What if Facebook was used to its fullest potential? In twelve years the social networking
site has surely grown quite a bit from the site intended to allow Harvard students to connect with
one another. Today, Facebook is a site filled with advertisements and cheaply made free-to-play
games. Cat pictures and cheery posts that say, “Like/share if you love Jesus!” riddle the
landscape of a service that is supposed to be actually connecting people. Things like this have led
people to lose hope in online social networking. To some it seems like it has become a detriment
to society. However, the results of what happens when it is used properly should not be
overlooked. Online social networking in general promotes actual relationships and benefits our
society by providing a medium perfect for connecting with people in a variety of ways. As with everything, there are those who think differently, believing that social
networking has adverse effects on the socialization of people. “It’s still surprising to me,
however, this combination of Orwell and WALL-E that has humans watching one another
through computer screens and socializing through in quasi-isolation,” remarks an article
on Times.com (Davis). Those of that opinion think that indirect communication via online
social networking will lead to increased isolationist tendencies. While these seem like valid
concerns, if anything, those feared online social networks actually help people in social
We have the ability to connect with everyone all over the world. Social networking has given us more access to information than we ever have before. Not only do we have access, but faster access. We are now connected with people from our past and some we may never meet in person. With the help of Facebook, it’s entirely possible to have hundreds of friends. Social networking has helped to increase our sources of content as a whole.
Social networking sites allow people to show there interest and background. In addition, these sites help share personals things and interest “Social networking websites are virtual communities that encourage and foster interaction among members of a group by allowing them to past personal information communicate with other users and connect their personal profiles to others.”(Belanger) These sites help people share age, birthday,
It’s quite fascinating that in the early 2000’s social media wasn’t even invented; yet statistics show that Facebook has accumulated users surpassing the entire population of the United States. The
One social networking service has taken the Internet by storm. The world's most popular and well-known social networking web site, Facebook enables users to connect with friends, colleagues, and family by sharing updates about their status, personal photos and videos, and other items of interest . The site also allows sending personal messages or chats with other users, make public an event and invite guests, promote various public pages, and interaction with members with common interests (Rouse). Mark Zuckerberg, a student at Harvard University, launched “The facebook,” as it was initially know, in February 2004. It extended to various United States High Schools and other universities in the United States such as the Ivy League, and eventually began to spread worldwide. As of September 2006, Facebook can be used outside of educational institutions, as the site can be used by anyone (Phillips). As of June 2017, web site has two billion monthly active users, making it the most popular and used social networking web site (Welch). Facebook has changed the world in numerous ways, such as faster assimilation of information, how we keep in touch with others, express yourselves and our sentiments, and share moments of our lives in a click of a button, how we interact each with each other, and how it displays the current events of the world (Wagner). Facebook also has a fair share of its positive and negative effects. Some of the positive effects are it allows people to keep in
As we all know, Facebook is the most popular social networking site. To give some statistics, there are 1,374,000,000 people using Facebook in the world (Statistic Brain RSS), but Facebook is not the beginning of social networking. It started with Bulletin Board System. It is an online place for users to communicate with a central system where they could download files and post messages to other users (Liu). From late the 70’s to now, people show a great improvement on the Internet. In developed countries, the majority of people use social networks to communicate by chatting, blogging and
Society is constantly changing and will continue to change in the future. The change is predictable because people change their ideas, routines, and views frequently. One of the topics that is typically brought up when discussing the influences on how society is changing, is social networking. There are two sides to every story. One side of the effects of social networking is that it is beneficial to society by informing people on particular situations in the world and on current important events. The other side views social networking as dangerous and drama filled. While there are benefits and dangers to social networking's effects on society, I will argue that social networking has changed society more negatively than positively.
How many hours do you spend every day on the internet? Do you go to social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? If not, “Welcome to the 20th century”. Well, Facebook is currently the most popular social networking website created by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 to make it easier for people to connect with your family, friends and love ones through the internet. After its creation, Facebook has really paved its
Social media has given people the opportunity for them to connect with family and friends who live farther away. Ninety- three percent of adults on Facebook use it to connect with family members (“Are Social Networking Sites Good for Our Society?”). People are naturally social so it’s frequently quite fulfilling to see the comments and likes that show up from friends and family on their posts (Moreau). Lynne Johnson tells a story about the impact her Facebook had on her husband’s trip to the gas station. While Johnson’s husband was pumping gas, a “stranger” approached him by calling him by his name and saying hello. She says the man probably realized her husband was confused about how they knew each other, and explained to the husband that he was friends with Lynne on Facebook. The man said, “I know Lynne! I’ve never met her or you. I just follow Lynne on Facebook, so I feel like I know you” (Kerpen). This just shows that people from anywhere can connect with each other. Social media helps people who are shy or socially isolated connect with other people. Also it helps them come out of their shell because sometimes it is easier to talk to people through a screen. Although this can be used in good ways, it can also be used in bad ways, but once again the goods over power the bads.
Instead of the bad impacts social networking gives us, there are also many good impacts that benefits us in our daily lives. It allows us to connect with new friends, reconnect with old friends, and even gain important ties with contacts that are important to our jobs. It gives us a chance to express ourselves, and share our interests with legitimate friends. Something that has come up recently, is how police are able to track down criminals, or report crimes such as theft, underage drinking, and drug
Before social media, all there was on the internet was information. Entertainment was only limited to watching TV. If someone wanted to be entertained, all the individual would have was TV and outside. There was no such thing as a web series; an individual would have to go to a TV at a specific time instead of going on a streaming website. Say if a student wanted an opinion on something for an assignment, the student would have to find a person to ask. There was no way of asking anybody on the Web 2.0, the student would have to find a friend or go up to a stranger. Before social media, it would be tough to hear someone’s point of view. He (the student) could not conveniently go on a chat room to discuss something, he would have to go out and organize groups and find other people who he wanted a point of view from.
The year 1983 improved many lives and made the impossible possible, and that was the internet. The internet changed the lives of people and it has become an essential part of their lifestyle; yet as years went on, the internet has progressed into something bigger than people would have ever thought of. Then the next big life changer was in 2004 and it changed society mental and physical appearance. This invention has become eat and sleep process and it has turned into an addition to the people on Earth. This addiction had become people’s new favorite drug and that is Facebook. Facebook is the most popular social networking website on the internet. The main concept to having the social network is to keep people in touch with all their
Facebook, a social networking website, has changed the way people communicate with each other. A social networking website is an online platform that allows users to create a public profile and interact with other users on the website. Facebook has even changed our most personal and private conversations and how they are conducted around the world. Since the internet’s birth in 1983, this trend of online communication has been growing. Created in 2004, now registered with more than one billion participants, Facebook’s user numbers surpass even the top four social networking websites combined. According to Wikipedia statistics, Instagram has 300 million registered users, LinkedIn has 200 million users, Classmates.com has 50 million users, and Flickr has 32 million registered users. To be further convinced of the claim that Facebook indeed changes the way we communicate, you would only need to create your own Facebook account and start participating in their social networking experience. Technology and internet usage is fused into every aspect of our society including the style of communication. The launch of Facebook in 2006 also enabled other devices such as touch phones, interactive tablets, and even advanced cars with their own networking capabilities starting in 2007. Facebook is a multibillion-dollar company and is highly recognized for connecting more people than other networks. Facebook’s long-term success can be attributed to providing entertainment, world news, and
Facebook Inc. was founded on July 29, 2004 as a social networking company by Mark Zuckerberg. Before Facebook, Zuckerberg attended Harvard University as a psychology major. Facebook was originally called The Facebook and was created for the purpose of social networking for students that attended Harvard, it didn’t take long for Facebook to gain popularity (Reuters, 2015). Now, almost 11 years later Facebook is a $234 billion company with 1.19 billion active users. Facebook’s market cap is just under that of Walmart; which is the world’s largest retailer (Lange, 2015). Facebook incorporated has gained popularity for the ease of use for users to network all over the world. Even though many people only know of Facebook’s social networking aspects, Facebook owns a few applications and products, and has a huge project in the works called Internet.org; in which they have collaborated with big name companies to complete. Facebook’s success is thriving from the ability to make great investment that will benefit them later, along with engaging users in different aspects of social networking and always “Biggering and Bettering” their brand. The company’s goals, user interactions, the satisfaction of its users and overall business practices are what makes them so great,
Think back to when you made your first Facebook page, did you really know what you were doing or whom you were sharing your information with? When I was in the 7th grade I made my first Facebook account, which 6 years later I still use to this day. This long lasting popularity and growth is due to Facebook’s adaptive and innovative nature. When Facebook was created it was a website for only Harvard University students and is now one of the worlds largest social media websites due largely to the growth of digital natives (Wikipedia). At the time Facebook was not the first of its kind, it had competition however, it surpassed its competitors due to its well-rounded social approach. It did not stress the importance of any one part of an individual’s life like MySpace does with music; it allows the user to generate what they talk about. Today Facebook is actively used but has changed dramatically in regards to its purpose, popularity and privacy that it originally was made with.
Social media is one of the many benefits we can count as the most helpful technological advance, we acquire through the year and Facebook is the leading innovation from all social media sites. Facebook is an online social media and social networking service based in California, USA. The website was launched on February 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg, along with fellow Harvard college student and roommate, Eduardo Saverin, Anderw McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes (Wikipedia, 2017). Since the launch people are using it for different purposes including education,