What psychological theory could help to explain why people might choose to participate in these collaborative projects?

Provide a definition of crowdsourcing. Include the opportunities and challenges of crowdsourcing.

Visit a crowdsourcing website of your choice that provides people the opportunity to present their projects in an effort to secure funding from a mass audience.

NOTE: SOMETHING RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH. Select one project you feel you would be willing to support.

NOTE: Answer the following questions:

Describe the project you selected. How many funders does the project already have?
What made this project appealing to you? Does having more or fewer funders influence your decision to support the cause? Why?
What appealed to you most about this project in terms of the content presented? What do you find least compelling?
What psychological theory could help to explain why people might choose to participate in these collaborative projects?
What responses did you notice from those who may already have participated? Did they seem to feel part of something?
What accountability do the project creators have to those who have donated on behalf of their cause? Are there ethical considerations for crowdsourced sites that seek funding, expert knowledge, and ideas?
Although many find crowdsourcing and collaborative online activity to be beneficial, some may choose not to participate in social media for group activities. What might be their reasons? What alternative channels or offline activities could provide the same results?

Present the results of your research in one of the following formats:

Blog entry of 350 to 475 words

Discus what alternatives are there to corporate social media?What could truly public, social, and common media look like?

In the Social Media Book:

In Chapter 12, discus what alternatives are there to corporate social media? What could truly public, social, and common media look like?

In the Wiley Book:

In Chapter 5, discuss access and attitude’s to technology in different generations.

In Chapter 6, discuss online ethical research.

In Chapter 15, discuss Social Networking and Depression.

NOTE THESE ARE THE BOOKS TO USE: Social Media, Ch. 12
The Wiley Handbook of Psychology, Technology and Society, Ch. 5, “Access and Attitudes to Digital Technology Across the Adult Lifespan: Evidence from Distance Education”
The Wiley Handbook of Psychology, Technology and Society, Ch. 6, “Navigating Psychological Ethics in Shared Multi-User Online Environments”
The Wiley Handbook of Psychology, Technology and Society, Ch. 15, “Social Networking

Describe the content from the blog and the LinkedIn profile,summarizing what you learned about each individual.

Search the Internet for a blog search engine of your choice.

Locate one blog that focuses on one of the following topics:

Social media and happiness
Social media and fear of missing out (FOMO)
Social media and self
Social media and loneliness

Review the blog post and the broader blog site.

Review “Evaluating Web Resources: Evaluating Blogs” for a brief overview of the signs of blog credibility.

Visit LinkedIn. If you already have a LinkedIn account, sign in to your account. If you do not yet have a LinkedIn account, sign up for one, so you can access LinkedIn profiles.

Search for an individual you may know (for example, a colleague, coworker, or classmate), and review his or her profile. NOTE: USE THIS PERSON: Arthur Fenner at Northrop Grumman Information System

Write a 700- to 875-word analysis paper that addresses the following questions based on the two sites you reviewed:

What is the goal of the blog site? What is the goal of the LinkedIn profile?
Who is the author of each site or profile page? What are his or her professional qualifications?
Describe the content from the blog and the LinkedIn profile,summarizing what you learned about each individual.
Was one individual more credible than the other? If so, in what ways?
Would you share the content or credentials of each individual with others as credible sources? How are value, power, and social capital created in each platform?
Do you feel the blogger and the individual’s LinkedIn profiles were credible and authentic? Explain your response.

Cite at least 2 peer-reviewed sources that support the ideas outlined in your paper.

Discuss your opinion if Twitter contributes towards the creation of public sphere? What are the limits of political communication on Twitter?

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

In the Social Media book

In Chapter 4, discuss how social media has influenced conception of communication power? Also, discuss media Power.

In Chapter 8, discuss your opinion if Twitter contributes towards the creation of public sphere? Also, what are the limits of political communication on Twitter?

In the Wiley book,

In Chapter 3, discuss internet credibility and online content. Also discus young people’s perception of online material.

Identify ethical,security,and privacy considerations in conducting data and information analysis and selecting and using information technology.

Professional memo

Purpose of this Assignment

You work as an Information Technology Consultant for the Greater Washington Risk Associates
(GWRA) and have been asked to write a professional memo to one of your clients as a follow–up
to their recent risk assessment (RA). GWRA specializes in enterprise risk management for state
agencies and municipalities. The county of Anne Arundel, Maryland (the client) hired GWRA to
conduct a risk assessment of Odenton, Maryland (a community within the Anne Arundel
County), with a focus on business operations within the municipality.

This assignment specifically addresses the following course outcome to enable you to:

• Identify ethical,security,and privacy considerations in conducting data and information analysis and selecting and using information technology.

Was it possible to determine whether the individual was doing his or her own tweeting?

Assignment Content

Read “The Secret Psychology of Facebook: Why We Like, Share, Comment and Keep Coming Back” on the Buffer website.

Sign in to your personal Facebook account.

Note: Identify a Facebook user who is active on his or her account. Choose Vickie Lee Fleming she is on my page.In crafting your response, do not include the individual’s name, link to his or her account, or include any other identifying information. Simply refer to the individual under study as Subject A.

Review Subject A’s recent activity.

Visit Twitter search page.

NOTE: Joel Osteen is one of my favorites

Type the name of a celebrity or public figure who you know something about. As there are many versions of celebrity and public sites, be sure the one you select has a blue check mark beside the name, which indicates this is a verified account or that the account is the official account on behalf of that individual.

Review recent tweets by this individual.

Answer the following questions about your experience on Facebook:

What types of content does the person like?
What types of content is he or she posting (for example, photos, status updates, or personal information)?
If this person posts photos, what types of images do they tend to post?
Is the person making deep personal disclosures?
Based on your knowledge of psychological theories, what might some of these behaviors signify to you? Why?

Answer the following questions about your experience on Twitter:

Which public figure’s Twitter account did you choose to review?
What type of content was posted on his or her Twitter feed?
Was it possible to determine whether the individual was doing his or her own tweeting?
Did the voice established by the author align with what you know about that person?
Did the visuals, such as photos or graphics, match up to what you know about the individual?

Answer the following questions in reference to both Facebook and Twitter:

How frequently was content posted on the accounts you observed?
Was this content what you would expect to read from each individual?
Did anything surprise you or seem out of alignment with what you know about each individual?

Create a mind map or diagram that highlights your findings in 700 to 875 words.

Explain the psychology behind social media use, the types of behaviors people commonly exhibit,and the online and offline implications of these actions.

Wk 2 – Social Media and Relationships

Assignment Content

Research the benefits and risks of engaging in social media with regard to establishing and maintaining relationships of various kinds, such as family relationships across generations, online dating, long-distance friendships, and professional relationships.

Explain the psychology behind social media use, the types of behaviors people commonly exhibit,and the online and offline implications of these actions.

Present a summary of your findings in one of the following formats:

Written blog entry of 700 to 875 words

How can Social Theory help us to understand what is social about social media?

NOTE: Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

In the Social Media book in Chapter 1:

What is Social about Social Media?

What is Critical Theory and why is it important?

In Chapter 2:

How can Social Theory help us to understand what is social about social media?

In Chapter 3:

What is Participatory culture?

In the Wiley Handout in Chapter 1:

Discuss how has technology affected our brain?

In Chapter2:

Discus Generation differences in the workplace.

NOTE: PLEASE ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS ABOVE

NOTE: HERE IS THE NAME OF THE BOOKS:

social Media, Ch. 1–3
Read Ch. 1–3 of Social Media.

The Wiley Handbook of Psychology, Technology and Society, Ch. 1, “The Acute and Chronic Impact of Technology on our Brain”
The Wiley Handbook of Psychology, Technology and Society, Ch. 2, “Similarities and Dif

Create a visualization that provides a geographic overview of which regions experience the most bird strikes.

Visualization of Geographic and Time Series Data

Utilize the complete Strike Reports dataset as well as the list of Airports in United States of America dataset. Join the two datasets, the complete Strike Reports and the list of Airports in United States of America, to get each airport’s latitude and longitude. Create a new table that aggregates the data at the airport level.

Apply a custom metric in a visualization.

Create a custom metric by writing code to give each airport a score for bird strikes by aircraft at that airport.
Use this custom metric in a geographic visualization of bird strikes by airport.

Create visualizations appropriate to convey information about a variable from a geographic perspective.

Create a visualization that provides a geographic overview of which regions experience the most bird strikes.
Create visualizations appropriate to convey information about a variable from a time series perspective.
Create time series graphs showing the trends over time of bird strikes. Seasonal trends should be shown through yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily levels of detail.
Add a filter to the visualization that allows the user to select a subset of the data to display within the visualization.

Interpret the meaning conveyed by visualizations.

Write a user guide for your visualizations explaining the purpose of each visualization and demonstrating how to use the custom metric and filter you included in the visualizations you created.

Your assignment will be graded according to the following criteria:

Create visualizations appropriate to convey information about a variable from a geographic perspective.

Create visualizations appropriate to convey information about a variable from a time series perspective.

Interpret the meaning conveyed by visualizations.
Apply a custom metric in a visualization.