What is Social Networking Website? The definition of social networking is “the relationships that exist between network of people” (Walter & Ribiere‚ 2004). Today‚ when we talk about social networking‚ we think of social networking websites like Facebook‚ MySpace‚ and Twitter‚ which are the top three popular social networking sites in the United States (Alexa.com‚ 2010). These sites are defined as web-based platforms that allow individuals to build their own profiles and reflect social relations
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Effects of Social Networking Because roughly 150 million people use MySpace and Facebook‚ the door for social networking abuse is left wide open. Over the past several years‚ social networking websites such as MySpace and Facebook have exploded in popularity‚ especially among children‚ teenagers and college students. However‚ recent events involving child predators and other dangerous individuals using these sites have raised concerns about safety and security. Many parents view social networking websites
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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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Workplaces: Decreased productivity: * Employees would get distracted when they have access to social networking sites. This will decrease their work efficiency‚ hence decreasing the productivity of the company. * Even if they are using the social networking sites for promotion or advertisements (job-related work)‚ it is impossible to justify or make sure that every second they are on the social networking site‚ they are doing job-related work. If we cannot justify that‚ we cannot justify the salaries
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Bibliography Society and Its Use of Social Networking Websites Asad‚ Seguya‚ Md Abdullah Al Mamun‚ & Che Kum Clement. "The Effect of Social Networking Sites to the Lifestyles of Teachers and Students in Higher Educational Institutions." International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences [Online]‚ 1.4 (2012): 498-510. This article goes over the relationship between teachers and students in a university setting and how it may be affected by social networking sites in the classroom. This information
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Social Networking: Double Edged Sword Sriram Balasubramanian | Tuesday‚ June 26‚ 2012 Social networking/mediahas crept into our lives like no other technology revolution in the recent past. The social media revolution has completely transformed how we used to live our lives. In this context‚ I felt it would be interesting to understand the impact of social media on three major facets of human existence; the psychological impact‚ revolutionary impact and the social impact Article continues below
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Social Networking: Positive or Negative? Social networking has many opinions pointing toward it. Some may say that it is a positive influence‚ while others think negatively. There are many directions to look at it. From my perspective‚ I believe social networks have only grown to cause many issues. When reading something rather than hearing it said aloud‚ problems arise because you can ’t tell the tone of something said. Also‚ other issues deal with the fact that people can find out every detail
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Facebook: Online Social Networking Facebook: Online Social Networking Facebook is an online social networking site founded in 2004 (Facebook.com‚ n.d.). The purpose of this website is to connect family and friends and to share content such as pictures‚ status updates‚ and event invites between the user’s contacts. The site also has numerous games that many users participate in for entertainment. The website states the mission of Facebook is to “give people the power to share and make
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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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Are social networking sites necessary…?? Social media helps people stay in touch with each other more easily‚ as well as reconnect with people they may have once known but lost contact though you may live far away from each other. It plays a very important role in making events. For example‚ you have to plan for a school event but you can’t do so during school timings. So‚ you can communicate via social networking sites without having to pay. They are also becoming increasingly important for business
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