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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There have been strong debates about whether peers have more influence than family on young people or not. Do teenagers care more about their friends than their parents? Some people adhere the opinion that friends effect on the most important decisions of their peers. I’d rather say that peers aren’t more important than parents‚ but sometimes peers become more important than they previously were. It is clear that parents always want only the best for their children. The family does all it can
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Professor Abreu Writing Composition 1 5 April 2012 Social Networking: More Than Just a Trend Today‚ 1.5 billion people belong to an online social network‚ which is one out of every nine people in the world. If you are a part of this phenomenon‚ just how much does it affect your daily life? People join these sites for a wide variety of reasons. With just a few clicks you can speak to friends and family that may be millions of miles away; or check up on your favorite musicians latest updates. No
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Social Networking at its Finest The article I chose to review was about different shapes and features technology such as cell phones in the U.S. can have its issues within society. This article however highlighted different mobile devices and their benefits‚ market analysts describe the social networking market as too young and is expected to continue over the next few years. Through many generations‚ technology has innovated and advanced itself to meet the demands of the consumer‚ however with
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A PROJECT REPORT ON A SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITE “BE FRIENDS” A Project Report Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY Submitted By- Swabhiman Sarangi (1121218024) Sarbajit Mohanty (1121218020) Prashant Kumar Sahu (1121218017) Silpi Gupta (1121218022) Guided By- Mr. Anup Kumar Sahu DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING PURUSHOTTAM INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Mandiakudar‚ Rourkela‚ Odisha
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Social networking sites (SNSs) such as Facebook‚ blogs and Twitter have grown increasingly popular in recent years. In particular‚ Facebook has become the most visited SNS in the world with more than 800 million active users (Facebook‚ 2011‚ cited by Lee et al‚ 2012:1036). SNS can be defined as “a new method of communicating‚ employing computers as a collaborative tool to accelerate group information and escalate group scope and influence” (Kane et al‚ 2009‚ cited by Lin and Lu‚ 2011:1152). This
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Running head: SOCIAL NETWORKING IN THE WORKPLACE Social Networking in the Workplace: Are There Benefits to Using Social Networking in the Workplace? Jaime Holt Strayer University Abstract Social networking has become as popular as the telephone‚ email‚ and Internet. This new medium brings concerns of confidentiality and liability to many organizations. However‚ it has also proven to be an effective recruiting and marketing tool. Many employers are struggling with finding a way to monitor
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Are friends the new family? As the word ‘family’ has a different meaning to each individual‚ it is hard to universally define it without any cultures/ groups disagreeing. However‚ it is sometimes easier to define it by not what it appears to look like‚ but what it does‚ for example‚ loving‚ caring and supporting. But is this not the role of friends too? With only 1 in four people living in a heterosexual‚ two parent families‚ and one in three living alone‚ this is a far cry away from only one
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The Effects of Social Networking People all over the world seem to be connected more than ever. This is easily done through social networking sites‚ whether there chatting away in a laptop‚ iPad‚ or smart phone. Many individuals spend countless of hours in these sites daily. Though it possess some advantages individuals must be cautious when using these sites. Social networking sites have many disadvantages that not many know of‚ such as health problems‚ safety issues‚ and lack of privacy. One
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Every day‚ thousands of people are logging on to social networking websites. Some play games‚ some chat with friends‚ and some post updates about their lives‚ but one thing that users may not realize is the effect that social media is having on society. Websites like Facebook and Twitter effect our lives negatively‚ positively‚ and a lot more than we think. We all have our different causes for liking social media‚ but we don’t always realize the important effects they are having on our lives.
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