Adverse Effects of Social Networking Outweigh its Uses. The worldwide internet users are fast approaching the 2 billion mark. (Internet Usage Statistics) With the increase in internet usage a trend which has seen radical spread in recent times is of social networking. Social networking websites are responsible for providing people with common platforms where they can interact with each other. Social networking websites are mostly free and allow the users to create their respective profiles
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A social networking site‚ is a website on the Internet that brings people to a central point to ‘talk’‚ share ideas and interest‚ collaborate and even make new friends. This type of sharing data and collaboration is referred to as social media. (Computer Hope n.d) The content created on social media sites is contributed too by hundreds or thousands of people and organizations. Members of social networking sites create online profiles with biographical data‚ or any other information they choose to
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than 350 million people log into social networking sites each day. While this might be just another fact to support the theory that many people are addicted to social media‚ one might be tempted to wonder if social media sites have any benefits. The risks and dangers commonly associated with social media certainly seem to disregard these. However‚ upon closer examination of social media and the possible uses of such sites‚ a more suitable and reasonable statement is that social media do indeed have
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Social networking Social networks keep growing in the everyday use to share information or to interact with others. As information can be spread faster over a social media people tend to rely on that and more schools are making social networks part of their curriculum to discuss school topics. Social networking gives people the chance to interact with new people; it can also help those who are looking for jobs or those seeking to make a change in their community. Social networks have created communities
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Upsides to Social Networking Within recent years‚ internet users have taken to social networking for their various personal needs. Social networks have become much more prominent in our increasingly technological world and the number of users using them are increasing. In Karen Goldberg Goff’s article‚ “Social Networking Benefits Validated‚” she argues that Social Networking has various benefits for its users that will be essential throughout life. While social networks may show signs of danger
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debate on the mentioned topic: For: • Social sites are a great source of information. • Social networking sites are a unique world in themselves. • Social networking has led to the emergence of social media that has acted as a trigger in public awareness . • Sharing information about oneself has become so easier with the help of the social sites. Against: • Social networking sites have led to social isolation rather than broadening the social horizon. • Feelings and emotions have been
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welfare of children and young people Task A 1. The Children Act 1989 - 2004 is the most relevant legislation for safeguarding children and young people’s welfare. It was first made to give boundaries and support for local authorities for the welfare of children. The act then also made changes to the law that are regulated for children and their safety if they are in foster homes‚ adoption agencies‚ babysitting services and also handling childcare crimes and crimes against children. The children act’s
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Social networking sites such as Facebook‚ MySpace‚ Online Dating and Twitter‚ allow people to socialize with friends and family all over the world and they are causing a drastic change in the way people sculpt our society today. These websites have become a part of reality’s everyday tasks‚ and the numbers of users are only increasing each and every day. The websites allow individuals to create their own personal profiles online to share with the world’s online communities. They have changed the
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When bullying is suspected or alleged the child who is being bullied‚ the one doing the bullying and their families all need to be supported in different ways. When a child or young person is being bullied they may be very upset and reluctant to tell anyone about it (i.e. out of fear of making the situation worst). That is why they should be listened to and reassured that telling someone was the right thing to do‚ that the incident is going to be fully investigated and the bullying will not be allowed
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Social Networking Dawn M INF103: Computer Literacy Instructor Abdullah September 5‚ 2011 While Social Networking is a positive experience‚ it can also have a negative effect on people. Social Networking has exploded through-out the world because due to many people both young and old‚ have turned to Social Networking in order to keep in contact with both family and friends‚ Students have used Social Network as a learning tool as well as for support‚ whether it is for school work
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