CVPSales price per unit$75.00*Variable Cost per unit$67.00*Fixed Cost$100,000.00*Targeted Net Income$0.00*(assume 0 if you want to calculate breakeven)Calculated Volume12,500calculated* inputted by user Social Networking Channels Thomas Lamonte Esters Independence University 29 September 2018 SOCIAL NETWORKING CHANNELS 1 I dislike social networking sites because of the dangerous hazards connected to it. The ProCon article vividly describes the numerous benefits that are attached to the social networking sites such as connecting people, enhancing advertising and marketing, promoting research and education, assisting to spread information faster as compared to other media, connecting employers and employees and assisting the government to identify and prosecute criminals. These are just a few examples that the article illustrates to support the necessity of the social networking sites in the society today. According to the article, the social networking channels have significantly transformed different sectors such as businesses for the better since they can sell their products and services globally (Procon.org, 2018). However, the detrimental effects connected with the social networking channels are also numerous and most of them may lead to permanent damage to our lives. It is very clear that the education is the backbone of our lives and also the key to success. Currently, about 69% of the American population use social media channels which is a drastic increase in the usage from 2008 where about 26% of the Americans were connected to the social media (Procon.org, 2018). Most of the social networking sites users are the youths who are in their lower grade level, colleges or even universities. The research shows that using social media when handling assignments decreases the quality of work and makes the students drop in their performance. Education is a core value to a successful life and allowing social media to intrude in the academics will be detrimental since it will lead to the production of incompetent individuals who may end up causing problems in the society (Rowell, 2015).  Moreover, the social media channels expose individuals’ to privacy problems and intrusion by any interested parties. In fact, nothing which is shared in the social media channels is private. According to the survey conducted, 81% of the people surveyed believed that social media is insecure. The government through the NSA (National Security Agencies) intrudes to people’s data and communication in social media meaning that their private information ends up in the hands of the government. Many people do not know about social media privacy settings and this means that they leave their social media accounts prone to invasion (Procon.org, 2018). Viruses such as Steck. Evl can also be propagated via the social media to cause harm to the users. Most of these viruses are spies and send users priv.

1. CVPSales price per unit$75.00*Variable Cost per
unit$67.00*Fixed Cost$100,000.00*Targeted Net
Income$0.00*(assume 0 if you want to calculate
breakeven)Calculated Volume12,500calculated* inputted by
user
Social Networking Channels
Thomas Lamonte Esters
Independence University
29 September 2018
SOCIAL NETWORKING CHANNELS
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I dislike social networking sites because of the dangerous
hazards connected to it.
The ProCon article vividly describes the numerous benefits that
are attached to the social networking sites such as connecting
people, enhancing advertising and marketing, promoting
research and education, assisting to spread information faster as
compared to other media, connecting employers and employees
and assisting the government to identify and prosecute
criminals. These are just a few examples that the article
illustrates to support the necessity of the social networking sites
in the society today. According to the article, the social
networking channels have significantly transformed different

2. sectors such as businesses for the better since they can sell their
products and services globally (Procon.org, 2018).
However, the detrimental effects connected with the social
networking channels are also numerous and most of them may
lead to permanent damage to our lives. It is very clear that the
education is the backbone of our lives and also the key to
success. Currently, about 69% of the American population use
social media channels which is a drastic increase in the usage
from 2008 where about 26% of the Americans were connected
to the social media (Procon.org, 2018). Most of the social
networking sites users are the youths who are in their lower
grade level, colleges or even universities. The research shows
that using social media when handling assignments decreases
the quality of work and makes the students drop in their
performance. Education is a core value to a successful life and
allowing social media to intrude in the academics will be
detrimental since it will lead to the production of incompetent
individuals who may end up causing problems in the society
(Rowell, 2015).
Moreover, the social media channels expose individuals’ to
privacy problems and intrusion by any interested parties. In
fact, nothing which is shared in the social media channels is
private. According to the survey conducted, 81% of the people
surveyed believed that social media is insecure. The government
through the NSA (National Security Agencies) intrudes to
people’s data and communication in social media meaning that
their private information ends up in the hands of the
government. Many people do not know about social media
privacy settings and this means that they leave their social
media accounts prone to invasion (Procon.org, 2018). Viruses
such as Steck. Evl can also be propagated via the social media
to cause harm to the users. Most of these viruses are spies and
send users private information to the hackers which they then
use for their benefits (Babbie, 2015).
Furthermore, social media channels lead to wastage of time.
When a new activity is posted on the internet such as in

3. Facebook, people take time to read, like and comment on such
an activity and they are thus disrupted from their original work.
In general, people take 20-25 minutes in the social media every
time they log in at in worst cases, they may even take two hours
being distracted from their normal tasks (Procon.org, 2018).
This means that the productivity, quality, and effectiveness of
the task will be significantly affected. This explains why many
organizations limit the usage of corporation’s internet in
channels such as Facebook and YouTube all with the aim of
reducing wastage of time among the employees in these
channels (Kaplan, & Haenlein, 2010).
Another worst thing about the social media channels is that they
are connected with brain and personality ailments or conditions.
According to the research conducted by the University of
Pittsburgh, it is clear that the usage of social media leads to
increased levels of depression in individuals within 19-32 age
bracket. Another research found that social media leads to
addiction among people which in turn increase the risk of
having selfish traits and may even lead to social isolation. The
research conducted by the United Kingdom government shows
that about 41 percent of children spending three or more hours
on the social media have a high risk of suffering from mental
challenges in comparison with 21% who do not use social media
(Procon.org, 2018). Mental challenges and depression are some
of the causes of death and outbursts in the society. When
children are depressed then their academic performance will be
totally affected (Richards, Caldwell, & Go, 2015).
Last and not least, the social media channels are good areas
where the criminals organize and commit crimes. Criminals
recruit young people in their cartels using the social media.
They also coordinate crimes such as sexual exploitation,
bombing as well as drug and human trafficking through the
social media (Procon.org, 2018). Through the social media,
criminals can easily locate their prey and who will be
victimized in a number of ways such as being killed or the
members of the family forced to pay a huge ransom for the

4. abducted person to be set free (Babbie, 2015).
In conclusion, the weight of the dangers that are linked to the
social media exceeds its benefits. Its usage among the students
decreases their academic performance as a result of the loss of
concentration. It also exposes individuals to insecurity problems
and they even lose their confidential information to the
intruders such as government and hackers. Moreover, the gangs
use the social media channels to employ our children to
dangerous gangs such as terrorist groups which are a threat to
the country’s and world’s security. Drug and human trafficking
are also deep-rooted in the social media channels and this is the
reason why more and more people are getting abducted every
day while others are falling victims of dangerous drugs such as
heroin. Our future is brighter than the social media which have
all sorts of ills. Despite its advantages, it has heavy demerits
which require us to reevaluate our usage of social media.
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References
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Babbie, E. R. (2015). The practice of social research. Nelson
Education.
Kaplan, A. M., & Haenlein, M. (2010). Users of the world,
unite! The challenges and opportunities of Social Media.
Business Horizons, 53(1), 59-68.
Procon.org (2018). Are Social Networking Sites Good for Our
Society? Retrieved from: https://socialnetworking.procon.org/
Richards, D., Caldwell, P. H., & Go, H. (2015). Impact of social
media on the health of children and young people. Journal of
pediatrics and child health, 51(12), 1152-1157.
Rowell, R. (2015). Social media Like it or leave it.
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6. Social Networking Channels
Thomas Lamonte Esters
Independence University
29 September 2018
Prompt
In our final assignment, you will create an 8-10 slide
PowerPoint presentation examining the topic you selected at the
procon.org website.
Step One – Present and evaluate the premises and conclusions
that support your view about the topic. Include one scholarly
reference from the library databases that provides supportive
data for your view.
Step Two – Present and evaluate the premises and conclusions
that support an opposing view related to this same question.
Include one scholarly reference from the library databases that
provides supportive data for the opposing view.
Step Three – In this step you will examine fallacies within both
sides of the argument. Define the fallacy that is committed and
explain the impact of the fallacy on the argument.
Step Four- Narrate your presentation using either the Speaker’s
Notes or the voice-over feature in PowerPoint. In this step you
want to define and describe the concepts that are outlined on
your slides. Imagine what you would say if you are presenting
to your co-workers or classmates. You want to describe the
concepts in your Speaker’s Notes or using the voice-over
feature in PowerPoint. Graphics are required.

7. Your choice of either
1. 1 – At least 50 words of description per slide which address
the assignment requirements should be included. The paragraphs
can be written on a separate Word document or included in the
"Speaker's Notes" in PowerPoint.
or
2. A verbal presentation using the voice-over feature in
PowerPoint. 1.5 to 3 minutes of description per slides which
addresses the assignment requirements should be included.
Assignment requirements:
• A title page
• 8-10 slides
• Written speaker’s notes or a verbal presentation using the
voice-over in PowerPoint with graphics
• A reference page
• Include two scholarly articles to support each side of your
selected question
• Submit your presentation as a PowerPoint presentation file
(.ppt or .pptx file).
Prompt
In our final assignment, you will create an 8
-
10 slide PowerPoint presentation examining the
to
pic you selected at the procon.org website.
Step One
–
Present and evaluate the premises and conclusions that support
your view about
the topic. Include one scholarly reference from the library
databases that provides supportive

8. data for your view.
Step
Two
–
Present and evaluate the premises and conclusions that support
an opposing view
related to this same question. Include one scholarly reference
from the library databases that
provides supportive data for the opposing view.
Step Three
–
In this step
you will examine fallacies within both sides of the argument.
Define
the fallacy that is committed and explain the impact of the
fallacy on the argument.
Step Four
-
Narrate your presentation using either the Speaker’s Notes or
the voice
-
over feature
in Po
werPoint. In this step you want to define and describe the
concepts that are outlined on
your slides. Imagine what you would say if you are presenting
to your co
-
workers or classmates.
You want to describe the concepts in your Speaker’s Notes or

9. using the
voice
-
over feature in
PowerPoint. Graphics are required.
Your choice of either
1. 1
–
At least 50 words of description per slide which address the
assignment requirements
should be included. The paragraphs can be written on a separate
Word document or incl
uded
in the "Speaker's Notes" in PowerPoint.
Prompt
In our final assignment, you will create an 8-10 slide
PowerPoint presentation examining the
topic you selected at the procon.org website.
Step One – Present and evaluate the premises and conclusions
that support your view about
the topic. Include one scholarly reference from the library
databases that provides supportive
data for your view.
Step Two – Present and evaluate the premises and conclusions
that support an opposing view
related to this same question. Include one scholarly reference
from the library databases that
provides supportive data for the opposing view.
Step Three – In this step you will examine fallacies within both
sides of the argument. Define
the fallacy that is committed and explain the impact of the
fallacy on the argument.

10. Step Four- Narrate your presentation using either the Speaker’s
Notes or the voice-over feature
in PowerPoint. In this step you want to define and describe the
concepts that are outlined on
your slides. Imagine what you would say if you are presenting
to your co-workers or classmates.
You want to describe the concepts in your Speaker’s Notes or
using the voice-over feature in
PowerPoint. Graphics are required.
Your choice of either
1. 1 – At least 50 words of description per slide which address
the assignment requirements
should be included. The paragraphs can be written on a separate
Word document or included
in the "Speaker's Notes" in PowerPoint.
MS6010 Course Project Guidelines
Your course project will consist of a 15–20-slide Microsoft
PowerPoint presentation. These slides will help you present
your investment idea to the President and CEO of the public
company. As such, the slides must be well crafted to help
convince the leader of the company of the need for the
investment, the possible risks, and potential returns. Remember,
the slides should outline the key points to be made and not
overwhelm the viewer with too many details. You will provide
the details in the speaker notes for each slide. The slide
presentation must include:
1. Cover page listing the company, project, date, and presenter.
2. Sufficient background so that a potential investor understands
the business.
3. The investment idea and summary justification.
4. Enough historic data from the worksheet you develop in
Modules 3 and 4 to give an investor an understanding of

11. revenues, costs, expenses, cash flows, and potential returns in
dollars and using capital budgeting analysis concepts to
demonstrate viability.
5. The break-even of the project.
6. Your final analysis summary that details why the company
should invest the money in this project.
7. Speaker notes in your Microsoft PowerPoint presentation to
include background information that you would communicate
verbally in a presentation. This speaker notes content should be
the length necessary to explain the outline presented in the
slides. Each slide must have the requisite speaker notes to
explain the material/data presented in the slides as if you are
making a formal presentation and expect to verbalize those
words.
This slide presentation is due before the end of class on Day 5
of Module 5 and is worth 25% of your course final grade or 250
points. Combined with the other submitted elements of the
project, the total points allocated to this course project will be
500 points or 50% of your grade. The grading of this project
will be extensive to match the percentage of course grade. Make
sure you provide substantial work in the creating of this project.
Breakdown of Course Project Work
Module
Major Task
Points
1
Select public company and begin planning project.
2
Seek approval of the company, project investment idea, and

12. justification by completing the Project Approval Input in the
link provided.
30
3
Begin working on the Excel worksheet provided with the project
to outline the revenues, costs, expenses, and resulting cash
flows.
4
Submit the final Excel worksheet showing all data and
calculations.
5
Submit Microsoft PowerPoint presentation complete with
speaker notes before the end of class Day 4.
470
Grading Criteria
Assignment Components
Proficient
Max Points
By end of Module 2, complete the Project Approval Input and
answer the questions provided.
Selects US public company and provides name and stock
symbol. Explains interest in the company and in the investment
project.
30
Excel Worksheet Requirements:
Identify the various revenues, expenses, costs, expenses, and
cash flows. If a manufacturing company and investment deals
with projects, the analysis breaks down costs into fixed and
variable, direct and indirect.
All costs, revenues, expenses, and cash flows required to

13. implement the project are identified, listed, and summed
appropriately
180
Calculate the CVP or break-even point for the project.
Calculations are complete and accurate.
15
Calculate NPV and IRR. Provides the numeric viability of the
project investment.
Calculations are complete and accurate.
25
Slide Presentation Requirements:
Includes a minimum of 15 slides
Each slide is formatted consistently with proper spelling and
grammar.
30
Cover page
Cover page listing the company, project, date, and presenter
10
Company summary
Sufficient written background so that a potential investor
understands the business.
40
Data from Excel Worksheet
Enough historic data from the graded worksheet to give an
investor an understanding of revenues, costs, expenses, cash
flows, and potential returns in dollars and using capital
budgeting analysis concepts to demonstrate viability.
30
Analysis slides
Present the breakeven and other types of analysis for the
project.
50

14. Final recommendations
Provide your final analysis summary that details why the
company should invest the money in this project.
40
Speaker notes on each slide
Speaker notes in your PowerPoint presentation to include
background information that you would communicate verbally
in a presentation. This background information should be the
length necessary to explain the outline presented in the slides.
Each slide must have the requisite speaker notes to explain the
material/data presented in the slides as if you are making a
formal presentation and expect to verbalize those words.
50
Total:
500