Business Management Vol. 5(12), pp. 5022-5031, 18 June, 2011 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJBM DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.595 ISSN 1993-8233 ©2011 Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper A look out for academic impacts of Social networking sites (SNSs): A student based perspective Ishfaq Ahmed* and Tehmina Fiaz Qazi Hailey College of Commerce, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Accepted 20 April, 2011 This study implies the exploration of relationship between
Introduction The world has never before been connected as much as it is today. One’s ability to communicate through various mediums is rapidly advancing, and this is much thanks to social media. Social media can be defined as websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or participate in social networking. As a phenomenon of only the past couple of decades, it has certainly changed the way we live our everyday lives. Whether socially or professionally, it opens the door
There is no doubt that we are currently living through a revolution in information technology. When we consider that an entire generation of young people in the early 21st century now mediates social existence through text-based messaging sent remotely and wirelessly, it is hard to imagine a parallel could we consider an entire generation creating that much textual material by passing notes written on paper with pencils? But the biggest mystery about the information revolution is why it should have
Name - Instructor Name- Subject- Date- Scope of Face-book Social networking sites are a boom these days with increasing number of people signing up on social networking sites such as Twitter, face book and Orkut etc in order to stay updated online and gather their known on an online platform. These sites are gaining more and more popularity among the youth, students, professionals, businesses men etc all have
Factors Affecting the Usefulness of Social Networking in E-learning at German University of Technology in Oman Revinson G. Martin “what are the factors affecting the usefulness of social networking in e-learning at GUtech”? This will help the university administrator, students, and educators to know the value of social networking in e-learning and will help and guide those who develop, implement, and deliver e-learning systems. There are many social networking sites available that the researcher
Censorship and its Caveats on Society From books to the internet, it is very easy to get any information quickly. Although this may be true you can’t find everything you may be looking for, there are things out there that are censored. Censorship is the restriction of certain information to one or a group of people, from others who think it’s dangerous. Censorship can be used in beneficial ways to protect people, but it is often misused to harm people long-term. Here is some information about some
However, as Innis and Macluhan both highlighted, it is its social implications, such as the emergence of monopolies of knowledge, centralised authorities and uneven distribution of power rather than the aural or written nature that should be the focus of studying oral and written media (Innis, 1990). Because written
I ICT gadgets aid the student’s education. Through the facility of accessible sources online, students are provided with wider reference for more reliable learning. It is with convenience that students get the most revised online journals existing for reference. It provides significant resources that will academically aid the students. Through easy access to virtual websites, it presents the students updates and reliable online journals. It also aids the students through the advanced technology
This article is about to seek a marketing opportunities for social networks such as benefits and threats that social marketing holds. It also discussed about what opportunities that future have for social networks especially to mobile social networking. Moreover, potential for businesses to succeed assimilated in marketing mix if entrepreneurs use social networking marketing for advertised and selling their products online. Social network can be mean as a sites that can helps users to communicate
the complex inter-relations of the market. As the leisure time becomes more important, the society getting more dynamic and unpredictable, attitude towards work, goods and services change, the word “consumption" itself is being reinterpreted. It is enough to see chills running up and down the procedures of goods and services. The shock waves that originate with product failures or dissatisfied consumers is ill wind that does nobody any good. The effects of such shock waves are bound to radiate throughout