Social Networking: Is it Good for our Society?

Social media is especially useful when it comes to investigations. Police officers have learned that, in using social networks to spread certain cases to the public, more information is retrieved. For instance, sending out an image of the criminal to news stations that later display it to the public often leads to feedback about the whereabouts of the criminal as seen by a citizen. Likewise, through social media accounts, we are more capable of seeing things such as who the criminal associates themselves with, as well as their whereabouts, or places they are likely to go through photo geotagging.

When using social media, the police department can target, hundreds to thousands of people, to letting them know of what is going on. For example, in my university an email was sent to every person from the school to make sure everyone was aware of a sex offender that was kicked off the campus. Hashtags on Facebook, Twitter, etc. are also used on social media to make people aware of a certain person or crime that has happened or is about to happen. The more people that know of a specific criminal the less, he or she will want to do because everyone has eyes on them. That will cause the criminal to not commit the crime which keeps communities safe. Pictures of criminals with their information given on social media can help the community a lot to identify the person when the police are not around. Many people today will have access to social media which makes it more fast and convenient for people that rather be on social media than read a newspaper. Another example of social media taking part in lowering crime is being able to spread the word on the steps of what the people should be aware of, such as, laws and procedures, that are needed to be known to everyone. Pictures, articles, etc. can be shared person to person spreading the word from city to city. In a matter of seconds a post can go viral and will keep

It focuses on the ways of maintaining or disrupting the existing social order, which is evident in the social media sites, such as Facebook and twitter where people share and discuss issues. These sites allow the users to establish and maintain relationships, or rekindle relationships with people they had lost contact in addition to being used in law enforcement to collect incriminating evidence. Functionalists, thus see social networking sites as tools for meeting and keeping in touch other people, albeit with dysfunctions, such as crime and fabricated stories about an

Robert D. Stuart points out, “Social media can provide an invaluable source of information for investigators. Criminals will use social media to share

Within the decade they have been integrating new technology in order to better combat crime, today constructing social media intelligence (SOCMINT) is of the utmost importance as the most cunning criminals will utilize the internet and social media to commit their crimes or spread their influence. However, in order for new information to be considered usable in social media intelligence it must have solid, verified evidence to support its inclusion and that the method of collection and application must not be open and subjected to any ethical or legal scrutiny. In Omand, Bartlett, and Miller’s (2012) article, they go into detail with the following five

Throughout human existence many new innovations have been developed to enhance society, including social media. Social media are websites and applications that are used as a communication forum and a method for expressing oneself, it allows users to share content such as thoughts, photos and videos with other users. Despite the fact that society is immensely dependent on social media, negative press has expanded for the effects it convicts on police. Numerous citizens believe social media should remain encouraging and expressing freedom of speech, however, others believe social media should discourage the involvement of police. The battle between social media and police has spiked interest and cause citizens

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.

Social media by itself is not a threat, for it was created for the purpose of entertainment, like television. Although television also holds the important job of conveying information using the news. In our current times, social media is the new method of obtaining information quickly about events. Even though when most people search social media rather than actual news companies, they do not realize how unreliable it truly is. Twitter especially is credited with playing a role as a source of credible information. It has evolved far beyond its origin of being a simple way to keep in contact with friends. In a recent study done by ING, it was shown that one-third of journalists said social media posts are not a reliable source of information. When news of recent events is given on Twitter, it is called into question because it is unable to be determined how true it is. As stated by Johnson and Kaye we must rely on “the credibility of its user.” This proves that social networks are not credible sources at all and Twitter is a social network so how can it be trusted?

There are many opinions about social media and how it is used. There are a lot of people that would agree that social media sites have a negative impact on society. Even though sites like twitter allow everyone to connect to anyone in the entire world, police have found that social media has helped solve crimes around the world ranging from petty theft to murder to cybercrimes. The way we use social media has changed over the years. At the beginning social media was just a way to stay connected with friends and see what they were up too. Now social media is the tool that police use to help capture criminals. They use it as a tool because of how wide spread social media is.

56% of Americans use social media that means 177 million people in the United States use some form of social media. Social media has changed how we all communicate; we can get instant updates to any kind of event sporting, political, even national disasters from a device that can fit in the palm of our hand. Since 2004 Facebook has went from 1 million users to 1.15 billion users, Twitter since 2008 went from 6 million users to 555 million users today (Morrison) Since so many people use social media on a daily basis 93% of marketers use social media for business (Morrison). Many people use these resources as a news source as well as a way to communicate with friends. With so many users someone is bound to use these resources as a way to spread

Social media is always being used from normal people, criminals, to the government trying to stop the criminals that get on social media looking for their next target. They will know where they will be, every-where they have been, and the places they are planning to go. That is what social media can do for criminals it gives them a way to find somebody no matter where they are. Social network sites such as Facebook or twitter are sites that criminals go to in order to find anyone they want from anywhere they want. Nobody understands how dangerous it is to put your personal information out there for everybody to see.

As you would think, this is very dangerous, because it allows people that may be child mellesters, raptist, and pedafiles to talk and communicate with the people that law enforcers are trying to protect. Catfishing, cyber-bullying, and psychological damages are just a few of the numerous dangers of social media and technology.

Generally, the social network is rationally gossip only, but there are some networks where people put together presentations for jobs and post pictures, let people know about openings, and sometimes help people out with personal problems. Many articles on the social network are hard to believe but there are times where you do not want to believe what you read because it is so sad and astonishing that people would do those particular things to each other and have no remorse. Social media such as the TV, radio, and volunteers notify many communities to come together when a

Even though social media is almost two decades old, there is a lot of history with it. So much has changed with the internet; who would have thought that social media would become so popular by 2016. Who could have guessed that social media would be used to hurt people, but at the same time be used to solve crime cases. In 1997, the first social media site called SixDegrees was born. SixDegrees was a site the user could create a profile and friend other people, much like Facebook today (Terrel, 2015). In 1999, Blogger rose to popularity. There were two kinds of blogs, personal and corporate. Personal blogs are a window into

Social media has also increased the security threat for citizens. In the past cyber criminals and spammers have attempted to steal information and scam users through spam emails, however, because of the increasing popularity of social media networks, cyber criminals and spammers have been using emails less and