Assignment:
Your best friend Anthony Drums has asked your help in securing a job where you work. You want to help your friend, but you know his social media sites have photos and other material that violate your company's social media policy. You also know that the human resources department of your company always does a thorough search of social media sites of prospective hires. You need to write an email to your friend that explains which content needs to be deleted from his social media accounts and why. You need to discuss how refusal to delete the inappropriate photos and material might impact his ability to get the job. Your email should clearly and specifically state the relevant rules from your company's social media policy.
- Click here to view Anthony's social media site.
- Click here to view your company's social media policy.
Create a one to two (1 to 2) paragraph email in which you:
1. Create a one to two (1 to 2) paragraph email.
2. Target the appropriate professional audience.
3. Use appropriate language for professional audience.
4. Use correct email formatting.
5. Follow appropriate netiquette rules for electronic communication.
6. Use correct sentence mechanics, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.
7. Provide the following heading on your email and then begin your email:
a. TO: Anthony Drums
b. FROM: Insert Your Name
c. SUBJECT: Create a title that relates to your topic and gets your audience's attention
"Teamwork" Please respond to the following:
• Your professor assigned you to work in a small group with three other students that you've never worked with before. She expects each person to equally participate and to complete the work by the designated deadline. However, two of the members are never available to meet and refuse to do any work.
• How do you resolve this conflict, and why? Choose one of the following:
o Explain that you need their help (emphasizing the need for equal participation)
o Praise them for being in the group (providing motivation)
o Criticize them for lack of participation (giving negative feedback)
"Prevalence of Social Media" Please respond to the following:
• Discuss the influence of social media on middle age and senior adults. Support your views with one or two reasons and/or examples.
• Discuss effects of social media on your relationship and communication with others. Support your reflections with one or two examples.
Write a 3/4 to 1 page journal entry (300 to 500 words) in which you:
1. Discuss two or three (2 to 3) benefits you or others have experienced with social networks.
2. Discuss one or two (1 to 2) dangers you or others have experienced with social networks.
3. Complete the page requirement.
4. Write with clarity, following mechanics and formatting requirements.
The specific course learning outcome(s) associated with this assignment are:
• Apply critical thinking skills to the analysis of issues involving mass media and society.
• Analyze ways in which different types of media content reflect and / or influence society's attitudes and behaviors.
• Analyze various issues affecting the media business.
• Evaluate the effects of new forms of media (e.g., online services) on social interactions.
• Write clearly and concisely about media and society using proper writing mechanics.