Assignment: Social Media Self-Assessment
Answer the following questions and submit as a .doc .docx .pdf or .txt file type.
1. What social media accounts do you have?
Facebook
Linked In
Twitter
Instagram
Snapchat story
Others?
2. Over the course of this semester, take note of how many times you posted words, pictures, jokes, gifs, memes and/or cartoons that included:
• Controversial statements
• Negative remarks
• Use of obscenity
• Sexual content
• Criticism of past present or future workplaces
• Comments about disliking your job/colleagues/supervisors/clients/customers or anything associated or that would be relevant to your job
• Drug or alcohol use
• Any behavior that breaks the law
• Any behavior that breaks social norms
• Sexy, skimpy or revealing clothing or lack of clothing
• Sexual, suggestive, inappropriate or aggressive postures, body positions, poses and facial expressions or hand gestures
• Inappropriate content or remarks
3. Note how may incidents you have in which you liked or shared or followed any of these:
• Someone's controversial post, meme, gif, picture or cartoon
• Someone's negative remarks
• Someone's post, meme, gif, picture or carton that included obscenity
• Someone's post, meme, gif, picture or carton that included sexual content
• Someone's post, meme, gif, picture or carton that included criticism of work or workplaces
• Someone's comments about disliking their job/colleagues/supervisors/clients/customers
• Someone's post, meme, gif, picture or carton that included drug or alcohol use
• Someone's post that involves behavior that breaks the law
• Someone's post of behavior, joke, meme, gif, picture or cartoon that breaks social norms
• Someone's post of inappropriate content or remarks
4. Did you find anything about your Social Media Presence that you would not want a future employer to know about? Explain fully. (or if you don't have any accounts at all, then discuss why you do not have any social media accounts)
5. Why is it a good idea to have a clean Social Media Presence? Explain. (If you don't have any social media accounts, discuss why it is a good idea for all people to have a clean Social Media presence)
6. Summarize your thoughts about what you found and about your Social Media Presence in general. (If you don't have any social media accounts, discuss the top 3 three ways you think Social Media can hurt someone and the top 3 ways it can help someone in relation to applying for jobs.)
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.