Jenna Wortham is the author of the article named ‘Employers Use Social Networks to Check Applicants’. She is a technology reporter for The New York Times and this article was published on August 2009 at New York City. In this article she talks about how employers use social network like Facebook to check out references of the people that they might hire. She says that ‘Facebook is the most popular online destination for employers followed by LinkedIn’ (Wortham‚ 97). The main point that she tells
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In spite of the advantages afforded by social networking sites they can have potentially harmful effects. It is undeniable that social networks have a lot of advantages; still they also have several disadvantages. It is common knowledge that many people‚ especially young people‚ have heard about or belong to at least one social networking site. Social networks’ users rely on these sites to maintain their social relations and entertain themselves. It seems that these networking sites offer many
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Social Networking Rewind back 10 years‚ before the idea of Facebook‚ Twitter‚ and YouTube became a reality. The thought that people might someday spend more than half their day on a website such as Facebook was unthinkable. These social networks sites‚ along with hundreds more‚ were just a spark in designers’ mind. Social networking has made many effects upon society. With almost anyone having access to a computer‚ it has become easier to connect virtually with one another. The constant use of
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TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILLIPINES Ayala Boulevard‚ Ermita Manila‚ Philippines “THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL NETWORK IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE” SUBMITTED TO: PROF. JONATHAN CAIÑA SUBMITTED BY: Bunsol‚ John Paul Coruna‚ Mark Lorenz Ello‚ Zharlene Nolasco‚ Kaiz Tamayo‚ Rem Raymond INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Social networking sites were already part of our life since we are using it every day. These sites enable us to have a direct interaction between individuals
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May 9‚ 2013 Social Networking At its Worst Most people in the world rely on their phones to talk to someone unfortunately we live in a world where communication all takes place through a piece of technology. Whether it is through a simple text message or social networking site we’ve come to revolve around social networks like Facebook‚ Twitter‚ and now Instagram. This essay is about Social Networking sites in general and arguing that they are negative to our communication experience in detrimental
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The Social Network Michelle Graul St. Johns River State College Imagine having an idea worth twenty-five billion dollars. In the essay‚ “The Social Network”‚ Alissa Wilkinson writes about the movie‚ “The Social Network”‚ which is about Mark Zuckerberg‚ the world’s youngest billionaire‚ and his idea that changed the world. We can hardly remember the world ten years ago where we couldn’t see pictures from the event that we missed last night online the next day or create our own event‚ inviting
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Introduction S ocial network industry started to expand rapidly after the year 1997 where the world first social network site‚ SixDegrees.com is being introduced to the public. Afterward there were many different types of sites being introduced to public. Social network sites (SNSs) can be define as web-based services that allow individuals to construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system‚ articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection‚ and view and traverse
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Social Networks Do the names MySpace‚ Facebook etc. ring a bell? They probably do because they are some of the most popular sites on the internet today. These sites are all called ’social networking’ sites because they help people meet and discuss things online. Each of these social networking sites has its own strengths: MySpace is especially popular among teenagers‚ Facebook is popular with college age people. The common thread between all of these social networks is that they provide a place
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Fincher portrays Mark sympathetically in ‘The Social Network’. Do you agree? It can be said that since the turn of the century social interaction between young people in the generation has evolved due to the accessibility of technology. David Fincher’s film ‘The Social Network’ gives viewers a great insight into this. Upon the completion of the film main character Mark Zuckerberg is in an empty courtroom‚ alone‚ which raise the question - as a result of his intellect and online proficiency‚ has
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Social Network ’s a Social Problem? Social Networking: A Problem for Adolescents Dillon Hackworth Sociology 1010 P06 November 15‚ 2011 Abstract The impact of internet communication on adolescent social development is of considerable importance to health professionals‚ parents‚ and teachers. Online social networking and instant message applications‚ such as those found on Facebook‚ are very popular amongst an era of high-tech youth (Campbell 2011). These utilities facilitate communication for teenagers
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