Facebook vs Face to Face Interactions
People are modifying their behavior, and technology continues to make leaps and bounds on a path that seems to know no boundaries. Within scope, I think social networking is growing rapidly and it has effects on face-to-face interaction. The combination of social networking and face-to-face interactions can lead to positive experiences as the rise of social networking continues. In order to better understand concept of social networking , I want to consider all popular social network sites (Facebook, Bebo, MySpace, Twitter, etc.) as one unless independently described.
A social network site (SNS) is defined as web-based services and have several purposes that allow individuals to (1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, (2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system. The nature and nomenclature of these connections may vary from site to site. (Boyd & Ellison 2007) Social media uses the ‘wisdom of crowds’ to connect information in a collaborative manner. Social media can take many different forms, including the Internet forums, message boards, weblogs, wikis, podcasts, pictures, and video. (10) Social media style websites are listed as, but not limited to: Google (social networking and reference), Facebook (social networking), MySpace (social networking), Pandora (personal music), LinkedIn (professional social networking), Tagged (social networking), Ning (social networking), YouTube (social networking and video sharing), Second Life (virtual reality), Flickr (photo sharing), Wikipedia (reference), MyLife (social networking), Bebo (social networking), Twitter (social networking), Photobucket (photo sharing) and Orkut (social networking).
There is a deeply engrained basic need among human beings to share, whether it is information, expertise, experiences or opinions. Humans, by nature, are social creatures and
A social network site (SNS) is defined as web-based services and have several purposes that allow individuals to (1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, (2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system. The nature and nomenclature of these connections may vary from site to site. (Boyd & Ellison 2007) Social media uses the ‘wisdom of crowds’ to connect information in a collaborative manner. Social media can take many different forms, including the Internet forums, message boards, weblogs, wikis, podcasts, pictures, and video. (10) Social media style websites are listed as, but not limited to: Google (social networking and reference), Facebook (social networking), MySpace (social networking), Pandora (personal music), LinkedIn (professional social networking), Tagged (social networking), Ning (social networking), YouTube (social networking and video sharing), Second Life (virtual reality), Flickr (photo sharing), Wikipedia (reference), MyLife (social networking), Bebo (social networking), Twitter (social networking), Photobucket (photo sharing) and Orkut (social networking).
There is a deeply engrained basic need among human beings to share, whether it is information, expertise, experiences or opinions. Humans, by nature, are social creatures and
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