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Introduction

Welcome to my blog, this blog is made for a college assessment for the implications in social media, this goes in depth from the history of social media to the societal issues that social media causes

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Societal Issues of Social Media

Mobile devices dominate the total time in minutes spent online, the development of mobile devices has played in important role in shaping the use of social media, this puts being able to contact anyone, anywhere in the palm of your hand

Why People Share Information

These include a desire to reveal valuable and entertaining content to others; to define themselves; to grow and nourish relationships and to get the word out about brands and causes they like or support.

Social media is being used in ways that shape politics, business, world culture, education, careers, innovation, and more. almost a quarter of the worlds population is on Facebook

that being said, social media is also being blamed for things such as cyber bullying and lack of privacy, Unfortunately, by the time private content is deleted, it’s usually too late and can cause problems in people’s personal and professional lives.

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Personal Dangers of Social Media

There are a lot of dangers on the internet, especially for a youngling, with so many social media sites accessible to young people, it gives them easy access to people they wouldn’t normally talk to, some of these people could even be on the internet for nefarious reasons, pretending to be a lot younger than they really are, I think you can see where I am going with this, other dangers include identity theft, cyber bullying and theft of account details

there is so much more that could be done to protect our young ones, for instance, there is a minimum age limit on Facebook but sadly, it isn’t enforced, no checks are done, the only time an account of a minor is removed is when someone reports the account, but not many people do as parents like to keep in constant contact with their children and this creates the problem of child molesters, but as mentioned above, this is just one aspect of the dangers of social media but I feel it is the most important one to be addressed

33% of teens are Facebook friends with other people they have not met in person.

Social networks and online gaming communities are leaving an increasing number of children and teens vulnerable to grooming and other forms of online harassment and abuse, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) said.

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Social Presence and Digital Footprint

Your social presence is built up of the social media sites you use and the content you share, like photos, comments, and videos, this creates a “digital footprint” this footprint increases in size the more you share and the more active you are on the internet, not just social media but shopping sites and video streaming services, all this information is recorded in your digital footprint and despite deleting your presence, your footprint remains as nothing is truly deleted on the internet.

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Rights and Responsibilities

Law

There is no specific law in the United Kingdom which refers to social media alone, however; social media is protected by a number of laws such as the Malicious Communications Act of 1988, the Communications Act of 2003 (section 127), and the Criminal Justice and Police Act of 2001 (section 43). These laws all cover social media and other forms of electrical methods of communication including email.

Under these laws it is illegal to send “indecent” or “grossly offensive” messages, and/or send “threats”, or “false information” with the intention of “causing distress or anxiety” to its receiver or receivers.

Furthermore, the Harassment Act of 1997 also plays a part in the protection of social media users and if found guilty of sending such content by way of electrical communication (i.e. social media, email) you can face both a fine and up to a six month prison sentence.

Rights

With so many social media websites around each has different methods of protecting its users. The most popular way to protect yourself is by paying attention to the privacy settings and also blocking users who you do not wish to be able to communicate with you. Furthermore, the majority of social media sites give its users the ability to report an individual of cyber bullying or threatening behavior.

Furthermore, with the laws above protecting social media users, you also have the protection of both the police and UK legal system. Notifying, and providing the police with evidence to show that somebody has made you feel distressed and/or anxious on social media may be evidence enough to make a prosecution.

Responsibilities

an individuals responsible for all the content they post so it stands to reason that they need to be mindful of what they post as over 30% of teenagers have been affected by cyber bullying in their life, and this number is likely to increase, with the above laws, it is becoming easier to protect yourself online, but you can do your part by sharing safely and be conscious of what you are sharing, However, the best way to avoid any lawsuit from your use of social media is to limit the opinions you share on social media and never get involved bullying, celebrity or not. You should also think before you share, as once its shared its never completely deleted

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Personal Learning Networks

Personal Learning Networks are a collection of social media platforms that let you create and collect shared knowledge with groups of connected people, from around the globe at any time, it is hugely dependent on social media to help form connections, expand our knowledge and constantly grow our professional persona through learning.

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Social Media Uses

Social Media Uses for Individuals

This is a great way of keeping in touch with friends near and far, as well as sharing all aspects of ones life, from family photos to pictures of your dinner, social media is quickly becoming part of our every day lives, using our mobile phones on the go to update our status and communicate with others.

Social Media Uses for Groups

groups are more likely to use social media to share an interest, for instance, a Star Trek community, they talk about their interest and even plan gatherings, or use a group to sell things in the local area.

Social Media Uses for Businesses

Businesses are likely to use social media as an advertising tool, and a place to communicate with their customers, for instance, Amazon have a twitter account that they use for customer relations, dealing with problems customer have with their orders.

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Social Capital

A shared understanding, shared norms, shared values, these things are what is included in the shared sense of identity, but you cant have any of these without trust, cooperation and reciprocity, but with the many different views on this complex subject make the definition difficult to describe

The value of resources are what the term usually refers to, from tangible (i,e buildings, public spaces) to intangible (i,e Actors, “human capital” people),the relationship these groups have, and on larger groups, is generally for the common good, producing public goods

from 1990 to 2000, the concept of social capital is becoming more and more popular in a wide range of social science disciplines and politics

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Social Intelligence

Social Intelligence is all about making connections and relationships with others, for example, making strong relationships with people helps your immune system, loneliness is one of the prominent pointers for stress, health problems and depression.

our relationships affect every area of our lives, from our colleagues to our spouse, to our kids and friends

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Social Production

Social Production: this usually happens via the internet, for instance, going to a concert and recording it to make it available on YouTube, then millions of people can watch the same concert that weren't there, this usually happens without people even knowing that it is happening, for instance, Wikipedia is where thousands if not millions of people are creating an encyclopedia

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Release Dates Expanded

Friends Reunited - 2000

Friends Reunited was a portfolio of social networking websites based upon the themes of reunion with research, dating and job-hunting. The first and eponymous website was created by a husband and wife team in the classic back bedroom internet start-up; it was the first online social network to achieve prominence in Britain, and it weathered the dotcom bust. (Wikipedia)

Deviant Art - 2000

DeviantArt is an online artwork, videography and photography community. Artworks are organized in a category structure, including photography, digital art, traditional art, literature, Flash, filmmaking, skins for applications, operating system customization utilities and others, along with downloadable resources such as tutorials and stock photography. Additional features include "journals", "polls", "groups" and "portfolios". (Wikipedia)

My Space - 2003

Myspace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. Myspace was the largest social networking site in the world, from 2005 to 2009. It is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. (Wikipedia)

Facebook - 2004

The founders initially limited the website's membership to Harvard students. Later they expanded it to higher education institutions in the Boston area, the Ivy League schools, and Stanford University. Facebook gradually added support for students at various other universities, and eventually to high school students. Since 2006, anyone who claims to be at least 13 years old has been allowed to become a registered user of Facebook, though variations exist in this requirement, depending on local laws (Wikipedia)

Reddit - 2005

Reddit is an American social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website. Registered members submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down by other members. Posts are organized by subject into user-created boards called "subreddits", which cover a variety of topics including news, science, movies, video games, music, books, fitness, food, and image-sharing. Submissions with more up-votes appear towards the top of their subreddit and, if they receive enough votes, ultimately on the site's front page. Despite strict rules prohibiting harassment, Reddit's administrators spend considerable resources on moderating the site.(Wikipedia)

Bebo - 2005

Bebo was a social networking website launched in 2005, that now describes itself as "a company that dreams up ideas for fun social apps;" Grant Denholm, the man behind the Bebo relaunch, has confirmed that the site will not be returning as a social network but as a company that makes social apps. The company launched the app Blab in early 2014; it closed in 2016. In December 2014 a new version of Bebo launched as an avatar hashtagmessaging app.(Wikipedia)

Twitter - 2006

The service rapidly gained worldwide popularity. In 2012, more than 100 million users posted 340 million tweets a day, and the service handled an average of 1.6 billion search queries per day. In 2013, it was one of the ten most-visited websites and has been described as "the SMS of the Internet" (Wikipedia)

Tumblr - 2007

The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog. Users can follow other users' blogs. Bloggers can also make their blogs private. For bloggers many of the website's features are accessed from a "dashboard" interface.

As of June 1, 2018, Tumblr hosts over 417.1 million blogs. As of January 2016, the website had 555 million monthly visitors. (Wikipedia)

Instagram - 2010

The app allows users to upload photos and videos to the service, which can be edited with various filters, and organized with tags and location information. An account's posts can be shared publicly or with pre-approved followers. Users can browse other users' content by tags and locations, and view trending content. Users can "like" photos, and follow other users to add their content to a feed. (Wikipedia)

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Brief History of Social Media

Home PCs were becoming more and more mainstream in the 1980s, IRC or Internet Relay Chats were first used in 1988 and continued to grow in popularity in to the 90s.

Six Degrees, The first recognisable social media platform was created 1997, users were able to upload a profile and make friends, a popular craze even today is blogging, the first sites for blogging were released in 1999.

Social media started to boom and sites like MySpace and LinkedIn gained popularity in the early 2000s, YouTube released in 2005, sharing videos with each other was an entirely new way to communicate

in 2004 and 2006 respectively, Facebook and Twitter released and remain one of the most popular social media platforms available today, there are other niche spots for social media which have been filled with apps and sites like Tumblr, Spotify, Pinterest and Foursquare.

There is a massive amount of variety when it comes to social media platforms, and cross posting is a feature a lot of them have to make it easier to be able to post in all places with a single post, with the vast amount of social media around, more people can connect with infinitely more people, all around the globe.

What may the future of social networking hold? we can only speculate but even 10-100 years from now, it will exist in one form or another so long as humans exist

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Social Media Release Dates in the 00s