Social media

Social Media Name: Institution: Course: Course Instructor: Date Due: Introduction Social media can be described as a sort of social software that is currently used as a means of human interaction. Social media involves the use of different technologies to enhance this interaction. The technologies employed in social media interaction or communications are either web-based or mobile-based technologies (Kaplan, 2012). These technologies support interactive dialogue and have been successful in introducing a change in the way communication takes place through platforms such as internet forums or groups, weblogs and social networks. Social media has evolved currently to be a very powerful tool of communication and interaction where lots of activities happen. Social media has empowered social gathering and discussions on the internet, which have had lots of impact to the current ways of living and how people perceive issues on the world (Harris, 2008). Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter have become very valuable channels of sharing information and current updates that have helped shape the communication and interaction between and within organization, communities and individuals. Social media differs from industrial media (which includes print media, television and films) in that they are cheaper and the information contained in them can be accessed by anyone. This is due to the proliferation of the current society with mobile gadgets such as mobile phones, Ipads and IPods, which can be used to access the social networking sites (Kaplan, 2012). Effects of social media Social media has had many different effects in the current society. Has enabled social media and platforms to also expand and involve different interactions. It is quite clear that social media has changed the way people interact in the world currently which brings about several benefits while at the same time it draws some concerns about the groupings and interactions that may take place on the social media. This is to say that social media has some pros and also cons which they are associated with. Social media has enabled people all over the world regardless of the regional and time differences to interact and share information (Harris, 2008). This is very positive compared to the communication that existed before which relied on telephones thereby limiting interaction. In the social groupings in the social media, people can share different type of opinions and ideas with little control. On the social media, an individual can lament about a happening or occurrence and pass out his/her message to millions of people on the social media in an unaltered or uncensored form (E-Guillotine.com, 2012). Social media is also currently very effective in other different ways. It can be used in event organization in a very fast and less expensive way. Initially before social m...