Social networks

Social networking such as Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Bebo are tools for people to communicate. Hundreds of millions of people use these tools for finding new friends and sharing their daily activities or their opinion. Some people find these are interesting and use them every day. They find these sites are so beneficial to them. After reading Micheal Rosenwald 's article "Can Facebook Help Overcome Shyness?" and Tom Meltzer 's article "Social Networking: Failure to Connect", in my opinion,…

bumping into someone. Having silence on the subway because people just want to have earphones in their ears and read their phones than have a face to face communication. As a result of this mass increase in technology that is now incorporated into our social lives for example schools with their educational apps that help kids, teens and young adults comprehend new information that they never knew before and Google that makes every curious question available in an instant, is now mostly having a…

Cyberspace use is spreading rapidly into our daily life, directly affecting the people's behavior and ideas. Cyberspace or the Internet existence definitely offers wider options of retrieving and collecting information. It surely can be beneficial to the society, but know they can poisonous. Although it may sound all interesting online, there are still drawbacks on the other side of the virtual world. The society may not aware of how the cyberspace is actually impacting our life in both positive…

Possibly one of the most negative affects of social networking or media is that it causes the users to get addicted. A value is a general idea that certain types of behaviors are good, right, or moral. Businesses have benefited from social networks. “With social media the businesses can connect with their targeted customers for free, the only cost is energy and time” (Imtiaz Ali). Although there are benefits that…

the brand, but only this time it would have been in a positive way and who knows, someone probably would have tweeted a McDonald’s moment as his favourite moment. Furthermore, McDonald’s should have then gone ahead to start a new campaign on other social media channels like Facebook, YouTube and Google+ using people’s description of their favourite moments to describe the satisfaction their customers will derive from their services and meals using marketing automation to ensure consistent…

tensions. In 2011, when civil riots were in action in London, the British government did not shut down internet but decided to search for alternate methods to control criminals, misusing the networks(Amrogi,2011,para 3). The foreign minister William Hague tweeted, “No I don 't think we should censor #Facebook and social media." He said he supported the "freedom of expression on the internet, just not crime (ANI, 2011)". On the other hand, in India, when there were conflicts between Bodo…

(Ferguson). Especially now with social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, more teenagers are living in a digital world than in the real world. “Social media is a general term for both Web based and mobile technologies that facilitate social interaction online” (Longe). Just by walking outside in a public place you will notice how many people are glued to their cell phones or tablets not paying any attention to anything going on around them. Social media creates lasting…

Over the course of the last two decades the use of social media has skyrocketed with over 72% of all online US adults, visiting Facebook at least once a month and Facebook adds 500,000 new users every day, that’s 6 new profiles every second. The benefits that social media could have on society has been overlooked and overshadowed by an uneducated view of the medium. Social media has benefited society because it provides immediate help during a crisis, because it can be used to monitor mental…

BLUE WHALE CHALLENGE The Blue Whale Game, also known as "Blue Whale Challenge", is a 21st-century social network phenomenon, beginning in 2016. The game consists of a series of tasks assigned to players by administrators over a 50-day period, with the final challenge requiring the player to commit suicide. In 2016, Philipp Budeikin, a 21-year-old former psychology student who was expelled from his university, claimed that he invented the game in 2013.This game has attracted the attention of…

Look Mom! Twitter’s for Kids! In recent years, social networking sites have increased in popularity among people of all ages. Users can create their own personal profile, post and share pictures, stories, blogs, news articles, and share their opinions with their loved ones. Most have a private messaging feature that allows two people or a specified group of people to discuss things away from the public eye. SNSs (social networking sites) offer a great way to keep in touch with family and…