What does it mean to network using social media?
Social media is a computer-based technology that facilitates the sharing of ideas, thoughts, and information. It is a platform for people today to share their opinions and experiences with each other. Originating to interact with friends and family, the power of social media lies in the ability to connect and share information with anyone on the planet, or with many people at once. By social media, there should be many bloggers contributing and creating information for dissemination. Social media is a medium through which people can create their own platforms to share various things with others. For example, people can create communication networks through social media such as YouTube and TikTok to get the latest information on various aspects.
How are we motivated to participate in networked publics?
Social media has significantly changed the way we communicate. It provides a convenient environment for us to communicate with others. Moreover, it gives us many benefits such as we have access to unlimited information, and we can contact people from all over the world instantly, and we can share our ideas, daily, moods or stories on the online platforms. People used to know about the news and what happening around the world through newspapers. In the present, everyone can find out all the news and changes on the public network. In other words, the public network saves more time for us to obtaining resources.
What are the risks & rewards of public communications?
It is much more convenient for people to interact with their friends and make new friends with others from all over the world. People can express their different opinions on the issues which relating to them in the networked publics. The social media has also provided a platform for young people to explore new perceptions, manage the risks and become more resilient. However, the personal privacy in the public communications has always been a serious issue. In the current internet world, there are no absolute guarantees. If some of your photos or personal information are leaked by a mistake once, then there will be a high chance that it will be shared into the networked public. Additionally, everyone has a different point of view on a particular matter, leading to a chance of disagreement. In serious cases, they may have verbal attacks as well as cyber violence. Moreover, the pressure of public opinions will hurt your feelings and emotions.
zhaohantan
18 September 2022 — 10:32 pm
Hi Yuxin,
I am impressed by your blog since you summarized your three answers well. I agree with you that networked publics provide a convenient environment for us to communicate. Networked publics indeed help people share information and learn personally. For example, we are experiencing the negative effect from the pandemic, we can still gain knowledge through online courses and share our ideas through blogs. At the same time, we have to pay attention to private information. We have to raise our awareness of being network fraud or network violence.
Personally, I have a slight advice for you that when you use others’ ideas, you have to make sure you cite them correctly.
yuanweihou
19 September 2022 — 4:31 am
Hello Yuxin,
Thanks for sharing your post! I agree with your idea of social media has significantly changed the way we communicate, especially during this pandemic. We can take online courses in different time zones and places, exchange ideas with our peers, and stay connected with friends and family during lockdowns thanks to the easy accessibility of social media. I liked how you addressed the issue of public communication privacy. I believe it is a two-edged sword. We should raise our awareness of the potential risks of social media, which may help us make better use of these platforms.