The Advantages and Disadvantages Of Social Networking Social Networking is a recent invention that has the Internet still at the edge of its seat due to its popularity with people. This is mostly because it really is for the people. Bringing every kind of social group together in one place and letting them interact is really a big thing indeed. Everything about it lies on the advantages and disadvantages of social networking‚ and what it can do for you. Here are the advantages that can be more
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Social media is a way of connecting people or a medium for sharing ones ideas. It’s technologies takes different forms like internet‚ blogs‚ forums‚ social networks etc. The qualities social media possess are reach‚ accessibility‚ immediacy‚ permanence. Today’s younger generation depend on social media completely as they prefer to be connected with the world through social networks like facebook‚ twitter etc. If we look up the statistics 93% of youth are active users of internet and 73%
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Since the advent of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter‚ there has been much debate on their benefits and detriments. While social networking sites are a useful tool in our increasingly connected world‚ they can also adversely affect our development and the nature of our social interactions. Hence‚ it is important to first identify their advantages and disadvantages to effectively use them. Social networking sites offer a medium for people to keep in touch with their acquaintances
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Tracking Social Media The Social Media Tracking Centre and the 2011 Nigerian Elections Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation About the Authors Dr. Judith Burdin Asuni is the Executive Director of Academic Associates PeaceWorks‚ a Nigerian NGO working in the fields of conflict management‚ peace and development and peace education. Dr. Asuni has researched and written extensively on conflicts in Nigeria‚ particularly in the Niger Delta. AA PeaceWorks has established a social media team to engage Nigerian
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beings by and large are social. They feel an inherent need to connect and expand their connections. There is a deep rooted need among humans to share. In the past‚ due to geographical distances and economic concerns‚ connections between people were limited. A social network is made up of individuals that are connected to one another by a particular type of interdependency. It could be ideas‚ values‚ trade‚ anything. Social networks operate on many levels. Initially social networking happened at
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discuss the advantages and disadvantages of both a cellular network and landline network in an enterprise environment. Both offer great advantages and both have their disadvantages. However‚ most organizations use both due to the fast paced‚ technologically advanced society we live in today. As stated above‚ most companies use both landlines and cellular networks. The reason for this is because of the flexibility this configuration offers. They get the reliability of the landline network and the
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The Advantages of using Facebook by Students: It gives students additional knowledge. Facebook is an account which can help everyone to connect with different people from anywhere in the world‚ include the students. It will improve their knowledge about other places‚ customs and cultures. For example English students can improve their English by using chatting application that is provided in Facebook. In facebook‚ students be able to chat with foreigner in other countries. Therefore‚ students
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Although some people object to college students having credit cards‚ it’s not an entirely bad practice. Credit cards can offer several advantages to college students. However‚ there are also dangers inherent in their use. Some of the advantages include: • Learning fiscal responsibility. Controlling their spending and limiting it to what they can repay doesn’t come naturally to most young adults‚ but they soon learn that it’s necessary if they are going to stay on top of their limited resources
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Online gaming is very popular for young generation‚ but not exclusively. A lot of adults today play various games online‚ specifically on social networking sites that introduce these games. Online games are fun. And game makers are very creative. The games tend to be very realistic. Nowadays computer games have been a part in our daily routine especially the students. Whenever we have an extra time‚ even if we don’t have one we come up with many excuses so that we can play. Assignments‚ school activities
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Advantages and disadvantages of wired/cabled network A wired network is more reliable and has generally a higher bandwidth (is faster..) than a wireless network; while it constraints to the availability and length of connection cables‚ can be more expensive than a wireless network and may not fit specific situations such as reaching some remote areas or being used with mobile devices. Advantages and disadvantages of wireless network Advantages: * Flexible if there is ad-hoc situation when
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