Social networking and Corporations :
Social networking
was the buzz word around the company quarters I was working for. I was aware
the buzz word what social networking meant. To me at the point of time meant chatting
with overseas friends an economic alternative to long distance phone call bills.
Soon I learned how important it was for the company to have a presence on a
social networking site.
As mentioned by the article The
subtle art of the Face book update, by Virginia Heffernan, I would like to
draw attention that not just people but companies are also trying to invest
time and money to keep up with their statuses on many issues. They use these
social networking sites to convey the message to win over the consumers. As I
had learned from my finance class, market prices reflect information. Healthy
information posted on these social networking sites helps the corporations and government
bodies to promote a message to the masses and build in customers, investors and
public’s confidence in the company.
Social networking and the society:
In the
second article "In
India, Using Face book to Catch Scofflaw Drivers" By Heather Timmons “.
, the author draws light the fact that social networking can be used as a
powerful tool to bring law breakers to justice. The police in Delhi used the help of the Face
Book community of that area to take pictures of the law breakers and send them
over to them. This resulted in 17000 arrest and citations. This is a big number,
and an example of how a social networking site can help reduce crime and bring
law and order in a notorious area.
Thus the
advantages to the social networking sites to the society and the corporations
are tremendously beneficial. To my understanding the benefits outweighs the
ills of social networking sites.
