The Pros and Cons of Social Media
Social media allows people to connect for a variety of reasons in a digital environment. Professionals might join LinkedIn to meet business contacts; or others, may use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok to contact old friends, meet new ones, and more. Social media serves to bring people with common interests together, offering exposure to new ideas from people around the globe. In addition, for some individuals, it may be seen as a means to decrease social anxiety.
However, at what cost? There are problems associated with social media such as identity theft, privacy issues, and cyber bulling to name a few. The paper will require you to take a position on social media (pro or con) and defend your viewpoint. There are no right or wrong answers.
How to Use Social Media in Your Career
Social media is now a critical part of the way people in most walks of life communicate and a key part of how work gets done — from corporations to government. Reflecting how important social media can be, the Department of Homeland Security is collecting social media profiles of potential immigrants as part of its evaluation process.
Social media allows you to do at least four important things:
- Discover new ideas and trends.
- Connect with existing and new audiences in deeper ways
- Bring attention and traffic to your work.
- Build, craft and enhance your brand.
As social media has become more popular — an estimated 81 percent of Americans have a social media account — there are also more instances of people who have gotten in trouble for their social networking habits. The fact is that it’s impossible to separate the personal use of social from the professional, and everything you say online can and will be used against you. There are ways in which you can try to safeguard your privacy and control who sees particular content, but the onus is on you to be vigilant. So, the more seriously you can take your social media activities, the better.
Social media changes all the time, so it’s important to keep up with the evolution of the platforms and to keep looking for ways to optimize your use of the available the tools. (Twitter and Snapchat, for example, recently announced major changes that are described below.)
If you don’t work for yourself, be aware of company policies about the use of social media — more and more corporations are instituting or revising their policies.
Paper Requirements
Three pages, 1.5 spacing, default margins, and Times New Roman.
Cite four articles – that is (2 positives and 2 negative views on social media). Use Chicago or MLA citation.