Social Media
By: Amira Galal.
Pros & Cons
Outline
•Overview of Social Networking.
•Security Threats/Attacks.
•Against social media claims.
•Defense measures/conclusion
•Supporter's point of view.
•Thesis statement.
Thesis statement
People claim that social
media destroys their life
more than improving it
as you can be bullied or
your life can be hacked
But other people think
that when they are used
effectively they can have
many benefits
What is Social
Media?
Overview of Social Media
- It is media that is designed to
be shared, sharing means that
it is easy to comment on, that it
is easy to send
- Social media enables people
to share information with
friends and Family using the
Internet
What is social networking?
- It is an online service ,
platform, or a site that focuses
on building relations among
people, by sharing their
interests or activities
Most Popular Social
Networking Sites :
Facebook , Twitter ,
Instagram , Youtube ,
pinterest , Tumblr &
Vine … etc
Emails Youtube Flickr Facebook Twitter
200 M
20 M
1 M
220 K
100 k
• In Just one minute
Social Engineering
Hacking social media is called “Social engineering” as
it uses special techniques to take advantage of the
weak information in the security system
Snapchat:
which is popular among teenagers. It tells users
that no one can save their videos or photos
Public privacy
Cyber bullying
Cyber-bullying is bad messages, embarrassing pictures
or rumors sent by email or posted on social media
Cyber bullying victim
Amanda Todd
•Benefits of social mediaBenefits of social media
Fast & direct
comm.
Low costskeep you
up to date
Building
friendships
Educate
yourself
inspiration
Help us to build new relations and renew old ones all
over the world
Our physics group on Facebook
•Social media can make you famous and rich, by
programming your own social network site (as mark
the facebook founder)
•You can also be famous on social media by grabbing
people’s attention
Security Threats/Attacks
•Privacy issues:
-Information about person posted by
him/herself, others
-Information about people collected
by OSNs
• Common sense: it’s very difficult to
delete information after it’s been posted
online
• SNs addiction (All SNs are time consuming)
-SNs disconnect us from the real life to live in a
virtual one
Defense measures
-Use browser security tools for protection
-Limit the amount of personal
information you post
•Check privacy policies
-Who Can Access Information?
-What Information is Public?
Sources
Video: ARAM TV
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Ds7nedV3NqYf0zhpYti4A
Pictures: Google image search
https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=ar&gws_rd=ssl
Information: Google Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google
Questions & Comments?

Social media pros & cons

  • 1.
    Social Media By: AmiraGalal. Pros & Cons
  • 2.
    Outline •Overview of SocialNetworking. •Security Threats/Attacks. •Against social media claims. •Defense measures/conclusion •Supporter's point of view. •Thesis statement.
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    Thesis statement People claimthat social media destroys their life more than improving it as you can be bullied or your life can be hacked But other people think that when they are used effectively they can have many benefits
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    Overview of SocialMedia - It is media that is designed to be shared, sharing means that it is easy to comment on, that it is easy to send - Social media enables people to share information with friends and Family using the Internet
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    What is socialnetworking? - It is an online service , platform, or a site that focuses on building relations among people, by sharing their interests or activities Most Popular Social Networking Sites : Facebook , Twitter , Instagram , Youtube , pinterest , Tumblr & Vine … etc
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    Emails Youtube FlickrFacebook Twitter 200 M 20 M 1 M 220 K 100 k • In Just one minute
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    Social Engineering Hacking socialmedia is called “Social engineering” as it uses special techniques to take advantage of the weak information in the security system
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    Snapchat: which is popularamong teenagers. It tells users that no one can save their videos or photos
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    Cyber bullying Cyber-bullying isbad messages, embarrassing pictures or rumors sent by email or posted on social media
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    •Benefits of socialmediaBenefits of social media Fast & direct comm. Low costskeep you up to date Building friendships Educate yourself inspiration
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    Help us tobuild new relations and renew old ones all over the world
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    Our physics groupon Facebook
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    •Social media canmake you famous and rich, by programming your own social network site (as mark the facebook founder) •You can also be famous on social media by grabbing people’s attention
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    Security Threats/Attacks •Privacy issues: -Informationabout person posted by him/herself, others -Information about people collected by OSNs • Common sense: it’s very difficult to delete information after it’s been posted online • SNs addiction (All SNs are time consuming) -SNs disconnect us from the real life to live in a virtual one
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    Defense measures -Use browsersecurity tools for protection -Limit the amount of personal information you post •Check privacy policies -Who Can Access Information? -What Information is Public?
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    Sources Video: ARAM TV https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Ds7nedV3NqYf0zhpYti4A Pictures:Google image search https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=ar&gws_rd=ssl Information: Google Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google Questions & Comments?