Blog Social Networking

Social media has become a great part of everyone's life, from students to parents and even in the work places. When we think of social media we think of Facebook, twitter and many more which are for personal uses, but can also be used as a professional platform as well for companies. Today social media has allowed people to connect with other people around the world and share information with each other without even having to interact in person face to face. Companies can use social media to interview people overseas or even have a meeting with other professionals around the world which saves them time and money as well. They can use social media to also promote their products or engage people and basically technology can help information to be exchanged with someone miles away. We think that there are only benefits of technology, but we aren't well aware of the negative impact it has had on our lives as well. Technology has decreased the amount of face to face interactions, people will chose to be on their phone looking at their newsfeed rather than talking about their day at work with their family. People will choose to text with each other rather than making a conversation which is a very bad impact of technology on society. This had also impacted privacy of users. The stuff posted can be accessed by many people and it can violate someone's privacy. I feel like the more technology dependent we will become the worse it will get. I feel like more and more technology will be available to replace human interactions not just at work, but even else where.

Just like in the article, "Facebook Privacy is so Confusing Even the Zuckerberg Family Photo Isn't Private", they talk about how Randi's family photo with her family was shared publicly by a subscriber of someone else tagged in the photo which showed the picture on someone else's newsfeed. This is a privacy matter which is very important, as you can see a photo of someone's was shared publicly without their consent and it was accessible to by many people. So technology poses many problems and concerns related to privacy of not just people, but even in the workplace where we have confidential information.

In the article, "Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting", we see how technology helps people find the best of employees who are well qualified for positions. LinkedIn allows you recruiters to view profiles of people working in top companies and it also allows people to see your education, your skills and basically your resume which helps them to recruit people for better positions instead of just posting it on a website and finding people without knowing about their skills and stuff. So there are benefits of technology and disadvantages as well.

Cites:
1. "Facebook Privacy is so Confusing Even the Zuckerberg Family Photo Isn't Private" by Rebecca Greenfield

2. "Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting" by Frank Langfitt