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Internet and social media
NITTTR, Chennai
By
Prime Point Srinivasan
02 June 2016
What we will discuss• Global internet scenario
• Internet tools
• Advantages and challenges
• Protecting from social media
Global Internet scenario• Out of 7.3 billion population, 46%
use internet globally
• 30% internet penetration in India
• 32% in Bangladesh
Internet tools• Websites
• Wikipedia
• Blogs
• Podcasts
Internet tools
• Online groups
• eNewsletters / eMagazines
• Social Media
Three era• Before arrival of internet (Aug 95)
• From launch of internet to emergence of Facebook/twitter (1995 to 2004/2006)
• Post Facebook /Twitter
Websites
• 1.5 bn Top Level domains (TLDS) com, org, net, info, biz, us
• Country specific domain names
• How to book your domain name?
• Search Engine optimisation
Wikipedia
• Wikiwikiweb by Cunnigham in 1995 – editable website
• Wikipedia Started in 2001 – 5+ M articles in English
• 292 languages – 38 M articles
Wikipedia
• 62 M registered users
• 500 M unique visitors per month
• Generally considered accurate, controversies remain
Blogs
• Blogger and WordPress platforms
• Best for improving the writing skills
• Declining blogs after social media
Podcasts
• Audio and video blogs
• Narrowcasting
• Simple tools needed
• Ideal for education purposes
Online Groups
• Yahoo groups and Google groups
• Earlier, the groups were used by Universities for exchange of views
• Online groups are ideal for education purposes
eMagazines / eNewsletters
• Concept of Digital only magazines emerging
• Easy to handle and distribute
• Ideal for education purposes
Social Media
• Facebook, twitter, LinkedIn
• YouTube
• Google+
Social Media
• 500 million status updates / day
• 300 milion emails per day (80% spam)
• 250 millions photo uploads / day
Internet is a double edged
weapon
What are the advantages of social media?
Social Media Advantages• Easy connectivity
• Plenty of resources and information
• User generated content
• Viral effect
• Any more?
What are the challenges and negative aspects of social media
Social Media challenges• Used mostly under age group of 30
• Youth getting addicted – Spending unproductive time
• Not able to differentiate between real word and virtual word
Social media challenges
• Social media has killed the writing skills of youngsters (using 140 character tweets)
• New social media language has emerged.
Social Media challenges• links sent through facebook or
twitter messages may contain virus.
• Marketing people believe the ‘likes’ shown in the FB page. (they are exaggerated)
• Negative comments on FB page.
Social Media challenges
• Defamation / character assassination through social media.
• Spamming – sending unwanted and irrelevant junk messages
How to protect ourselves
• Keep complicated password – do not share with others
• Young ladies can avoid posting photos and contact details
How to protect yourself
• Do not share private details like date of birth, family members name, etc.
• Review your friends in FB every month and remove unwanted friends.
How to protect yourself• Avoid linking with apps in social
media – you are allowing access to your data through apps.
• Confine within your limits
• Do not share your passwords with anybody
You cannot stop the technology and growth of social media. You can
enjoy the full benefit of social media by planned usage.
How to do it?
Avoid addiction to internet -treat social media like shoes – use only when you need
Thank youK. Srinivasan
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