Social technology has been very beneficial to our society because it has provided a way for everyone to connect with one another. Having this online method of connecting allows you to interact with people from all around the world instantly. For example, you may have businesses in different parts of the world and in order for you to manage them you will have to utilize social technology to contact your staff. Also, social technology allows everyone to share news and it spreads around society very quickly which aids in bringing awareness on a subject. An example would be sharing news on horrible policies enacted by Trump on Facebook. However, there is a dark side to social technology in that it is time consuming and people tend to stare at their phones all day and have less interaction with others. Social media has had a negative impact in that people tend to have less face to face interactions and instead just like scrolling through their social media accounts all day.
Technology can be used in the corporate world in that it can lead to a easier hiring process. In the article , "Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting," Langfitt mentions, "LinkedIn says users include executives from all of the Fortune 500 companies. Typing keywords into a search engine, Crawford can scrape the entire network to dig out high- quality candidates that she can't find elsewhere.", This shows that social technology is very beneficial in selection and recruiting of employees because it can easily filter through hundreds of applicants. Additionally, social networking can be used to further enhance customer service. Corporate companies can use technology to get feedback from customers and make improvements that they specify.
The online world has evolved greatly overtime. In the article, "Brave New World of Digital Intimacy," the author says, "News Feed is central to Facebook's success." This displays how Facebook has advanced its social media by upgrading its system so that users can personalize what they view on their News Feed. Overall, these social technologies are advancing very quickly and in the future we may have technology that allows us to view others on social media in real time. For example Facebook has a feature called Facebook Live. Technology in the future may become even more personalized to attract more users.
References:
Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting by Frank Langfitt, NPR, March 16, 2008.
"Brave New World of Digital Intimacy " by Clive Thompson, NY Times, Sept 7, 2008
I could not agree with you any less Nishat. You provided a similar description of social networking as I did in explaining the pros and cons of this technology, and how it changed the world around us. Social networking has brought the world into the palm of our hands. We can connect with many people any time and any where we like. But there is also a huge downside with social networking as you mentioned in your post. A big negative affect that social networking created was the way it made the people around us become more antisocial. Now a days, people waste their valuable times on a screen and can only express themselves through a keyboard. So in terms of making our society more interconnected, I feel that social networking made us become more distant from one another. A similar future attribute that I also mentioned was the "going live" feature on many social media outlets, I feel as if this feature was a brilliant addition to social networking in allowing us to connect with others in real time. Social networking indeed brought many positives and negatives into our everyday world.
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