47% of American adults used social networking sites like Facebook‚ MySpace‚ Twitter‚ LinkedIn‚ and Classmates.com in 2011‚ up from 26% in 2008. [26] On social media sites like these‚ users may develop biographical profiles‚ communicate with friends and strangers‚ do research‚ and share thoughts‚ photos‚ music‚ links‚ and more. Proponents of social networking sites say that the online communities promote increased interaction with friends and family; offer teachers‚ librarians‚ and students valuable
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Social Networking Dawn M INF103: Computer Literacy Instructor Abdullah September 5‚ 2011 While Social Networking is a positive experience‚ it can also have a negative effect on people. Social Networking has exploded through-out the world because due to many people both young and old‚ have turned to Social Networking in order to keep in contact with both family and friends‚ Students have used Social Network as a learning tool as well as for support‚ whether it is for school work
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Social networking essay plan: Introduction: Online Social networking (OSN) has changed the approach to how society is able to communicate amongst one another with ease. Online Social Networking allows members to share each and every detail happening within their life; such as personal information‚ photos‚ status updates and events (Boyd & Ellison‚ 2007). Online Social Networking sites have recently played a role in revolutions across several Arab and African countries (M. Attia‚ Aziz‚ Friedman
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Social Networking—How is it transforming behavior? Communication is an important part of the human lives when it comes to interacting and developing our society. Now‚ the communicating has taken to a new level by people‚ it is the social networking. Everyone has seen the rise of social networking in youth these days‚ for most of them‚ visiting these sites are part of their daily routine. The social media if is good for people has always been a controversial issue‚ everyone has a different point
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RELATED STUDIES AND LITERATURE This chapter presents the related literature and other related studies which bear significance to the present study. These are necessary in the analysis and interpretation of data found in this study. Related Literature Different researchers have conducted research to ascertain the influence of social media on users; Moon‚ (2011) in a study on “impact of Facebook on undergraduate academic performance”‚ averred that social media have negative impact on students
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Emmanuel Colon Mrs. Albuquerque English IIII 22 March 2011 Social Networking Social networking has been around for years whether it’s facebook‚ twitter‚ youtube‚ myspace‚ etc. It has been studied since the beginning of the 20th century. A social network service is a web site that allows people to create a public profile for everyone to see. There are both positive and negative effects of social networking. Facebook is the most used and populated website on the web. Facebook was launched seven years
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Social Networking Online social networking is when people connect with other people online through certain websites. I believe the most common websites today include Facebook‚ Twitter and Myspace. What people do is create their own profile account‚ and post information‚ photos‚ videos‚ and comments. Those things then get reserved on a news-feed for your whole fan base to see. I believe that the good of social networking far outweighs the bad. It seems to me that if you have internet and know
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Just for a Just how well do you recall your childhood? Do you remember the total freedom? You could shamelessly put your underwear on your head and strut around your house as a power ranger. Your classes in school included “coloring’ and ‘nap time’. You were ignorant and you were happy. There was a dark side to childhood however‚ and it served as a constant taint on the most important aspect of our lives: our social lives. For too long we actually had to be face to face with a person to be ‘socializing’
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Social networking is one of the most active web-based activities in the Philippines‚ with Filipinos being declared as the most activeusers on a number of web-based social network sites such as Friendster‚ Friendly‚ Facebook‚ Multiply‚ and Twitter. The use of social networking website has become so extensive in the Philippines that the country has been tagged as "The Social Networking Capital of the World‚" and has also become part of Filipino cyberculture. Social networking is also used in the Philippines
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Social Networking In this report I will be outlining what Social Networking Sites are. A growing number of different Social Network Sites allows people to reunite and communicate without the limitations of distance or time. Enabling people to have regular interaction and keep up to date with the everyday life of others. So how do these sites work and why are they so popular? Associates may include close friends‚ family‚ distant relatives‚ old school friends‚ previous work colleagues or just shared
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