Are Social Networking Sites Really Insecure
Are Social Networking Sites really insecure?
How would you feel if I told you that I know almost everything about you? – from your birthday to the food you like, from your best friends to your favorite singer, and so on—even though you have never met me. These are things that most parents forewarn their children about social networking sites. Social networking sites such as My Space, Face book, and Hi5 are the most popular online community in which millions of teenagers and young adults exchange their interests, their personal information, photos and videos, and instant messaging.
However; it seems that social networking sites could bring about many disadvantages; wasting time, identity theft, and reducing face-to-face interaction, I believe their benefits; encouraging creative behavior, having privacy setting, and improving worldwide interaction can outweigh those disadvantages, undoubtedly.
First of all, many think that social networking sites could distract youth’s time from doing any other activities like reading books, playing sports and helping housework. According to a new study from Grunwald Associates LLC conducted in cooperation with the National School
Boards Association reports that the 9 to 17 year olds spend time on social networking sites about 9 hours a week which is as much time as they used to spend time watching TV. But, on social networking sites youth could be creative; the way they decorate their sites, the way they upload music and videos, and the way they express themselves by posting messages, while spending time on TV, youth might not develop their brains as much as they have to. Therefore, it is clearly shown that spending time on social networking sites, youth could obtain many skills as well as doing all kinds of useful activities, also.
Next, while it is true that since the internet is fast, convenience, and cheap to access the information, the numbers of internet users are growing as much as the numbers of cyber victims called
How would you feel if I told you that I know almost everything about you? – from your birthday to the food you like, from your best friends to your favorite singer, and so on—even though you have never met me. These are things that most parents forewarn their children about social networking sites. Social networking sites such as My Space, Face book, and Hi5 are the most popular online community in which millions of teenagers and young adults exchange their interests, their personal information, photos and videos, and instant messaging.
However; it seems that social networking sites could bring about many disadvantages; wasting time, identity theft, and reducing face-to-face interaction, I believe their benefits; encouraging creative behavior, having privacy setting, and improving worldwide interaction can outweigh those disadvantages, undoubtedly.
First of all, many think that social networking sites could distract youth’s time from doing any other activities like reading books, playing sports and helping housework. According to a new study from Grunwald Associates LLC conducted in cooperation with the National School
Boards Association reports that the 9 to 17 year olds spend time on social networking sites about 9 hours a week which is as much time as they used to spend time watching TV. But, on social networking sites youth could be creative; the way they decorate their sites, the way they upload music and videos, and the way they express themselves by posting messages, while spending time on TV, youth might not develop their brains as much as they have to. Therefore, it is clearly shown that spending time on social networking sites, youth could obtain many skills as well as doing all kinds of useful activities, also.
Next, while it is true that since the internet is fast, convenience, and cheap to access the information, the numbers of internet users are growing as much as the numbers of cyber victims called