Walking down the street, on the way to work, in the gym, grocery shopping, pumping gas, getting a coffee, and eating at a restaurant… in every one of these places it is safe to say that at least one person will be scrolling through a social media platform of some kind, consuming whatever appears onContinue reading “Social Media Algorithms: What you Need to Know”
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Social Media Policy: Athlete NIL Rules
Within the last decade social media platforms such as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and the new phenom, Tiktok, have become a part of the average person’s daily routine. As technology has advanced and become an essential part of the way we interact, companies and corporations have adapted new marketing ways that utilizes the online following ofContinue reading “Social Media Policy: Athlete NIL Rules”
Social Media Policy: Are companies making their policies vague on purpose?
Social Media can really suck sometimes Don’t get me wrong, social media has taken over the world in recent years and has advanced so much from just using it to keep in touch with people all over the place to now being able to use it to your advantage. Social media can be used byContinue reading “Social Media Policy: Are companies making their policies vague on purpose?”
How does “The Social Dilemma” documentary discuss the algorithms used to target ads and encourage user behavior?
“The most important documentary of our time.” https://theconversation.com/netflixs-the-social-dilemma-highlights-the-problem-with-social-media-but-whats-the-solution-147351 Netlfix’s The Social Dilemma The Social Dilemma highlights the many issues within our society today and its use of social media. It focuses on how big social media companies manipulate their users with the use of algorithims that keep their users coming back and even sometimes resultContinue reading “How does “The Social Dilemma” documentary discuss the algorithms used to target ads and encourage user behavior?”
Challenging Privacy Ethics
Imagine if someone could make an algorithm that could predict how you act, think or even talk. Now think about how someone could do this simply based on your social media activity, not requiring a single in-person encounter to predict any of these things. This has been proven to be possible for years now, butContinue reading “Challenging Privacy Ethics”
Surveillance Capitalism: Tracking Your Physical Location for Profit
What is Surveillance Capitalism? Surveillance Capitalism is basically the power that large companies such as Google and Facebook have with the information they gain from the littlest things we do on their websites. According to Dr. Shoshana Zuboff, her definition of surveillance capitalism is, “radically disembedded and extractive variant of information capitalism” based on theContinue reading “Surveillance Capitalism: Tracking Your Physical Location for Profit”
The Great Hack: Behind the Scenes of the Facebook Data Crisis
“The Great Hack” weaves together elements of how breakthroughs in computer technology and data analysis have enabled a large-scale, global spread of a new form of the social experiment that involves changing the world in a specific image. Anyone with a Facebook account or any other social media account that leaves a digital footprint shouldContinue reading “The Great Hack: Behind the Scenes of the Facebook Data Crisis”
“Surveillance Capitalism” The Less You Know The Better
This article is going to analysis Surveillance capitalism and the things surrounding it by looking at the following. The History Of Surveillance Capitalism What Companies Get From It And Why They Do It Negative Impacts On The Consumer “Shoshana Zuboff on surveillance capitalism” And “The Great Hack” Final Words The History Of Surveillance Capitalism TheContinue reading ““Surveillance Capitalism” The Less You Know The Better”
TikTok’s Data Privacy Problems: How Are They Getting Fixed?
In the last year, citizens across America have wondered about the data privacy problems on social media platforms. Data privacy is defined as “the ability of a person to determine for themselves when, how, and to what extent personal information about them is shared with or communicated to others.” TikTok has been at the topContinue reading “TikTok’s Data Privacy Problems: How Are They Getting Fixed?”
A Social Selling How-To Guide
When salespeople utilize social media to locate and engage with new prospects, this is known as social selling. Salespeople utilize social media to add value to prospects by answering open-ended inquiries, replying to comments, and sharing material at all stages of the buying process, from awareness to consideration to purchase. 8 Ways to get startedContinue reading “A Social Selling How-To Guide”
Teaching Social Media 