Technology has had a great impact on the way the world communicates. Access to technology has become an integral part of education, socialization and industry related requirements, and accordingly Internet usage is evolving and growing rapidly. MySpace, Twitter, Skype, and Facebook are some of the online connections people use today to stay in contact with friends, coworkers, and family. Communicating in today’s society has become a lot easier with social networking sites allowing us to communicate with people with a simple click of the mouse. In this paper, I will address the strengths and limitations of social networking. I will look at the ways that social network can impact the social world of people and communities, especially those with whom we work. I will address the psychological impact of social networking. Lastly, I will look at how social workers embrace social networking in clinical, community, group and organizational practice.
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Created in 2004, by 2007 Facebook was reported to have more than 21 million registered members generating 1.6 billion page views each day (Ellison, 2007). Membership to the newly created social network site was restricted to students at Harvard but soon expanded to include students from other colleges and universities. Facebook launched a high school version in September 2005, which Zuckerberg called the next logical step (Wikipedia, 2011).finally, on September 26, 2006, Facebook became available to everyone age 13 and older with a valid email address. Most participants log on at least once a day. Personally, I long on at least once a day and spend about 5 to 10 minutes checking my messages, posting a comment, and replying to invitations and comments. When I first crea...
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In the reading, “Education for Macro Intervention a Survey of Problems and Prospects,” the author Jack Rothman discusses challenges facing Macro Practice in Schools of Social Work. Rothman’s concern is the lack of interest or lack of academic support for the community or administration macro practice in social work education. According to Rothman, this issue is not recent or unrecognized in the profession and among social work’s professionals. After reviewing the responses of his claim, Rothman suggests that students lack interest in macro practice due to short supply of scholarships and most school curriculums are primarily clinical, which neglects or marginalized macro courses.
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In order to successfully achieve in addressing the issues that affect the community or the world social workers have to know what it means to work on a macro-level practice. This type of practice is working on our larger level. Instead of having that one-on-one clinical social work with a client these type of social worker addresses their client’s issues by working on the policies and making changes that need to be done for the benefit of their clients. In other words, macro social worker usually works in an organization that engaged in changing policies for the benefit of the community or for the benefit of that organization’s clients as a whole. For instance, an example of this type of practice is the program coordinator for the mental health in my field, Edison Job Corps. The program coordinator ultimately made the decisions on what is needed and not needed for the clients on the center. In order to be a successful macro social worker, there is a need to be a
The use of social networking sites is rising at great rates. According to a report conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project in 2012, ninety-five percent of individuals aged 12-17 use the internet; and eighty-one percent of those use social network sites (Pew Interest). Although it is known that social media can have a useful impact on lives, often times people forget that with a positive comes a negative. The continual use of social network sites will impact teen lives more negatively than positively because they can cause huge distractions from valuable and critical pursuits like education; they can also cause mental health issues and a reduction in communication skills.
Facebook was started by undergraduate college students and grew to surpass all other social media groups (Hartung, Adam). In 2010, Facebook achieved six hundred million active users (Hartung, Adam). Now, as many as nine hundred million users visit on a monthly basis (eBiz). Facebook’s success introduced many new updates in the past years. From social games to contacting friends from across the globe, Facebook kept pushing technology; making it number one of the fifteen most successful social media (eBiz).Popularity did not just come from the wide variety of activities, but the easy setup of the site. It is so simple; a thirteen year old can use it. It did not take long for most of all the MySpace users to switch to Facebook.
In September 2005 Facebook launched a high school version which, at the time, required an invitation to join and was considered the “next logical step” by Zuckerberg. By October 2005, Facebook expanded to twenty-one universit...
It is known that youth are positively affected with the benefits of social media in connection with positive behavioral outcomes. Several studies have mentioned a number of benefits that a youth receives out from being a social media user. Furthermore, the youth uses Social Networking Sites to make their own profiles and connect to even wider networks of friends (Ahn, 2011)
How the social networking influents young people’s psychological well-being? Since the World Wide Web appeared in the world in the year of 1991, the internet has significantly changed people’s life on almost every level. Especially when the social media sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, became popular during the last decade, people’s lifestyles have greatly changed by this form of communication, which consequently brings many psychological effects on the young people. As the result, according to the recent researches, the teenagers and the young adults in this era are bearing many mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety, and addiction, due to the social
Macro practice concentrates its efforts on the big picture, battling larger social problems. Micro practice, on the other hand, assists individuals in finding ways to improve the lives of them and their families. Changes in the political climate can also influence the focus of social work. In times of destabilization, repression or social unrest, the door is opened for social reform and macro-level movement increases. In times of prosperity, micro-practice and individual therapy comes to the forefront as complacency overcomes the population, content with the status quo (Abramovitz,
Social media is so popular that according to a recent article published by forbes.com, “72% of American adults are currently using social media sites; that figure has gone up 800% in just 8 years”(Olenski). Social networking was originally created to simply reconnect people with old high school pals, but in recent years it has evolved into a completely different operation. When social media first originated it was also intended for adult usage, which has in recent years expanded into the usage of all ages. Social media can create a negative affect on lives because it has been proven to be a dangerous addiction, for it takes away interpersonal relationships that are essential in life, and it has been proven to prevent people from being productive in life.
Research Proposal Jazmin Hernandez Intelligence 501: Strategic Intelligence July 16th, 2017 Introduction With an increase in social media use by most generations, terrorist organizations have shifted to using social media as well. Terrorist organizations have found the benefit of using social to recruit, communicate, and spread terror. Many people know that with the rise in putting more information online, people are having more and more access to thing that they never did before. Terrorist organizations have learn to adapt and use this opportunity as a new way to do many things that benefit they what to do.
This research is unique because it will give light to the individuals who are against social networking that will not take to consideration that it has any positive outcomes at all and to those who believe that social networking has no downfalls and are too blinded by the social networking to even notice the affects it has on their own lives.
Social media is used by many people, young and old around the world as a way to communicate. Our lives have become so busy that it is difficult to maintain family and social relationships. “They use social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. On these sites users create profiles, communicate with friends and strangers, do research and share thoughts, photos, music, links and more” (Social Networking). With the use of social media you can be friends with all sorts of people without actually seeing or knowing them. “In many ways, social communities are the virtual equivalent of meeting at the general store or at church socials to exchange news and get updated on friends and families” (Cosmato).
In Betty White’s opening monologue to Saturday Night Live, she said, “I didn’t know what Facebook was, and now that I do know what it is, I have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time. I would never say the people on it are losers, but that’s only because I’m polite.” Originally intended for the use of students at Harvard University in 2004, Facebook grew exponentially to be an online phenomenon in the years following. In 2006, it became accessible to anyone and everyone with internet connection. Aside from the advantages that give the site its popularity, creating a profile comes with a number of significant disadvantages inherit to online social networks. What do more than 500 million active users use their Facebook for? Communicating with long distance friends and spreading awareness of causes are common responses. Unfortunately, Facebook has it flaws, from limiting the privacy of relationships to creating a form of almost unmanageable bullying, making one reconsider their involvement and think, “do I really want my Facebook account?”
Social networking is doing more harm than good in society, if traditional and personal interactions continue to be replaced with conversations through online networking sites, it won’t be long before they are perceived as the ‘norm’. Traditional methods of interaction will continue to be at risk if the effects of social media are not realised. Social networking sites were created as a means of making it easier for individuals to communicate in a timely and efficient manner, they were not created to take over face-to-face communications altogether. The constant use of online networking is doing more harm than good not only individually, similarly through the community