Social Media Worksheet

 

 

Complete the following chart by describing each of the terms and identifying the age groups most likely to use it, as well as how they might use it. 

 

Terms	Description and purpose (1 to 2 sentences)	Age groups most likely to use	Unique uses by these age groups (1 to 2 sentences)
Web 2.0	Different websites used for share information regarding a material they have creased online.	15- 29	Mostly used by the academic community
Web 3.0	Used majorly for websites applications and sematic web	18-24	Used mainly be software developers.
Twitter	A social networking site used to communicate short messages known as tweets.	18-29	Getting news around the World through knowing trending topics
Blog	A website mainly run by an individual through writing down informal conversations	25-44	Companies use blogs to ensure search engine optimization
Facebook	A what age mostly uses blogs	18-24	Running Facebook campaigns through videos
Instagram	A photo sharing application	18-29	Establishment of brand identity and promotional posts.
LinkedIn	The biggest professional network	18-29	Online networking and job searching
YouTube	A video sharing platform	15-35	Create and watch videos

 

 

 

Answer the following questions in at least 3 to 4 sentences each.

Format any citations according to APA guidelines. 

 

1. What is social media? Which theory or theories of psychology help to explain why people use social media? Why do they exhibit behaviors that are unique to these channels?

 

Social media involves application or websites in which users make, and share content hence increasing their networking.

The theories which explain why people use social media include, go Heidegger's phenomenology, Bourdieu's theory of practice and Gofman's symbolic interactionism. (Akram & Kumar, 2017).

The reason as to why people show unique behaviors in social media channels is because, people aim at getting positive feedback from other social media users and boost self-esteem.


 

2. Select two of the following channels:

 

• Facebook
• Twitter
• YouTube
• Instagram

 

Discuss the social benefits and limitations of each. What human interactions can each of these channels create?

Facebook has social benefits which include, building online brands, building friendships with people, assist people get jobs and increase productivity. One of the limitation of Facebook is addiction which might lead to loss of productivity at work, relationship problems and malware and viruses.

 

Social benefits of Instagram include ability to understand a certain audience better, travel online while viewing scenarios and know people through the pictures. Instagram is associated with high levels of depression and bulling due to body shaming issues.
 

 

3. Describe the online and offline effects of social media on teens ages 13–19 and on adults ages 35–50.
   online effects of social media to teens 13–19

The use of social media can distract teens from their studies, affect their sleep and dangers of bulling at a very young age.

 

Offline effects of social media to teens 13–19
some teenagers may experience depression and anxiety especially when exposed to inappropriate content, or content too hard for the teens to process.

 

online effects of social media to adults 35–50.
 

feeling inadequate about one’s life is a major online effect of social media to adults, cyberbullying and the fear of missing out.

offline effects of social media to adults 35–50.
 

the major effect of social media offline is mainly anxiety and depression especially to people who experience cyberbullying, for fear of missing out.