The document is a research paper about Facebook that includes an abstract, introduction, sections on how Facebook has changed lives and the benefits of Facebook, uses of Facebook, disadvantages of Facebook, and a conclusion with references. The introduction explains that Facebook is a social media site that allows users to connect and share information worldwide. Sections then discuss topics like how revolutions in the Middle East were organized on Facebook and how communication through Facebook helped Obama's presidential campaign.
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FACEBOOK
Mark Zuckerberg
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Outline
•Abstract
Mark Zuckerberg •Introduction
•How facebook has changed the lives of people
across the world
•Benefits of facebook
•Uses of facebook
•Disadvantages of facebook
•Conclusion
•References
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Abstract
Facebook is one of the most popular
social networking sites. It has free
Mark Zuckerberg
membership and has attracted hundreds
of millions of users across the globe. In
this research work, we are going to take
an insight overview of facebook and the
benefits that it comes with. We are also
going to examine how facebook has
affected the lives of different people
across the globe.
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INTRODUCTION
Facebook is a social networking website that
enables users to exchange information and
communicate freely with each other all over
the world. The networking site was started in
Mark Zuckerberg February 2004 and is solely owned and
operated by Facebook Inc. in order to become
a user a person needs to register by providing
personal information. People can therefore be
able to interact with each other once they are
registered. Facebook has very many benefits
as well as disadvantages. However the
benefits surpass the drawbacks and can be
considered one of the most beneficial social
sites ever existed.
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How facebook has changed the lives of
people across the world.
Most of the
revolutions in the
Middle East were
instigated by
facebook as people
from different parts of
the Arab world were
able to share
information and know
of the progress of the
activities that resulted
into the revolt
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How facebook has changed the lives of people across the
world.
Facebook has changed the lives of
people in different ways across the globe.
Among them are:
President Obama’s success relied
majorly on social media whereby he was
able to meet different people across the
US and help him forge his way forward.
Obama has been able to communicate
with different people across the US and
be able to make America work through
the use of facebook
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BENEFITS OF FACEBOOK
Facebook has several benefits
including:
Communication has been made easier
and people have been able to make
more friends through the use of the
social networking website
Information can be easily and quickly
relayed across the world thus ensuring
that people are always up to date
People can easily get information about the
cheating spouses thereby making it easier
to control the vice.
It has helped to do away with the social
injustices as the government authorities
are made well aware of the possibility of an
uprising as in the case of the Middle East
in 2011.
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USES OF FACEBOOK
•Facebook can be used for passing information thus
ensuring that people are always up to date
•It helps in carrying out investigations
•It can also be used for socializing and making new
friends
•The protests in Israel about housing prices has also been
made possible through the use of facebook
•Facebook has also resulted into increased cases of
divorce as people are able to get evidence about infidelity
much faster while on the other hand, facebook also leads
to the increased cases of infidelity.
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USES OF FACEBOOK
Most of the victims of the Japan tsunami earthquake
were helped much faster through the use of
facebook as several groups came forth to provide
different types of donations.
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Disadvantages of facebook
Has led to increased cases of infidelity
Has led to increased cases of crime
Has led to increased cases of fraud
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The number of facebook
users has been on the
rise in the recent past.
The number is much
likely to increase even
further in the near future
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Conclusion
Facebook is a very beneficial social
networking website that can help in
making lives more comfortable. However
if misused it can lead to grievous
consequences. Therefore the
responsible authorities need to ensure
that there is proper filtering of
information to avoid cases of
incitement and fraud.
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References
•Kirkpatrick, David, (2006) "Why Facebook matters: It's not just for
arranging dates. And it's not just another social network. Facebook
offers sophisticated tools for maintaining social relationships", Fortune
•Miller, Daniel, (2011) Tales from Facebook, Polity
•Hussain, Waqar (2010). "Pakistanis create rival Muslim Facebook".
Agence France-Presse.
•Racheff, Jeffery (2010). "Mark Zuckerberg Calls The Social Network
Inaccurate". Limelife.
•Ehrlich, Brenna (2011). "Parents name child after Facebook 'Like'
button". CNN.
•Olivarez-Giles, Nathan (2011). "Israeli newborn named 'Like' in tribute
to Facebook". Los Angeles Times.
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Editor's Notes
Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg together with some of his roommates in college. Initially they limited the membership to the students of Harvard University but later on they allowed other users to register as members. It is estimated that by April 2010, about 42% of the US population had facebook accounts. The number has since risen rapidly. Users of facebook can be able to join different groups whereby they can be able to share information and interact with each other. If there is any new information, then it can be easily shared among the different members of any particular group. A person can be able to update his/her profile and then allow other friends to comment on them. Through this more interactions can be achieved.
People can use facebook to facilitate communication in different ways and also ensure that they are always up to date with the occurrences across the globe. People can also be able to make friends more easily without paying attention to a person’s place of origin. There are some marriages which and unions which have been made possible through facebook.
Lawyers have used facebook to get information about the evidence of cheating thereby making the cases easier to solve. The governments have also been put to check since they are aware of the possibilities of various uprisings that take place as a result of interactions through the social sites. Therefore they are held accountable to whatever they do thus ensuring better governance.
Communication is very vital and can help in achieving several objectives. Facebook has helped in making this a reality as people are able to pass information and hence get to now more about the occurrences in different parts of the world. The revolutions in the Arab world were also instigated by communication through the social media thus making a very big difference in the Arab world.
There are very many uses of facebook that are evident across the globe. People are able to pass information and hence stay up to date. Some uses of facebook however have negative effects while others are very beneficial.
Even though facebook has several benefits and advantages to the society, there are some disadvantages that comes with it. Most of them are as a result of misuse of the social networking website. If the networking site is properly used then it can bring several benefits to the society at large. Facebook is one of the leading sources of cybercrime and there is need for stringent measures to be taken in order to prevent the emergence of such problems. Therefore, the responsible authorities need to ensure that information is properly filtered before being let to their destinations.