aims to discuss the negative impacts that social networking sites pose on today’s media savy generation. It is apart of my study for the unit ‘Internet Communications and Social Networks’ and fits into the social networking stream. A social networking site can be defined as an online service that is based around the building and reflecting of social relations among individuals with common interests or social ties (Boyd & Ellison‚ 2007). Social networking sites such as Friendster‚ Linkedin‚ Spoke
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SOCIAL NETWORKING Section A A1. Summary of ‘Five clues that you are addicted to Facebook’. “Five clues that you are addicted to Facebook” is an article by Elizabeth Cohen. We first hear about the Facebook addicted Cynthia Newton‚ who is an single parent who spends about 20 hours a week on the social networking site –half time she use it for work‚ but the other time is just fun‚ she says. Newton gets so engulfed by it‚ that she totally forgets her 12-year-old daughter sometimes. The two
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know about these types of social networking. Today‚ kids are getting younger and younger wanting to take part in more and more such as make Facebook accounts. In the past decade‚ social networking has became very popular in many peoples lives. As it becomes more popular‚ it brings along more difficulties instead of benefits. Statistics show that 47% of online adults use social networking sites and 73% of teens and young adults are a member of at least one social network. Since when does everyone
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November 27‚ 2012 Essay 3 Introduction Social networking first took off in the past 10 years‚ and since then it has consumed society to the point where almost no one leaves home without their cell phone and it’s considered weird to not have a Facebook. “The popularity of social networking sites such as Face book‚ MySpace‚ Twitter‚ LinkedIn‚ and Classmates.com more than quadrupled from 2005 to 2009” (Donde‚ Chopade and Ranjith. 66). In Social Networking Sites – A New Era of 21st Century‚ Donde
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An Essay Social Networking –a Paradox- Success or Failure Introduction ---Teenagers will freely give up personal information to join social networks on the Internet. Afterwards‚ they are surprised when their parents read their journals. Communities are outraged by the personal information posted by young people online and colleges keep track of student activities on and off campus. The posting of personal information by teens and students has consequences. I will discuss the uproar over privacy
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Social networking sites such as Facebook‚ MySpace‚ Online Dating and Twitter‚ allow people to socialize with friends and family all over the world and they are causing a drastic change in the way people sculpt our society today. These websites have become a part of reality’s everyday tasks‚ and the numbers of users are only increasing each and every day. The websites allow individuals to create their own personal profiles online to share with the world’s online communities. They have changed the
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A social networking site‚ is a website on the Internet that brings people to a central point to ‘talk’‚ share ideas and interest‚ collaborate and even make new friends. This type of sharing data and collaboration is referred to as social media. (Computer Hope n.d) The content created on social media sites is contributed too by hundreds or thousands of people and organizations. Members of social networking sites create online profiles with biographical data‚ or any other information they choose to
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April‚ 2013 Social Networking Think of the last time you were at a meeting or a social event and you made a connection with someone. In many circles you’re more likely to hear‚ “Are you on Facebook?” rather than being handed a business card. Social media has shifted the way we interact‚ the way we prepare for high school reunions and the way we market ourselves‚ and our businesses. “Tweet”‚ “tag” and “status updates” have become part of our everyday lives. Social networking is a well-organized
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Social networking Social networks keep growing in the everyday use to share information or to interact with others. As information can be spread faster over a social media people tend to rely on that and more schools are making social networks part of their curriculum to discuss school topics. Social networking gives people the chance to interact with new people; it can also help those who are looking for jobs or those seeking to make a change in their community. Social networks have created communities
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Social networking‚ good or bad? Public websites geared toward creating a social network can be both positive‚ and negative. You can connect with people all over the world‚ with no fees such as land line long distance charges‚ cell phone‚ and text message charges. It is also beneficial in that you can connect with relatives you haven seen or spoken with in a while. But there are downfalls to such sites‚ and one of the major ones effecting teens and adults today‚ explicit photos‚ or inappropriate
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