Final Project - Information and Social Media

Regarding the social network, LinkedIn usually heard that it was a social network that allowed you to meet and find new job opportunities that are presented in companies that interest each of us. However, thanks to this class, I recently had the opportunity to learn how it works and its dynamics. At first, I found LinkedIn a bit confusing because I could not find the options I needed to modify, however as I went into each option, I was able to understand how it worked. In the end it seems to me a very interesting social network because I can find many companies with which to connect and look for a job opportunity.

On another point, this class helped me understand the need for social networks in our day to day and why it has become so popular today. With this class I have been able, for example, to know and use Twitter and Flickr that I would have never used. Of the social networks that I consider to be the most practical and generally used, Twitter is because it allows you to post any idea or event in your life instantly. In addition, since Twitter has a mobile application, it is much easier to find out what your friends are posting instantly; as well as daily news that are published through this application. Undoubtedly, Twitter is also a widely used application within politics, so we can find out what the most controversial politicians in our country think. While Flickr is a specialized application for photographs and the community that uses these the most are photographers. I liked Flickr because I was able to meet communities within the application with unique interests, for example, some Flickr groups oversee photographing photos of animals, people, landscapes, etc. Without a doubt, this class also helped me to understand the new ways of working that are taking place through these social networks and the importance that we as users learn to use it correctly. However, these social networks have also caused security problems that can make users' private information public to third parties.

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