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Social Media and NetworkingBy Daniel BoettcherJuly 30, 2015

BIS/221Mahesh Singh

? ?What is Social Networking?

1.) A network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts.

2.) An online community of people with a common interest who use a website or other technologies to communicate with each other and share information, resources, etc.

(Dictionary.com, 2015)

Current Social Networking Websites

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? ?Social Networking:Their Mission

LinkedIn Facebook Twitter

Connect the world's professionals to make them more productive and successful. When you join LinkedIn, you get access to people, jobs, news, updates, and insights that help you be great at what you do.(LinkedIn.com, 2015)

Give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected. People use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family, to discover what’s going on in the world, and to share and express what matters to them. (Facebook.com, 2015)

To give everyone the power to create and share ideas and information instantly, without barriers. (Twitter.com, 2015)

? ?Social Networking:University Mission

University of Phoenix

To provide access to higher education opportunities that enable students to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve their professional goals, improve the productivity of their organizations, and provide leadership and service to their communities.(“University of Phoenix”, 2015)

Examples of Technology

PhoenixConnect

1. People Directory

2. Communities

3. Groups

4. Blogs

Advantages of Social Networking

• Inexpensive means for Socializing

• Enhancement of Real Life Social Skills

• Creation of Positive Self-Image

• Online Presence

• Source of Self Promotion

• Means to Promote Business

• Addressing Important Issues

• No Limitations of Physical Boundaries

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Disadvantages of Social Networking

• Social Networking Addiction

• Privacy Issues

• Trolling

• Spamming

• Copyright Infringement

• Online Bullying

• Spreading Negative Sentiments

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? ?Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

The traditional systems development method that organizations use for large-scale IT projects. The SDLC is a structured framework that consists of sequential processes by which information systems are developed.(Rainer, 2012, Chapter 13.3)

Six processes for the Systems Development Life Cycle:

• Systems investigation• Systems analysis• Systems design• Programming and testing• Implementation• Operation and maintenance

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Process Breakdown

Evaluate

Convert from Old to New

Development and Testing

System Blueprint

Identify Requirements

Feasibility Study

Advantages and Disadvantages of System Acquisition Method

Traditional Systems Development (SDLC)

Advantages:• Forces staff to systematically go through every step in a structured process.• Enforces quality by maintaining standards.• Has lower probability of missing important issues in collecting user requirements.

Disadvantages:• May produce excessive documentation.• Users may be unwilling or unable to study the specifications they approve.• Takes too long to go from the original ideas to a working system.• Users have trouble describing requirements for a proposed system.

(Rainer, 2012, Chapter 13.3)

References

• Dictionary.com. (2015). Retrieved from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/social+network

• Targetstudy.com. (2014). Retrieved from https://targetstudy.com/articles/social-networking-pros-and-cons.html

• Rainer, . (2012). Introduction to Information Systems (4th ed.). Retrieved from http://edugen.wiley.com/edugen/student/main.uni.

• Facebook.com. (2015). Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/facebook/info?tab=page_info

• Linkedin.com. (2015). Retrieved from https://www.linkedin.com/about-us?trk=uno-reg-guest-home-about

• Twitter.com. (2015). Retrieved from https://about.twitter.com/company

• University of Phoenix. (2015). Retrieved from https://assetscdn.students.uophx.edu/content/dam/faculty/missionpurposes_506.pdf

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