more people are using their computers‚ smart phones etc. to browse the web. Moreover‚ many people are browsing social networking sites‚ especially Facebook. Facebook is a social networking website that was founded in 2004. There are over 500 million active users (users that have returned to the site in the past 30 days) and it is estimated that people spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook. (http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics) So what is that Facebook has that attracts
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From t he Classroom Using Facebook to Teach Rhetorical Analysis Jane Mathison Fife The attraction of Facebook is a puzzle to many people over the age of thirtyfive‚ and that includes most college faculty. Yet students confess to spending significant amounts of time on Facebook‚ sometimes hours a day. If you teach in a computer classroom‚ you have probably observed students using Facebook when you walk in the room. Literacy practices that fall outside the realm of traditional academic writing
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Increasing the productivity of employees From my point of view‚ I think that employers should restrict employees from using Facebook at workplace is because surfing in Facebook may waste a lot of an employee’s time. A Proskauer International Labor & Employment Group survey conducted in 2011 indicated that forty-three percent of businesses using social media have dealt with employees’ misuse of social networks‚ and approximately a third of all businesses have taken disciplinary action against employees
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Millions of people use Facebook every day. Some people use it to see what is going on with their friends or family. There are also others that will just go on to see what their old classmates are up to. There are dangers of Facebook though. Facebook could bring out the jealousy in some‚ Muise‚ A.‚ Christofides‚ E.‚ & Desmarais‚ S. (2009). Facebook on the other hand could raise self-esteem‚ Gonzales‚ A. L.‚ & Hancock‚ J. T. (2011). Muise‚ A.‚ Christofides‚ E.‚ & Desmarais‚ S. (2009) has said social
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7 Negative Effects of Facebook Though Facebook may be fun to use and is a great way to talk to friends‚ it actually has many side effects. More negative than positive‚ if you were curious. Below describes some of these negative side effects. Here are 7 Negative Effects of Facebook: Does not Care about His/Her Surroundings When someone is already addicted to Facebook‚ there is a big possibility that he/she would not care about his/her surroundings. This person will care about nothing more
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The Bad Effects of The Internet On The Teenagers Brent Staples is an editorial writer for the New York Times. In “What Adolescents Miss When We Let Them Grow Up in Cyberspace”‚ Brent writes about how teenagers nowadays spend too much time on the Internet to communicate with each other‚ and forget to interact with families and friends in the real life. Using the Internet too much cost the teenagers don’t have socializing‚ the real world experience that would allow them to leave teenagers behind
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The Advantages of using Facebook by Students: It gives students additional knowledge. Facebook is an account which can help everyone to connect with different people from anywhere in the world‚ include the students. It will improve their knowledge about other places‚ customs and cultures. For example English students can improve their English by using chatting application that is provided in Facebook. In facebook‚ students be able to chat with foreigner in other countries. Therefore‚ students
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THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF FACEBOOK ON TEENAGERS Advances in technology enhance our lives in healthy‚ positive ways. These days‚ shopping‚ education‚ communication and entertainment are only a few clicks away. Social networking‚ especially Facebook- the most popular social network site currently‚ enriches our lives by helping us to connect and share with colleagues‚ clients‚ family and friends in ways that wouldn’t otherwise be possible. Spending too much time on this site‚ however‚ can have negative
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Pasig Catholic College High School Department S.Y. 2011 - 2012 THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL NETWORKING TO THE STUDY HABITS OF 4TH YEAR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS A Thesis Presented To: Mrs. Ma. Teresa C. Radovan In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirements In English IV Submitted by: Juan Paulo Concepcion Renz Daniel Tenedero Jeffrey Sanchez John Lemuel Lastimado Jeoffrey Asuncion March 2011 CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM INTRODUCTION As many as you know‚ social networks have been famous since 2001 with
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| Using Facebook Effectively in Small Business | | | 10/2/2012 | USING FACEBOOK EFFECTIVELY IN SMALL BUSINESS PURPOSE This report explains how Facebook can be used effectively in the small business world. This report will answer the following questions: * Why should Facebook be used to reach new customers versus other forms of social media? * How does a small business owner create a small business Facebook profile? * How does a small business effectively reach customers
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