chapter 5 groups & networks

~The Conversation ~ blogging, commenting or contributing - the currency of social networking.

Social Media and EmploymentDigital Communications Can Get You A Job!

Research is showing that the majority of recruiters are using social media to source candidates.

And can cost you a job!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddZWkhItPuI&feature=related

Social Capital Strength of Weak Ties

Social capital is a sociological concept which refers to the value of social relations and the role of cooperation and confidence to achieve positive outcomes. The term refers to the value one can get from their

social ties

Structural Holes on the Netdiminishing the power of the middle man

A Personal Account

Organizational Structure and Culture“A Power Elite”

http://theyrule.net/

Six Degrees of Separationhttp://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=18417083&m=18417060

In the past….

With Web2.0…

The Pitfalls of the Digital World

Communication gone wrong.* *Although the following is a comedic exaggeration, employers and recruiters are recruiters are using

technology to make hiring decisions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0H5sn1CkAc&feature=related

Great Opportunities to Further Your Great Opportunities to Further Your

Career Through Social Career Through Social

ConnectednessConnectedness

Now WEB 2.0 offers the ability to Now WEB 2.0 offers the ability to talk outside the usual channelstalk outside the usual channels

1. Personal Publishing (blogs)

2. Easy to create and edit websites (wikis)

3. Publish and share photos, video (Flickr, YouTube)

4. Lots of ways to share and collaborate

PRIVACY CONCERNSPRIVACY CONCERNS

From embarrassing photos to drunken texts, Facebook users are notorious for sharing too much Facebook users are notorious for sharing too much

information. information.

Will that off-hand comment or picture affect your job chances?

Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/tech/Facebook-on-Location-with-McDonalds-93255279.html#ixzz0nWsYglsj

“The reality is that nothing on Facebook is really

confidential. Facebook is founded on a radical social

premise -- that an inevitable enveloping transparency will

overtake modern life."

The Machine is US/ing UsThe Machine is US/ing Ushttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE

dana boyd - Researcher at Microsoft Research New England and a Fellow at the Harvard Berkman Center for Internet and Society.

BoydBoyd’s Law:’s Law:“Adding more users to a social network (site)

increases the provability that it will put you in a awkward circumstance.”

Facebook: The Entire Web Will Be Social

By Liz Gannes Apr. 21, 2010 Social plugins are little

widgets that bring Facebook to the rest of the web. They offer “instant personalization”

Creates a persistent relationship with you around that content. Sites give Facebook semantic information around the thing you liked — for instance, the title, type, genre and city for a

band you like on Pandora.

Where and how you give up your Where and how you give up your

privacyprivacy

(anyone can badmouth you with the world and you may be helpless to stop it)1. Messaging and online communication

2. Photo and video sharing sites

3. Giving reviews and opinions

4. Social bookmarking and tagging

5. Communities and groups

6. Virtual worlds and gaming

7. Collaboration and sharing

What is dataWhat is data

how does it affect privacy?how does it affect privacy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxIdtOHs2YE

We need to educate ourselves by reading those terms of We need to educate ourselves by reading those terms of service contracts, service contracts, noting which sites are sharing and which noting which sites are sharing and which ones arenones aren’’tt as well as being vigilant as to what kind of as well as being vigilant as to what kind of personal data wepersonal data we’’re so eagerly sharing with the world.re so eagerly sharing with the world.