Pearlyn Goh

Source: http://blog.okfn.org/category/open-access/ Different people have different views about the open access to online materials. So at the end of the day, is it best to allow public to allow free access to online materials or not? Firstly, after reading Mabel‘s blogpost, it made me realised that the reason why publishers only allow paid access is because they have to cover up for all the expenses they spent in order to come out with the articles. Continue reading →

Source: WWW.HEXJAM.COM What is the meaning of “Succedaneum”? Google it! But… What if Google need request you to pay before allowing you to know the meaning? I believe that there are reasons why some does not allow open access to online material. Well, I think one of them is because, they have high quality of work that they think it is worth people paying for it in order to view it. Continue reading →

WOW! I’ve learnt so much about the different types of social media ethics! Source: http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/sunday-commentary/20150515-andrew-heisel-stop-shaming-me-for-online-grammar-mistakes.ece Online shaming is very common around the world, because of the technology today. People might not think that it is harmful to post anything negative online about about people however, this is not the case! Nicholas‘s blogpost have a good example of online shaming. Continue reading →

There are a variety of social media ethics. What are they? Watch this video to find out more! Are you guilty of using broken English on your social media? Source: http://lifehacker.com/5930680/i-wont-hire-people-who-use-poor-grammar-heres-why Bad grammar is a pain in the butt, be it online or offline. Continue reading →

Source: WWW.BUZZSUGAR.COM I’m happy to learn about the different ways of developing a professional online profile after viewing my colleagues’ blogs! Now, I am certainly confident to create my very own profile online professionally! Source: http://quotesgram.com/unlike-quotes/ Sheryl‘s blog post made me have ideas of what to do if I want to be different from the rest of the people. I would like to add on more points as to how to stand out from the crowd. Continue reading →

Source: Gifbay.com Today, there are already 73% of recruiters hiring a candidate through social media and 93% of recruiters review a candidate’s social profile before making a hiring decision. If you are looking for a job in digital media but do not have any online profiles, it would be a disadvantage. I would like to touch on a few points Njeri Watkins mentioned. Defining Professional Identity In my opinion, self-branding is the first step in developing a professional identity. Continue reading →

Source: BLOG.GIPHY.COM My colleagues’ blog posts discussing on the pros and cons of having multiple online identities makes me gain more knowledge and I wished I could include it into my previous post! Firstly, Rachel‘s perspective of having multiple identities is that she do not mind having multiple identities as long as you know how to protect yourself from people who will be harmful to you online. Continue reading →

“You are who you are and what you do.” An online identity is the characteristics and interactions one made with the Internet. Different websites have different perspective on an individual based on how an individual interact with the website. The different perspectives are also being known as partial identities. Based on my own experience, I know of friends who create multiple emails for different purposes for example, to create different accounts. Source: http://www.fidis. Continue reading →

Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it. – Ernest Holmes After reading through the various blog post from my colleagues, I have definitely gained some knowledge as some have different resources while some have more information to what I have researched about. Continue reading →