Annotated bibliography Alicia M. Valenzuela SOCI403 Cooke, T., 2011, Help I’m a Facebookaholic: Inside the Crazy World of Social Networking, John Blake, EBL Ebook Library, viewed 1st February, 2012. Main research findings In this informative and engaging book, the author Tanya Cooke scrutinizes the social networking occurrence. She discloses some astonishing and peculiar facts regarding the popularity of social networking. The book encompasses entertaining updates, disconcerting stories, and cautionary stories about the risks of meeting individuals online. The writer confirms that social networking is changing the world. Facebook was launched in 2004 and has rapidly gained popularity with more than 500 million global users. Facebook was …show more content…
1143-1168, Communication & Mass Media Complete, EBSCOhost, viewed 2 February 2012. Main research findings Ellison, Steinfield and Lampe identify that social networking sites are among the main use of internet today. According to the authors, social networking sites are among the social media platforms that facilitate interaction in the computer environment. The writers identify the main motives for using social networking sites, for example, Facebook. One of the benefits is that Facebook improves the quality of life both social and at workplaces. According to the writers, social media has become common in the society that a majority cannot remember previous life without them. Social networking sites have become popular among college students who find it as a major platform for social interaction. Strengths and weaknesses The source concentrates more on the benefits of Facebook to young individuals. The source contains important information that explains how social media (Facebook) has improved social life especially among college students. However, the source fails to highlight and explain more about the harms and dangers of social networking …show more content…
Despite their interests, they need guidance on how to use Facebook and Twitter among others. “Facebook & Twitter for Seniors for Dummies” is an informative book that has simplified explanations concerning social networking. The book simplifies explanations and has been rated by many to be a fun and easy guide to social media sites. One of the main strength of the book is that it encourages the elderly that social media is not for the young generation only. The seniors are identifying the communication possibilities of social media and this has seen them sign up in large
Parallel the development of technology, social networking becomes widespreadly with people in the world today. Everyone is spending a large amount of time using these websites in order to satisfy their demand in life by surfing the internet and having many social networking services such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,… The statistics in the article Social Networking Fact Sheet present that 74% of online adults use social networking sites (January 2014), 56% of internet users do at least one of the creating or curating activities we studied and 32% of internet users do both creating and curating activities (August 2012). In addition, according to 30 Statistics about Teens and Social Networking, written by Taylor Thomas, studying with American teens, 73% of teens are on a social network and a lot of teens ages 12-17 go online, accounted for 93%. As a result, many people have not fully understand what benefits that social network can bring to users. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to discuss the effects of social networking and to show the advantages and disadvantages when using it.
This book focuses on how social media is used in today’s society as well as how each type of social media is developed. It gives the goals and strategies of
It’s hard to believe, that only a decade ago social media took off and became the new trend. Of course, there was Friendster and Myspace that had been around for a few years but most of the world’s population hadn’t come around to it yet. Nowadays, social media has taken over our lives. It has influenced every decision we have made in life in one way or another.
Technology has become very advanced and very important to our society. One thing that has become very big because of our technology is social networking. There are many positives to having easy access to social media, but there are also negative effects as well. The impact of all this social media has overall a negative effect on our daily lives in society. In “‘r u online?’: The Evolving Lexicon of Wired Teens”, by Kris Axtman, Kris talks about how instant messaging has affected the the communication of the younger people in our generation. In “Note To Selfie”, by John Dickerson, he writes about how people are pausing their lives to post about their happenings on social media. These two authors discuss some negative aspects to having social
Social networking is a website which can be used to interact with other people on the same platform. This can be used to meet new people and keep in contract with friends and families. In this report I will be explaining different social medias and their purposes. Also I will be giving real examples of the social media webpages.
Boyd, D, & Ellison, NB 2009, ‘Social network sites: Definition, history, and scholarship’, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 210-230.
Social media such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Instagram, and Flicker was invented to keep us in touch and keep us closer to our family and friends. But according to How Facebook ruins Friendships “we took our friendship online” (Bernstein). First we began communicating more by email than by phone and then switched to instant messaging or texting. By joining social Medias online
Facebook is one of the most used Social Media used by college students, and high school students. As stated in the article “The Reasons for Non-Use of Social Net-working Websites by University Students” , “Facebook’s statistics report that there are 901 million monthly active users who create
According to Forbes, there are about 1 billion social media accounts all over the world, these accounts makes almost all of the countries of the world connected with each other.Social media is a very common in today’s modern world, social media is considered to be one of humanity’s greatest achievements and accomplishments. Never before humans were connected to each other as in today’s world. and almost everybody has a Facebook account, there are about 500 million Facebook accounts. Facebook allow its users to chat with each other, to see each other’s pictures, and to comment on any post. Which is very useful in the business and marketing world.
Society is constantly changing and will continue to change in the future. The change is predictable because people change their ideas, routines, and views frequently. One of the topics that is typically brought up when discussing the influences on how society is changing, is social networking. There are two sides to every story. One side of the effects of social networking is that it is beneficial to society by informing people on particular situations in the world and on current important events. The other side views social networking as dangerous and drama filled. While there are benefits and dangers to social networking's effects on society, I will argue that social networking has changed society more negatively than positively.
In recent years the social networking is has increased by the use of smart phones and laptops. Many school students are attracted to this and spend most of their time on this social networking sites. A study by researchers at University of Minnesota "found that, of the students observed, 94% used the internet, 82% go online at home and 77% had a profile on a social networking site."(University of Minnesota, 2008). According to a survey that was conducted by Whitmore School of Business and Economics and by the University of New Hampshire, they interviewed 1,127 college students. Among these students, “96%” of them use “Facebook”, 8.4 out of 10 use “YouTube”, “20 %” use “blog”, 1.4 out of 10 of them use “Twitter”, “12 %” use “MySpace”, and 1 out of 10 of them use “LinkedIn”. Also, “81%” of college students “use social sites”.(http://www.termpaperwarehouse.com/essay-on/Problem-Statement-In-Social-Networking/195290)
Facebook, a social networking website, has changed the way people communicate with each other. A social networking website is an online platform that allows users to create a public profile and interact with other users on the website. Facebook has even changed our most personal and private conversations and how they are conducted around the world. Since the internet’s birth in 1983, this trend of online communication has been growing. Created in 2004, now registered with more than one billion participants, Facebook’s user numbers surpass even the top four social networking websites combined. According to Wikipedia statistics, Instagram has 300 million registered users, LinkedIn has 200 million users, Classmates.com has 50 million users, and Flickr has 32 million registered users. To be further convinced of the claim that Facebook indeed changes the way we communicate, you would only need to create your own Facebook account and start participating in their social networking experience. Technology and internet usage is fused into every aspect of our society including the style of communication. The launch of Facebook in 2006 also enabled other devices such as touch phones, interactive tablets, and even advanced cars with their own networking capabilities starting in 2007. Facebook is a multibillion-dollar company and is highly recognized for connecting more people than other networks. Facebook’s long-term success can be attributed to providing entertainment, world news, and
Many inventions have come up due to the rapid changing of technology. Social networking is the greatest invention of technology in general and the Internet in particular that has created a new aspect of modern life. Among these social networks, Facebook is the most popular with millions of users all over the world. As these social networking sites become more integrated, they can be not only a positive force but also a negative one in human life. While social networking offers some advantages for some people, others believe that there are more dangers than benefits which they can get from these visual societies.
Social networking sites help diversity of people of different culture to communicate with each other. In this era we have got many social networking sites, but amongst them the most opted site by the people is Facebook. The main aim of this study is to learn contradictory effects of these social networking sites among people. The publication by Madden M, 2007, states that among all age groups teenagers comprise the majority of Facebook users. Investigation states that majority of the people use Facebook to stay in contact with old friends or make new ones. Spending too much time on these networking sites for multiple purpose, such as declare status, upload pictures, share thoughts, etc. leads to addiction. The massive growth in use of these sites has generated concern among some parents, educational officials, and political leaders with the potential risks posed on young people in the time when personal information is made available at such public platform.
When Hartshorne, Ajjan, and Cao (2016) conducted their study, they observed that there has been a significant increase in the number of social networking websites today. Indeed, Jacobsen and Forste (2011) argue that social networking websites have become an international phenomenon in recent years, with many individuals, especially teens and young adults becoming obsessed and addicted to this