CHAPTER1. INTRODUCTION A social networking site is described as a website where individuals can set up an online profile‚ describing his/her interests”( Ebony pg.1).A Web site that provides a virtual community for people to share their daily or even moment-to-moment activities with family and friends‚ or to share their interest in a particular topic‚ or to increase their circle of acquaintances. There are dating sites‚ friendship sites‚ sites with a business purpose and hybrids that offer a combination
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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 of
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Nowadays‚ social networking sites are very popular among people all around the world especially teenagers. In fact‚ social networking sites such as Facebook‚ MySpace and Twitter are names which are quite familiar to anyone of us. Furthermore‚ many of us make use of these social networking sites to stay in touch with our family and friends. This is because that these sites are cheap‚ fast and easy to access. However‚ the parents often feel worry for letting their teens use these social networking sites
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The rapid explosion of social networking is starting to affect corporations. Believe it or not‚ employee use of social networking sites while at work isn’t the only reason corporations are running into problems. corporations themselves have started using social networking sites for a multitude of reasons‚ such as marketing‚ employee communications‚ and emergency response services‚ just to name a few. The reliance on social networking use has introduced some serious vulnerability issues for these
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Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 29 (2008) 420–433 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology Online and offline social networks: Use of social networking sites by emerging adults☆ Kaveri Subrahmanyam a‚b‚⁎‚ Stephanie M. Reich c‚ Natalia Waechter b‚d‚e‚ Guadalupe Espinoza b‚d a b c d e Department of Psychology‚ California State University‚ Los Angeles‚ United States Children ’s Digital Media Center‚ UCLA/CSULA‚ United States Department
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The Benefits of Social Networking Services Dr Philippa Collin‚ University of Western Sydney Ms Kitty Rahilly‚ Inspire Foundation Dr Ingrid Richardson‚ Murdoch University Dr Amanda Third‚ University of Western Sydney Literature Review Literature Review: The Benefits of Social Networking Services This research was made possible by the YAW -CRC‟s partner organisations‚ the in-kind support of researchers from the Inspire Foundation‚ University of Western Sydney and Murdoch University‚ and
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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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Top 5 Social Networking Site – Taiwan Mobile phone and social networking site - market research Researcher Name: Sam Ng Date: 5 August 2011 1|Page Social Networking Site No. 1 - (Facebook) 1. How many users are there on the site? In Taiwan‚ there are approximately 10‚192‚740 audiences (http://www.checkfacebook.com/) 2. How many active users are there? Facebook said it hit 9 million monthly active users in Taiwan in January 2011. (http://www.clickz.asia/2334/facebook-gains-popularity-in-taiwan)
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often do you visit social networking sites? A.) Always B.) Never C.) Sometimes D.) Occasionally 2.) How much time do you spend on visiting social networking sites? A.) 30 mins. – 1 hr. B.) 1 hr. – 2 hrs. C.) 2hrs. – 3 hrs. D.) Others (Pls. specify): _________________ 3.) Do you enjoy visiting social networking sites? A.) Yes B.) No C.) Sometimes 4.) If Yes or Sometimes in number 3‚ what do you enjoy about social networking sites? A.) Communication
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Project Report Role of social networking and blogging sites as Knowledge Management tools being used by industry for new product/service introduction and better effeciency Submitted in partial fulfillment of M.B.A Degree Submitted to – Mr. Gaurav Chandiok Submitted by – Karan Malhotra (112A52) Rahul Arora (112A45) Table of Content S.no | Content | Page no. | 1 | List of Images | | 2 | List of graphs | | 3 | Acknowledgement | | 4 | Certificate | | 5 | Introduction
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