Gisele Calle - Blog

Both blogs and wikis allows for the sharing of information for a wide audience the can be accessed by almost anyone with internet access. The main difference is in the content, regarding who gets to access to write, share, edit, and publish. In blogs, the person who owns the account is the single author that can write, edit, and publish content, although there is a comments section where readers can add their thoughts. A wiki is an open source that allows anyone to be able to edit and publish information on the site. Wikis refer to a collaborative environment with every participant being an author, where participants can work together on an idea.(1) Convergence is something important in today's world with new media and technology. Old media had merged with new technology such as newspapers being available online or on an app. Blogs are like personal journals but with the added effect of using technology and sharing it with an audience online. Wikis are like encyclopedias, the old

Social media has become a major part of people's lives and I intend to touch upon the implications of this. People tend to share a great part of their lives through social media and see it as a way to stay up to date on current topics, update others on themselves, communicate with others, share information, among many others things. There are many positive effects of social media with everything it has allowed us to do, but it has also has a negative impact on society. There is a lot of data that social media companies, such as Facebook, have on these users and what is done with this information may not always protect their privacy. The information that users share of themselves on social media, and the information these companies have from these users can result in a loss of privacy, I will look at this issue from both angles. I will also touch upon how social media is used in the workplace, such as how it is used in the recruiting process and across other areas.