A Little Bit About the Social Web
A little bit about the Social Web
Shaina Carter
INF 103
Mark A. Cohen
March 4, 2013
A little bit about the Social Web A long time ago before there was technology and computers; people around the world would communicate with one another by writing and sending letters. The world today however, communicates with one another through the internet on social networks. The meaning of social networks, is a website intended to allow multiple users to publish content themselves on their “profiles” or accounts (Social network). Every social network has their own privacy terms and conditions that they have each user whom wants a “profile” on their website agree to, before they can start being one of their users. Each one of us who become a member on these social networks needs to be careful with what they put on their “profile,” because there are hackers out there and even predators. Social networks have popped up all over the web; businesses often think of the top four social being: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and MySpace and being the only ones out there as well, but there are hundreds around the globe with millions of users who can be targeted through these networks by businesses (Ferner, 2011). There are so many different social networks and categories of social networks. When the social web first came out, there were a lot of worries by parents. Ever since the incident that has happened in Illinois where a girl got kidnapped because she met up with a stranger that she was talking to over the internet. Parents have been cautioned about the internet safety for years, a wave of news reports suggesting that predators monitor the chat rooms and websites for potential victims has sparked a sharp rise in the number and intensity of parent meetings since January (Bahney, 2006). For teenagers the social network is a place to hang out with friends instead of the mall or anywhere to actually see one another. Teenagers may thing that their parents are over exaggerating with
Shaina Carter
INF 103
Mark A. Cohen
March 4, 2013
A little bit about the Social Web A long time ago before there was technology and computers; people around the world would communicate with one another by writing and sending letters. The world today however, communicates with one another through the internet on social networks. The meaning of social networks, is a website intended to allow multiple users to publish content themselves on their “profiles” or accounts (Social network). Every social network has their own privacy terms and conditions that they have each user whom wants a “profile” on their website agree to, before they can start being one of their users. Each one of us who become a member on these social networks needs to be careful with what they put on their “profile,” because there are hackers out there and even predators. Social networks have popped up all over the web; businesses often think of the top four social being: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and MySpace and being the only ones out there as well, but there are hundreds around the globe with millions of users who can be targeted through these networks by businesses (Ferner, 2011). There are so many different social networks and categories of social networks. When the social web first came out, there were a lot of worries by parents. Ever since the incident that has happened in Illinois where a girl got kidnapped because she met up with a stranger that she was talking to over the internet. Parents have been cautioned about the internet safety for years, a wave of news reports suggesting that predators monitor the chat rooms and websites for potential victims has sparked a sharp rise in the number and intensity of parent meetings since January (Bahney, 2006). For teenagers the social network is a place to hang out with friends instead of the mall or anywhere to actually see one another. Teenagers may thing that their parents are over exaggerating with