Writing Homework Help

Hello there, I have attached everything discussion post/ as well as 2 peer replies .

For this week’s discussion: choose one of the following questions — you are welcome to respond to both if you are so inclined, and then come back and post on at least 2 other people’s posts.

#1. How has social media significantly changed the number and strength of our weak ties?
Watch the Sociology on the Street (Links to an external site.) video – (click the title). Follow the assignment directions: pick a famous person – use your own social media, internet, phone, friends, etc. to try and reach that person (track the number of steps, you don’t have to actually contact them). Do not use their face book or other their social media accounts – it makes the task too easy. Instead use your own networks!

Once you’ve done that create a thread using the famous person’s name as the thread name:
Describe how you got there and how many steps (connections) it took.

Also answer the question – how has social media significantly changed the number and strength of our weak ties?

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#2. Read the following: Getting A Job: Weak Social Ties and Online Connections (Links to an external site.) and The Power of Acquaintances (Links to an external site.), then answer the following two prompts —

• Explain the difference between strong and weak ties. What does theory “the strength of weak ties” suggest?

• Discuss an example where a “weak tie” has been useful to you.