Pitfalls of Social Media Some disadvantages of social networking are addiction, friendships, and how it can become a distraction. According to an article in the Huffington Post by Britney Fitzgerald, “forty-five percent of responders said they feel “worried or uncomfortable” when email and Facebook are inaccessible.” Now-a-days society has gotten so dependent to their social networking; they cannot even leave their house without taking their phones or laptops to school. People cannot stand to be without their phones without having anxiety, we need to establish a control over the technology. “It’s not being on social networks that makes people anxious. It’s being away from them.” We have grown into this new culture where we cannot even go to sleep without checking our phones, and what is the first thing we do when we wake up? Check our phone. In fact, in a recent study Mobile Mindset study by Lookout “54 percent admit to checking their phones while lying in bed.” The unfortunate price we pay for social networking is lack of sleep. A similar study from the University of Bergen found that “people with poor sleeping habits were most likely to be Facebook-obsessed.” It has become apparent that one has created this dependency on modern technology that we have added these aps such as Facebook and YouTube to our cell phones, since we cannot even wait to get home and check from our computers. We don’t even send invitations anymore; all we do is send a Facebook invite. Another article in the Huffington Post, The Addiction and Cost of Social Media by Sam Fiaorella he states that “if you are not paying for the product, you are the product.” In this case social networking, the Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, they are all free however, you are wasting time, emotion and privacy. “According to Nielsen and NM Incite's The Social Media Report 2012, “consumers continue to spend more time on social networks than on any other type of Internet site.” “As of July 2012, the total time spent accessing and engaging in social media sites has increased 37 percent in the U.S., representing 121 billion minutes.” Emotionally we put our lives out there on social networking. We are willing to share everything we do on a daily basis and post our feelings. We create an “online version of ourselves” in which we are able to let people see and know any “version” we allow ourselves to be. “A study by the University of Waterloo as reported in Psychological Science demonstrated that Facebook engagement can increase the likelihood of depression in some people.” Privacy is often a forgotten factor in social networking; people seem to forget that whatever they post online can follow them throughout life. Some jobs even check your social sites to make sure you are right for the job. Social networks keep track what you are interested in, you may think its because they want to learn more about you however, “the more personal the information they can acquire the more they can .

1. Pitfalls of Social Media
Some disadvantages of social networking are addiction,
friendships, and how it can become a distraction. According to
an article in the Huffington Post by Britney Fitzgerald, “forty-
five percent of responders said they feel “worried or
uncomfortable” when email and Facebook are inaccessible.”
Now-a-days society has gotten so dependent to their social
networking; they cannot even leave their house without taking
their phones or laptops to school. People cannot stand to be
without their phones without having anxiety, we need to
establish a control over the technology. “It’s not being on
social networks that makes people anxious. It’s being away
from them.” We have grown into this new culture where we
cannot even go to sleep without checking our phones, and what
is the first thing we do when we wake up? Check our phone. In
fact, in a recent study Mobile Mindset study by Lookout “54
percent admit to checking their phones while lying in bed.” The
unfortunate price we pay for social networking is lack of sleep.
A similar study from the University of Bergen found that
“people with poor sleeping habits were most likely to be
Facebook-obsessed.” It has become apparent that one has
created this dependency on modern technology that we have
added these aps such as Facebook and YouTube to our cell
phones, since we cannot even wait to get home and check from
our computers. We don’t even send invitations anymore; all we
do is send a Facebook invite.
Another article in the Huffington Post, The Addiction and
Cost of Social Media by Sam Fiaorella he states that “if you are
not paying for the product, you are the product.” In this case
social networking, the Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, they
are all free however, you are wasting time, emotion and privacy.
“According to Nielsen and NM Incite's The Social Media Report
2012, “consumers continue to spend more time on social
networks than on any other type of Internet site.” “As of July

2. 2012, the total time spent accessing and engaging in social
media sites has increased 37 percent in the U.S., representing
121 billion minutes.”
Emotionally we put our lives out there on social
networking. We are willing to share everything we do on a daily
basis and post our feelings. We create an “online version of
ourselves” in which we are able to let people see and know any
“version” we allow ourselves to be. “A study by the University
of Waterloo as reported in Psychological Science demonstrated
that Facebook engagement can increase the likelihood of
depression in some people.”
Privacy is often a forgotten factor in social networking;
people seem to forget that whatever they post online can follow
them throughout life. Some jobs even check your social sites to
make sure you are right for the job. Social networks keep track
what you are interested in, you may think its because they want
to learn more about you however, “the more personal the
information they can acquire the more they can charge
advertisers for access to you.”
According to Christine Rossen in Vitrual Friendship and
the New Narcissism, in the past people would have painted
portraits that represented wealth and social status. Today we
post manipulated and photo shopped images of ourselves and
post them onto our websites. We post background music and
create our own personality in a sense to how we would like
others to view us. According to a survey recently conducted by
the Pew Internet and American Life Project, more than half of
all Americans between the ages of twelve and seventeen use
some online social networking site. Belonging to a social
network you are able to “maintain a friendship without effort.”
There is no need to remember your friends birthdays, there is a
reminder online, you don’t even need to call them, you can just
right on their “wall.” People are able to live their lives online,
posting their favorite music, books, heroes, they can even play
games online with friends. “We can learn all about the friends
of our friends—often without having ever met them in person.”

3. How long can you go without checking your phone?
Whether you are walking down the hallways with your phone in
your hand, pocket, or a close compartment in your bags, social
networking is a distraction. Most people think they are able to
multitask however it takes a toll on their brain. According to
Marcia Clemmitt in her article, Social Media Becoming a
Worrisome Distraction, “When electronic devices were first
becoming ubiquitous, some hoped they would teach a new
generation how to multitask better than previous generations
did. But research indicates that people who grew up with
electronic devices “really can't multitask.” You cannot do two
or more tasks at once, even though you might think its easy, it
adds stress to your brain. Also in return you will not do as good
of a job. When you sleep with your phone next to you and wake
up due to text messages and alerts, these interruptions make it
harder for the brain to sink in what you learned in that day and
memories. In the future they want to have “tech breaks” to help
people tolerate the anxiety of being away from their phones.
However this would not work because “when you take
technology away, you will lose people in 3-5 minutes.”
Written Assignment: Week 1 Day 7 Functions of
Management Paper
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4. Content / Development
70
700 to 1,050 words
5
Defines the four functions of management (planning,
organizing, leading, and controlling). Use the text as reference
source for defining the terms.
25
Explains how each function relates to your own organization.
(Organization can be your place of work or another organization
of your choice.)
25
The paper links theory to relevant examples of current
experience and industry practice and uses the vocabulary of the
theory correctly.
10
The content is comprehensive, accurate, and/or persuasive.
5
Readability and Style

5. 15
Paragraph transitions are present and logical and maintain the
flow throughout the paper.
3
Sentences are well-constructed, with consistently strong, varied
sentences.
3
Sentence transitions are present and maintain the flow of
thought.
3
The paper, including the title page, reference page, tables, and
appendices, follow APA guidelines for format.
3
Citations of original works within the body of the paper follow
APA guidelines.
3
Mechanics
15

6. The paper is laid out with effective use of headings, font styles,
and white space.
5
Rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation are followed.
5
Spelling is correct.
5
Late Penalty 10% per day
Total
100
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Disadvantages Associated with Social Networking
Despite numerous advantages that social network has brought, it
has also presented some challenges. Because of the magnitude
of the disadvantages, some sources argue that the shortcomings
of social networking far outweigh its advantages. One of the
issues of concern raised regarding the social network is the
face-to-face situation. Since it is an online interaction, people
who employ the use of social sites for networking rarely get the

7. chance to meet. This leaves room for discrepancies and for
untrue information to be exchanged between the operators. For
instance, it would not be strange to find a girl posing as a boy
or vice versa and making people believe so. This is because the
operators never get the chance to meet face to face. Instead,
they rely on the information provided by the other party.
Some people use social networking sites to find spouses. In
other cases, this has happened without being instigated. Most of
these relationships never see the light of day. In most instances,
since the information provided by both parties is untrue, the
relationships end before they even begin. Social networking
sites also have a negative impact on already existing
relationships. Many relationships have ended up going down the
drain because of a harmless post on these sites. In some cases,
divorce has been the result.
Social networking sites also provide an avenue by which bullies
can operate. Bullying has taken on a new look and these days it
can even be done online. Demeaning words and insults are
directed at other parties through these social networking sites.
These bullies take advantage of the fact that they can not easily
be discovered. Even if they get discovered it would be difficult
to trace them. Some users of these social networking sites are,
therefore, subjected to mistreatment and insult simply because
their attackers feel safer undertaking their actions online.
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tools and research advances. London [u.a.: Springer, 2010.
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Aimeur, Esma, Sebastien Gambs, and Ai Ho. "Towards a
privacy-enhanced social networking site." Availability,
Reliability, and Security, 2010. ARES'10 International
Conference on. IEEE, 2010.

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