contacted at guy.hnd@gmail.com. Social Networks and Privacy—Threats and Protection “Broadcast yourself!” YouTube’s slogan alone could summarize the spirit of the social revolution caused by the tidal wave of social networks. These have emerged as one of the main channels of communication on the web: links of all kinds are being forged‚ developed and broken almost instantly. According to a study1 published in France by the French Institute of Public Opinion (IFOP) on social networks‚ carried out using
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Elias Guadeloupe Mr. Mammen English 101 17 November 2013 Is Social Media helping or hurting our society? Throughout history‚ people have improved the way communication and human interaction can be made. From writing letters‚ to talking on the telephone‚ to texting and sending emails‚ the way we exchange information is always being improved upon. Social media is now the most popular way of communication. It is a means of exchange in which people form and share info and ideas in virtual communities
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Introduction to Social Media What is social media? To many‚ social media is a tool to communicate with friends‚ or even friends of friends in a neutral environment talking about any topic‚ events or news freely (Lipscomb 2010). Social media today‚ not only serve as a tool for individual to communicate‚ it also became a platform for companies or individuals to capitalize on it to drive monetary income from it. Social media are platforms that can enable free communication and sharing of information
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Social networking sites Online social networking site is a very common tool for communicating and socializing with each other. Nowadays‚ most of the adolescent like to use Facebook. There is a rapid growth of the number of user of social networking sites. According the recent research‚ Kreutz (2009) stated that “starting from 1997 to 2010 there are some 1.5 billion users of social networking websites” (p.222). This shows that how popular the social networking site is. Although many parents think
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The Benefits of Social Networking No one can imagine a world without Internet. No one can imagine a modern society without social networking. Even though there are many parents think spending time online is wasting time. I still take the side of that the advantages of social networking are real. It has more potential benefits compared with dangers. A research study titled by the Digital Youth Project shows that young people can acquire four types of skills through social networking sites. It created
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http://sociallyactive.com/social-media-effect/ THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON TEENAGERS As parents‚ we strive day in and day out to provide healthy meals‚ drive our kids to soccer practice‚ cheer at the games; attend parent-teacher meetings at school and teach them to say “no” to drugs and other bad habits. While we are busy covering all the basics of being a good parent‚ we can be far too oblivious of the effects the social media is having on children. Kids today are as technologically connected as
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With the constant use of technology for anything and everything‚ things have changed in every way. Things have become much easier and we don’t need to spend too much energy. Everything is only a click away. Is it good enough? The invention of the computer and the mobile phones have brought in the invention of email‚ sms and a lot more. While this technology has helped us stay connected to people all over the globe‚ seems like it has hampered the intimate contact‚ especially with our immediate
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are presently living in an age where a portion of our lives have become a part of the various social networking sites available on the vast world wide web. With the increasing penetration of these networking sites‚ a new term has also entered our vocabulary – Social Media. Yes‚ we are living in the age of the Social Media. According to Wikipedia‚ “Social Media includes web and mobile-based technologies which are used to turn communication into interactive dialogue among organizations‚ communities
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Social Networking Questionnaire The purpose of this questionnaire is to obtain general information about any given individual and their social networking habits. All the results gathered from this questionnaire will be used solely for academic purposes and can be seen in a research paper about the Uses and Abuses of Social Networking. The questionnaire in which you are about to participate in is for a final year project of a Computing Degree. It is conducted by Chris Bateson and involves questions
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http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/12-ways-to-market-your-event-with-social-media/ Positive/Main thoughts http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/flash-mob-participate-examples/ http://www.chrisbrogan.com/how-events-can-use-social-media/ Arguments/opinions http://thenextweb.com/uk/2011/05/11/half-of-uk-businesses-ban-social-media-at-work/ Newspaper article/ negatives/argument http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/dec/08/social-media-blackberry-messenger http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/26/world/europe/26social
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