Social Networks
Does extensive use of social networking technology negatively affect people?
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Social networking is all about the new generation. Nowadays, children and adults love to spend their time on Internet websites that connect them with each other, and these websites was called social networks. “Any Web locale that permits communal contact is believed a communal mass media locale, encompassing communal networking locations such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter”( Schurgin.G, Clarke.K). These websites take a long time from humans’ lives and leave them busy chatting with people they know or people they never met before. Adults and teenagers are mostly like to use these websites because they make friends there. As it says in the article “Texting, Sexting And Social Networking Among Australian Youth And The Need For Cyber Safety Education “Social networking continues to be a “cool new tool,” and young people world wide stay connected with networking software, with its capacity to support peer interaction and friendship”(McLoughlin, & Burgess, 2009). Also according to Lenhart and Madden, “Adults are much less likely than teens to have a profile on a social network website. About three in ten (35%) adult internet users age 18 and older have a profile on a social networking site like MySpace, Facebook or LinkedIn”(2007). How ever, teenagers are twice as likely as adults in use of these websites. Some others use it because they do not have friends in real life and they wish to make new but somehow they are afraid, and they can write anything they want to say without any fear by using social networks. Social networking technology does affect negatively on people as it causes family problems, it can be dangerous for people and it can change behavior for the worse.
Social networking causes many family problems that can affect relations. As a fact, family relations are sensitive and small problems can turn to big
Moza Qarran Alamrei
201008179
Col240 Section 3
Social networking is all about the new generation. Nowadays, children and adults love to spend their time on Internet websites that connect them with each other, and these websites was called social networks. “Any Web locale that permits communal contact is believed a communal mass media locale, encompassing communal networking locations such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter”( Schurgin.G, Clarke.K). These websites take a long time from humans’ lives and leave them busy chatting with people they know or people they never met before. Adults and teenagers are mostly like to use these websites because they make friends there. As it says in the article “Texting, Sexting And Social Networking Among Australian Youth And The Need For Cyber Safety Education “Social networking continues to be a “cool new tool,” and young people world wide stay connected with networking software, with its capacity to support peer interaction and friendship”(McLoughlin, & Burgess, 2009). Also according to Lenhart and Madden, “Adults are much less likely than teens to have a profile on a social network website. About three in ten (35%) adult internet users age 18 and older have a profile on a social networking site like MySpace, Facebook or LinkedIn”(2007). How ever, teenagers are twice as likely as adults in use of these websites. Some others use it because they do not have friends in real life and they wish to make new but somehow they are afraid, and they can write anything they want to say without any fear by using social networks. Social networking technology does affect negatively on people as it causes family problems, it can be dangerous for people and it can change behavior for the worse.
Social networking causes many family problems that can affect relations. As a fact, family relations are sensitive and small problems can turn to big
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