Advantages of Social Networks

Even if there are encryptions and copyrights on certain things, with technological advances, someone can find a way around those. This study provides a list of things students should be aware of: (1) What are the costs and benefits of posting the information? This involves evaluating the content of the post and determining whether it can be considered inappropriate or offensive. The costs may include the questioning of the individuals’ character and professional capabilities. The benefits may include posts that enhance the individual’s public identity as moral and hard-working. (2) Is there a high probability that classmates, faculty members, or clients will be significantly and negatively affected? During the evaluation process of the post, it is extremely important for the individual to determine whether or not the post may offend someone as stated before, or even jeopardize someone else’s future. This could include posting nudes, videos, or even hate comments spilling all of their secrets. (3) How will the disclosure affect my relationship with my classmates, advisor, and clients? The study provided three cases in which private information on the Internet could affect the individual relationships. Posting unbecoming content on social networking websites could compromise the validity of the identity portrayed by the individual when they are around. This compromise could lead to distrust. This same result of compromising identity is also involved in

Today, social networking is a popular way of communicating with family and friends all around the world. It is among the top communication methods, even surpassing the telephone. Although for a lot of people social networking is a positive thing, it comes with many risks. Social media’s apparent advancements may cause harm to an individual in many ways: including loss of privacy, cyber bullying, as well as distraction. In the past there were party lines, which not many people remember, but social networking has many similarities to these party lines. Individuals who use social networking must be aware that what they say is available to the public, and the whole world is watching due to these advancements in technology. Just like those old party lines: everyone can see what is being said.

Social Networking sites are a web-based service that gives an opportunity to individuals to create their own personal profile with the choice of their own selected content. People spend more than usual hours on social networking sites to post pictures, browse through updates seek entertainment and chat around with friends to keep themselves connected to one another. These sites have held an addiction to the youth where some find it difficult to concentrate on their work and prefer logging in and jumping across one site to another. Individuals have set their own limits as to when and when not to access these websites but we witness very few out of the lot who does not access or make use of these sites at all.

A social network is a social structure made up of individuals that are tied together by friendship, kinship, common interest, sexual relationship, knowledge or prestige. Generally, teens use social network to communicate and stay in touch with their friends or make new friends. Teens also use social networks to make social plans with friends and maybe to flirt. Teenagers love to express themselves.

American students may feel as though they have a right to privacy, but in the online world, that privacy is a myth. (Brooks-Young, 2010) Anyone with basic computer skills can find ways to hack into private pages, and for students to be safe, they must be made completely aware that everything they post in any media may come back to haunt them. Forever. As educators, a top priority in a connected classroom must be to help learners understand the importance of protecting themselves. As Digital Citizens, they must learn to self-protect from people who aim to “disrupt and harm”, as noted in the 9th element of Digital Citizenship. (Ribble, 2015). The invisible nature of many of these dangerous people makes it difficult for adolescents, whose minds are not fully capable of abstract thought, to protect themselves. A 13 year old who may “overshare” in the classroom, where people are physically present, is in grave danger of exposing personal information that can be used to hurt them, when their audience is not visible. For students who may be quiet in person, but active online,

It’s no secret that over the past few years, our society has experienced numerous technological advancements in various industries including the internet. However, many may argue that some of these advancements have only brought more problems, temptations and potential dangers for children and teens. This is a growing concern to many, because according to a study conducted by the Pew Research Center, “93% of teens ages 12‐17 go online, as do 93% of young adults ages 18‐29”. What is even more concerning is that many parents do not have any idea of what their child does online nor the amount of information they release of themselves. When the internet was developed, no one would have imagined how big it would become. However, we all use the internet practically every day in different ways. While some may use it for business relations, other individuals may use it for socializing and connecting with others. Susan Barnes is the author of Privacy Paradox: Social Networking in the U.S., in the article, Barnes describes how easily teens reveal their information online and the problems that are arising from it. Additionally, she brings awareness to a growing problem because of Web Blogging. Among young teens, Web Blogging is becoming extremely popular. In their blogs, most teens talk about their personal lives,

Thesis Statement: As with virtually any use of the internet, using social networks becomes a risk to adolescents more often than most realize.

Privacy issues have been a major concern among worried parents, college administrators and government officials. With the recent up rise in social networking websites and the timeless desire to fit in, teenagers are freely dispensing personal information that could put them at risk for attacks by cyber predators and marketing companies. The article written by Susan B. Barnes “A Privacy Paradox: Social Networking in the United States” discusses social network confidentiality issues by breaking down what the privacy paradox means, the differences between public and private space, and then the possible solutions to the problems that we are faced with.

People should expect no privacy when it comes to their online activities. Companies like Facebook, Myspace and Google collect data on their users and sell it to advertisers. Advertisers then begin targeting social media users who match their profiles with online ads. As a user of social media, I often do online research on a particular topic or item I’m looking to buy to compare features and learn more about it. The next time I check my yahoo mail account, the side banner advertisements have all the items that I’ve recently searched online. It’s creepy. Social media users seem to have a false sense of privacy because it feels somewhat anonymous. It is anything but anonymous. Even the government is involved in monitoring the activities of internet users, especially social networking sites like Facebook. Consumers are willing to post personal information, photos, use their credit cards on ‘secure sites’ and by doing so, they are allowing their information to be data mined. Emails are not private either and can be mined for personal data to steal or advertising to target what we discuss in emails (Lawrence & Weber, 2014). What really frightens me is the staying power of our online identities. As teenagers and young adults fill their social media accounts with raucous pictures and rebellious statements, they don’t realize that potential employers and universities will have access to the foolishness of their youth. Expect no privacy and be cautious of what you post because it

The internet is a tool to take a peek into others ' lives. The privacy settings of social

Since 2004, Facebook has changed the face of social media altogether. Facebook was originally designed for the average student to stay connected to other college students within the area. After years of growth, the social media platform has completely transformed into a space parents and even grandparents can navigate with ease. Because there are so many people within the site, there is room for problems to arise within everyday use. Facebook has made it so that users can change and maintain their privacy settings, however friends can tag one another in photos, which their friends can see and find you by a click of a button. This questions the level of safety that Facebook has. Although Facebook is a fun way to stay connected

The use of social networking is currently the most popular tool of communication. People use it to connect to their loved ones, circle of friends, and maintain a professional relationship with their colleagues. Students use social networking to connect and collaborate with their peers. It is also a way to spread information faster than the word of mouth. Anything posted online will forever be public. However, many students misuse social networking as a way to compare themselves to their peers and as an escape from reality. This results in having problems with school achievement, self-esteem, and the lack of real-life support. The excessive use of social networking does more harm than good among students if not used properly.

People need to be educated on what information is acceptable to be put online and how to properly set the controls for the privacy setting on Facebook, the ways the government can use a person’s information against them, and how to fix their privacy setting so that their lives and everyday habits will not be publicized for the entire world to view. Information can become permanently archived to the police, employers, or criminals looking to find more facts on a person. There have been many studies dedicated to the work of Facebook privacy.

We torment each other each and every day. We claim we want the hate to stop. We want the rumors, disrespect, harassment and bullying to end. We cringe at the bitter words spoken about us online. And yet we persist to tag along through sharing of photos and videos. The virtual world called social network continues to corrupt the minds of the innocent and the young. The popularity of social network site will continue to grow in number regardless of whether we love or hate it. Coupled with the advancement of technology social networks promote an accessible way to manipulate people. The world within our computers not only provides a smooth way for bully and predators but also negatively impact the health of young teens, productivity levels,

Based on Figure 7, 52% of the students remark that social networking will cause their study or work to be neglected. Most of them are addicted to social networking and disrupted their daily time management causing them cannot focus their full attention on studies. There are twenty percent of the students comment social networking was wasting their time and money. They said that social networking does not benefit them moreover they often use their time surfing unbeneficial web page and some it may cost you some money if you want to become a member of social network page.With the entertainment service provided by the social network, almost twenty percent of the students misuse the service of social network. They spent most of the time chit-chat with friends and playing social network games during social networking causing them lack of time in their studies. On the other hand, 4 out of 50 students (8%) answered that they can get the best inference from social networking. By collecting experience shared from friend to friend, they can make reasonable inference