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Topic 4: Reflection

Source: The World Street Journal This week topic was peculiar as it allows every student to independently choose which issue they thought was the most able to be brought by an educational or a business use of social media. Hence, the blogs were centred on a range of topics. I argued in my blog that a business use of social media was seriously putting at risk a company’s entitlement to integrity. Continue reading →

Topic 4 Reflection

Unlike in the previous topics, this one was very broad with people choosing from a whole range of topics. Personally I chose to focus on social media plagiarism. This topic I feel can be summed up with a gif I found on twitter. .@EarthBeauties @WAKEUPPEOPL3 pic.twitter.com/qzLxVqswi4 — PicPedant (@PicPedant) April 27, 2016 It shows the number of different accounts tweeting exactly the same photo with exactly the same caption. Continue reading →

Reflection on “The Digital Divide”

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 →

Topic 4. Summary

When I started researching for topic 4, I could only think about a few ethical issues relating to the use of social media in business and education that are also relevant to other uses of social media. Reading of my peers’ posts helped me realise that the range of issues in these two areas is much broader. They extend from legal implications to social and cultural factors. Continue reading →

TOPIC 4: Reflection

Topic 4 was very diverse in terms of the variety of ethical issues addressed, even though I focussed on ethical issues associated with authenticity of voice in social media use for education, I learnt a lot from others. There were a few posts on the digital divide, I commented on Shaheer’s blog, where I reflected on the divide in more developing countries such as the UK, and the implications for the employment world here. Continue reading →

Topic 4: Reflection

As a student, I found this topic particularly valuable due to how relevant the subject area was to our generation. There were so many different angles and approaches that could have been taken because of how broad the topic was. Consequently, this made it difficult for me to narrow it down to one ethical issue relating to social media within business and education. Continue reading →

Topic 4: Reflection

Looking into the ethical issues of social media in education appeared to be a pretty simple topic. I thought that my Infographic,  Haiku Deck and PowToon explored all of the possible issues involved and through Digital Citizenship had found a way to put the world to rights. But how wrong was I (!). Stuarts comment on my blog questioned who the educators of social media should be where some businesses and teachers fail to act appropriately online. Continue reading →

Topic 4: Reflection

In this topic, my blog post considered the ethical issues surrounding the use of social media by nursing professionals. Jodie’s comment on my post provided me with a fresh perspective on the effectiveness of teaching in the healthcare profession regarding ethical issues of social media. She provided me with another news story about inappropriate use of social media, this time by student nurses. Continue reading →

Topic 4: Reflection

This past week has really opened my eyes to a topic that I had never really thought much of before; the digital divide. Due to the fact that we have such easy access to the online world, thinking about how someone doesn’t is hard to wrap your head around. Why is it not the same everywhere? I feel that I have learned quite a bit from this topic, as the above statement was my state of mind before I looked into this subject. Continue reading →

Reflecting on Ethical Issues Associated with Social Media

Topic 4’s question was very open, and allowed us students to answer from a range of perspectives.  This meant that there was lots of diversity in the blogs I read from my peers!  After much research, I decided to write about the ethical issues surrounding social media and education.  This is because I’ve used them in the past more than I’d realised, and wanted to explore this further. Continue reading →

Topic 4: Ethical issues for business uses of social media.

As accessibility to the internet increases, it is no wonder people are spending more time online. According to Internet Live Stats, as of  July 2016, there was a total of 60,273,385 internet users– and that’s just in the UK! Photo Credits  As the increase of activity online increases, so does the number of social media accounts that are opened. As you can see,  54% of people accessing their social media’s on the go amongst other facts. Continue reading →

Is your every move online tracked?

I think that consumer security online is one of the most important and current ethical issues of social media in business talked about today. Forbes not only call it an issue but a ‘deadly sin’ of social media. Many companies compromise our security and sell on our personal information to this day. Let’s face it, how often do you read term and conditions when singing up for an online shopping retailer? I can image not so often. Continue reading →

The Digital Divide

  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 →

“Privacy is dead, and social media holds the smoking gun” – Pete Cashmore

6 The rapidly increasing use of social media is impacting most areas of our lives in one way or another. Unfortunately, this has triggered a number of ethical issues to be raised within businesses in relation to social media.Ethical issues address the debate between what is considered right and wrong, these however can vary due to cultural and religious differences. Continue reading →

Social Media Ethics

In the increasingly networked society we live in, for those wanting to stay connected, avoiding the use of social media seems impossible. Social networks such as Facebook have grown to a massive scale, and now exist as a platform where multiple independent parties can interact, be it people, businesses, political parties, charities, etc. Continue reading →

The Use of Social Media in Education

Social Networking Sites are a widely used tool to which 61% of adults engage in, thus making it a popular platform to interact over. As depicted in the graph below, a majority of those that use Social Networking Sites are between the ages of 16-24, thus making the use of social media in education a popular option amongst education providers.   Statistics on the different age groups that engaged in Social Networking in Great Britain during 2015. Continue reading →

Privacy: Ethical Issue Raised From Business Use of Social Media

Source: My personal WhatsApp conversation with a friend. WhatsApp (WA), a business now owned by Facebook has grown to become one of the most successful online messaging service with over 990 million users (Olson 2016). A few weeks ago, prior to sending a text message to my friend on WA, I received the notification as shown on the right. It meant that WA was ensuring the safety measures taken to protect an individuals privacy on the messaging service. Continue reading →