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Social media

MADE BY
KURT M. LEDESMA
XIAN L. SIGUA
What is social media
Social medias are platforms on the internet that allow others to
connect with others electronically the first social media site ever
designed and developed by Andrew Weinreich was named six degrees
but social media goes back even further to the 1840s when the
telegraph was made and since then social media has in evolved into a
more advanced and improve examples of social medias are reddit or
facebook and so on. And it has played vital parts in our life such as
communication and business purposes.

a photo of a
telegraph
Purposes of social media

• Entreprenuership
• Communication with one another
• Share information
• Get updated with things happening around the world
• Learning about new information
• Content creation
Advantages of social media
The advantages of social media is that we can use social media for
research purposes in order to find an answer to what we need we can
use social media but take note that some information may not be
accurate or it may be fake so check the source of the information first.
Another advantage of social media is instant communication for instance
you can use messaging apps such as facebook to communicate with
others. And lastly an advantage of social media is equality since it makes
others to communicate at the same level.
Disadvantages of social media
With an advantage of social media there also comes with a
disadvantage in social media an example of this is cyberbullying since
the user behind the device has the capability to be anonymous since
the harassment is taking place online so individuals have the
capability to remain anonymous. Another disadvantage is hackers are
individuals that may be ethical or unethical a ethical hacker is stated
as a white hat while unethical hackers are black hat hackers. Black
hat hackers are unethical hackers that steal a persons account and
using it how ever they wish. Lastly a disadvantage of social media is
false news which are intentionally made in order to confuse or decive
others.
How to safely use social media
SOMETIMES WHEN WE USE SOCIAL MEDIA AND DON’T SEEM
TO BE FAMILIAR WITH A WEBSITE WE HAVE TO BE
PRECAUTIOUS SINCE THE WORLD OF SOCIAL MEDIA IS A VAST
WORLD THERE ARE SOME PLACES THAT ARE RISKY SO HERE
ARE SOME WAYS YOU CAN STAY SAFE WHILE ON SOCIAL
MEDIA. ONE USE A VPN A VPN IS A SPECIAL TOOL THAT IS
USED TO KEEP YOURSELF SAFEGUARDED WHILE BROWSING
ON A OPEN NETWORK OR WHEN A SITE MAY SEEM RISKY.
TWO TURN ON CONTENT FILTERING IT IS USED TO REDUCE
THE LIKELIHOOD OF NSFW (NOT SAFE FOR WORK) CONTENT.
THREE HAVE PARENTAL SUPERVISION SINCE THEY WILL KNOW
WHATS BEST AND WHATS NOT THE BEST OPTION TO GO WITH
Examples of social medias

TWITTER REDDIT

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA


How does social media work
• Social media is a place where individuals interact with another and
communicate with family members and friends. Its used globally
and others connect with each other
Facts about social media
ABOUT 4.80 BILLION PEOPLE USE SOCIAL MEDIA

FACEBOOK IS THE MOST USED SOCIAL MEDIA


RECORDED

SOCIAL MEDIA HELPS OTHERS BUILD STRONGER


BONDS WITH THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS
That’s all thank you

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