Category: Effects of Social Media

Almost all of us are familiar with YouTube the Google owned video sharing platform, but not all of us are familiar with its beginnings and the impacts it had on the consumer-producer world. YouTube which is now considered a monopoly in its field was founded by three PayPal employees, who ran the company from a…

The Federal Trade Commission has approved a fine of roughly $5 billion against Facebook for mishandling users personal information, according to three people briefed on the vote, in what would be a landmark settlement that signals a newly aggressive stance by regulators toward the countrys most powerful technology companies, ( ). Besides for the fine,…

Executive Summary Although some research has shown a negative relation between Facebook and academic performance more recent research suggest that this relation is likely caused by excessive use of facebook. This study examine the time spent with facebook.As well as the activities students engage on in the site. Facebook is a tool designed basically to…