1) Visit the websites of several social media sites.

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1) Visit the websites of several social media sites (MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter). What differences do you notice between these various sites? Are you a member of any of these services? Why or why not?

The different types of social media sites have among other functions the opportunity to create a cycle of friends. For Myspace, a person creates a xxx and invites friends to join. Those who are already in xxx automatically become part of friend’s space. This is almost similar to xxx where social networking is the main xxx. For LinkedIn, it is all about displaying a person’s profile and a xxx of people who have an interest in the profile link up and the two can engage…

2) In 2011, Google introduced Google+ as a Facebook competitor. Read this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/technology/29google.html?pagewanted=all Then conduct some research on your own about Google+. How do you think Google+ compares to Facebook? Have you tried using Google+? Why or why not? Do you think Google has a chance at successfully competing against Facebook? Why or why not?

Google+ doesn’t have a great xxx presence like Facebook. While the xxx age for google+ users stands at 18+, that for Facebook xxx stands at 13+. This xxx alone shows that Facebook is way above google+ in the competitive market. I have not used google+ because it xxx not provide me with any unique…

3) Find an article online about an incident where an employee was fired for social media use. Summarize and critique the article in your own words. Do you think the termination of the employee was justified? Why or why not? Could the employer have done anything to prevent this incident? Be sure to include the URL of your article.

The case of Christine Mcmullen Lindgren who was a xxx of America staff was dismissed for xxx hatred message on Facebook. The author of the article xxx more on how fellow Facebook users reacted

4) Come up with three concrete recommendations for improving your chosen information system. Make sure you do not just identify the problems, but that you also make very specific recommendations for how you would correct those problems. This is going to be a very important part of your Analysis Essay 2, so make sure you come up with three original, concrete recommendations for improving your system and that you explain how you would implement each one. It is NOT an option to say, “My system can’t be improved.” Information systems can always be enhanced and made better, and it is your job in this class to to come up with three good concrete recommendations for improving your information system.