Social Networking - a Boon to the Modern Society

When the Oklahoma City bombing happened, it remained the largest terrorist attack to happen on American soil until the attack on 9/11. On April 19, 1995, a rental truck was loaded up with 4,800 pounds of explosives and detonated just after 9:00 am (Krung, Nixon, & Vincent, 1996). The attack was focused on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. This tragic event killed one hundred sixty-eight people and also injured hundreds more (Nacos, 2016). A dare care facility was also located within the building and nineteen children perished in the attack (Nacos, 2016). There were hundreds more victims which were treated by area hospitals and private doctor offices. This explosion was so large, a shockwave was sent across the city which damaged or destroyed an additional 300 buildings in the immediate area (History, 2009). Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nicholas were the two men responsible for this devastating attack.

Since then there has been lots of copycat’s of bombing and shooting threats, but some of them have ended fatally. With the deadly result of the horrific shooting at

Social media as a whole has benefit our society in a number of different ways. In the essay Is Google Making Us Stupid?, author Nicholas Carr felt that technological is taking other our ability to function independently. Which is somewhat true but I for one disagree. I feel that the world of technology has had a positive impact on us, by allowing us to step out of our comfort zone and explore new world possibilities. Such as a new form of communication and the ability to work more efficiently as well as expressing our creativity.

A local police chief said a hospital, a food market and a bus station were among the affected locations. A state-run media broadcaster said that the explosions were caused by “parcels containing explosives,” according to a police chief. Police said they were pursuing a suspect.

During this time of year there was recent terrorist

Through the use of SMS text and social media, information stays where it is needed in the community. Haiti’s earthquake proved the importance of mobile devices and information staying in the community. People used mobile devices to find love ones, let aid workers know where they were buried, and shared important data about happenings in Port-au-Prince and the country. Outside volunteers provided a much needed service

Buildings in the area were set ablaze by the bomb, and some were badly charred. Firemen worked for over 12 hours to douse the fire.

The attack on Mumbai ( 26/11 , 2008 ) has been an extremely serious tragedy proportions. Not only shook Mumbai people , but also the country as a whole . Its impact has been in politics in South Asia.

Social networking sites allow you to connect with old friends from high school, family that lives far away, in my case, even in another country as missionaries, friends down the street, coworkers, and just about anyone else you can think of. This can make you feel more connected to the world around you. You can keep up with what everyone is doing and accomplishing in their lives very easily through statuses and pictures posted every day. I have met new family members, whether by marriage or by birth, through Facebook who I otherwise have not had the opportunity to meet. One of my uncles, who recently passed away, had an affair about thirty years ago and did not

In conclusion, social networking has decisively proven to be good for our society. It is essential to recognize that social networking can benefit our society tremendously by helping students do better in school, spreading information/news, and helping those that are socially isolated to get out of their shell and connect with other people. The facts

Social networking has become a major part of society. Many people wake up each day and check social media websites specifically throughout Twitter and Facebook first thing in the morning instead of reaching for a newspaper. Since people are spending such a large amount of time surfing social networks, it is important to point out some of the positive and negative effects that social networking can have on a society. The positive effects of social networking sites are allow people to create new relationships and reconnect with friends and family. Increased communication, even online, strengthens relationships. And the other   is social networking sites make people share everything that they want and   bring people with common interests together, offer exposure to new ideas from around the world, and lower inhibitions to overcome social anxiety.

* What makes social network sites unique is not that they allow individuals to meet strangers, but rather that they enable users to articulate and make visible their social networks. This can result in connections between individuals that would not otherwise be made, but that is often not the goal, and these meetings are frequently between "latent ties" (Haythornthwaite, 2005) who share some offline connection. On many of the large SNSs, participants are not necessarily "networking" or looking to meet new people; instead, they are primarily communicating with people who are already a part of their extended social network. To emphasize this articulated social network as a critical organizing feature of these sites, we label them "social network sites."

In the New York Times, there was an article published on 20th, of January, called Massacre and Bomb Kill Dozens in Wave of Violence in Algeria. In the month of January, Algiers, Algeria was experiencing weeks of violence. On the 19th, of January, “there was a car bomb explosion outside a café, hours after thirty-six villagers were massacred by Islamic militants (Massacre and Bomb Kill 1).” On that same day, there was another explosion and many were taken to the hospital. For both of the attack, no one was caught and arrested.

Human beings are naturally social creatures born with an inherent need of belonging to a community. We thirst for interconnectedness and being apart of something much larger than the sum of its individual parts. There is a large and complex world surrounding each and every one of us, and in order to fit in with such a large world we’ve created social media websites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. With every passing day, this world becomes larger and technology advances, and along with such advances comes a feeling of dependence to our devices and social media accounts in order to try and process our ever-growing world. The creation of social media brought about a new prospective of individualism and personality in the online world. Our social media pages provide an intimate viewpoint to which we build our presence online, providing a since of belonging. Social media allows us to interact with friends or strangers without meeting face-to-face, build our online representations of ourselves, and most significantly: have a two-way outlet to react to current news and events. When a catastrophe or disaster strikes the world, the place it is made public first is most commonly on social media. These events can induce traumatic reactions and cause a person to take advantage of social media to raise awareness for the tragedies. This use of social media is called a social movement, and it can result in the funding of a relief

Hello! Today I’m going to present my global perspective project called “How effective are social networks for disaster relief?” It becomes clear that following talk will be about social networks and disaster relief.