Dbq Social Network

In today’s world, many people find means of communication and staying in touch through social networks. Immediately, everyone’s lives are at your hand, whether through Snapchat, Twitter, or Facebook. The popularity of social networking Web has even encouraged people to share some of their most private print and visual information. The information that is being put out is out there publicly and leaves a trail that anyone can trace even college admission officers and potential employers. Colleges may use the network as a way to look deeper into the person in search of any potential red flags.. And while potential employers use it for the same purpose, they also could use it to get to know the prospective employee on a personal level that would not be found in an interview. College admissions officers and potential employers choice of checking social networking profiles is an acceptable practice.

When applying to colleges, colleges take into consideration SAT scores, AP scores, school grades, sports, and online appearance.

What is placed online by a prospective student says a lot to a college admission officer. It opens a door to find more about a student than a transcript would include, “While still no substitute for face-to-face interaction, social media have opened lines of communication and inquiry for both students and institutions that were inconceivable only a decade ago”(Source B). Not only does it add depth to the student it also saves colleges from admitting students that may embarrass the school. College admission officers look for, “content that people would find objectionable like racist comments… Students who post self-incrimination information online show a lack of common sense”(Source A). Access to social media is a way to protect the school’s name and get to know a student on a personal

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Social networks can be used legitimately in the hiring process. What a potential employee puts on in the public world is public. If an employer choose to see what is out there, “it’s unreasonable to make personal information available to the whole world and not expect employers to look at it”(Source G). White collar occupations use social networks in order to present their extent of knowledge regarding the area of expertise. An employer would hope to find information that would boost an employee's qualification, for example, when hiring a writer, the one with a blog would have a higher chance compared to someone that did not have any proof of work(Source G). Social networks should be used in order to build on a person resume and introduce depth to a person.
Although the use of social networking in college admission and for potential employers can be seen as an acceptable form of approval, there are aspects than be seen as unethical. At an interview whether be for a job or college, the interviewer can gather basic information such as gender, age, race, and other identity markers simply from being in the same room(Source F). From this, it would lead to an already made up decision of who or how the person might be especially of the person does not “fit in” with the work force, a biased judgement. If the interviewer decided to go online to find out more it would be easiest for discrimination to brew but, “it’s a whole lot harder to assess someone’s professional sensibilities by their social activities if they come from a world different than our own”(Source F). What is put online is to build character but through context; a context that has nothing to deal with employment. The internet is a social place where, “... there’s no clear delineation of social and professional spheres.”(Source F). Mistaking something social for professional is an easy way to misjudge a person’s qualification.
The choice of college admission officers and potential employers to check social network profiles is an acceptable choice. The checking of a profile for colleges is another way to add extensive information to a prospective student that would not be found in their transcript. It also saves the school from being a victim of a tarnished reputation. While jobs use social network for the same reason, they also use it in hopes of finding works or examples that could aid in the selecting process. Although checking social networks is completely acceptable, on the downside it does allow room for misinterpretation and prejudice judgments.