The relative freedom afforded by social networking services has caused concern regarding the potential of its misuse by individual patrons. In October 2006‚ a fake MySpace profile created in the name of Josh Evans by Lori Janine Drew led to the suicide of Megan Meier.[75][not in citation given][76] The event incited global concern regarding the use of social networking services for bullying purposes. In July 2008‚ a Briton‚ Grant Raphael‚ was ordered to pay a total of GBP £22‚000 (about USD $44
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Are social networking sites such as Facebook‚ MySpace‚ Twitter and LinkedIn good for society? Justify your position. Communication is what people do everyday; it is how people interact with each other‚ how they are able to form relationships‚ and how they are able to understand. However the way people communicate in the twenty first century as a result of social networking sites has changed rapidly. Social networking sites have revolutionised the way people communicate (Karklins & Dalton‚ 2012)
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Internet reviews: social networking software follow-up: Facebook and MySpace (and more). Ky Lib. 2007 Fall;71(4):11–5. 5. Charnigo L‚ Barnett-Ellis P. Checking out Facebook.com: the impact of a digital trend on academic libraries. Info Tech Lib. 2007 Mar;26(1):23–34. 6. Mathews BS. Do you Facebook?: networking with students online. Coll Res Libr News. 2006 May;67(5):306–7. 7. Chu M‚ Meulemans YN. The problems and potential of MySpace and Facebook usage in academic libraries. IRSQ. 2008 Spr;13(1):69–85
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Verification as a Shield for Minors on the Internet: A Quixotic Search. Retrieved on October 25‚ 2010 from LCT Journal: http://www.lctjournal.washington.edu/Vol5/a06Gilbert.html Hudson Jr.‚ David (n.d). Student Online Expression: What Do the Internet and MySpace Mean for Students’ First Amendment Rights? Retrieved on October 23‚ 2010 from www.firstamendmentcenter.org/PDF/student.internet.speech.pdf Layshock v n.d. Social Networking Sites-Protecting Children Online. Retrieved on October 23‚ 2010‚ from Microsoft
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such as violation of confidentiality and privacy‚ unforeseen consequences‚ and potential threat to personal safety. Today‚ communication on the Internet has become increasingly popular. Millions of people around the world use websites‚ such as Myspace‚ Facebook‚ and LinkedIn. People now have benefits of these websites‚ including significantly advanced communication and functionality which have never been seen or imagined before. For instance‚ one advantage is that today’s doctors are communicating
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your Facebook‚ update your twitter and check out last nights photographs in which you were tagged. Take a look around‚ everyone of all ages are whipping out their smart phones to check the most recent updates. What was going on before Facebook? Myspace? Before that? None of that probably did not even exist yet or everyone was too young to even have a cell phone or know about these types of social networking. Today‚ kids are getting younger and younger wanting to take part in more and more such
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topic: I believe social networking technology has changed our lives for the better‚ but at a cost. Social networking tools have made it nearly effortless for me to keep in touch with friends‚ family and colleagues. I can know what’s on their minds (MySpace)‚ who else they know (Facebook/LinkedIn)‚ and even what they are doing at this very moment (Twitter). On the other hand‚ I’m not sure I need to know any of that. Instant Messaging‚ e-mail‚ and voice-over-Internet-protocol has made it possible for
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Does Online Social Networking Makes People More or Less Likely to Interact With People in Real Life? Sarah Joy N. Ruiz ABDC 2-2 Central Luzon State University This paper was prepared for Psychology 130‚ ABDC 3-2‚ taught by Professor Jay Santos Abstract Nowadays most people are obsessed with social networking sites and some of them are students. Some of them cannot afford to live or start their day without the social networking. The purpose of this study is to shows how social networking
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the dark side cyberbullying was United States of America v. Lori Drew‚ where Drew in 2008 was indicted for Conspiracy‚ Accessing Protected Computer to Obtain Information and‚ Aiding and Abetting‚ and Causing an Act to be Done. Drew‚ 49‚ created a MySpace account in September 2006‚ and pretend to be a 16 year old boy named "Josh Evens" with the intention of harassing Megan Meier‚ a 13 year old girl‚ an ex-friend of Drew’s daughter Sarah. The initial communication was flirtatious and Meier became emotionally
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life too. As there was a huge junk of scattered information lying on the Internet which would be useless in majority of cases was channelized by the brilliant idea of socializing sites. The popularity of social networking sites such as Facebook‚ MySpace‚ Twitter‚ LinkedIn‚ and Classmates.com more
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