Facebooks Impact on Teens

Table of content:
1) Abstract
2) What is social network
3) People on facebook
4) How do social networking sites affect the society
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
5) How does a social network such as facebook effect teenagers
• Advantages of facebook on teenagers and friendship
• Disadvantages of facebook on teenagers and their friendships
6) My survey and result
• Survey questionnaire
7) Conclusion
8) Bibliography

Abstract: In my project I will look at different aspects of social network, the hypothesis that I will be testing is given that the aim of facebook and other social network sites is to improve communication between friends, do teenagers actually perceive social networking sites as improving the nature of their friendship. I will first of all discuss what social network is, how is effects our society, how it effects teenagers, its advantages and disadvantages and finally my survey and results. I will use primary and secondary sources to gather information. I will also be surveying teenagers in my school and coming to the conclusion of whether social networking is unhealthy for teen friendships or vice versa. What is social network? :

Social network is different websites that allow people to interact with one another; the people are linked through social familiarity and common interests. You can befriend an acquaintance, family member, close friend, employee or just a person that you would like to know better or keep in contact with. Social networks let you share your personal information, pictures and lets you blog. The purpose of social network is to make it easier for people to communicate with one another. There are a variety of social networks these days and people can join as many as they like free of cost. The first social network was introduced in 1997 and was called six degrees.com and after that came many more social networking sites such as myspace, orkut and bebo. The latest and

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