Dangers of Social Networking in the Workplace Kenneth Morrow University of Maryland University College 18 March 2012 Abstract Facebook‚ Twitter‚ LinkedIn‚ YouTube‚ MySpace are all social networking sites that the majority of today’s society have heard of and more than likely use on a daily basis. These sites can be useful tools for a plethora of information and do have added quality in the workplace. However‚ if employers and employees do not use these sites properly or more importantly understand
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Are social networking sites necessary…?? Social media helps people stay in touch with each other more easily‚ as well as reconnect with people they may have once known but lost contact though you may live far away from each other. It plays a very important role in making events. For example‚ you have to plan for a school event but you can’t do so during school timings. So‚ you can communicate via social networking sites without having to pay. They are also becoming increasingly important for business
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Social Networking in Modern Life Many inventions have come up due to the rapid changing of technology. Social networking is the greatest invention of technology in general and the Internet in particular that has created a new aspect of modern life. Among these social networks‚ Facebook is the most popular with millions of users all over the world. As these social networking sites become more integrated‚ they can be not only a positive force but also a negative one in human life. While social networking
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Disadvantages of Social Networking Sites Social networking site is a web site that enables user to create public profiles within a web site and form relationships with other user of the same web site who can access their profile. Social networking sites can be used to describe community-based web sites‚ online discussions forums‚ chat rooms and other social spaces online. Examples of social networking site are facebook‚ twitter‚ tumbler‚ yahoo messenger‚ instagram and etc. Social networking sites have
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Since the Internet has rapidly propagated‚ social media has progressed rapidly. The widespread use of mobile devices to access the internet gradually transformed the nature of our social interactions. Most people use smart phones‚ iPhone or mobile internet devices to easily access social network. Since the function that people can interact online through social media‚ chat or share information with each other. It helps us contact friends‚ family‚ and other people even if they live far away. The service
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Raphiel Professor Hester Freshman English 111‚ Section 002 25 September 2013 Is Social Networking Becoming an Addiction? Social networking addiction is a phrase sometimes used to refer to someone spending too much time using Facebook‚ Twitter‚ and other forms of social media—so much so that it interferes with other aspects of daily life. Addiction usually refers to compulsive behavior that leads to negative effects. In most addictions‚ people feel compelled to do certain activities so often that
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The Opportunities and Challenges of Social Networking According to the Nielsen report‚ The Asian Mobile Consumer Decoded‚ ownership of smartphones in the Asia-Pacific region is increasing. With Singapore as one of the countries with the highest smartphone penetration in Asia-Pacific‚ this presents organisations with huge opportunities to engage consumers by leveraging on social networks. As consumer use of these smartphone devices will continue to evolve and expand‚ it is paramount for companies
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Technology is good for our social lives Because you can stay in touch with relatives/ friends. You also can find old college friends or one of your old teachers. Also people say that you have more emotions over phones or computers. Scientists have proven that technology is helpfully to the younger age and not very much to the older wiser people of this age group. Posted By: Anonymous Absolutely Social Networking sites just allow us to communicate with others and express ourselves easier. These
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As of today‚ NetPop Research announced approximately one hundred forty six point five million U.S. consumers to be users of social networking sites. Yet‚ how many of these 146.5 million Americans are actually the ones being used? How many are aware of it? These trusted websites have proven to be and are practically breeding grounds for infringements of basic safety and dangers to your person; cyber bullying‚ sexual harassment‚ and identity theft being a few to name. In the past‚ we and our minors
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More than 70% teenagers know and use most of the social networking website(s). They use these websites to make new friends and share their activities [e.g. pictures and thoughts etc]. Even most of the businesses are turning to social media for advertising and customer relations these days‚ but how can an individual foresee these social networking sites’s threat(s). I do agree that may be advantages are more but it depends….. what kind of data and information you are putting into these websites.
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