Millions of teens participate in social networks. According to the 1997 Pew Research report Teens and Social Media‚ 93 percent of teens are active online. Fifty-five percent have created a profile on a social networking site. What are teens doing on these sites? Why are they spending so much time connecting with others online? HANGING OUT MOVES ONLINE Ask teens what they do on social networking sites and chances are their answer will be "just hang out." In fact‚ hanging out with friends is nothing
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years‚ the social problems involving teenagers has been increase. We can hear or read about social problems or even crime which done by a teenagers in very young age through news in television or newspaper. These social problems involve murder‚ theft‚ take drug‚ violence and crime. Many people believe that this is because parents spend more and more time at work and has less time to supervise their children. However‚ I do not believe this is true. The reasons of why teenagers involve in social problem
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The Dangers of Social Media Network on Teenagers Human beings are social animals. The urge to meet new people is in our genetic code‚ and nowhere is it stronger than among teens. Especially for today’s generation‚ social networking sites have replaced the shopping mall as the preferred place to meet up. As we all know‚ it is easier than ever to connect and share information online in social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. This means a teen’s most intimate musings or digital snapshots
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SOCIAL NETWORK - TRENDS AND CHALLENGES Social network is a social structure made up of individuals or organizations which are connected by one or more specific types of interdependency‚ such as friendship‚ common interest‚ dislike‚ sexual relationship‚ knowledge or prestige. Logging on to social networking sites had been become inseparable for subscriber of Facebook‚ MySpace‚ etc. People of all age group are becoming very obsessed with social networks in this new technology era. Social network
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Freshmen Composition II 07 July 2013 Phone Addicted? In today’s modern society it seems that people are becoming more phone dependent each year. According to Global Mobile statistics 694.8 million smart phone shipments were recorded worldwide and is expected in 2016 to increase by 17.9% making it 1‚342.5 million shipments. Despite the huge amounts of orders for smart phones‚ it is still almost impossible to calculate the number of people who are addicted to cell phones. Some people might simply
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dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddIs social networking site: Do more harm than good. Tuesday‚ 29 May 2012 Is social networking:Do more harm than good Introduction: What is social networking site? In the modern days social networking site has become the popular sites used by most teenagers and as well as individuals. A social networking site such as Facebook‚ MySpace and Friendster is used to share similar interest. Whereas social networking sites such as twitter and LinkedIn is
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When you make millions for your school shouldn’t you get something for that? Football and basketball programs make lots of money for their schools but still don’t get paid. Some kids even have to quit playing their sports because they don’t have enough money to cover all of the expenses of school. Not all the athletes should be paid just the athletes that bring in the revenue for their school‚ the ones that earn it. College athletes need to get paid because they are unable to hold a job as well as
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Social Networks and Relationships‚ Yay or Nay? Malynda Robinson Kean University Abstract 15 students from Kean University were surveyed to measure social networks’ connections with the development‚ maintenance and closure of relationships. The purpose of the survey was to determine whether or not social networks are healthy for relationships. Facebook was listed as one of the networks that is most frequently visited and consumed a lot respondent’s time. 53% have facebook accounts‚ 6% have
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Are social networks detrimental to children and teenagers’ well-being? In the past few years‚ social networks have become more and more popular. More people join social networks every single day‚ and social networking doesn’t seem to be something that is a passing trend. The Nielsen Company has even reported that “people in the U.S. continue to spend more time on social networking and blog sites as well‚ with total minutes increasing 210% year-over-year and the average time per person increasing
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Furthermore‚ ones work performance might even suffer from the constant preoccupation of the urge to shop or be online to surf the latest deals. A shopping addiction can put one in a financially difficult situation. An addict will spend over budget and get into deep financial trouble. Sticking to the boundaries of a budget is difficult to maintain when making compulsive buys. Furthermore‚ one can sit on the couch and with a click of a mouse make purchases without even leaving home. Similarly one can
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