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STS Activity 3

This document discusses various social media platforms and their pros and cons. It provides information on Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter. For each platform, it lists some pros such as their large user bases and ease of sharing content. It also outlines cons like privacy and security issues, spreading of misinformation, and technical limitations. The document appears to be analyzing popular social media sites for a class on the rise of the digital age.

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STS Activity 3

This document discusses various social media platforms and their pros and cons. It provides information on Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter. For each platform, it lists some pros such as their large user bases and ease of sharing content. It also outlines cons like privacy and security issues, spreading of misinformation, and technical limitations. The document appears to be analyzing popular social media sites for a class on the rise of the digital age.

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Name: Wendel S.

Pastoral Subject: STS


Name: Apple Cañega Professor: Irene Magistrado
Course: BSCS

Activity 3 of Chapter 1: The Rise of the Digital Age


Task 1

Facebook
Facebook is a social networking site that makes it easy for you to connect and share with family and friends online.

Messenger
Messenger is a messaging tool that offers you with an easier way to communicate with your friends and family.

Instagram
Instagram is a social platform where you can share photos and videos with your friends, and the whole world.

YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing service where users can watch, like, share, comment, and upload their own videos.

Twitter
Twitter is a free social networking site where users broadcast short posts known as tweets.
Task 2

PROS: CONS:
Facebook Facebook
 Millions of people use it, so it’s easier to  Prone to spreading fake news.
reach out to your friends.  Cyberbullying.
 Easy way of sharing content to other  Privacy isn’t secured.
people.
 Versatile
Messenger
 Ineffective tool for mass communication.
Messenger  Problematic system for archiving.
 User friendly-interface.  Potentially unsecured privacy.
 Convenient and Easy to use messaging app.
 Distance isn’t much of a factor. Instagram
 Technical drawbacks.
 The platform is optimized only for the app,
Instagram
hence its web version is not very appealing
 More appealing interface. to the eye.
 Effective features.  The privacy settings are global, and cannot
 Medium that is very visual. be set for only certain individuals.

YouTube YouTube
 Riddled with ads.
 Available on any device.
 Some of the content is region locked.
 Wide variety of topics to watch.
 Some good features are locked behind a
 Content creators have a level of
premium subscription.
authenticity.

Twitter Twitter
 You can get the latest news quickly.  Fake accounts are a problem despite
 It’s easy to follow different types of people breakdowns.
via lists.  You can get inundated with depressing bad
 It doesn’t require real names. news.
 You can get overwhelmed by the sheer
number of updates.

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