SOME SOCIAL NETWORKS:
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FACEBOOK
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LINKEDIN
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INSTAGRAM
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TWITTER
Information and communication technology has changed rapidly over the past 20 years with a key development being the emergence of social media.
WHY?
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Due to cell phones.
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Due to people’s necessity to communicate.
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Due to the fields that social media can cover (politics, business, world culture, education, etc.)
FACTS
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8 people join FACEBOOK every second.
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It has more than 2 million active advertisers.
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It is available in 101 languages.
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More than 600,000 hack attempts are made every day.
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The “like” button was originally an “awesome button”.
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There is a scientific reason behind Facebook’s blue color scheme: It is the color Zuckerberg, who suffers from red-green colorblindness, can see most clearly.
POSITIVE EFFECTS
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Communication
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Making new friends
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Expressing yourself
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Advertisements
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Meeting your old friends
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Educational
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Entertainment
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Finding information
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Selling purposes
NEGATIVE EFFECTS
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Cyber-bullying
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Ruined relationships
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Distraction
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Addiction
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Insecurities
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Stalker friendly
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not a reliable source of information
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it can be dangerous if your account is not private.
SO, WHAT IS FACEBOOK ABOUT?
I consider that Facebook was created with the purpose of communicating and sharing about your life with the people you meet or the ones that you are going to meet while using this social media. The nicest part of using Facebook is that is so manageable. It means everyone from any country can have access and create an account. Spending time on Facebook, at least for me, is one of my favorite hobbies because I can communicate with my loved ones that live so far. However, I remember that last year, I stopped using Facebook because someone else got access to my information, but now, I continue using it carefully. Finally, as an English professional, I would like to make an advertisement making people know about my work.
Nowadays, Facebook is one of the most known and important social networks around the world. It is so popular that everyone knows about it and even knows how to use it without limitations. It is noticeable that Facebook has improved communication, business, and advertisement fields. Many people have met their relatives that live in another country, many entrepreneurs have expanded their local business and many businesses have become famous while using this social media.
LinkedIn Corp. operates an online professional network on the Internet.
Its proprietary platform enables members to create, manage and share their professional identities online, build and engage with their professional networks, access shared knowledge and insights, and find business opportunities.
HOW TO START?
Please click on the image below.
DO YOU WANT TO READ MORE ABOUT IT? PLEASE, CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW.
EFFECTS
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Recommendations
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Professional communication with colleagues, clients, and companies.
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Job opportunities available and direct communication.
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Social Networking in a different way
DO YOU WANT TO SEE AN EXAMPLE OF LINKEDIN PROFILE? PLEASE, CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW.
Twitter is a microblogging system that allows you to send and receive short posts called tweets. Tweets can be up to 140 characters long and can include links to relevant websites and resources.
SOME CHARACTERISTICS:
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It is a professional social network. That is why, it is so popular.
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There is a limit of characters.
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It is kind of boring. You can not write too much.
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People put random comments.
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Famous people use it a lot.
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Even though we use it for expressing ourselves, it can be used professionally.
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You can mention people. You can use hashtags.
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Commenting can be different compared to other websites.
THE TWITTER EFFECT
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Twitter has become increasingly popular with academics as well as students, policymakers, politicians and the general public.
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People can communicate easier by using twitter.
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People like because it is really fast how the information is shared.
WITH TWITTER, YOU CAN…
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Easily promote your research, for example by providing links to your blog stories, journal articles, and new items.
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Reach a large number of people quickly through tweets and retweets.
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Follow the work of other experts in your field.
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Build relationships with experts and other followers.
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Reach new audiences.
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Express who you are as a person.
According to Forbes magazine, Instagram is not just a social networking app made for sharing photos and videos from a smart phone. Still, behind Facebook regarding the number of users, Instagram images though get an average of 23% more engagement than their Facebook counterparts.
SOME CHARACTERISTICS:
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It is mainly used for pictures and clips.
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You can use hashtags.
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Professionals and travelers show their works and adventures.
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It has an inbox.
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It has an option to share stories.
THE INSTAGRAM EFFECT
A new way of doing business is born.
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80% of users follow at least one brand on Instagram.
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60% of users learn about new products through Instagram, and
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30% of users say they have bought a product they discovered an Instagram.
No matter if you take your smartphone as a consumer or just for having fun, the rules of the game still applying and shaping the way you crave, you interact, and you build behavioral patterns. 
These numbers speak about the incredible power of the tool. But with globally 41 percent of users under 24 years old and awarded as the preferred social network of teens, there is a reasonable growing surveillance of possible impacts of the network on well being and mental health. 
I would like to use Instagram for sharing about me, my interest and the experience when learning a new language that is English. I could tell how I decided to learn and how difficult it was for me. I could also explain why I was so interested in it. Finally, I could share all the knowledge that I have obtained during this experience. That is why, I consider Instagram as the most appropriate social network.
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