According
to Rothbard in "When Worlds Collide: Navigating the Minefield of
Social Media" (2014), social media has allowed us to share any information online
readily and instantly, yet, such ease can have negative impacts on our lives.
It happens when we make use of different methods to handle what we put online,
which can affect your authority and appeal to your colleagues separately.
Rothbard
(2014) observed that social media is able to create a film that segregates
people’s personal and professional lives but also makes people constantly wary
about what they share online. It allows you to connect better or forge new
relationships with other people yet it can take a toll on the present ones that
you have. One of the problems would be the issue of “invisible audience”. These
groups of people are ones that secretly monitor what you are up to online but they
do not reply to anything, which explains why they are almost non-existent.
Rothbard
(2014) then summarises the methods we used into four categories; open being
completely no censorship, audience being limiting content to specific audience,
content being content that are oriented towards the majority of the audience
and custom being striking a balance between the audience and content methods.
Such
methods as mentioned can affect your authority and appeal; one may be lean
towards boosting your appeal or either or even none. Therefore, Rothbard (2014)
encourages one to pick a method that best suits you, able to fit into the
targets you set for yourself on social media and that it suits the background
you belong.
Rothbard (2014) also added that changing the methods we already
accustomed to would not be easy unless something major happened, such as an
unpleasant comment or switching of backgrounds.
Finally, Rothbard (2014) concludes with her results indicating
that we cannot communicate similarly to someone right in front of you to
someone online. This is due to the fact that social media brings you to a
larger viewers instead of one that is beside you whether you like it or not.
Hi there. I think the use of 'you' makes the summary feel less formal and there are some mistakes like in the third last paragraph, "appeal or either or even none" is probably "appeal of either or none" and second last paragraph "changing the methods we already accustomed to" should be "changing the methods we are already accustomed to". Overall, you did include the main ideas and it was coherent.
ReplyDeleteOne more thing, If you add a hyperlink to the article title instead of pasting the URL, that would be more blog-like. Cheers.
Hello! I think about your summary is a little too long. Perhaps you should cut down on your words to about 150-200 as what our tutor has mention. Nonetheless your summary has summarised the article main points which is good :)
ReplyDeleteSecond thing i realised is that almost every sentences start with "Rothbard says/concluded.." It may be better if you can vary your sentences more
Hope you find it useful! :)