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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entrance of social networking platforms. Today‚ the availability of the social networking platforms like Facebook‚ Google+‚ Orkut‚ Twitter‚ LinkedIn‚ etc. information about individuals is freely available to all. One can easily be in touch with thousands of individuals across different phases of their life. One is regularly updated with personal information‚ photographs‚ thoughts‚ opinions‚ and lots of other aspects of an individual’s life. The nature of social relationships
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Social Networking: Danger on Children Nowadays‚ social networking is one of the important matters in human’s life. Social networking is an online service‚ platform‚ or site that focuses on facilitating the building of social networks or social relations among people‚ for example Facebook‚ Twitter‚ Yahoo‚ and Google. Since there are many advantages of using social networking‚ it becomes popular among people: teenagers‚ adults‚ middle-aged people‚ or even children use it in their everyday lives
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Disadvantages of Social Networking Sites Social networking site is a web site that enables user to create public profiles within a web site and form relationships with other user of the same web site who can access their profile. Social networking sites can be used to describe community-based web sites‚ online discussions forums‚ chat rooms and other social spaces online. Examples of social networking site are facebook‚ twitter‚ tumbler‚ yahoo messenger‚ instagram and etc. Social networking sites have their
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Since the advent of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter‚ there has been much debate on their benefits and detriments. While social networking sites are a useful tool in our increasingly connected world‚ they can also adversely affect our development and the nature of our social interactions. Hence‚ it is important to first identify their advantages and disadvantages to effectively use them. Social networking sites offer a medium for people to keep in touch with their acquaintances
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Debate Topic: Are Social Networking Sites Good Recruitment Sources? Social networking is defined by dictionary.com as “the development of social and professional contacts; the sharing of information and services among people with a common interest”‚ or in terms of computers‚ it is “the use of Web sites or other online technologies to communicate with people and share information‚ resources‚ etc.” (Dictionary.com‚ 2012). As the business world is evolving and technology overcomes traditional business
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Social Networking English Composition I September 20‚ 2012 Social Networking Gone Bad Have you even thought about how different society would be without social networking web sites? Many of the social networking web sites today play a huge role with the way we interact with one another in our everyday lives‚ which include most relationships. Using a social networking web site has many negative effects on relationship. Building insecurity‚ advertising personal information‚ and building social
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You Have a Friend in Me Everyone has friends but every friend is different. You have your friends with families‚ the “let’s go out every night” friends‚ and last but not least‚ your long distant friends. Yes they are all friends but each one lives a different life style and has their own unique personality. They have a special place in your heart through thick and thin. Friends are loving‚ caring‚ loyal‚ and honest. Friend’s seal your deepest darkest secret with a “pinky swear” and a hug. Which
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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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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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