23/11/2010 Social Networking Explodes Worldwid… Press Release Social Networking Explodes Worldwide as Sites Increase their Focus on Cultural Relevance Facebook and Hi5 More than Double Global Visitor Bases During Past Year RESTON‚ VA‚ August 12‚ 2008 – comScore‚ Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR)‚ a leader in measuring the digital world‚ today released a study of worldwide usage of social networking sites‚ indicating that while the growth in new users in North America is beginning to level off‚ it is burgeoning
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the social networking sites increased rapidly in the last decade. This is probably due to the reason that college and university students as well as teens used it extensively to get global access. These social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook have become a raging craze for everyone nowadays. Points in brief * Social media enables the spread of unreliable and false information. * Social media causes people to spend less time interacting face-to-face. * Social networking
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“Social Networking in Our Society” When does spending nine hours a week on a social networking site‚ start to affect our society? Experts say spending time on social networking sites lead to more time wasting activities that supplant more productive activities (“Social Networking”). Although people may enjoy spending time on social networks‚ our society is being affected negatively by these sites. People of all ages spend too many hours on networking sites and are becoming addicted. Teenagers
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Workplaces: Decreased productivity: * Employees would get distracted when they have access to social networking sites. This will decrease their work efficiency‚ hence decreasing the productivity of the company. * Even if they are using the social networking sites for promotion or advertisements (job-related work)‚ it is impossible to justify or make sure that every second they are on the social networking site‚ they are doing job-related work. If we cannot justify that‚ we cannot justify the salaries
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Pros of Social Networking 1) Social networking sites spread information faster than any other media. Over 50% of people learn about breaking news on social media. 65% of traditional media reporters and editors use sites like Facebook and LinkedIn for story research‚ and 52% use Twitter. Social networking sites are the top news source for 27.8% of Americans‚ ranking close to newspapers (28.8%) and above radio (18.8%) and other print publications (6%). Twitter and YouTube users reported the July 20
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Social Networking’s Effects on Society Are Social networking sites negatively affecting our society as a whole? Currently‚ some media sources are claiming social networking sites like Facebook having a negative effect on society. Social networking sites should be used to the minimum as possible‚ if it was not used as much the society could have a lot more free time‚ less bullying‚ and even less social. Even though many businesses can say it is good for the society in a way where people can get more
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Social Networking Social networking sites have become extremely popular among the youth as well as the professional people. Keeping in mind‚ the growing popularity of these sites and the effect it has and the benefits that it brings along‚ it can be easily predicted that its popularity is sure to grow much more. The social networking websites are more like the virtual meeting places where people can just chill and hang out with friends. They
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syndrome is so hard to deal with. There are many kinds of addiction but in this study‚ the focus will be on those people addicted to social networking sites. According to (Griffiths: 2005‚ 191-197)‚ A behavioral addiction such as social networking sites addiction may thus be seen from a biopsychosocial perspective. Just like substance-related addictions‚ social networking sites addiction incorporates the experience of the ‘classic’ addiction symptoms‚ namely mood modification (i.e.‚ behavioral‚ cognitive
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Effects of Social Media on the Youth Introduction In present day‚ it is admitted that social media increased popularity rapidly. It is made possible by millions of users especially by teens‚ university and college students. There are different types of social media which are utilized by the youths such as social networking sites‚ online games or sites‚ video sites‚ blogs‚ text messaging‚ smart phone games and applications‚ televisions and movies. The most commonly used by the youth is the social networking
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English 1A (MWF 100-350) Professor Nelson Oct. 3 2014 Online Social Networking Bringing Us Closer Together The 21st century has seen multiple technologies being developed. The internet boasts as one of the greatest inventions of all times. It has changed the way people communicate. The internet offers many forms of modern communication. One of these modern communication technologies is online social networking. Online social networking can be defined as online communication through places where users
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