Chloe Tan

Do the advantages of content producers putting their stuff online for free outweigh the disadvantages? Even after reading many articles and watching videos, I still found it difficult to conclude a definite answer to this question I posed for myself whilst working through this topic. In Shannon’s blog post, I was able to somewhat lean closer towards the idea that it would be more advantageous. Just the sheer reason that your work gets that much more exposure to the public is a major plus. Continue reading →

So YouTubers have been termed ‘Content Creators’ for quite a while now, and we all know how much YouTube stars can actually earn through advertisements that play during their videos. For a person who is fairly new to the internet and YouTube would question why someone would dedicate so much effort and time into producing a video for a website that lets people watch it without having to compensate monetarily. Continue reading →

There are tons of ethical issues relevant to social media. I focused on Accuracy as I felt it was a very important aspect considering how much information we as consumers and part of a variety of audiences are presented with every day. I left comments on two classmates’ posts that had views on different specific issues. The first being on Sze Li’s blog post. She concentrated on how our personal information is no longer kept private and that privacy is important. Continue reading →

I’ve decided to go in the direction of Social Media Accuracy with this topic about Ethics with a general focus towards it’s use in businesses. The big issue with accuracy in social media lies within the need for news in real time, as fast as possible. Definitely technology has paved the way for news media to go online and even on social media as well, which means journalists and reporters are also on these platforms hoping to deliver to the masses. Continue reading →

So how exactly do you go about creating an authentic online professional profile? On my end, I focused huge portion of my post on blogs because I felt that they were kind of like a one-stop shop where future employers could get to know everything they wanted to about the potential employee-in-question. Continue reading →

Source: http://elitemovementmgmtgroup.com/improve-your-linkedin-profile-with-elite-movement-management-group/ Mobile recruiting is the future; “free time” is always spent looking at our phones! To start with, having a Linkedin account is pretty much the requisite to building a professional online profile. Moving forward, Facebook and Twitter would be the right direction to head towards as most companies are already establishing their brands and recruiting via these three platforms. Continue reading →

Through studying various readings and online articles about the arguments for and against having one or multiple online identities, I can firmly say as a future potential marketer I would see myself definitely having more than one online identity! However, they would be moderated and managed to their respective appropriateness. The first commentary I made was on Renu’s blog post. Continue reading →

Question: Discuss the arguments for and against having more than one online identity. One of the more pressing reasons why an individual would make the decision to have more than one online identity is to separate their social and professional digital lives. Many would prefer to draw the line between these two identities. Continue reading →

From just reading several blog posts written by my classmates, I’ve gained a good number of varied insights into Topic 1! We were asked to explain the concept of digital “visitors” and “residents” after studying provided materials and conducting our own research. After which we leave comments on 2 blog posts we feel engaged us the most and prompted questions. My classmate Stephanie wrote a simple analogy using cars. Continue reading →