Below are a quotes from a technologist, entertainer, marketer, and political ruler/activist discussing some of the numerous impacts social media has had on the world. For this discussion board you need to find an article and/or video that discusses the uses and impacts social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc have had on the industry you hope to work in when you graduate. You can post your submission either as a new thread or as a reply to another students thread if the subjects are closely related. (Length and content requirements apply for both submission methods)
The PC has improved the world in just about every area you can think of. Amazing developments in communications, collaboration and efficiencies. New kinds of entertainment and social media. Access to information and the ability to give a voice people who would never have been heard. - Bill Gates
Whether you're a Twitter follower, a YouTube subscriber or a Facebook friend, natural social instinct is to collect people and to not kind of see them later. But unfortunately, with social media, you collect them and they're in your life, whether you really want them or not. - Felicia Day
Social media is changing the way we communicate and the way we are perceived, both positively and negatively. Every time you post a photo, or update your status, you are contributing to your own digital footprint and personal brand. - Amy Jo Martin
Social media are a catalyst for the advancement of everyone's rights. It's where we're reminded that we're all human and all equal. It's where people can find and fight for a cause, global or local, popular or specialized, even when there are hundreds of miles between them.- Queen Rania of Jordan
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