Disadvantages of social media

Hello everyone, today I am going to explain the disadvantages of social media. It has multiple drawbacks which are as follow:

(Sian & Mgt design, n.d.)

1.    Hacking: - This is the biggest disadvantage of social media. By hacking, one can see another person stuff. Apart from this, he can misuse of it. Thus, hacking is a big issue in social media.

2.    Privacy: - In social media, privacy is also the main drawback. A person can see personal things of another person. Thus, the privacy is no more on social media.

3.    Defamation: - Another disadvantage of it is defamation. In defamation, a person can use an individual’s pictures and videos. Recently, many girls’ photos are used in objectionable places which decrease their reputation. People think that it is not good to share pictures on social media due to defamation. Thus, defamation is also a disadvantage of social media.

4.    Virtual Bullying: - Virtual bullying happens a lot on social networking sites as they are so public that the person being bullied can be shamed in front of their friends as well as the bully’s friends. Thence, it is also a big effect of social media.

5.    Lack sensitive information: - An employee can use social media for gathering information but social media provides less sensitive information. Thus, lack of sensitive information can also lead to wrong decision.

6.    Additional problems: - By using social media, there are some problems like a virus, malware can produce a serious threat to IT. The use of social media makes a person lazy which leads to health problems.

References

Sian, & Mgt desgin.Retrieved from http://www.mgtdesign.co.uk/social-media/the-disadvantages-of-social-media/

Advantages of social media

Hello, today my blog will focus on the advantages of social media. It will tell how social media is helpful for us.

Social media has several types of benefits. It is not beneficial for a particular field. It provides advantages to all field such as business, sport, information technology and much more.

(SEEN BEST, 2011)

In business, social media provides a plethora of advantages. First of all, it helps to connect with the audience. It helps to an industry to know about their target market. By using different types of social media, a company gets feedback from their customers which is helpful in future for growth. It improves market intelligence due to which a company can sustain in competition market. On social media, a company can share their content about new products. They can share future programs to remain their audience with them. It makes meaningful relationships with customers. On the other side, social media create brand awareness which is helpful for customer point of view.

Social media is also beneficial for those people who want to stay in connect with the world. They can get information about what is happening in their surroundings. People share their videos and images on it which are seen by their followers. Thus, people connect with them.

It creates benefits to manage an individual health. People can know about health awareness programmes. They can keep in touch with community programmes. It is also a good source of collaboration which is the biggest benefit of it.

References

SEEN BEST. (2011, September 1). Retrieved from http://www.seenbest-web-design.com/techclub/successful-twenty-first-century-selling-uses-the-advantages-of-social-media-marketing/

Types of Social Media

Hey, this blog will explain you about the different types of social media. Social media has seven types which are as follow:

 (Laurier Enter, 2013)

1.    Written and visual publishing: In this, a message shares with people by writing a different type of blogs, e-books and other written types of publishing.

2.    Networking: In networking, various types of sites are used by people to communicate with each other such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and google+.

3.    Micro-blogging: In this, one can share his thought in a short way of a blog. One can share any image or video related to post. The examples of this type social media are the tumbler, twitter, blogger etcetera.

4.    Live sharing: In live sharing, people can share their view live. They can connect with the audience using this types of social media such as BlogTalkRadio, Livestream etcetera.

5.    Collaboration: Collaboration is the rising trend of a web. It is very useful in business to motivate users and gain their feedback. It also encourages users to share their views.

6.    Video sharing: in this, people can share their video. This type of social media includes Vimeo, YouTube, and many other video sharing sources. It is a good way to share actual feelings of someone by making a video and then uploading or sharing it on social media.

7.    Image sharing: It is also like video sharing but in this, people share their images with others for showing their feelings and emotions. Instagram, Picasa, Flicker are some examples of image sharing.

The following video will explain more about the types of social media. In my next blog, I will describe advantages of social media. Watch the video

                                                               (YouTube, 2016)

References

Laurier Enter. (2013, August 19). Retrieved from http://laurierentrepreneur.ca/7-types-of-social-platforms-and-when-to-use-them/

YouTube. (2016, May 24). 7 TYPES OF PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA!!! [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfPHQOMb68A

Role of Social Media in Today’s World

Hello everyone, today my blog will explain you the role of social media in the present world. How has it created his impact on today’s world? What has his role in an individual life?

In this era, social media has become a necessary part of life just like food and clothing. It is playing a significant role in our life to make it better. Social media helps us to shape our life according to new trends.

The role of social media has more important in the business field. It is helpful in trading and marketing. From a business perspective, it is the best way to know about your customers.

Marketers can find about the consumers demand. They can know that what is trending now. Social media helps to marketers for personalizing their brand. It also plays a key role in communicating with other persons. Marketers can get feedback about their work or product which will beneficial in future for them. 

(Melanie Haselmayr, 2014)

The role of social media has become more vital in an individual life. People can connect with one another by using it. They can share their feelings and thoughts with their friends.

Social media has a great role in developing well community life. It helps to live a healthy life. It aware people to know about wellness plan and make their community clean. The recent Charles William Post -riot clean and jerk -up Chirrup movement was a suitable example which shows that how people changed the community life. (The guardian, 2011)

That is all for this blog which provided the information about the role of social media. In my next blog, I will describe the types of social media.

  References

Melanie Haselmayr. (2014, October 25). Retrieved from https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141025095706-63700182-social-media-for-small-business-tips-and-tricks-to-manage-campaigns-like-a-pro

The guardian. (2011). Retrieved from www.theguardian.com: https://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/community-action-blog/2011/dec/08/facebook-social-media-community-development

An introduction of Social Media

Hello everyone, today I am going to explain you about how social media become an integral part of information technology. Do you know that Social media has changed our communication methods to share information in all fields? If you do not know and you want to know about it then follow my post.

Social media is a pool of online communication channels. Social media is used to interact with people. In a business field, it is the best way to share information among people. In today’s world, social media is the first preference of people while sharing information and communicating.

 (SAP, 2014)

Social media includes different types of websites and applications. Forums, microblogging, social networking, social bookmarking, social curation and wikis. Here are some examples of it:

• facebook
• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• P interest (Rouse, 2015)

Social media has become a main communication and marketing method in business. In this era, marketers rely on this. They can promote their company and new product by using it. Thus, it became a key component in business field but it does not mean that it is only helpful for business. In daily life, it is helpful to provide information which individual wants.

The growth and evolution of social media had started from the late 70s. The golden era of social media started from 2001. (Morrison, 2015) 

This video will explain you more about evolution of social media:

(YouTube, 2010)

This is all for the introduction of social media. My next blog will explain the role of social media in today’s world. 

References

Morrison, K. (2015). Social Times. Retrieved from www.adweek.com: http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/the-evolution-of-social-media-infographic/620911

Rouse, M. (2015). Whatis.com. Retrieved from http://whatis.techtarget.com/

SAP. (2014). retrieved from: http://news.sap.com/power-social-media-analytics/

YouTube. (2010,). Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErhX5Shg8c0