Team ThinkKazim

Elmer

Sheraz

Sam

0 Discussing real examples of social media benefitting individuals, groups and businesses and analysing through our discussion the benefits it brings.

0 Looking at unique cases, usually ones that have already generated interest in the news.

0 Finding out how social media has had an impact on society – peoples’ lives, businesses and the world.

0 Social media has its obvious benefits that we are all familiar with, but we’re looking at major or unique cases where social media has played an important role.

The benefits of social media to society

0 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22121338

0 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152773162620601&set=o.130775200407725&type=1&theater

0 http://denver.cbslocal.com/2013/04/10/colorado-tourism-social-media-boost-industry/

0 http://denver.cbslocal.com/2013/04/10/colorado-tourism-social-media-boost-industry/

0 http://www.forbes.com/sites/capitalonespark/2013/04/10/taking-care-of-business-social-media-will-transform-customer-service/

0 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4760294/Police-called-in-after-Chelsea-player-Eden-Hazard-was-red-carded-for-kicking-a-ballboy-during-cup-semi-final-match-with-Swansea.html

0 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/social-media/Social-networking-with-a-purpose/articleshow/18130952.cms

0 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-21041468

0 http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/25/top-social-news-2012/

0 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rob-tarkoff/social-media-branding_b_2406242.html

0 http://readwrite.com/

0 http://www.timescolonist.com/life/2012-the-year-in-social-media-1.186972012/12/06/social-media-drives-album-sales

0 http://www.newsday.com/opinion/brinkley-social-media-is-what-tyrants-fear-most-1.4265965

0 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-20267690

0 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20315531

0 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p010vlxv

Blog0http://ttt2002.blogspot.co.uk/

Before…

What next?0 Our opinions are limited.0 We will be using social media to ask other people of their

thoughts and ideas and collect their opinions as well.0 This will be done by using Twitter/Facebook to post

articles on our news feeds and allowing other people to respond.

0 We will collect opinions and blog about them.0 Our aim is to find out the benefits social media brings to

every aspect of society, and how it brings more positives than negatives.

Since the last presentation…

0We’ve looked at and discussed many more stories and found many unique cases that brought out a lot of discussion in our group.

0We’ve blogged about our discussion on a weekly basis.

Conclusion

0Despite finding many stories that speak about how negative social media is, using it in the correct way for the benefits that it was intended to bring has many benefits for individuals, groups, schools, businesses, etc.

0When social media is portrayed negatively, it is because it has most likely been used incorrectly.

0Using it correctly brings advantages to everyone, and new web technologies came about to make things simpler.