Tuesday, December 4, 2012

The Good Side Of Social Media

Using technology and social networks do have positive sides to them. Here are a list of how they have made a positive impact on the world or even in small areas. :
1. Many businesses use the social media to further their businesses. In most of the corporate world, their main focus is social media. They spend most of their time on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to make sure that their business and what they have to offer is put out there. It has been said that it has raised the sales of their products or services. This just goes to show how much social media has an affect on many people.
2. Yesterday, a story was publsihed about a Diabetes Camp and how they use the social media to help those who have diabetes. To be able to help pay for the medicines and other cures for diabetes they have sponsered many blogs, such as Sparling, to help with the expenses. They also use technology and social media to warn Type 1 Diabetes patients on what is good and what is not. They also tell if their are some health dangers or scares to watch out for.
3. Another way that social media is used for the good is receiving news. People feel that the things that are posted on Facebook or Twitter are more accurate, sometimes, than what is on the news. A lot of people can find out news way faster than the news on television.
4. A lot of journalists say that they get a lot of their stories from social media. Social media and technology helps with Journalists further their careers because they get to publish their stories first before anyone because they got their information from social media.
5. Social media is used for good causes in many schools, from grade school to college. There are many blogs, twitter, and facebook pages to ensure that they put out the message that drugs, sex, and  a lot of drama is not good.

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