THE SOCIAL ECONOMY:UNLOCKING VALUE THROUGH SOCIAL TECHNOLOGIES(QUESTION 3)
- KEVIN LEKWADU - TRAILBLAZERS
- Oct 29, 2016
- 1 min read
QUESTION 3
BENEFITS OF SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY
Cost effective
It is cheaper for businesses to advertise and get their messages across to customers
Convenience
Social technology has made life a lot easier for corporates and individuals of communities as its helps news travel faster to them and times of concern or emergencies.
Connectivity
Social technology helps individuals, corporates and community to connect to people from all over the globe in a matter of seconds
RISKS OF SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY
Cyber-bulling
Social technology has become easily accessible to all exposed to it, and unfortunately it lands in the hands of the wrong people at times, people who use it to ridicule, expose and make threats and remarks in the eyes of the social community on social platforms.
Hackers
These are social technological intruders. Due to the lack of care and caution of use of social technology by individuals, intruders have it easy in illegally accessing users accounts and having access to personal information.
Incapacitates social expression
Social technology has been a place of comfort for many, and simultaneously it kills most people’s ability to socialize in real life situations. Social technology has given an opportunity to even the lowest esteemed individuals to express themselves and come out of their shells but fail to be the same person in real life. It creates some kind of a fantasy for most.
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