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2015, Page 26

Beyond The Law

The informative benefits of the virtual space come with a cost. Ever since Edward Snowden’s case pertaining to the disclosure of United States’ debatable acts, Internet has again heralded a change in each individual’s privacy. Continue reading →

Topic 4: Social Media Ethnics

Hold up, have you been stalking my social media accounts? Stalking – the act or an instance of stalking, or harassing another in an aggressive, often threatening and illegal manner. (Dictonary.com) Source As social media is a recruitment tool essential in hiring candidates, stalking of candidates’ social profile, or some recruiters call it as ‘social media profiling’, ‘social screening’ and ‘intense research of an individual’, is known to be part of the screening process. Continue reading →

Topic 4 – Discuss ONE of the ethical issues raised by educational or business use of social media that you consider being particularly significant.

Society has transformed into a digital era, with the most drastic change being in how human communicate. 20 years ago, the Internet was just a novelty to people. However in today’s age of technology, social networking services – a myriad of rapidly developing services tools and practices – are developed for users to build their profiles with information like demographics and photos. Users can use their connections to gain new friends and interact. Continue reading →

Topic 4: social media ethics

Please read these notes and check out the links below, before preparing and posting your answer to the set question. This document should be regarded as just the start of the discussion, which are then developed over the next two days through the conversations themselves and the sharing of further relevant links. These articles are intended to give you a flavour of the topic, and get you started on answering the Topic 4 set question below. Relevant articles/videos http://www. Continue reading →

Topic 3 – Summary to a more Professional Me!

“You’ve got to be interesting of course! Captivate your audience through the summary of yourself! Like how movies’ summaries capture attention. And most importantly describe who you really are, not who you think you are.” ~Mabel After reading Mabel’s blog, I understand to start build up your professional profile, the first wall to break is yourself. If you don’t recognize who you are and where you want to be, no one will be able to appreciate you. Continue reading →

Review of topic 3: What does an authentic and professional online identity implies for politicians? Are all digital platform truly effective?

Upon reviewing Edward’s blog, I was really captivated by his style of blogging by drawing reader’s attention through his personal experiences as well as linking to the area of Singapore affairs. It reminded me of a news article with regards to a Singapore politician, Ms Tin Pei Ling. Ms Tin faced several criticisms for posting a selfie with her new Kate Spade Bag on FaceBook in year 2011. Continue reading →

Review of topic 3: So what does an authentic and professional online identity implies for politicians? Are all digital platform truly effective?

Firstly, I shall start with my findings on Edward’s blog. I was really captivated by his blogging style of drawing reader’s attention through his personal experiences as well as linking to the area of Singapore affairs. It reminded me of an incident when a Singapore politician, Ms Tin Pei Ling whom had faced several internet criticisms for posting a selfie with her new Kate Spade Bag. Continue reading →

Telling the story of yours (Topic 3),

Connectivity, Branding and Authenticity The key points of Crystal‘s has perfectly summed up to what contributes an authentic online profile. Getting connected is the utmost important as that is the precise aim of creating an online profile. Besides landing a step closer to your potential employer, it helps to expand the personal network beyond geographical borders and reaches people of common interest over the world. Continue reading →

The Best of both worlds

Our perspectives are broadened by those of others, or so I believe. The posts from my classmates lent much insight and brought forth new concepts in online profile development and I found many of the examples quoted to be adequately relevant and engaging. Nicole’s blogpost on the creation of LinkedIn accounts brought a very focused view to the topic at hand, by going into the specifics of creating a professional account. Continue reading →