CON’s of Social Networking Sites 1. Social networking sites entice people to waste time. According to statistics‚ 40% of 8 to 18 year olds spend 54 minutes a day on social media sites. 36% of people surveyed listed social networking as the "biggest waste of time‚" above fantasy sports‚ watching TV‚ and shopping. When alerted to a new social networking site activity‚ like a new tweet or Facebook message‚ users take 20 to 25 minutes on average to return to the original task. In 30% of cases‚ it took
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the letter is about Dear Mr Thompson‚ My name is Jakob. I’m currently Studying in Middlesex University at Barnet. I have recently read your article about social networking and delighted to give you my opinion about social networking. I believe that social networking is destroying teenager’s education. Teenagers spend more time on social networking than revising‚ helping their parent and spend time with their family. As I’m a brother of a teenager I could inform you millions of sentences about console
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many of us are lost without it and for students this device is more than just cellphone. It is also a chat opportunity‚ a camera and more. A negative effect of this is that students can become obsessive and can neglect everything else like their social life and family. Computer is another one. It helps students a lot especially in assignments but social networking sites start to catch their attention like Facebook. This site has a lot of games that are so addictive like Tetris. It’s not bad to play‚
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23/11/2010 Social Networking Explodes Worldwid… Press Release Social Networking Explodes Worldwide as Sites Increase their Focus on Cultural Relevance Facebook and Hi5 More than Double Global Visitor Bases During Past Year RESTON‚ VA‚ August 12‚ 2008 – comScore‚ Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR)‚ a leader in measuring the digital world‚ today released a study of worldwide usage of social networking sites‚ indicating that while the growth in new users in North America is beginning to level off‚ it is burgeoning
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the social networking sites increased rapidly in the last decade. This is probably due to the reason that college and university students as well as teens used it extensively to get global access. These social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook have become a raging craze for everyone nowadays. Points in brief * Social media enables the spread of unreliable and false information. * Social media causes people to spend less time interacting face-to-face. * Social networking
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Pros of Social Networking 1) Social networking sites spread information faster than any other media. Over 50% of people learn about breaking news on social media. 65% of traditional media reporters and editors use sites like Facebook and LinkedIn for story research‚ and 52% use Twitter. Social networking sites are the top news source for 27.8% of Americans‚ ranking close to newspapers (28.8%) and above radio (18.8%) and other print publications (6%). Twitter and YouTube users reported the July 20
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Mobile computing and social networking Insert Name Course‚ Class‚ Semester Institution Instructor Date Outline Topic: Mobile computing software in the health care industry and use of social networks by patients Monitoring patients using wearable‚ mobile gadgets Concepts Advantages of using mobile computing to monitor patients Patient involvement in their own health care Easier and quicker visibility of the patient’s condition Increase in efficiency of healthcare Cost Disadvantages
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English 1A (MWF 100-350) Professor Nelson Oct. 3 2014 Online Social Networking Bringing Us Closer Together The 21st century has seen multiple technologies being developed. The internet boasts as one of the greatest inventions of all times. It has changed the way people communicate. The internet offers many forms of modern communication. One of these modern communication technologies is online social networking. Online social networking can be defined as online communication through places where users
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Debate Topic: Are Social Networking Sites Good Recruitment Sources? Social networking is defined by dictionary.com as “the development of social and professional contacts; the sharing of information and services among people with a common interest”‚ or in terms of computers‚ it is “the use of Web sites or other online technologies to communicate with people and share information‚ resources‚ etc.” (Dictionary.com‚ 2012). As the business world is evolving and technology overcomes traditional business
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there will create gap within education and the society. The education world now is also getting more improve by using ICT. Social Networking or Social Media such as facebook‚ twitter‚ WhatsApp and other alike is also product of the development in ICT. Not many people realise that social media that are used by so many people in the world can be used for language learning. Social media provides the learner with the possibility of participating in actual‚ real-time‚ relevant conversations taking place
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