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It is a general consensus that students like us mostly support Open Access as it benefits our learning when doing online research. However, while reading some of my classmates’ blogs, there were refreshing approaches that I observed; Everyone can be a content producer – A musician, a Journalist, Researcher or even a Film Maker. Continue reading →

Have you been in a situation when you were researching online for an assignment, and you came across a page like this? Source Well, the article above is clearly a ‘Paid Accessed’ article. Continue reading →

In my topic 4 entry, I mentioned about the ethical challenges raised by HR practice on social media, however, after exchanging viewpoints with my classmates, I found out that there are other range of ethical issues regarding business use of social media that are significant! Both Hazel and Lelia also mentioned about other business ethical issues that arises due to social media. Jeopardising Customer Privacy Lelia emphasised on an interesting issue that made me think deeper into this topic. Continue reading →

Source Due to the rise in usage of Social Media among internet users, (Jeffbullas,2014), there are many positive changes and also have its implications. This brings us back to the issue of social media ethics. Source Increasing trend of organisation using social media: Source With the availability of social media, companies have been using it heavily for different purposes, thus I consider companies’ HR practice on social media an uprising and significant ethical challenge. Continue reading →

After reading my classmates’ blogs, I now understand the impact of professional online profile on our employability. Most of them shared about the rising trend of social media recruiting, which now makes me feel that it is necessary for us to build an authentic professional profile online. Continue reading →

Picture by me Why is building an authentic online professional profile important? Recruiting trends Source: Jobvite Research shows that 73% of recruiters hire through social media and 93% review candidate’s social profile before hiring. Continue reading →

The exchange of viewpoints on my classmates’ blogs not only helped me gain deeper insights on this topic, but also challenge me to think deeper on why people start emphasizing on their online identity and the possible underlying reason for them having multiple online identities. Hazel posted a video in her blog that made me realise how people’s online identity were mostly anonymous in the past, and it changed to an online identity that shares about personal life experiences now. Continue reading →

  Source: (Different online identity): Miranda vs Colleen ‘‘Is this really her?’’ We mostly come across this question when we see this, which brings us to today’s discussion: ‘Should we have multiple identities online?’ An online identity may consist of various partial identities that represent us in different specific situations. [1] To me, it is usually associated with what we want our audience to see. Continue reading →

After reading my classmates’ blog post, I have gained deeper insights on the topic of White’s digital residents and visitors. It is indeed very interesting to know about the key characteristics and different perspective on this topic. Most of my peers used White’s theory and relate it to their personal experiences, which really enhanced my learning with specific examples given. Continue reading →