by admin | Oct 1, 2021 | Solutions to issues raised by Technological Advancement
“We must step out of our tendency to armchair-theorize about how social media affects us and develop a rigorous scientific understanding of how it works.” ...
by admin | Sep 5, 2021 | Technological Advancement has has influenced society
THE SPREAD OF MISINFORMATION Misinformation spread by social media is rampant and can have disastrous results. For example, in 2013, a false tweet briefly wiped out almost $140 billion in U.S. stock market value. This sent traders into chaos until the truth was...
by admin | Sep 4, 2021 | Technological Advancement has has influenced society
POLITICAL DIVISIVENESS & SOCIAL MEDIA The initial idealism of social media – democracy, friction-free communication, one-button socializing – has vanished. Now America is embroiled in political turbulence and has suffered the largest-ever-recorded drop in...
by admin | Sep 3, 2021 | Societal Expectation as a result of Technological Advancement
THE NEED FOR SPECIFICALLY TARGETED CONTENT As technology of mass media advances, so do the audience’s expectations. Users of social media now expect the suggested content to be specifically targeted to their preference. The modern user has a decreased attention...
by admin | Aug 22, 2021 | Essential Skills for Media Professionals
THE POWER OF MULTIMEDIA There is no denying the job description for journalists and marketers has been utterly transformed. The ever present glimmer of technology may not have eroded our degree of literacy, but it has had a major impact on our attention span and...
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