Social Networking Dangers When was the last time you checked Facebook? Have you tweeted anything today? Research has found that 72% of online adults use social networking sites. Think about it. That’s almost three-fourths of all Internet users. Social networking can range from posting photos on Facebook to tweeting a little daily thought on Twitter. Social networks were originally created to stay in touch with people not often seen or to reconnect with old friends. Despite the fact that some
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Social Networking and Its Dangers Just when I was about to pick up my pen to finally start on my assignment‚ the Facebook chat buzzer went off yet again. It was Ivan‚ a friend I just met at the beach this afternoon playing beach volleyball. We chatted for about twenty minutes before he started asking me a series of personal questions and finally my sexual orientation. I was naïve then and didn’t know what sexual orientation meant‚ looking back I realized that Ivan was gay wanted to know if I
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Rachel-Ellen Combs Mrs. Julie Pasterchick English Language AP-Gifted 23 January 2013 Paradoxes in Social Media One generality about users of social networking sites is that we are an outgoing‚ social people hiding behind our computer screens rather than enjoying the company of others. We love to be in touch with the world and catch up on what everyone else is up to‚ yet we choose to stay locked in our rooms doing so. We have thousands of Facebook friends‚ but have never met most of them
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It was only a matter of time before social networking had gained so much attention that we would evolve this tool into a goldmine for businesses and entrepreneurs to grow their passions. Social networking clearly has an array of benefits; some would argue that social networks should be for individuals only‚ but users like me find that including businesses in social networking is an outstanding tool for judging reputation‚ finding out about new products and services‚ and giving free branding and advertising
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then we’ll walk you through actually making it! In this course‚ you’ll be creating your own social networking profile. Check out our profile for King Kong in index.html and the Result tab to the right. You have the power! Have you ever seen your page on a social networking site load really slowly‚ then come through with only the HTML skeleton? (If not‚ it looks like this . Crazy‚ right?) Under its fancy skin‚ a social networking profile is just a list of text‚ images‚ and links. And you know all about those
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turned out‚ but a creation of neighbors. According to Oprah.com‚ Social networking has become a part the daily lives of Americans both young and old. The digital age that America finds itself in has made online social networking a top resource for communication. It is the ultimate test of ego‚ a new social acceptance‚ a place of danger‚ a growing addiction and obsession and over the past six years; social networking sites have become a social and cultural phenomenon. In the words of Noel Sheppard‚ It
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Proposed title The meaning of Twitter amongst the youth and the effects on their social lives Introduction I have chosen to investigate what the social media “twitter” means to our youth as well as the role it plays in the lives. Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows you answer the question‚ "What are you doing?" by sending short text messages 140 characters in length‚ called "tweets"‚ to your friends‚ or "followers" You can send your messages using the Twitter
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Social Media’s Negative Effect on Academic Performance Researchers with the Miriam Hospital’s Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine say social media has a negative impact on academic performance of freshmen students‚ the Science Daily reported. Researchers show a link between social media and academic performance among the freshmen in a study‚ which is the first of its kind. The study looked at students engaged in any form of media use including texting‚ music‚ the Internet and social
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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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and how this was associated to “increased depression‚ loneliness‚ and smaller social circles” (Ahn‚ p. 7). I found this issue resonated with me because I was one of the victims who experienced reduction in personal well-being due to the internet. I was a student with low self-esteem and afraid of social interaction during my freshman year in high school. The year was 2005 and that was the time when social network sites went viral (i.e.‚ Facebook). When an adolescent is feeling depressed‚ he or
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