Online Social Networks A study of the social networking phenomenon Yasmeen Bsaiso July 30th‚ 2008 QMIS 240 Dr. Hameed Al-Qaheri College of Business Administration Kuwait University Yasmeen Bsaiso QMIS/ 240 July 30th‚ 2008 Online Social Networks A study of the social networking phenomenon Social communication has always been a vital need to humanity. At its core‚ social communication did not change. People still exchange thoughts‚ feelings and news; however
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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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1. Social media enables the spread of unreliable and false information. 49.1% of people have heard false news via social media. On Sep. 5‚ 2012 false rumors of fires‚ shootouts‚ and caravans of gunmen in a Mexico City suburb spread via Twitter and Facebook caused panic‚ flooded the local police department with over 3‚000 phone calls‚ and temporarily closed schools. Shashank Tripathi‚ tweeting as @ComfortablySmug‚ spread false information in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy by posting on Twitter that
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Social Networking and Life According to Joanna Brenner from Pew Internet‚ 67% of Americans have some sort of social network. The mixed blessing of social networking has grown so much over the years‚ from having basic email to instant messaging‚ MySpace and now Facebook‚ Instagram Twitter and another hundred more. Some see social networking as a way to keep in touch with long lost friends or family members‚ others to kill time‚ and entertain themselves for a short amount of time. Social networking
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cyber communication are social networking sites such as Facebook‚ Twitter‚ etc. Although these sites do allow people all across the world to get in touch with one another‚ they continue to negatively affect the lives of many of its users. The use of these social networks endangers people’s privacy‚ has a negative impact on students’ grades‚ changes offline socialization‚ and may even lead to psychological issues. The least commonly pondered issue with these social networking sites is the invasion
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amount of damage will be charged from boy ’s parents. The arrested boy explained that he didn’t have Internet at home‚ because his family is poor‚ and he wanted to be always on social networking sites‚ such as Mail.ru and Vkontakte.ru. Consequently‚ it is right to say that the boy had a great dependence on social networking sites‚ and could not pay for Internet at home and at an Internet café. In conclusion‚ it is necessary to note that in 2010 the police intercepted the activity of two groups of hackers
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Social Networking Sites: Harmful to our Society Social networking websites‚ such as MySpace‚ Facebook and Twitter‚ have blown up immensely in just a short span of about 5 years; most people nowadays have found that these and other social networking sites have become a “necessity” in their lives and must constantly be checking in on them. Social networking sites such as the ones mentioned above allow anyone to make new friends‚ reconnect with old ones‚ and blog just about anything under the sun
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Social networking sites Online social networking site is a very common tool for communicating and socializing with each other. Nowadays‚ most of the adolescent like to use Facebook. There is a rapid growth of the number of user of social networking sites. According the recent research‚ Kreutz (2009) stated that “starting from 1997 to 2010 there are some 1.5 billion users of social networking websites” (p.222). This shows that how popular the social networking site is. Although many parents think
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political‚ social‚ economical and even environmental aspects across the world. These changes are not only for the better‚ but some of them are for the worse. I believe that these benefits‚ however‚ outweigh the Internet’s negative impacts. Traditionally‚ to get information a trip to the library would be made‚ which could take a long time. The Internet gives us access to an infinitely large array of information and data. This means that the same information can be obtained much faster and also more in-depth
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Social Networking and Social Media: Harmful or Helpful? Online social media have gained astounding worldwide growth and popularity which has led to attracting attention from a variety of researchers globally. Social media effects millions of people worldwide daily and many teens spend at least a hour a day on social networking sites‚ today we will decide whether or not social media is a hindrance or a tool for teens and adults. Although with time all generations have come to accept the new technologies
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