Investigating Social Media's Impact on Personal Data Collection

This essay explores the realm of personal data collection within social media, encompassing a wide array of online information such as photos, purchase histories, and engagement patterns. It delves into how big data and information technology influence society, with data collected through various means, including cookies and browser fingerprinting. The essay identifies key research issues, contrasting qualitative and quantitative data, and examines the causes and effects of social media on personal information. A qualitative research method is chosen for its reliance on authentic and relevant data sources, aligning with the trending nature of the topic and providing opportunities for new insights. The essay references academic work to support its analysis of adolescent social media usage and its relationship to factors like locus of control and nomophobia.

PERSONAL DATA COLLECTION IN SOCIAL MEDIA
Social media data encompasses a broad range
of online information that is including photos,
purchase history, active hours on social media,
engagement rate with different types of
content.
Which research have you chosen and
why?
There are qualitative research method
will be used in order to identify the
theoretical aspect.
This research is chosen because this is
based on authentic and relevant source
of data.
On the basis of topic it has been chosen
for topic this is very trending and it
provides the chance to learn new
things.
The impact of big data and
information technology in society
The data can be collected through various
things such as accept, search about
devices. Also, big data companies are
help to collect the data that build
personas related to determining the
gender and age.
How does research process work?
According to this process social media collect
information in order to use the technique that
also includes cookies, that follow log and web
in activity.
Some other browser are related to the
fingerprinting, defencing and cross-site
tracking that is also helped for identifying time
zones, metrics, devices etc.
Organizations personal data impact on the
basis of organization members that are related
to employee, contractors, consultants, trainees
etc.
References
Yıldız Durak, H., 2018. What would you do without your smartphone?
Adolescents’ social media usage, locus of control, and loneliness as a
predictor of nomophobia.
What are three of the key issues in research?
The social scientific research community
Difference between qualitative and quantitative data
The causes and effect of socials media regarding
personal information.