Brief communications: Hendrix et al. Use of Facebook in academic health sciences libraries Dean Hendrix‚ MLIS; Deborah Chiarella‚ MLS; Linda Hasman‚ MSLS; Sharon Murphy‚ MLS‚ RN; Michelle L. Zafron‚ MLS See end of article for authors’ affiliations. DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.97.1.008 INTRODUCTION Originally founded to link students at Harvard University‚ the social networking application‚ Facebook‚ has evolved into the most visited social networking site in the world with over 90 million active
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Mr. Ben Mhamed Mohamed El Mouhtarim Chaïmae (N: 12001156) El Madini Issam (N: 12001182) Academic year 2013/2014 OUTLINE: History of Facebook Facemash TheFacebook Facebook The impact and use of Facebook Social Economical Political Disadvantages Facts History of Facebook Facebook is the largest social network in the world today‚ but how did it all begin? The original website was initially limited to Harvard students only‚ but quickly expanded
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introduced to social networks such as Facebook. Now fast-forward to today and the Internet and my smartphone are the only ways I communicate. Facebook has become a huge company with over 800 million users (Facebook 2011). and I have a smartphone that enables me to look up information instantly almost anywhere. I realize now that I cannot go without these technologies and I know that it is the same for many‚ if not most people. I also realize that services such as Facebook are changing the way we interact
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How Facebook Affects One Academic Performance How Facebook affects one’s academic performance I. INTRODUCTION Facebook are currently being used regularly by millions of people. The use of these networking sites has been widespread that they have not only caught the attention of academic researchers worldwide but also us‚ in particular. Social networking sites are now being investigated by numerous social science researchers and an increasing number of academic commentators are becoming more and
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Taylor: Essay: Why facebook is bad. Essay: Why facebook is bad. I believe that facebook is bad. In this essay I will tell that Facebook wastes time‚ occupies the hosts mind and is not‚ no matter what people say is not the same as actual social interaction. Facebook is not my friend and neither should it be yours‚ My first reason why facebook is not my friend is because that it wastes everybody time. Now my argument is just armed at facebook‚ but also the people who make facebook games‚ Zynga is
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One of the most recent notable M&A deals is “Facebook acquiring Instagram”. This acquisition is a critical move of Facebook due to the 2 main reasons: the deal size of $1 bn that Facebook spent for a startup app developer‚ of which $300 mn in cash and the remainder in Facebook Class B stock after the IPO and the financial effect the deal created just before Facebook IPO. At the time of the acquisition‚ Facebook was a network of a billion users yet still struggling with monetizing. On the other
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Social Network: an online community of people with a common interest who use a Web site or other technologies to communicate with each other and share information‚ resources(dictionary.com). There are almost 500 million users of social networks and spent over 700 billion minutes a month using them. Is this hindering our social skills? There are many ways that people interact with each other such as e-mail‚ texting‚ a social network but the least used interaction is face to face. A negative impact
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The Effectiveness of Facebook Advertising or Fan/Like Pages A study of Young Adults over the ages of 13 By Joe De Wet (197031803) Laura Leigh Poonsamy (208159517) Theodore Zeederberg (2080230416) Assignment 1 submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the diploma National Diploma: Marketing in the Faculty of Business at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology Lecturer: Mr RG Duffett Cape Town 9 May 2011 DECLARATION I‚ Joe De Wet‚ declare that
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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 Facebook Sonnet” clearly shows that the smallest thing can become the biggest part of life. The first stanza introduces you to Sherman Alexie’s description of Facebook in “The Facebook Sonnet.” It talks about reuniting with old high school friends and how it keeps you connected to them for as long you all shall live in the "endless high-school/Reunion" (lines 1-2). The middle of the first stanza says‚ "Welcome to past friends / And lovers‚ however kind or cruel" (lines 2-3)‚ this shows that
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