Spreads information fast
Used to catch criminals
Used to promote businesses
Allows students to cheat at school
Can be used to cyberbully
Can endanger military and journalist
“35 global heads of state, every US Cabinet agency, 84% of US state governors, every major candidate for US President, and more than 40% of top global religious leaders are on Twitter.”
“Students who used social networking sites while studying scored 20% lower on tests and students who used social media had an average GPA of 3.06 versus non-users who had an average GPA of 3.82.”
“Users send out 58 million tweets per day, with 9,100 happening every second. However, there are 222 million Twitters who just watch other people’s tweets.”
“Instagram has already had more than
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These have become evident with the overall popularity of social networking growing along with the new forms that social networking is taking. For example, Instagram is a fairly new social networking site that was not available for use prior to 2010. Whereas sites like Facebook have been around longer. With the advancements in technology the way people access social networking sites has changed over time, causing, yet again more advantages and disadvantages. For example when smartphones came into the picture it allowed people to utilize social networking sites more often than when you had to find a computer to get on the …show more content…
For example social networking can serve as a tool for bullies. In fact, “800,000 minors were harassed or cyberbullied on Facebook according to a June 2012 Consumer’s Report survey”. In this survey ONLY one social networking facilitated 800,000 minors to be bullied, but there are many other popular websites like Facebook and adults can get cyberbullied, too. Another negative use of social networking is to cheat school assignments. An example of this is how some “students in California, New York City, and Houston posted photos of standardized tests to social media sites, allowing students who had not yet taken the tests to see the questions (and potentially find answers) ahead of time”. Along with this, social networking can also endanger the military and journalists. “Checking in” on social networking sites like Facebook can give away sensitive information, like the location, of certain military personnel. As for journalist it can have a very negative effect on them as well, “in 2011 a Mexican journalist was murdered by the Zetas drug cartel because she used Twitter to report on cartel
It’s no secret that internet and social media has become a major part of our society. In the last 14 years the number of internet users has increased by a whopping 566% and 2,495,518,376 people in this world have access to the internet. 70% of them use the internet on a daily basis. On average that 70% will spend 3.2 hours daily on social media, such as Instagram, Tumblr, Google+ and YouTube.
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Students who moderately use social networking applications spend a good amount of time on these applications and are still able to manage time for sleeping, practicing good eating habits, homework, and studying.... ... middle of paper ... ... Although this research will focus on grade point averages of students, it will also determine if social networking has effects on other aspects of the college life such as sleeping patterns, health, and awareness.
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Forbes estimated that in 2011, Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg were worth an estimated 50 billion dollars as a result of its growing popularity. It went from a social network just for Harvard Student to a worldwide phenomenon. Twitter as well has famous celebrities and personalities who are followed by millions. Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and Katy Perry are the top 3 most followed people on Twitter, with over 14 million people following them and updated on their every single move. Besides the elite list of celebrities and famous companies such as Google or The New York Times using social media sites as an outlet to gain customers, one of the main reasons it is so successful is its worldwide and global appeal. People from first and third world countries are aware of it, and statistics show that one in every nine people on Earth is on Facebook, and Twitter is adding up to 500,000 users each day. Search engine giant Google, perhaps the most famous name on the internet has started their own social networking experiment, Google+, which experts have predicted will also become a powerhouse.
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Today social media has become a big influence on society. There are many different social media sites that allow people to interact with others. Such social media sites are Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. There are many more different sites, but these are the popular networks that are being used today. These sites allow you to connect with anybody you want to. Social media sites can make you feel connected with others and seem like the best thing, but at the same time it can be a weakness that many of us have.
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76% of American adults online use social networking sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin, and Pinterest, as of July 2015, up from 26% in 2008. A social network is a website that brings people together to talk, share ideas and interests, or make new friends. Some believe social networks harm the society because it’s a waste of time and can be very dangerous; however it can be a very useful tool like staying in touch with family and finding out about the news.
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