The document discusses two perspectives on how online communities impact society. Howard Rheingold believes they can ultimately benefit society by facilitating interaction, while Neil Postman argues they will have a negative impact. The author tests these perspectives by interacting on Facebook and Second Life. For Second Life, the author finds that most users spend significant time online but do not expand their online relationships to real life. However, for Facebook, the author finds it can facilitate real-life social connections by helping people keep in touch over long distances. While both sites present some risks, the author concludes that technology itself is neutral—it is how people choose to use it that determines its social impact.
Social media has both positive and negative impacts on students according to this presentation. Positively, social media helps students establish connections, share ideas to improve creativity, increase knowledge and awareness while saving time and costs. However, social media addiction can degrade academic performance. It also increases risks of fraud, spam and hacking while oversharing personal details can endanger safety. In conclusion, social media has benefits but also risks that require balance and moderation.
The document defines social media as online spaces where people can connect and share information. It notes both positive and negative impacts of social media. The positive impacts include facilitating open communication, business networking, marketing, and market research. However, social media can also be addictive and time-consuming. It may intrude on privacy and personal lives. While social media has benefits, it also has drawbacks, and is overall a neutral technology with pros and cons.
Impacts of social media on students
Impacts of social media on students
Impacts of social media on students
Impacts of social media on students
Impacts of social media on students
The document provides an overview of the history and development of the Internet. It discusses:
1) How Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1990, which helped popularize the Internet among the public and allowed access to vast information online.
2) Berners-Lee's role as the director of the World Wide Web Consortium and founder in 1994 to establish standards and recommendations to improve the quality of the Web.
3) While noting achievements like email and access to information, the document does not explicitly state a single "greatest achievement" of the Internet.
Social networking allows people to connect with others and share information more easily than ever before. It is an important tool for businesses to reach customers. Some key aspects of using social networking effectively include building social media pages and profiles, posting quality content regularly, and engaging with others on sites like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and through social bookmarking. While social networking has benefits like brand awareness and finding new contacts, it also has disadvantages like potential cyberbullying and reduced productivity if overused. An important aspect of social networking is balancing real world relationships and interactions as well.
This document discusses how library media specialists and students can use social media tools like Twitter, Delicious, blogs, and wikis to connect, share information, and learn. It encourages creating a personal learning network using these tools to gain knowledge from others, share expertise, and contribute new information. Specific social media are highlighted that can be used professionally to find resources and make connections globally, and tools like Twitter and blogs are discussed for engaging students with learning.
Social networking can have negative impacts such as privacy issues, addiction, and diminished social skills. Privacy issues arise because social networks require personal information that is then used for targeted advertising. Addiction can occur when users feel compelled to constantly check social networks for updates instead of engaging in real-world social interactions. Heavy social network use is linked to poorer social skills and health issues due to less face-to-face socializing.
The document discusses some common types of social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and their annual revenues. It then outlines some disadvantages of social networking sites like addiction, time wastage, lack of concentration, reduced learning and research capabilities, negative health effects, and reduced real-world social interaction. The document concludes by emphasizing the need to use social networking sites wisely in moderation.
Social media has both positive and negative impacts on students according to this presentation. Positively, social media helps students establish connections, share ideas to improve creativity, increase knowledge and awareness while saving time and costs. However, social media addiction can degrade academic performance. It also increases risks of fraud, spam and hacking while oversharing personal details can endanger safety. In conclusion, social media has benefits but also risks that require balance and moderation.
The document defines social media as online spaces where people can connect and share information. It notes both positive and negative impacts of social media. The positive impacts include facilitating open communication, business networking, marketing, and market research. However, social media can also be addictive and time-consuming. It may intrude on privacy and personal lives. While social media has benefits, it also has drawbacks, and is overall a neutral technology with pros and cons.
Impacts of social media on students
Impacts of social media on students
Impacts of social media on students
Impacts of social media on students
Impacts of social media on students
The document provides an overview of the history and development of the Internet. It discusses:
1) How Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1990, which helped popularize the Internet among the public and allowed access to vast information online.
2) Berners-Lee's role as the director of the World Wide Web Consortium and founder in 1994 to establish standards and recommendations to improve the quality of the Web.
3) While noting achievements like email and access to information, the document does not explicitly state a single "greatest achievement" of the Internet.
Social networking allows people to connect with others and share information more easily than ever before. It is an important tool for businesses to reach customers. Some key aspects of using social networking effectively include building social media pages and profiles, posting quality content regularly, and engaging with others on sites like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and through social bookmarking. While social networking has benefits like brand awareness and finding new contacts, it also has disadvantages like potential cyberbullying and reduced productivity if overused. An important aspect of social networking is balancing real world relationships and interactions as well.
This document discusses how library media specialists and students can use social media tools like Twitter, Delicious, blogs, and wikis to connect, share information, and learn. It encourages creating a personal learning network using these tools to gain knowledge from others, share expertise, and contribute new information. Specific social media are highlighted that can be used professionally to find resources and make connections globally, and tools like Twitter and blogs are discussed for engaging students with learning.
Social networking can have negative impacts such as privacy issues, addiction, and diminished social skills. Privacy issues arise because social networks require personal information that is then used for targeted advertising. Addiction can occur when users feel compelled to constantly check social networks for updates instead of engaging in real-world social interactions. Heavy social network use is linked to poorer social skills and health issues due to less face-to-face socializing.
The document discusses some common types of social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and their annual revenues. It then outlines some disadvantages of social networking sites like addiction, time wastage, lack of concentration, reduced learning and research capabilities, negative health effects, and reduced real-world social interaction. The document concludes by emphasizing the need to use social networking sites wisely in moderation.
Negative impacts of social media as my space and facebook on teenagers in th...GeorgeDolezal
This document discusses the negative impacts of social media like Facebook and MySpace on teenagers in the U.S. It finds that over 93% of teens aged 12-19 use the internet regularly and 73% use social media. The biggest effects identified are limited self-regulation, susceptibility to peer pressure, expression of offline issues like cliques and cyberbullying online, privacy issues, internet addiction, and sleep deprivation. The document recommends that parents guide their children's internet use to help them make safe decisions and ensure online activities are monitored to prevent risks like cyberbullying and sexting.
The Power of Media Communication and Social Networks (Stand-alone PowerPoint ...Clarisse Anne Jose
This document discusses media communication and social networks. It begins by defining media communication as the storage and transmission channels used to deliver information, and distinguishes between analog and digital media. Analog media transmits continuous signals, while digital uses discrete time signals. Examples of analog media include radio, telephony, and television broadcast. Social networks are then presented as a form of digital media. The importance of social networks is explained, such as keeping people connected, updated, and providing networking opportunities. Common social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, and YouTube are implicated. In conclusion, communication systems encompass diverse applications including analog and digital media like social networks.
Social media in education advantages & disadvantagesej-luna
This document discusses the advantages and disadvantages of using social media in education. [1] Social media encourages student interaction and sharing of ideas. [2] It helps establish relationships and a sense of belonging. [3] These relationships can also be fostered on a community level. However, [1] constant connectivity can fragment attention and weaken critical thinking skills. [2] Prolonged internet use can damage learning abilities by changing brain structure.
This document discusses the impact of social media on various aspects of life. It introduces popular social media platforms and notes that social media is important for staying connected with friends and informed about news. The document then explores both the advantages and disadvantages of social media, noting positive impacts on areas like education and business, but also negative impacts like addiction, fraud, and stress. Overall, it concludes that social media has both benefits and drawbacks for users and society.
Social media in education advantages & disadvantagesErnesto Luna
This document discusses the advantages and disadvantages of using social media in education. [1] Social media encourages student interaction and sharing of ideas. [2] It helps establish relationships and a sense of belonging. [3] These relationships can also be fostered on a community level. However, [1] constant connectivity can fragment attention and weaken critical thinking skills. [2] Prolonged internet use can damage learning abilities by changing brain structure. While social media improves communication, it may degrade concentration capacity.
the effect of social media in our daily lifeSudipta Saha
1) The document is a research paper submitted by Sudipta Saha to fulfill the requirements of the Research Methodology course at American International University-Bangladesh. It examines the effect of social media in daily life.
2) A survey was conducted of 40 AIUB students using non-random sampling. Most respondents were male undergraduate students between 21-24 years who have completed 60-90 credits. Nearly all were members of social media sites, mostly Facebook.
3) The findings show that while social media can have positive effects like increasing knowledge, most respondents felt frequent social media use negatively impacts studies. However, many thought social media can be productively used and increase skills if properly managed.
IMPACT OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES AMONG STUDENTSbhazz
This document provides a literature review on previous research conducted on the impact of social networking sites among students. Several studies found that students spend 1-5 hours daily on social networking sites. While social networking provides benefits like staying connected with friends and access to information, it can also negatively impact students' concentration, behavior, and privacy. The literature review explores both the positive and negative effects identified in prior research studies.
On the last day of CSWE’s Annual Program Meeting at 10:00 AM in the Dallas Ballroom A-2, Nancy J. Smyth, Melanie Sage, Jonathan Singer, and I are presenting about how social work educators can use technology for career-long learning. Nancy, Melanie and I introduced the idea of professional learning networks (PLN) to a packed room at Social Work Distance Education Conference in April, and wanted to bring the practice to the #APM17 crowd. A PLN incorporates technology-based tools and processes in a way that allows individuals to stay up-to-date and share information about current news, practice knowledge and current research findings. We will be talking about the mechanics, advantages and disadvantages of establishing a PLN. One resources we will be sharing is our Professional Learning Network (PLN) Worksheet, which takes a social worker through the steps of creating their own PLN.
The Effects on Social Networking on EducationNash Nash
This document discusses the effects of social networking on education. It presents research that found the majority of students start using social media between ages 13-14 and use it several times a day. More females reported being harassed online than males. The document proposes a strategic plan to address these issues, including workshops for students, parents, and teachers to provide guidelines on responsible social media use and how to deal with cyberbullying.
This document discusses different types of social networks including those for keeping in touch with friends and family, sharing multimedia, professional networking, finding information, education, hobbies, and academics. It provides examples of popular social networking sites for each category such as Facebook for staying connected with friends and family, YouTube and Flickr for sharing photos and videos, LinkedIn for professional networking, forums for informational communities, and research-focused sites for academics.
Impact of social networking sites on youthsobic1234
This document discusses social networking services and their impact. It begins by defining social networking as online platforms that facilitate building social connections between users with shared interests. Examples like Facebook and MySpace are given. Both pros and cons of social networking are outlined, such as it being cheap but also time-consuming. The document also discusses social networking's addictiveness for youth and impact on issues like corruption and social movements. Michelle Obama's views on her daughters not using Facebook due to security concerns are also mentioned.
Social networking sites allow people to build online communities for sharing interests. While successful in attracting large numbers of users, monetizing these sites has proven difficult. Some key benefits of social networking for businesses include facilitating communication, improving business reputation through low-cost marketing, and expanding market research. However, social networking also poses risks like loss of productivity and potential legal issues.
Social networking allows individuals to construct public profiles, connect with others, and view connections within the system. It has evolved from early 20th century ideas to today's major sites like Facebook. Networks can be analyzed at the micro, meso, and macro levels. While social networking provides benefits like strengthening relationships, it also poses privacy and addiction risks. The growth of social networks is evidenced by increasing related patents over time.
This document discusses social networking and the results of a study on social networking usage. It defines social networking as an online platform for groups to share information like interests and activities. It outlines common features of social networking sites and presents results from surveys on usage. The results show that most people feel aware of site terms but not fully secure. Case studies demonstrate both negative impacts like online threats and positive impacts like using social media to find a bone marrow donor. The document also covers legal implications of social media use including privacy, copyright and employment law issues.
This document provides an overview and background information about social networking sites. It begins with definitions of social networking sites and describes their key features, such as user profiles, connections between users, and communication tools. It then discusses the history and evolution of social networking sites from early online communities in the 1990s to major current platforms. The types of social networking sites are also categorized, distinguishing between those that enable social mobility versus replicating existing social connections. In summary, the document outlines the definition, features, history, and categorization of social networking sites.
The document presents research on the effect of social networking sites on people's personal lives. It discusses popular sites like Orkut, Facebook, and MySpace. The research was conducted through questionnaires and interviews with students to understand how social networking influences relationships and how people use these sites. The report also includes a literature review of past research and analysis of the data collected. It aims to examine the impacts of social networking and provide suggestions.
Effects of Social Media on Young AdultsRatan Rajpal
The document discusses the effects of social media on young adults. It notes that while social media allows people to easily connect with others, it may also negatively impact real-life interactions and communication. Some disadvantages include reduced face-to-face interactions, increased online bullying, and the prioritization of online popularity over real-world connections. The document also examines how social media influences business communication and trends in social networking sites.
Impact of social networking sites on youthJustin Patel
This document discusses the positive and negative impacts of social networking sites on youth. Positively, social networks help youth stay connected with friends and family globally, gain knowledge about other cultures, and provide opportunities for networking and business. However, negatives include oversharing personal information which can change mindsets to prioritize online popularity over real world connections. Additionally, constant social media usage can replace meaningful face-to-face interactions and violate personal privacy for the sake of maintaining online profiles and connections.
This summarizes the Easter church service attended by the author at Flatirons Community Church in Lafayette, Colorado. The service aimed to attract both regular churchgoers and newcomers through a "soft sell" approach. The minister acknowledged flaws and doubts to relate to all attendees. While unusual, this strategy seemed effective in intriguing newcomers and reminding regulars why they attend. The church has grown significantly in only a few years using this positive, non-judgmental style that makes people feel accepted rather than blamed.
Tanzania has a population of over 41 million people and its capital is Dodoma. The country has a diverse landscape that includes Mount Kilimanjaro and islands off its east coast. Agriculture is important to Tanzania's economy, with crops like coffee, tea, and tobacco being important exports. Soccer is the most popular sport and the country has a rich cultural heritage expressed through art, clothing, and indigenous religious beliefs.
Negative impacts of social media as my space and facebook on teenagers in th...GeorgeDolezal
This document discusses the negative impacts of social media like Facebook and MySpace on teenagers in the U.S. It finds that over 93% of teens aged 12-19 use the internet regularly and 73% use social media. The biggest effects identified are limited self-regulation, susceptibility to peer pressure, expression of offline issues like cliques and cyberbullying online, privacy issues, internet addiction, and sleep deprivation. The document recommends that parents guide their children's internet use to help them make safe decisions and ensure online activities are monitored to prevent risks like cyberbullying and sexting.
The Power of Media Communication and Social Networks (Stand-alone PowerPoint ...Clarisse Anne Jose
This document discusses media communication and social networks. It begins by defining media communication as the storage and transmission channels used to deliver information, and distinguishes between analog and digital media. Analog media transmits continuous signals, while digital uses discrete time signals. Examples of analog media include radio, telephony, and television broadcast. Social networks are then presented as a form of digital media. The importance of social networks is explained, such as keeping people connected, updated, and providing networking opportunities. Common social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, and YouTube are implicated. In conclusion, communication systems encompass diverse applications including analog and digital media like social networks.
Social media in education advantages & disadvantagesej-luna
This document discusses the advantages and disadvantages of using social media in education. [1] Social media encourages student interaction and sharing of ideas. [2] It helps establish relationships and a sense of belonging. [3] These relationships can also be fostered on a community level. However, [1] constant connectivity can fragment attention and weaken critical thinking skills. [2] Prolonged internet use can damage learning abilities by changing brain structure.
This document discusses the impact of social media on various aspects of life. It introduces popular social media platforms and notes that social media is important for staying connected with friends and informed about news. The document then explores both the advantages and disadvantages of social media, noting positive impacts on areas like education and business, but also negative impacts like addiction, fraud, and stress. Overall, it concludes that social media has both benefits and drawbacks for users and society.
Social media in education advantages & disadvantagesErnesto Luna
This document discusses the advantages and disadvantages of using social media in education. [1] Social media encourages student interaction and sharing of ideas. [2] It helps establish relationships and a sense of belonging. [3] These relationships can also be fostered on a community level. However, [1] constant connectivity can fragment attention and weaken critical thinking skills. [2] Prolonged internet use can damage learning abilities by changing brain structure. While social media improves communication, it may degrade concentration capacity.
the effect of social media in our daily lifeSudipta Saha
1) The document is a research paper submitted by Sudipta Saha to fulfill the requirements of the Research Methodology course at American International University-Bangladesh. It examines the effect of social media in daily life.
2) A survey was conducted of 40 AIUB students using non-random sampling. Most respondents were male undergraduate students between 21-24 years who have completed 60-90 credits. Nearly all were members of social media sites, mostly Facebook.
3) The findings show that while social media can have positive effects like increasing knowledge, most respondents felt frequent social media use negatively impacts studies. However, many thought social media can be productively used and increase skills if properly managed.
IMPACT OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES AMONG STUDENTSbhazz
This document provides a literature review on previous research conducted on the impact of social networking sites among students. Several studies found that students spend 1-5 hours daily on social networking sites. While social networking provides benefits like staying connected with friends and access to information, it can also negatively impact students' concentration, behavior, and privacy. The literature review explores both the positive and negative effects identified in prior research studies.
On the last day of CSWE’s Annual Program Meeting at 10:00 AM in the Dallas Ballroom A-2, Nancy J. Smyth, Melanie Sage, Jonathan Singer, and I are presenting about how social work educators can use technology for career-long learning. Nancy, Melanie and I introduced the idea of professional learning networks (PLN) to a packed room at Social Work Distance Education Conference in April, and wanted to bring the practice to the #APM17 crowd. A PLN incorporates technology-based tools and processes in a way that allows individuals to stay up-to-date and share information about current news, practice knowledge and current research findings. We will be talking about the mechanics, advantages and disadvantages of establishing a PLN. One resources we will be sharing is our Professional Learning Network (PLN) Worksheet, which takes a social worker through the steps of creating their own PLN.
The Effects on Social Networking on EducationNash Nash
This document discusses the effects of social networking on education. It presents research that found the majority of students start using social media between ages 13-14 and use it several times a day. More females reported being harassed online than males. The document proposes a strategic plan to address these issues, including workshops for students, parents, and teachers to provide guidelines on responsible social media use and how to deal with cyberbullying.
This document discusses different types of social networks including those for keeping in touch with friends and family, sharing multimedia, professional networking, finding information, education, hobbies, and academics. It provides examples of popular social networking sites for each category such as Facebook for staying connected with friends and family, YouTube and Flickr for sharing photos and videos, LinkedIn for professional networking, forums for informational communities, and research-focused sites for academics.
Impact of social networking sites on youthsobic1234
This document discusses social networking services and their impact. It begins by defining social networking as online platforms that facilitate building social connections between users with shared interests. Examples like Facebook and MySpace are given. Both pros and cons of social networking are outlined, such as it being cheap but also time-consuming. The document also discusses social networking's addictiveness for youth and impact on issues like corruption and social movements. Michelle Obama's views on her daughters not using Facebook due to security concerns are also mentioned.
Social networking sites allow people to build online communities for sharing interests. While successful in attracting large numbers of users, monetizing these sites has proven difficult. Some key benefits of social networking for businesses include facilitating communication, improving business reputation through low-cost marketing, and expanding market research. However, social networking also poses risks like loss of productivity and potential legal issues.
Social networking allows individuals to construct public profiles, connect with others, and view connections within the system. It has evolved from early 20th century ideas to today's major sites like Facebook. Networks can be analyzed at the micro, meso, and macro levels. While social networking provides benefits like strengthening relationships, it also poses privacy and addiction risks. The growth of social networks is evidenced by increasing related patents over time.
This document discusses social networking and the results of a study on social networking usage. It defines social networking as an online platform for groups to share information like interests and activities. It outlines common features of social networking sites and presents results from surveys on usage. The results show that most people feel aware of site terms but not fully secure. Case studies demonstrate both negative impacts like online threats and positive impacts like using social media to find a bone marrow donor. The document also covers legal implications of social media use including privacy, copyright and employment law issues.
This document provides an overview and background information about social networking sites. It begins with definitions of social networking sites and describes their key features, such as user profiles, connections between users, and communication tools. It then discusses the history and evolution of social networking sites from early online communities in the 1990s to major current platforms. The types of social networking sites are also categorized, distinguishing between those that enable social mobility versus replicating existing social connections. In summary, the document outlines the definition, features, history, and categorization of social networking sites.
The document presents research on the effect of social networking sites on people's personal lives. It discusses popular sites like Orkut, Facebook, and MySpace. The research was conducted through questionnaires and interviews with students to understand how social networking influences relationships and how people use these sites. The report also includes a literature review of past research and analysis of the data collected. It aims to examine the impacts of social networking and provide suggestions.
Effects of Social Media on Young AdultsRatan Rajpal
The document discusses the effects of social media on young adults. It notes that while social media allows people to easily connect with others, it may also negatively impact real-life interactions and communication. Some disadvantages include reduced face-to-face interactions, increased online bullying, and the prioritization of online popularity over real-world connections. The document also examines how social media influences business communication and trends in social networking sites.
Impact of social networking sites on youthJustin Patel
This document discusses the positive and negative impacts of social networking sites on youth. Positively, social networks help youth stay connected with friends and family globally, gain knowledge about other cultures, and provide opportunities for networking and business. However, negatives include oversharing personal information which can change mindsets to prioritize online popularity over real world connections. Additionally, constant social media usage can replace meaningful face-to-face interactions and violate personal privacy for the sake of maintaining online profiles and connections.
This summarizes the Easter church service attended by the author at Flatirons Community Church in Lafayette, Colorado. The service aimed to attract both regular churchgoers and newcomers through a "soft sell" approach. The minister acknowledged flaws and doubts to relate to all attendees. While unusual, this strategy seemed effective in intriguing newcomers and reminding regulars why they attend. The church has grown significantly in only a few years using this positive, non-judgmental style that makes people feel accepted rather than blamed.
Tanzania has a population of over 41 million people and its capital is Dodoma. The country has a diverse landscape that includes Mount Kilimanjaro and islands off its east coast. Agriculture is important to Tanzania's economy, with crops like coffee, tea, and tobacco being important exports. Soccer is the most popular sport and the country has a rich cultural heritage expressed through art, clothing, and indigenous religious beliefs.
This 3 sentence document provides information about a company called GSP Corporate Services Pvt Ltd and references their website www.gspcards.com twice. It appears to be a copyright notice for that company and directs readers to their website for additional information. The website is referenced twice, indicating it is an important resource related to the company and its services.
This document summarizes and analyzes two opposing views on globalization - Thomas Friedman who advocates for its acceptance, and Pankaj Ghemawat who argues it is not a major issue. The author acknowledges arguments and data from both perspectives. While most capital movement is still domestic according to Ghemawat, the author believes globalization is developing over time as barriers fall. The world is becoming more interconnected economically and interdependent, though countries can still be self-sufficient. Globalization presents both opportunities and challenges that require awareness and preparation.
1) The document discusses how to provide useful feedback when revising written work. It recommends allowing time after finishing a draft before revising and reading work out loud to gain perspective.
2) When revising others' work, one should approach it as if it was their own and focus on improving the piece, not just fixing errors.
3) Revising should make the work better by assessing audience, argument, evidence, focus, and clarity, and suggesting changes rather than just editing mechanics. The goal is to help authors strengthen their ideas.
- The document discusses how to provide useful feedback when revising one's own or others' work. It provides tips for effective revision.
- The key aspects of revision are stepping away from the work before revising, reading it out loud to hear how it sounds, and revising others' work with the goal of improving it, not just finding errors.
- When revising, the focus should be on making global changes to improve clarity, argument, and effectiveness, rather than just editing for grammar, spelling, or typos. Questions are provided to guide the revision process.
1) Howard Rheingold and Neil Postman disagree on the impact of online communities. Rheingold believes they will benefit society, while Postman argues they will have a negative impact.
2) The author conducted research in Second Life and on Facebook to test Postman's theory. In Second Life, users saw it as a real community and spent 2-5 hours daily interacting with entirely different friends than in real life.
3) On Facebook, people interacted more and with more friends online than in person. This supports Postman's view that online interaction threatens face-to-face relationships and real-world communication.
The document discusses how social media has impacted online dating. It explores whether social media profiles provide enough information to determine if someone is dateable. The author shares their experience using social media for dating and getting opinions from friends. While social media can reveal a lot about a person, the online environment also enables lying and hiding one's true self. The conclusion is that social media can start relationships but more information is needed offline before they can develop further.
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Social networking sites are becoming a primary means of communication for many, but they may be doing more harm than good according to the affirmative team. While social networks help connect people globally, they are linked to increased isolation and a lack of traditional social skills. People are forming friendships online with strangers rather than dedicating time to real-life relationships. This leads to shallow connections and an underlying fear of being alone drives antisocial behaviors. If social media becomes our main form of interaction, it could damage our humanity by limiting self-representation to online profiles rather than face-to-face interactions where we can control self-expression. While social networking has benefits, overuse may negatively impact communication and social skills.
This document outlines several potential dangers of social media use for minors under the age of 18. It discusses risks like cyberbullying, identity theft, distraction from schoolwork, exposure to drugs and alcohol, negative impacts on mental health, and more. The document argues that social media can expose minors to inappropriate content, waste their time, invade their privacy by collecting personal data, and influence them to seek validation online rather than from real relationships. Overall, it takes the position that social media should be illegal for minors due to these various risks and dangers.
The document presents Kimberly Cardinal's theory of convenience, which argues that people are increasingly sharing details about their personal lives online rather than communicating via phone or letters due to convenience. As technology allows people more control over their schedules, social media images have become normalized in society. People are thus more inclined to post about their daily lives online to keep friends and family updated in a time-efficient way, which can reinforce individualism if overused. The theory is classified as interpretive as it aims to understand this phenomenon of increased online self-sharing rather than scientifically explain or predict human behavior.
Real relationships are more beneficial than virtual ones because in real relationships people can truly understand each other through direct observation and interaction. In virtual relationships, people may pretend to be something they are not or date multiple people at once without others knowing. While virtual relationships have advantages like making shy people bolder, real relationships allow people to develop important social and communication skills since interacting face-to-face is different than texting. Real friendships also have benefits like knowing someone's true character and avoiding loneliness, though virtual friendships can still provide advice. Overall, real relationships tend to provide deeper and longer-lasting satisfaction than virtual ones.
Paul Adams gives a presentation on social networks and how they differ from real-life social networks. He discusses Debbie, a woman with different social groups in her life like friends from LA and San Diego that would never interact in real life but were connected on Facebook. Adams talks about how online social networks simplify real-life networks and do not account for people having multiple independent friend groups centered around different parts of their lives. He emphasizes that understanding sociology, not just technology, is important for designing effective social experiences.
This document provides a 5-step guide to online dating success. It discusses how online dating has become a popular way to find partners due to the speed, privacy, and options it provides compared to traditional dating methods. It emphasizes the importance of being clear about one's goals for dating, whether it be a casual or long-term relationship. The guide then outlines the 5 steps to online dating success, beginning with getting started safely and carefully, creating an appealing profile, developing relationships gradually, meeting in person, and maintaining healthy relationships. Safety and honesty are stressed throughout.
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Introduction 5 steps to online Dating Success - Your Fun-Filled Guide to Match-Making the Online Dating Way in 5 Simple Steps! Inside this eBook, you will discover the topics about what you need to know about online dating first, what makes online dating so different, getting started, making yourself look like a million dollars, letting the relationship blossom, meeting face to face, and once bitten.
This document summarizes a student paper on the topic of whether increased use of online social networking leads to social isolation. It provides background on internet and social media usage in Malaysia. The paper discusses arguments on both sides, noting that while some research suggests heavy social media use can replace real-world interactions, others argue it simply provides new ways to socially connect. It concludes that whether social media use leads to isolation may depend more on the individual and type of real-world social connections they have outside of online interactions.
The document summarizes key points from a presentation about how people's real-life social networks differ from their online social networks. It tells a story about a woman named Debbie who was upset to discover that photos from her friends' wild nights at a gay bar, which she had commented on on Facebook, could be viewed by 10-year-old children she teaches swimming. This highlighted the problem that online social networks do not always match people's real-world relationships and connections. The presentation then covered topics like how social networks have changed the web, the importance of understanding relationships and influence, identity, and privacy on social platforms.
Paul Adams, a user research lead at Google, discusses research findings on people's real-life social networks compared to their online social networks. He tells a story about "Debbie" who had different groups in her life unintentionally linked online through Facebook. The main points are that people's online social networks don't match their offline networks, leading to privacy and sharing issues. Further, people have multiple independent groups in their lives formed around shared experiences, not one single "friends" group as typically represented online.
The document summarizes key points from a presentation about how people's real-life social networks differ from their online social networks. It tells a story about a woman named Debbie who was upset to discover that photos from her friends' wild nights at a gay bar, which she had commented on on Facebook, could be viewed by 10-year-old children she teaches swimming. This highlighted the problem that online social networks do not always match people's real-world relationships and connections. The presentation then covered topics like how social networks have changed the web, the importance of understanding relationships and influence, identity, and privacy on social platforms.
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1. Drew Dondelinger<br />Writ 1133<br />Assignment 2<br />Facescreen<br />Howard Rheingold and Neil Postman agree that the relatively new fad of online communities is changing society as we know it. Second Life, Facebook and other social sites allow people to have a social experience beyond real life. Facebook focuses on sharing, talking and interacting with friends primarily not in your vicinity. Facebook is just a way to convey your real life and share it with friends, while Second Life, gives people the opportunity to completely “start over” and create a new online life. Rheingold believes that online community interaction will ultimately benefit society in general, especially online. Postman however argues that ultimately technology and online interaction will have an overall negative impact on society. Based on Postman’s theory of negative impact, and Rheingold who expects to find social benefits, I will test online communities for myself to see what I find. I will be going in with the expectation of negative effects. As for my specific expectations, I will test my belief that online communities have created a society that is increasingly based solely on person to computer interaction and not face to face human contact. Because online interaction is “easier, more convenient and better” in the opinion of many twentieth-century leaders, the next generation, the “technoration” as Jeffery Gitomer puts it, is becoming very inhuman and exceedingly worse at face-to-face interaction and real world communication. I assume to find many people that rely on the computer as their main source of social interaction, that is spend more time on online social websites that socializing in the real world. Inversely I would expect to find at least one, likely more, examples of how technology has benefited society and created social ties as Mr. Rheingold suggests. Also with more time and resources I would enjoy observing the difference in how people interact socially and professionally between technology and the real world. I would venture to hypothesize that most people struggle being professional and interacting face to face in current times in comparison to twenty years ago, which would suggest disevolution instead of forward advancement of society. However for this case study I will focus on the amount of time spent between online social interaction and real life interaction and the activities that take place online and finally analyze their effects on the real world.<br /> <br />I will be using my experiences and conversations in Second Life along with some insight from Facebook users. I have a Second Life account and have begun immersing myself into the unique culture. To measure and get meaningful information out of Second Life I will need not only to be a random person walking around but I will have to befriend other people and develop relationships where people respect me enough to talk to me and give personal information. I would plan to set out looking for information like, what do people do in Second Life? What do they do in “First Life?” How many people to you communicate with regularly in each society? Do you find experiences simpler in one life than the other? Do you find it easier to be outgoing in either situation? Which life do you spend more time in socially? This type of information would lead me to a better understanding of why people use Second Life and more importantly how their Second Life relates to the real life.<br />To gather information about Facebook I will have to draw on others’ experience. I have no personal Facebook experience, but from past observation my information will look towards the difference between friends on Facebook and friends in real life. Some people have upwards of a million friends on Facebook and my initial feeling tells me that those people aren’t friends with all of those people in real life. My guarantee would be that in general people interact far more, both in number of people and amount of time, on Facebook than in real life. Types of questions I will ask Facebook users will be geared toward finding out the difference between how often, why and with whom users interact with. I will do this both by inquiring regular users of Facebook and by exploring the world myself by using a rented Facebook profile to explore the new world myself. How many friends do you have on Facebook? How many of those friends do you interact with regularly via Facebook? How many of those friends do you regularly interact with face to face? Do you have friends on Facebook you’ve never met in person? Do you find it easier to communicate socially with people face to face or on Facebook? How much time do you spend on Facebook versus socializing face to face? I will interview a few subjects and try to find other general statistics about Facebook in addition to my observations to contradict my hypothesis.<br />Through my interaction on Second Life I learned a lot about the culture and also about the people of Second Life. One of the biggest things I noticed was that the users of Second Life are a proud group of people that identify with their social network. Many people became defensive at first when I asked them about the difference between their Second Life and their real life, most interviewees were taken aback at first and then came back on the attack by responding with something close to, “What are you talking about? Are you saying Second Life isn’t real?” This feeling of having to defend their site and opinion that Second Life is real was common among users. I interviewed around twenty-five avatars in Second Life, with varying lengths of time interviewing because often if a question offended someone, or if they felt I was a waste of time they would just fly away. I talked to people in a very diverse group of places, everywhere from a baseball game to an art gallery, someone at the roller disco and even someone at the strip club. On average Second Life users said they spend between two and five hours a day interacting in their 3D online community, with a range from half an hour to ten hours a day. The majority of users actually engage in similar activities in Second Life that they do every day in real life, however with some exciting activities they’ve never done in real life. The reason for this was almost always because respondents found it safer to try out a fantasy in Second Life rather than taking a chance in real life, users agreed that it may be awkward in person but very easy given a computer screen. In general most Second Life users said they met entirely new people in Second Life and their friends in Second Life were hardly ever their friends in real life. In fact no one I talked to said they have ever gone beyond Second Life in actually meeting with any of their Second Life friends in real life. Eight of the twenty-five responders admitted that Second Life is a bigger part of their social life than time they spend actually interacting with people. <br />My Second Life experience was eye opening. People said they have completely different friends on Second Life than in reality, which means Second Life gives you the opportunity to expand your social network, however, it is hardly ever used in that way. Instead Second Life seems to be an activity based community. There is no arguing that Second Life is a community, as the definition of community is ambiguous in itself, and if Second Life users believe they are part of a community, then technically they are. I would agree that Second Life at least gives the opportunity to create and be a part of an online community where you can meet people, hang out and have ongoing meaningful relationships. However in my experience that’s not how users put the site to work, instead on the aggregate it seems like people simply go there for something to do and never build anything out of it. When you ask an avatar why they use Second Life you would most likely get an answer related to, “Because” or “Cuz it’s here.” Not many relevant actions come out of Second Life. Interaction occurs solely from behind a computer screen and hardly ever expands from that. <br />All of this supports my hypothesis and Postman’s ideas because this example of an online community does not benefit society, but rather is just an activity to fill time in people’s lives. Activities that are just time fillers can be useful as stress relievers but have no more benefits, and in my opinion the negatives of time fillers outweigh the positives. My hypothesis is supported by this evidence and social site in general; this site I would argue is damaging to society because there is no societal benefit and is therefore just an activity for fun. While fun can be beneficial to societal needs, in this case I (and I assume Mr. Postman would agree with me) would consider spending excess amounts of time on this site as a waste of time and therefore a waste of money. Time is money and a waste of time and money can be labeled as inefficiency, both threatening to take over society without benefit and destroy face to face real life society.<br />While I don’t personally have a Facebook account I was able to find many of the over 410 million people that do and interview five of them. My sample wasn’t pleasing to me because it consisted of five college aged users, but at least I feel it’s a good range of taste of my generation’s use of Facebook. All of my interviewees admitted to spending at least an hour, most of them were more, on Facebook every day. Just to put that into perspective that’s about 365 hours a year, which equates to over 15 full days of time spent on Facebook every year, for a one hour a day user. Of the people I interviewed the group had a range of between 431 and 1,496 friends, one of the most shocking things to me when gathering this specific statistic was not the sheer numbers but that four of the five subjects knew their exact number of friends without even looking online. When I asked, “Are you sure?” They opened up their profiles and proved my skepticism wrong. I found this astonishing, but when I asked how or why they knew that off the top of their heads, I got the same look I get when I tell someone I don’t have a Facebook. Kids nowadays can memorize all 150 Pokémon or the number of Facebook friends they have but not the US Presidents or acquaintance’s names. While browsing this site one of my main observations was what a “friend” really entitles, a friend in Facebook means that a person requested you as a friend and you hit the accept button. Most of the people you “friend” are friends you know in real life, but not all of them, often they’re people who have mutual friends with you or just other random people. Every person I interviewed admitted to having friends on Facebook that they’ve never even met; the average per interviewee was 27. Of their hundreds of friends each interviewee only consistently communicates with between ten and twenty-five of those friends on Facebook. Of all the Facebook “friends” each interviewee only regularly communicates face to face with five to ten of them. <br />This would seem at first to support my hypothesis if out of hundreds of friends there is only regular face to face communication with five to ten people. With this evidence it seems like the online social network of Facebook is becoming the main reliant for college social interaction, however every respondent said their real life social activities are far more important than their online social life. However another constant comment was that Facebook is a huge part of their social life and they couldn’t imagine their lives without Facebook. One of the biggest uses of Facebook is connecting with and staying in contact with people you can’t regularly communicate with or lost contact with over the years; this is the reason I find this site refutes my hypothesis. Even though the average user spends aggregately over 15 days on Facebook and only communicates with 5% of friends face to face, Facebook can be socially beneficial. For example college students are increasingly leaving their home state to go to school across the country; this I believe is in large part thanks to the advancement in technology, specifically cell phones and online social communication, that allow kids to keep in touch with family and friends, first MySpace and now dominantly Facebook. Of the five interviewees two are from California, one is from Minnesota, one is from Missouri and one is from Connecticut. Each interviewee notes that most of their Facebook friends are friends from high school and their home town that they want to keep in contact with when they start new journeys. Also one interviewee was able, only through Facebook, to find his best friend from middle school who moved away before high school and reconnect with him. Facebook does have some very useful social tools, but it is also shows evidence for my hypothesis. Two friends live on the same floor of a dorm building, their rooms are about 35 feet from each other, and when they want to have a conversation, they both log onto Facebook. Instead of walk 35 feet and give the other person the satisfaction of their sole attention, both prefer using Facebook to communicate, because it’s “easier” and “you can do other things at the same time.” This was the biggest support of my hypothesis, talking over the computer is easier than walking 35 feet and talking face to face? You can’t give another person the respect to talk directly to them because you can get other things done while talking to them? An older gentleman would likely find this offensive and a hunch tells me your boss wouldn’t appreciate your logic if that was your excuse. Another piece of evidence I uncovered to support my hypothesis, while trying to disprove my hypothesis, had to do with the picture sharing aspect of Facebook. Users all admitted to spending a significant amount of time browsing through pictures on their attractive female friends’ profiles specifically looking for beach pictures and commenting on them. I asked if they would ever observe girls on the beach and comment on them to their face. No. Again this just exemplifies the differences between online communication and real life.<br />I view my experiences as two separate examples. I feel my time in Second Life was confirmative to both my hypothesis and Mr. Postman’s ideas. The site was not socially beneficial and in fact threatened to turn people’s social lives totally electronic where they would eventually completely lose the ability to communicate in the real world, slowly taking over and destroying society. Facebook however seems to be more of a supplement rather than replacement to social life. Facebook has beneficial qualities, and communication in Facebook is most often derived around or about real life, not threatening to take over society. While Facebook may be contributing to the face to screen relationship, as I’m trade marking it, it seems to be more beneficial than hurtful; however this correlation depends completely on the individual’s choice of how to use Facebook. As for my hypothesis I would denounce that Facebook is socially harmful if taken summative because of the evidence from Facebook that suggests real world social growth. However Mr. Postman’s ideas and my hypothesis do hold true in many cases. My initial hypothesis was that online social sites are ruining real world communicational skills, and I believe this is partially true, there certainly seems to be evidence for both sides. The argument I would add to Mr. Postman’s ideas is that it is not social sites nor technology that threatens to capture, manipulate and control society; but rather the people using the technology. Technology is a tool made by man and for man, and though technology has developed it is still a tool man controls. That being said guns are a tool controlled by man as well and they have become destructive to society and man himself. However guns are not to blame nor is the technology that led to innovation, but the choices man makes on how to use his inventions, and specifically how man abuses each. If used to further your social life in the real world, find lost friends or keep up with friends you’ve parted ways with, Facebook can be very beneficial. But if used to have a conversation with someone down the hall from you or to just browse for hours on end, these networks can have a negative impact on society. Second Life has the same basic potential as Facebook, however at basic nature Facebook is set up for man to make more constructive choices with it. My addition to my and Mr. Postman’s hypothesis would be the same: that technology and online social worlds do have the potential to aid in the corruption and harm of society, but the biggest threat technology gives man is yet another way to abuse his own tools and destroy society himself. This can be seen in reflection of Rheingold’s hypothesis as well, because while technology gives man the potential to destroy society it also gives him the opportunity to better society. Technology can be useful and benefit society but it is ultimately man’s choices that will decide the fate of his society, and in my prediction ultimately destroy society, technology is just another possible tool for the job. <br />