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University of Southern California- Annenberg Program in Online Communities
One of the obvious things about society today is an increased tendency to move online some of the activities that were not usually treated in that manner. The traditional form of communication, which implied the direct interaction between individuals or, at most, an interaction via the telephone or a printed material (letter, brochure) has now become almost obsolete. The online offers so many advantages, primarily including the speed of deliver and reception of the message and the diversity and potential outreach.
These changes in communication have also translated in new approaches in marketing and advertising. More and more, companies have become increasingly active on social platforms, not only with the goal to promote their products and services, but also to understand more about the consumers, about their needs, requirements and aspirations.
With this in mind, being prepared to function properly in this dynamic environment and to understand the new way in which business is done has become a necessity. Social media and online communities are much more than a present trend: they are the reality towards which society will continue to move, as more business and more activities will move online.
As such, I have decided...
Throughout school, I have worked as an intern for several companies and organizations, focusing on marketing social media. As a marketing social media business strategist for the past years (since 2012), I planned, implemented and maintained social media instruments, including SEO, SEM and blogs. I worked as a marketing social media business strategist for Bonesta Swimwear, in Istanbul, Turkey, and for Designer's House and Scholasphere in Los Angeles. All these experiences helped me better understand how online communities work, what the new social marketing trends are and how all these new instruments connect stakeholders.
Again this background, I see myself as continuing in the same field and my academic direction targets these objectives. I am currently a Business and Administrative Undergraduate student in USC, in the Marshall Business School. The academic courses I have taken in these area are great for the core fundamentals of business, but…
This researcher rejects the existence of online communities because computer mediated group discussions cannot possibly meet this definition. Weinreich's view is that anyone with even a basic knowledge of sociology understands that information exchange in no way constitutes a community. For a cyber-place with an associated computer mediated group to be labeled as a virtual settlement it is necessary for it to meet a minimum set of conditions. These are:
Should Teachers Allow Students Access to Internet in Classrooms Why Kids in Classrooms Today Do Not Need Any More Wild West in Them: “Trading Classroom Authority for Online Community” is a Bad Idea As Rorabaugh notes, the Internet has evolved from a once “primitive” place to a kind of digital Wild West. To maneuver one’s way through the digital world, one must be able to navigate platforms and forums, where civility is
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Online Collaboration: How and Why? What is Online Collaboration? Online Collaboration bases the system on what have been started by the earlier PC networking system. Users in certain local area and other network are capable to communicate each other on their PC by swapping files and mails in text file, although during the early time it was limited to text data in small size. As technology has developed more sophisticated facilities, it
Online Therapy Given the prevalence and permeation of digital discourse, it is not surprising that psychological counseling can now be conducted online. Online counseling provides similar sets of services to clients as in-person counseling, albeit the scope of services will be limited to the restrictions of the technology. One of the benefits of online counseling is that it permits individuals to transcend both geography and time with regards to scheduling services
Online Social Networks for Older Adults The online social networks have become the fastest tools to share information. Presently, increasing number of people have resorted using online social networks. Most especially, some older people have also settled down with online social networks to broaden their knowledge. The objective of this study is to explore the online social networks for older adults. The study reviews two different research articles that focus on