Social media

0 technologies are possible because of the adaption of programming tools, such as asynchronous JavaScript (AJAX). AJAX is a group of interrelated Web development tools that are used to program interactive Web applications. This programming aspect, combined with diffusion of residential broadband Internet access, created an environment that evolved and migrated users to a very interactive form of the World Wide Web that facilitated interactive social networking. This AJAX-infused adaptation of the World Wide Web is now simply referred to as Web 2.0. 

Most social networking profiles are developed from responses to questions that request a user to disclose a variety of personal information (Mazer et al., 2007 Mitrano, 2008 Steinfield et al., 2008). Personal information ineludes user names or other identifiers such as sexual orientation, organizations, geographieal location. 

The most popular online social network for staff is Facebook, an online directory that connects people through social networks. The website, www.facebook.com, was initially designed and developed in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, a Harvard University sophomore, and was inspired by a widely known paper version of a college face book. The directory consisted of individuals photographs and names, and it was distributed at the start of the acadanic year by univmity administrations with the intention of helping staff get to know each other. 

Zuckerberg s initial intention was to create an online website to help Harvard coeds get to know one another for the purpose of finding roommates (Shier, 2005). It is no surprise that the Facebook website has grown in popularity among staff because it was initially designed exclusively for them. 

From its creation in 2004, Facebook has grown from hundreds of users to over 500 million active users (Facebook, 2011). Facebook was originally designed for college staff, but it is now open to anyone thirteen years of age or older. This is because in 2006, Facebook lifted its .edu requisites, according to which users had to have an email address with an educational suffix (i.e., an email address ending in. edu). With that development, there was a mass movement to Facebook as the social networking portal of choice for most social network users (Mazer et al., 2007,2009). 

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Use social media to communicate with students Use web-based tools for sharing documents Install an IPad application Create interactive exercises... 

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Whether you re excited about e-books, want more from the web, must have your mobile apps, or swept up in social media, Dummies makes everything easier. 

The current age of digitalisation is in favour of sensorised garments. Other than smart phones and digital exercising games, social media could be an interesting... 

Social media also provide an opportunity for professional marketing. By writing articles and blogs for Linkedin and other similar sites, the professional gains exposure (and also develops his or her own ideas). 

Britni Dutz graduated with a Master s Degree in Media Arts from The University of Arizona in 2010. Her areas of research interest include media franchising, participatory cultures and the evolution of fan interaction in new media. She is currently the Content Director of ArtFire.com and works actively in social media promotion. 

Recent trends in social media, e-commerce shopping, and product personalization have recently shifted power from the retailer to the consumer. As the power equation changed within the value chain, competition increased and margins became tighter. To improve competitiveness, the parties shifted the burden of the costs and working capital backward in the value chain. 

Figure 3.9 The Impact of Social Media on Consumer Behavior source Intel...

Social media should not be social for the sake of being social, ft is not just about the number of fans. The data should not be relegated to the marketing department. The process should not be outsourced to a public-relations firm. Instead, it should be seen as a way to have a new form of relationship with the customer. Leaders recognize it as a new demand signal, realizing that it is a new and valnable input into the market-driven supply chain. 

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Connecting Organizational Silos Taking Knowledge Flow Management to the Next Level with Social Media by Frank Leistner... 

Social media has not gained much traction among safety and health pros, at least for information update purposes. Think about it. Middle-age EHS pros are 20 to 40 years into their work routines and embedded habits are hard to break One in ten EHS pros (10%) use social media websites such as Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook for safety info updates. Many are not at all interested in receiving industry updates via social media sites. Very low percentages are extremely interested, or very interested. 

It s a different story with social media for career purposes. Thirty-four percent of EHS pros used LinkedIn. Twenty-six percent used Google-i-. 

These percentages are a product of the EHS Nation s age curve. In 2010, the Pew Internet American Life Project, a project of the Pew Research Center, found the average age of an adult social media user was 38 years old. Only 20% of those age 50-65 used social media. 

Performance (perhaps these days through television ot social media) with stories and props is needed for success. 

AlyssaJa Tie, 2014. Black Milk Clothing Illustrates How Not To Use Social Media. BuzzFeed Community. Available at http //www.buzzfeed.com/alyssajayne/how-not-to-use-social-media-101-pgg2 (accessed 27.06.14). 

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