Facebook 's Benefits And Risks

Technology, especially social networking, has formed a huge part in society’s daily lives for the last several years. Facebook, one of the major social media platforms, as stated by Mark Hall in his article Facebook American Company, has become the largest social network with more than 1 billion users across the nations, and most of these users fall into the

Social networking sites (referred to more broadly as social media) are a collection of websites and applications that enable users to swap ideas, post updates and comments, and participate in activities and events while sharing their interests with other users. From general chit-chat to propagating breaking news, scheduling a date to following election results, gentle humor to serious research, social networking sites are used for a variety of reasons by various user communities. Nowadays, nearly every person who has access to a computer and Internet indulges in some kind of social networking on a daily basis. The introduction of social media has changed the entire dynamics of our lifestyles: the ways we live, work, and maintain our friendships. Despite its numerous advantages, social media does yield some negative effects. However, the benefits of social media greatly outweigh its negative effects.

In this day and age, social media has become an integral part of our lives. It has created a platform for people to share information instantly and communicate with people all around the world. Facebook is the most outstanding example of successful social media network. According to the first quarter 2015 earnings announcement by Facebook, the site has achieved 1.44 billion active users per month, and 65% of which are daily active users. Other social networking sites such as Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn are also a powerful means of communication. With such a large audience, social networking sites provide ample opportunities to acquire information, network, and connect with friends.

Facebook is one of many social network or social networking sites that exist in the web universe. If you have previously known my space or friendster then facebook is not much different like the second social network. Facebook was firsh present in February 2004 with mark zuckerberg as its founder. In the early days of its establishment, Facebook is only intended for Harvard University Students. New in the year 2005 Facebook open membership for school children. A year later, exactly. In 2006 Faceboo opens a universal membership alias anyone. From any hemisphere, people can join Facebook.

Social networks like Facebook, Myspace and Twitter allow individuals to connect with anyone from coworkers to former classmates. The accessibility of these connections allow for individuals to feel easily connected to a larger community, but they have downsides. From false senses of connection, to data pervasiveness ,social networking is something that effects all groups within our culture to the point where we will have to decide if it is benefical or harful to the indivudal.

Every day, thousands of people are logging on to social networking websites. Some play games, some chat with friends, and some post updates about their lives, but one thing that users may not realize is the effect that social media is having on society. Websites like Facebook and Twitter effect our lives negatively, positively, and a lot more than we think. We

Facebook Inc. is one of the most successful online social media companies in the USA which established in 2004. There are many factors lead the huge success. Currently, more than ten billion active users in the world. The average users per month is 1.8 billion in 2016, but the number is continuously increasing. According to the research, the growth rate of Facebook users is 17% per year. As increasing number of users engage in the Facebook, the market expectation is very bright and it exceeded $500 billion in market value in 2017. Meanwhile, Facebook focus on developing new hardware which can also earn high profits, such as unmanned plane, artificially intelligence.

Can you remember the first social media site that you ever joined? For me, and for many other people, it was Facebook. Facebook was created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, and it remains the most popular social media site to date, with over 1.30 billion active users daily. The question remains as to why this is the social media site that most people use. Facebook has gotten a lot of controversy lately over its constant changes to default settings, excessive mobile data usage, and privacy concerns, so then why do people still use it? It still has a lot of benefits that many people seem to think are better than the negatives, and most of them come down to how easy the website is and the things it has to offer.

Facebook is full of fake profiles of girls and boys. You'll find tons of fake Facebook profile with gorgeous profile shot of a girl. There is no limit to such a profile, and most of them are made by stalkers or marketers to gain more friends and use for their marketing purposes. There are many ways you can create a fake Facebook profile, we will go in the next article.

In this paper, I will synthesize 3 articles that I got from Indonesia, Thailand and Turkey. 3 of them are talking about Facebook used as Blended Learning tools. They have their own purposes but still having the save theme. The respondents in their studies are university students. Students are giving their opinion regarding Blended Learning and Facebook. Turkish IT students preferred direct online environment instead, since they think Facebook is for communication. Indonesian English students think that using Facebook as Blended Learning is as good as face-to-face Blended Learning. Facebook is improving Thailand’s English writing skill, makes Facebook is a suitable tool for Blended Learning.

Social networking has a lot of positive effects on todays society like how it allows us to be able to communicate with people all over the world and how it enables us to learn about a lot of different things we would have never known. It also is a good way to get your name out there if you are searching for a job, but it also has a lot of negative impacts on today society and some of them are very serious. For example social networking can lead to cyber bullying, identity theft, and much more.

The advancement of technology has brought up so many benefits in today’s world, but in all these arise conflicts and problems that are affecting people on a daily basis. To add on to the advancement of technology, Twitter has become one of the most used social media on the internet. Twitter is a social network used by millions of people all over the globe. With such an easy access to Twitter over all kind of devices, tweeting has never been so easy for people (Inc). This technology allows tweets –which are messages that allow up to 140 characters long- to exchange frequent updates of information to friends and strangers online (Inc). Every tweet can also have responses from the public generating real-time conversations around hot topics, breaking news and fascinating new content. Twitter was able to interrupt old traditional messaging techniques like email by offering this one-to-many interface for rapid content delivery and search. Nonetheless, Twitter has developed from more than just a real-time communication tool into one of the world 's leading foundations of social discovery and newsworthy events (Inc). This public interacting atmosphere has also led to a complete community built around the Twitter platform coined the 'Twitter-verse ' where creative people, designers, marketers, and businesses can flourish together (Inc). Within all these possible ways to communicate, raise many provocative and racist tweets, therefore, increasing bullying and verbal abuse

According to Zephoria Digital Marketing and their Top 20 Valuable Facebook Statistics, Facebook is increasing by 15% year over year resulting in 1.71 billion active Facebook users monthly, in 2016. In June 2016, 1.13 billion users logged into Facebook daily (The Top 20 Valuabe Facebook Statistics, 2016), since the 1980’s, social media is a lot more sophisticated and has grown tremendously when it comes to the variety of social networking sites. As the world becomes more complex and governments everywhere struggle, trust in the Internet is more important today than ever. “The Internet is our shared space. It helps us connect. It spreads opportunity. It enables us to learn. It gives us a voice. It makes us stronger and safer together” (Zuckerberg, 2014).

Technology should take the blame for sexting, bullying, identity theft, and many other social issues. However, others may say technology can help conduct schedules, simplify work and home businesses, coordinate activities, communicate with families and much more. Facebook, the  most famous social networking site, comes with its own pros and cons. Facebook though is an enemy to society and single handedly controls the lives of many people.

As technology progress, humans evolve to the advanced technology and enhance our lives via technology. We connect to our families, friends and others through social media such as Facebook. Social media takes up a huge part in our lives. Social media infest us with information that are relevant and irrelevant to us. Marry Marrow wrote, “It was Facebook that changed the face of e-communication; in fact, it was the first electronic social media” (para 1). She assumes that Facebook is playing a huge role in electronic communication. In the journalist Maria Konnikova, “How Facebook makes us unhappy?”, Konnikova divulges many aspects of people on social media through researching and experience, and finds how social makes us unhappy. I agree with Konnikova findings after reading her article. In addition, she concludes that if you are engaged, active, and creative you will not sorrowful on Social media, however if you are passively browsing and defuse to engage, you will be depressed.