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According to wearesocial’s results about the growth in the number of active social media users. The number of reported social media users have grown 10% (219 million) since Jan 2015, resulting in a total number of 2.31B of active social media users. (image source) With the increasing amount of social media users, we should consider the role of ethics in online sharing and communication. From the statement extracted from theguardian. Continue reading →

  (Credits: Frissdoteu2) One of the ethical issue raised by business use of social media is data sharing leading to privacy invasion, without the individual’s consent. According to Gary Chuang (2012), “Barack Obama was doing a Q&A online. Obviously, it wasn’t Obama himself who was answering questions, it was many of his representatives. Continue reading →

Source: http://www.supercalafashionistic.com Nowadays, the Internet is used in the workplace so much that it’s almost considered a necessity. This brings pros and cons in aiding company’s operations but may affect employees’ productivity. While working, employees tend to get distracted by their own accounts every now and then. I believe, many of us, would have checked Facebook at least once throughout the working day. Continue reading →

HEY!! IS THAT RIGHT??! Credit In the digital world today, customers often take their experience straight to the web. More than 92% of online shoppers incorporate reviews before makeing purchase decision. This evidently shows that people believe that ” what they see is what they get “.  If the customer expresses a positive experience, the review can be amplified on the web and social media to encourage others. Continue reading →

Click to view slideshow. [Source: afoxlee & underconsideration] Facebook has MANY benefits, uses for all to enjoy, however, have you ever stumbled upon the downsides and unethical issues of the most popular Social Media platform worldwide? Just by putting text information here will not be sufficient to convince you, hence for this blog post, I have added in various interesting videos as evidence supporting my point. Continue reading →

Funny video, but this poor boy ran away in horror when he realized he was being watched. This is the effect that surveillance can have on human behavior. As Glen Greenwald said during his TED talk on privacy, “The range of behavioral options that we consider when we think we’re being watched severely reduce. Continue reading →

(Image Credits: The verge ) I need to be honest about something. I work freelance in social media advertising and am a part of two online startups. How do I know what are the trends? Pretty simple. Pay for information. Analyse trends on what you share and what kind of posts you click on. It helps us to judge and predict behaviour and in some cases actually “provide everything the customer needs”. Continue reading →

Good afternoon! Today I would be discussing an ethical issue raised by business use of social media. To begin with, what is an “unethical behavior”? It’s as simple as knowing the right thing to do, then doing the wrong thing (Shepherd). Identity theft is an example, where 17.6 million Americans were victims of identity theft (BJS, 2014). Nobody wants to go through what Ruth Palmer experienced. Continue reading →

From this module, I grow to realise the effects of technology and the pronounced impact it has on us. We came to understand that seemingly harmless online content can jeopardize or elevate our lives and that having a reputable digital profile is of utmost importance for our career path. After reading the blogs of peers and course content, we begin to explore the dos and don’ts in creating a digital profile. From Kaye’s post, she draws relation between social media and getting your dream job. Continue reading →