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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As of today‚ NetPop Research announced approximately one hundred forty six point five million U.S. consumers to be users of social networking sites. Yet‚ how many of these 146.5 million Americans are actually the ones being used? How many are aware of it? These trusted websites have proven to be and are practically breeding grounds for infringements of basic safety and dangers to your person; cyber bullying‚ sexual harassment‚ and identity theft being a few to name. In the past‚ we and our minors
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Social Networking Dawn M INF103: Computer Literacy Instructor Abdullah September 5‚ 2011 While Social Networking is a positive experience‚ it can also have a negative effect on people. Social Networking has exploded through-out the world because due to many people both young and old‚ have turned to Social Networking in order to keep in contact with both family and friends‚ Students have used Social Network as a learning tool as well as for support‚ whether it is for school work
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Social Networking A social networking service is an online service‚ platform‚ or site that focuses on facilitating the building of social networks or social relations among people who‚ for example‚ share interests‚ activities‚ backgrounds‚ or real-life connections. A social network service consists of a representation of each user (often a profile)‚ his/her social links‚ and a variety of additional services. Among these social networking sites‚ Facebook is at the top list‚ the site is so popular
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The Pros and Cons of the Social Web 2.0 1. What is Web 2.0? a) Where did it start from? b) Sharing information? c) Who can share this info? 2. What are the good things about social-web? a) Easier communication Advertising b) Great way to learn c) People connected together by common interests 3. What are the cons of using the social-web? a) No Privacy b) Cyber bulling c) Identity theft and fraud. d) Keeping kids safe 4. Ways we can make the social web
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Francis Jason Camu Social Network PROS & CONS Social Networking sites allow us to communicate with others and express ourselves easier. These sites help you find people you have not seen in a while‚ chat without actually going places and learn things that are happening today. But what are the PROS & CONS of using it? Did you know the average person spends 4 years of his life looking down at his cell phone? It’s kind of ironic‚ ain’t it? How these touch-screens can make us lose touch? But
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Social Networking Pros & Cons The popularity of social networking sites such as Facebook‚ MySpace‚ Twitter‚ LinkedIn‚ and Classmates.com have rapidly increased almost 90% since 2002. These social networking sites allow users to develop profiles of their backgrounds and interests‚ communicate with people‚ and share thoughts‚ photos‚ links and even their life story. What makes these sites even more accessible‚ is the new sophisticated smartphone technology with built in internet capabilities.
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PERSUASIVE ESSAY ON SOCIAL NETWORKING: CON In today’s society‚ billions of people across the world are accessing the internet multiple times a day. Why wouldn’t they? Many people have the internet on their smart phones‚ and at the touch of a button can check their email‚ their Facebook‚ their bank account balance‚ movie times‚ you name it. One of these things‚ however‚ usually consumes more of the user’s time than the others. Yes‚ you guessed it: Facebook. Any social networking site or application
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there. When someone says “social network‚” the first site to come to your mind is Facebook‚ right? Facebook is now the most identifiable social network‚ and according to Facebook statistics it’s recently reached over 300 million active users. Combined worldwide‚ they all spend over six billion minutes online every day. I got most of my information about social networking from facts on file. A statistic from the Pew Internet Project’s research on social networking found that as of December 2012
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Dr. Carrie Fitzpatrick is frequently amazed at the private details she sees people share on Facebook‚ Twitter and other social networking sites. "I’m shocked almost on a daily basis by what people put out there‚" said Fitzpatrick‚ an Alvernia University assistant professor of communications and English. But while that oversharing can be risky‚ Fitzpatrick believes that if such sites were used more carefully‚ their benefits would outweigh the drawbacks. "They are where everybody congregates now
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