Kevin Simmons 10/29/13
Mr. Hennings BCA
Facebook
Facebook
is a social networking site that has grown to be the biggest social networking
site. Facebook has a free sign-up for anyone of age. There are currently 1,110,000,000
Facebook users. Out of these users the spend 700 billion minutes a month
combined on Facebook. With the amount of time people spend on Facebook,
Facebook is able to make a tremendous impact on society.
Facebook
is able to impact the business world through advertisements. Facebook has
reached over one million companies using Facebook for advertising. Although not
everyone may click the link even if one percent of the users click the link
over one million people will see the business through advertisements. Although
advertising on Facebook could get expensive for businesses. Since there are so
many businesses using Facebook for advertising Facebook could increase the
prices they charge for advertising. Businesses may also lose money if nobody
buys their product even though they are paying for the advertising. Although
business can also make their own Facebook page. This is cheaper than paying for
advertisements. This could be beneficial if people share the businesses links
and like the page. This will allow business to advertise for cheaper prices.
Also since there are so many users on Facebook good or bad news about a
corporation could spread faster than on other social networks.
The
main purpose of someone getting a Facebook is for social uses. Since there are
so many people on Facebook people are able to interact with most if not all of
their friends. You can talk to their friends; see what they are doing, or what
pictures and videos they have liked. Although Facebook can cause problems for
someone using it. If you connect your Facebook to your phone number and email
you could end up receiving unwanted phone calls, texts, or emails. Also people
have gotten their identities stolen on Facebook. This could ultimately ruin
someone’s financial situation. Also people have been denied from colleges
because of what they had on Facebook. If someone is not careful and ends up
posting inappropriate pictures or posts they may get turned for future jobs or
college.
Entertainment
businesses can also use Facebook to advertise new movies coming out. A company
could post preview for their movies and get people excited for their upcoming
releases. This will convince people to go out and watch the movie in the
theaters. This will allow the company to make more money than they would
without advertising on Facebook.
Facebook also affects news. Due to Facebook having a large
number of users, news is able to spread faster and easier to almost the whole
world then if Facebook was not used. Facebook is able to spread news faster
through its users than Twitter. Although this could be a negative if incorrect
news is spread. False news could spread about a company or person and ruin
their image even if it is not true.
Facebook
is also used by its users for recreational purposes. Users can play a variety
of virtual games on Facebook. They can play with or without friends whether
they want to or not. Although these games can get addicting and someone could
spend hours playing the same game without taking breaks.
http://www.signature9.com/electrotech/study-says-facebook-is-better-than-twiitter-for-spreading-news
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/highly-addictive-facebook-games/
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