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Social Networking: Effects of Social Media on our Business and Personal Lives

Quarantine was an unexpected twist in all of our lives. We walked into this year thinking that it would be something amazing, but it was the complete opposite. COVID took a lot away from us including most of our face to face contact with one another. During these times we are looking for any form of contact that we may possibly have and social media is one form of communication that we resort to when we can't (or don't want to) see each other face to face. People have used social media for different reasons throughout the years; to talk to friends and family that live a distance away, online dating, etc.. There are things that are normally done face to face that we now have to try and digitally do due to the pandemic. I want to explore the positive and negative influences that social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn etc.) has had on social networking in both the business world (job interviews, networking events, etc.) and our personal lives. Now more than ever we can see how social media has played a role in our interactions and how that has affected us. Some people prefer to interact over social media while others would rather discuss things face to face. There are pros and cons to both that I would like to expand upon. In our personal lives social media has been a safe space for those who have social anxiety however it has also been a place for people to catfish one another. In the business world, our social media accounts have been used in order to get a better picture of who we are; this sometimes can cause us to be portrayed in ways that aren't professional. Social media has had a lot of positive and negative effects on our lives in different ways and I want to talk more about its influence. 

Yours Truly, 

Raven Conyers ❤

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  1. jason zhongSeptember 25, 2020 at 11:14 AM

    Hi Raven. I think social media has a great place in society. However, like you said, it can also be used "to catfish one another." I think social media has a lot going for it but there is definitely a toxic side to it. And I would like to see what pros and cons you discuss about in your paper

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  2. Maria GonzalezSeptember 29, 2020 at 3:42 PM

    Hi Raven, I think this topic is very important to talk about especially in today’s times. Since Covid19 started, it has pushed many companies to switch to online and getting more creative by using social media. As you mentioned, as good as social media can be it can also have many negative effects. As you said, slowly more and more companies are checking our social media presence while evaluating an application. In a way that may be good for employers to detect red flags more easily and avoid hiring the wrong person. On the other hand, some may argue this is an invasion of privacy and it is not a valid representation. Increased consumer power has also increased with social media. There is a lot of negative and positive effects and it will be interesting to see how much more social media will evolve and continue to affect us in the future.

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