The document provides an outline about Facebook, including its history, uses, how to create an account, largest user segments, reasons for use, advantages, disadvantages, privacy and security issues, and how to protect children. Facebook was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and other Harvard students. It later expanded to other universities and now has over 500 million users worldwide. People use Facebook to connect with friends and family, communicate, share photos and videos, find others with similar interests, and stay in touch with old friends. While it allows widespread connections, it also poses privacy, addiction, and relationship weakening risks that require safety precautions.

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2. Outline
O What is Facebook
O The history of Facebook
O The social network
O uses of Facebook
O How to make account.
O the users of Facebook
O Why people use Facebook
O The advantage & disadvantage of Facebook
O Privacy & security issues
O Children &Facebook

3. Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and Web site
launched in February 2004

4. Facebook founded
Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his
college roommates and fellow computer science students.

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6. What is the history of Facebook
The Web site's membership was initially limited by the
founders to Harvard students.
expanded to other colleges in the Boston.
added support for students at various other
universities before opening to high school students.

7. What is a social network
O A social networking service is an online service, or site
that focuses on building and reflecting of social networks
or social relations among people, who share interests or
activities.

8. social network

9. the uses of social network
O It saves time.
O Meeting others with similar interests.
O As emails, addresses and cell phone numbers change
throughout your life, you always have a constant place to reach
someone.
O Social Networking enables you to reach out to OLD friends.
O makes you part of a worldwide community who come to explore
technology to their advantage, whether for personal or business
purpose.

10. the uses of social network
O Personal Reasons.
O Business – Connecting with customers.
O Marketing.
O Entertainment.

11. How to make account in Facebook?
Step 1

12. Step 2
O Enter your first name, last name, a valid e-mail
address, a password, your gender, and your
birthday.

13. Step 3
O Enter the captcha if prompted.

14. Step 4
O Confirm your account .

15. Step 5
O Accept some friend requests if people have
previously invited you to Facebook.

16. Step 6
O Find some of your friends by providing your
password to your email or your AIM username
and password.

17. Step 7
O Fill out some of your profile info such as what
company you work for and where you went to
school.

18. Step 8
O Enter the city you live in to try to join the
network for that city.

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20. the largest segment of people use
Facebook
O in 2004, it was initially limited to college students.
O expanded to allow any person over age 13 to join.
O in 2010, New York Times reported that 50% of Facebook's U.S. members
were age 35 or older.
O compared to just 26.8 percent who were age 24 or younger.
O there were 629 million Facebook users worldwide as of March 2011.
O the largest U.S. age segment using Facebook are those between the ages
of 18 and 25 (50.6 million).

21. the largest segment of people use
Facebook

22. the largest segment of people use
Facebook

23. Why people use Facebook?
O It’s more of a 2 way interaction than on a blog.
O The message system there is nicer to read than email.
O to connect with our family or friends.
O It is a great venue to communicate with a lot of people.
O Facebook allows you to post updates, photos and
videos.
O you need not send multiple e-mails because you can just
make a post where everybody can give their responses.

24. Who to use Facebook in a useful
way.
O Share book reviews.
O Practice a foreign language.
O Share multimedia.
O Post class notes.
O Provide direct communication with instructors.
O Brainstorm.
O Share interesting websites.
O Post homework.

25. The advantage of Facebook.
• Lets user search for new and old friends.
•
Available to chosen universities having a high level
of security.
•
Makes it less difficult when communicating with
strangers or individuals you do not know.
•
Makes it simpler to join groups having
corresponding likes and dislikes.
•
Lets users to check students who are in the same
class, living within the same location, or coming
from the same academy.

26. The Disadvantage of Facebook
More and more people.
Long distance relationship weakening.
Contributes wide-range postponement.
Rampant addiction.
Possible stalking.
Acquaintances be labeled as friends.

27. Privacy & security issues
• Don't use Internet Explorer.
• Never click on a link.
• Use a strong password.
• Don't Give Out Your Password.
• Always logout when you are done.
• Change your password fairly often.
• Don't let others use your computer, phone, PDA,
etc.
• Run Anti-virus and anti-spyware software.

28. privacy & security of Facebook
• Personal Information.
• Friends List.
• Applications.

29. Children &Facebook

30. protect children from the dangers of
Facebook
O Keep your child’s computer out in the open.
O Ask the help of parental controls.
O Make written rules for your child to follow.
O Keep track of your child’s online profiles and
email.
O Familiarize yourself with your child’s online
contacts.

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32. Any Questions