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 Social networking consists of various different sites and is used throughout the world by many people. Social networking can be considered a good thing by several but those are the ones who aren’t aware of the overcoming negative sides. The negatives of social networking can cause data mining‚ the harming of people establishing their identities‚ and the invasion of privacy of citizens. Social networking’s negatives outweigh the negatives. People may not think and say that
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Progessor Swellander English 1023 5 February 2012 Social Networking: Good or bad? In a recent poll of 1‚200 registered voters on Poll Position regarding their view on social media‚ 53% voted harmful. (McNamara 1) Today’s world has incredibly evolved around technology‚ especially with the emergence of social networking. Through the sudden rise in social networking‚ the question that has been called recently in concern is whether social media/networking is bad or good? The Bad: the increase in online
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Social Networking: Negative Impact on Society‚ Especially the Youth Social networking sites allow you to connect with old friends from high school‚ family that lives far away‚ in my case‚ even in another country as missionaries‚ friends down the street‚ coworkers‚ and just about anyone else you can think of. This can make you feel more connected to the world around you. You can keep up with what everyone is doing and accomplishing in their lives very easily through statuses and pictures posted
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it can cause cyber bulling through either a mobile phone or a social networking site e.g facebook. It is showing younger children inappropriate language and encouraging them to do things they shouldn’t be doing. It can cause bullying where it can make children get upset and worked up about someone calling them names or threatening them. Facebook can be dangerous because of paedophiles and stalkers and this has become well known. Research has shown that parents are unaware of how much danger their
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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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Behavior journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/comphumbeh Social networking on smartphones: When mobile phones become addictive Mohammad Salehan 1‚⇑‚ Arash Negahban 1 College of Business‚ University of North Texas‚ 1307 West Highland Street‚ Denton‚ TX 76201‚ USA a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Available online 27 July 2013 Keywords: Mobile addiction Social networking services (SNS) Mobile applications Social networking mobile applications a b s t r a c t As the penetration of mobile
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The Opportunities and Challenges of Social Networking According to the Nielsen report‚ The Asian Mobile Consumer Decoded‚ ownership of smartphones in the Asia-Pacific region is increasing. With Singapore as one of the countries with the highest smartphone penetration in Asia-Pacific‚ this presents organisations with huge opportunities to engage consumers by leveraging on social networks. As consumer use of these smartphone devices will continue to evolve and expand‚ it is paramount for companies
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Technology is good for our social lives Because you can stay in touch with relatives/ friends. You also can find old college friends or one of your old teachers. Also people say that you have more emotions over phones or computers. Scientists have proven that technology is helpfully to the younger age and not very much to the older wiser people of this age group. Posted By: Anonymous Absolutely Social Networking sites just allow us to communicate with others and express ourselves easier. These
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More than 70% teenagers know and use most of the social networking website(s). They use these websites to make new friends and share their activities [e.g. pictures and thoughts etc]. Even most of the businesses are turning to social media for advertising and customer relations these days‚ but how can an individual foresee these social networking sites’s threat(s). I do agree that may be advantages are more but it depends….. what kind of data and information you are putting into these websites.
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