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This week’s topic about open access to online content was extremely relatable. I constantly find articles online, which may be extremely useful to my work. However, find that I either have partial access or have to pay a large amount of money to download them. Since this is a daily inconvenience to me, I am fully aware of the advantages and disadvantages of having open access myself. So, it was interesting to look into this in the perspective of the content provider. Continue reading →

Firstly, what is open access? Here is a video that perfectly explains this concept… Within my own research, mainly for university work, I am always coming across articles that sound perfect to support my opinions. However, I find I can only get partial access to the information or have to pay a hefty fee to access the article at all. To me this is a risky investment because the article may end up being of no use to me resulting in my money wasted. Continue reading →

This week’s topic was extremely broad and related to social media ethics, from where I chose to focus my discussion on the digital divide. I had come across the concept of the digital divide before in my studies; however, I was intrigued to look further into its effect on the use of social media in education or business. This is such a significant and continuous ethical issue today. Continue reading →

  There are 3 main causes of the digital divide: That access to technology is unaffordable Individuals are unskilled and do not know how to use technology effectively And ‘Technophobia’, fear of technology and unawareness of the benefits From the Piktochart we can see that a high proportion of Internet users are within Europe. A report from 2012 stated that high levels of competition have allowed the UK to enjoy the world’s cheapest broadband rates. Continue reading →

Not yet having a professional digital profile, personally this was a very useful and eye opening topic. I am currently on the search for an industrial placement for next year thus, the guidelines I have gained from my own research, and from the reading of other people’s posts, have given me the confidence to create my own authentic LinkedIn profile. Sam’s views agreed with mine that LinkedIn is now the prime website for creating a professional digital profile. Continue reading →

Social media is an increasingly valuable tool to recruiters in screening potential employees, so making an authentic online professional profile is now an extremely valuable tool to an individual’s employment prospects. A survey from Jobvite shows that in 2014, employers plan to increase their recruitment via social networks by 73%. Continue reading →

I was proposed with the topic of managing your online identity and asked to discuss the arguments for and against having more than one. I have always been an avid user of many social media websites, however the thought never occurred to me that I might be portraying different identities on each unconsciously. Therefore, I really enjoyed reading more into the subject and reading other people’s perspectives. Continue reading →

Today, Internet users are taking advantage of the many forms of social media to create an online persona. But which profile represents their true offline identity? Each website will create a partial identity, a persona, for the user based on a subset of their characteristics. Some may see this as advantage, others a lack of authenticity. The most common reason to create more than one online identity is to differentiate your private and professional identity. Continue reading →

Prensky’s theory Prensky’s theory classifies individuals as digital natives and digital immigrants. Digital natives are defined as young people who are experts at using technology due to growing up in the digital world; whereas, a digital immigrant is defined as an older person who struggles with modern technology. This theory purely classifies people in terms of their age and background and does not consider other determining factors of an individual’s technological expertise. Continue reading →