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Dr. Carl J. Case, professor of business information systems and Darwin L. King, professor of accounting, recently published their paper entitled Business Electronic Social Networking: Does Organization Size or Industry Sector Matter? in the journal Issues in Information Systems.
According to Case, an increase in Web 2.0 usage among students and businesses sparked the interest for this paper, which is a follow-up to a prior study conducted by Case and King.
It was surprising to see the fast and dramatic increase in social networking utilization at the largest firms in the U.S., Case said.
According to Case, electronic social networking is widely accepted in the business world.
In an effort to better understand its utilization, this study was undertaken to comprehensively examine its usage at the largest firms, the Fortune 500, Case said.
Research revealed that social networking is dominated by five main technologies: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Blogs.
According to Case, larger companies generally employ more social networking technologies. Industry sector is another determining factor.
In the nearly 15 years Case and King have been conducting research together, they have co-authored more than 60 published research articles. Case has had more than 100 research articles published in a wide range of academic journals.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A new social media platform built on an anti-advertising, pro-transparency ethos, is gaining popularity this week.
Ello is an aesthetically stripped down social network, designed by photographer filmmaker, artist, designer toy maker, and bicycle enthusiast Paul Budnitz, with a manifesto that sets it in opposition to the dominant forms of social media.
Your social network is owned by advertisers. Every post you share, every friend you make, and every link you follow is tracked, recorded, and converted into data. Advertisers buy your data so they can show you more ads. You are the product that's bought and sold. We believe there is a better way. We believe in audacity. We believe in beauty, simplicity, and transparency. We believe that the people who make things and the people who use them should be in partnership. We believe a social network can be a tool for empowerment. Not a tool to deceive, coerce, and manipulate -- but a place to connect, create, and celebrate life. You are not a product.
Ello was announced back in March, rolled out in July, and was originally a private network for the group of artists and creative professionals that collaborated on designing the site.
The pages are sleek and clean and have a retro aesthetic Betabeat referred to as anachronistic.
Followed people can be sorted into two categories: "Friends" or "Noise," the former providing a more linear newsfeed-like experience of updates, the latter resulting in a more Tumblr or Pinterest-esque wall of recent activity.
Of his motivation to keep the site ad-free, Budnitz said: "When a network is run for advertisers, the advertiser is really the customer," Mr. Budnitz said. "That really goes against what a social network is. When you're putting up artwork, or something you wrote or created, and there's an add for underwear, it conflicts in a violating way."
Ello also claims to be committed to keeping user data private.
Collecting and selling your personal data, reading your posts to your friends, and mapping your social connections for profit is both creepy and unethical. Under the guise of offering a "free" service, users pay a high price in intrusive advertising and lack of privacy.
"Ello doesn't mine or sell data or have ads, so we invite people to be who they want to be on Ello" Mr. Budnitz said. "There is no reason for us to require people to use real names."
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Social media platforms are fast becoming a meeting point for job seekers to gain access to recruiters and hiring managers alike. In order for job seekers to use social media to their advantage they have to make a conscious effort to build symbiotic and not parasitic relationships on the platform. Unfortunately many do the latter to their own peril.
Says Joshua Waldman, author of Job Searching with Social Media for Dummies, Social media is probably one of the most hyped-up technologies you can use for a job search today. And often, things that get a lot of hype also come with a lot of misunderstanding. Companies, as well as individuals, have made some very damaging mistakes because they didnt take the time to really understand social media.
In my line of work as a recruiter, with special interest in social recruiting, I spend quite a number of time on social media and I do encounter quite a number of funny cum annoying scenarios exhibited by a few job seekers who lack how best to use social media in their favour. Permit me to cite a few of such mistakes job seekers make on social media and how to avoid them:
Social media sense of entitlement
A few weeks back, a job seeker on my LinkedIn contact asked me for a LinkedIn Job Introduction to another recruiter who is on my contact as well. I would have granted his request without any issue except that I dont know him well enough for me to stick my head out for him. When I communicated to him that I couldnt grant his request, he replied thus I am sorry I have to remove you as a connection, you are of no use to me. I just told myself, this individual just made a big mistake, which is what I term social media sense of entitlement! He felt because we were connected on LinkedIn, he is doing me a favour, he was so wrong! Add value to people on social media and value would flow back to you in return. That is the secret of social networking that this fellow failed to realise.
Failure to know their social media audience
Every social networking channel has its unique audience; this is so because understanding of your audience is very important to leveraging social media platforms. As a job seeker, make sure your messages are appealing to the people who read them. Dont use Facebook language on LinkedIn; Facebook has a more casual audience compared with LinkedIns professional outlook. On LinkedIn, your audiences are professionals in your industry and potential employers. So focus on what makes you different, the value you can bring to the table, and your level of understanding and motivation about a field. Make all these very obvious to your audience.
Ignoring Social networking etiquette
From the way some job seekers interact on social media, it is obvious that they dont have a clue that social networking is governed by etiquettes similar to face-to-face social networking. Do you know that what is acceptable on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn differ? Many are found of asking for a follow back on Twitter with phrases like @segunakiode now following you, pls follow back, that is so wrong. In face-to-face discussion, this is analogous to saying I came to visit you at home tonight, so you must follow me back home tonight. Guess my point is clear. When job seekers fail to recognise these social media etiquettes or rules, then they are making a major mistake.
Lack of a professional online presence
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