1. Social Networking Effects
Presented By:- Group Alpha
Semester: Spring 2018
Course: ENG 113
Group Members:
Tahmid Bin Sajed Khan (181-15-11328)
Emtiyez Ahmed Rony (181-15-11062)
Md. Mostafizur Rahman (181-15-11064)
Shrijon Deb Tushar (181-15-11303)
Mehedi Hasan Maruf (181-15-11065)
Department of CSE, DIU
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2. Introduction:
Social networking is the use of internet-based social media programs to make
connections with friends, family, classmates, customers and clients.
Social networking can occur for social purposes, business purposes or both
through sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Classmates.com, google
classroom etc.
Social networking can also help one's business through social contacts by
making connections through individuals, often through social media sites such
as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn , Google+ etc.
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3. Some Popular Social Networking Platforms:
The following Top 5 Social Networking Platforms are arranged in order of
popularity :-
Facebook
YouTube
WhatsApp
WeChat
Instagram
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5. Mobile Platform:
More than half of Bangladesh’s one population is under 35 years of age and is
at the forefront of mobile phone revolution.
For 2017 the number of mobile phone users is forecast to reach 4.77 billion.
The number of mobile phone users in the world is expected to pass the five
billion mark by 2019.
In 2016, an estimated 62.9 percent of the population worldwide already
owned a mobile phone.
More than 50% of youth in metro city prefers Whatsapp/Messenger over SMS.
Increased irrational use, prank calls, unwanted message/interaction.
Facebook Messenger and Whatsapp handle 60 billion messages a day.
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6. Some Facts:
Bangladesh has 80 million Internet users, on an average, Bangladeshi web
users spend 26 minutes online each day.
Age group of 15-24 are the highest number of social media users, on an
average Facebook is visited atleast thrice a day.
67 percent of the teenagers are friends with strangers!!
Cases of Cyber bullying, Fake Profiles are increased in a huge number.
Thoughts of the youth are being manipulated with increase in use of websites.
The internet has 3.5 billion users.
There are 3.03 billion social media users.
A new social media account is created every 15 seconds.
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7. Social Video Statistics:
Facebook now sees 8 billion average daily video views from 500 million users.
Snapchat users also sees 8 billion average daily video views.
78% of people watch online videos every week, 55% watch every day
It’s estimated that video will account for 74% of all online traffic in 2017.
300 hours of video are uploaded to Youtube every minute.
People now watch 1 billion hours of YouTube videos every day.
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8. Negative effects:
Teens who use Facebook more may have psychological disorders, including
antisocial behaviors, mania and aggressive tendencies.
Can be Distractive. People check Facebook/Whatsapp very frequently.
The Desire to Compare: We compare ourselves to others in terms of looks,
travelled destinations, shopping sprees, friends and so on.
Radiation: Phone calls, internet over phone, even idle phone has a lot of
radiation around it.
Eye Problems: Prolonged use of display screens may weaken eye sight.
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9. Negative effects (Continued):
Addiction: Internet shopping, online chatting can be addictive.
Effect on health: Sitting all day in front of laptops/computers may disturb
body metabolism.
Reduction in physical activities.
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10. Positive effects:
Helps in conversation around the world.
Data, information can be exchanged easily.
Money over SMS can be saved by using whatsapp.
Information can be directly sent to large number of people easily.
Helps in avoiding boredom.
A local Businessperson may expand his business over websites.
Helps in making friends and meeting new people.
Helps in seeking new job offers.
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