Nt1310 Unit 3 Assignment 1
Online Social Networks
Computer Literacy 103
Instructor: Melvin Lee
December 9, 2013
With the fast paced lifestyles people lead today, we have limitations in face to face interactions and how often we communicate with close or distant friends. Social networking has made it possible for people to stay in contact and expand relationships with friends, family, co-workers and acquaintances at our fingertips. Some of the social networks many people use today are Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+. As I researched social networking, which I am very familiar with, as I am a daily user of several websites. I came across an article entitled “When Worlds Collide in Cyberspace: How Boundary Work in Online Social Networks Impacts Professional Relationships” Ollier-Malaterre, Rothbard, & Berg (2013) So many people today are building contacts and clientele via internet and social media, however they sometimes forget that everything posted online can be seen forever. Social networking does take away from the intimacy of personal and professional face to face relationships. You may have co-workers you are very close to and bond well with at work, but opinions can change …show more content…
I have seen both positive and negative actions happen as a result of people posting things on their personal pages. I have watched someone lose their job because they “vented” on their personal Facebook wall about the day they had at work, however it wasn’t done in a respectful or professional manner, and the next day after a co-worker told their manager about the post, they were “let go”. On a more positive note I helped my own cousin find her birth mother, as she was adopted into our family, via
Computer Literacy 103
Instructor: Melvin Lee
December 9, 2013
With the fast paced lifestyles people lead today, we have limitations in face to face interactions and how often we communicate with close or distant friends. Social networking has made it possible for people to stay in contact and expand relationships with friends, family, co-workers and acquaintances at our fingertips. Some of the social networks many people use today are Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+. As I researched social networking, which I am very familiar with, as I am a daily user of several websites. I came across an article entitled “When Worlds Collide in Cyberspace: How Boundary Work in Online Social Networks Impacts Professional Relationships” Ollier-Malaterre, Rothbard, & Berg (2013) So many people today are building contacts and clientele via internet and social media, however they sometimes forget that everything posted online can be seen forever. Social networking does take away from the intimacy of personal and professional face to face relationships. You may have co-workers you are very close to and bond well with at work, but opinions can change …show more content…
I have seen both positive and negative actions happen as a result of people posting things on their personal pages. I have watched someone lose their job because they “vented” on their personal Facebook wall about the day they had at work, however it wasn’t done in a respectful or professional manner, and the next day after a co-worker told their manager about the post, they were “let go”. On a more positive note I helped my own cousin find her birth mother, as she was adopted into our family, via