.

Ø Blog Comments and Forums that have many popular blogs and forums. This type is very useful as it allows the members to have conversations and post messages to each other.

Many benefits of social media:

Social media platforms are very beneficial. They are used mainly for communication. They keep people from all the corners of the world connected. People use these social media types in order to access the latest news on the spur of the moment anywhere in the world.

In addition, businesses use social media in order to market their products to a large number of people, not only locally but also regionally and internationally. A lot of businesses have their own pages on the social media sites that allow people to freely access them, people can know about their products and can also order online what they want.

Social media also allow scholars and thinker to share ideas and information.

Social media remove distances and make them feel as if they are together in the same place.

Disadvantages of social media:

Nevertheless, there are some disadvantages to the social media. Social media can be used unethically by some people. Some people can publish an offensive content against others. In this case, the bad piece of news reaches as much number of people as possible in no time. Some can also publish false pieces of news and information that can cause effective harm, not only to individuals but also to the authorities of the country and the country as a whole.

Statistics for Using Facebook in the United Arab Emirates:

Statistics Shows that, different users from 7th Emirates. For Male, They have a larger proportion in the number of Using than Female 

The bar shows also the different ages of user in UAE 

In addition there are 3, 6 Million of user are active, and the number are increasing day by day

Conclusion:

In conclusion, social media is very effective in keeping people in touch and

 in immediate exchange of information and news. However, there should be strict censorship on the various types of social media in order to curb people who misuse them against others. There should be severe punishment against anyone who publishes a bad or offensive content against others.

References:

Grahl, T. The 6 types of Social Media. Outthinhgroups.com

http://outthinkgroup.com/tips/the-6-types-of-social-media

G.S. Jackson. (ND).  The advantages of social network sites. Smallbusiness.Chron.com

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/advantages-social-network-sites-32069.html

   Mitchel, M. (ND). Disadvantages of Social Networking: Surprising Insights from Teens

http://www.rootsofaction.com/disadvantages-of-social-networking/

 

http://techranchaustin.com/event/social-media-201-youre-social-now-what/