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    Today, social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace are some of the most visited websites on the Internet. Minors have played a significant role in the popularity and success of social networking. With children having such an active presence on these types of sites, parents and legislators alike are concerned about the child’s online safety. A common suggestion is age verification. Ideally, age verification would exclude users over a specified age or under a specified age. However

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    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

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    Are you concerned about the use of social media? Although the use of social media may concern only the slightest percent of people, it is still a very important privilege that many people around the world don’t have access to. Social media is important because in spite of the fact that there are many safety concerns, the use of social media is of great significance because it enables people to be able to connect with anyone they want whenever they want. Anyone can see why this might be a problem

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    Social Networking Good or Bad? Ocean K Stevens El Paso Community College   Abstract This analysis reflects the advantages and disadvantages of social networking involving today’s society. Social Networking is the use of communication through modern technology such as a computer or a smart phone that allows people to publicly interact with each other by creating an account. It can be used for personal reasons such as getting back in touch with relatives, dating, connecting with old friends, and surprisingly

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    SOCIAL NETWORK AND ITS EFFECT ON POOR STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are the example famous social network that becomes the best choice among the students, especially university students. Social network can defines as site of grouping of individuals into specific groups, like small rural communities or a neighbourhood subdivision. Nowadays, the social network is a necessary communication tool that has emerged in the field of information and communication technology

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    Social Networking: Positive or Negative? Social networking has many opinions pointing toward it. Some may say that it is a positive influence, while others think negatively. There are many directions to look at it. From my perspective, I believe social networks have only grown to cause many issues. When reading something rather than hearing it said aloud, problems arise because you can 't tell the tone of something said. Also, other issues deal with the fact that people can find out every detail

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    Social media sites, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter, and Instagram, provide opportunities for people to connect with each other and have become exceedingly popular in recent years. However, there are increased numbers of mental health problems such as mood problems, emotional issues, and addiction in teenagers as they overuse social media. Advocates of social media may claim that social networking platforms benefit adolescents by increasing connectivity, helping people make friends

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    Just as there are positive effects of social media, there are also negative effects as well. False connections are often made on SNS. Ninety percent of students have Facebook which is constructed to be socially shared with any user. It may seem obvious that users of social networking cannot stray far from reality from his or her online identity, although the users can depict what he or she wishes to display (Moreno et al. 452). There are many young teenagers on social networking websites posting

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    Do you believe that there is absolute security on the Internet? I would answer no because I never know if there is anybody spying on me somewhere through the internet and track what am I doing daily. I’m always concerned about this issue and I think almost everybody in the world who does social networking or goes online Nowadays, many people experience problems regarding privacy on technology, such as the Internet. With technology, people can do all sorts of things and socialize with people from

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    Social media as a whole has a major impact on human interaction and connectivity, networking platforms such as Snapchat, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook facilitate in the corrosion of real communication in the community. Over the years, attachment to technology is becoming more and more unavoidable because we receive instant gratification from our social media platforms. The ability of social media to attract a wide variety of individuals in mass quantity prove extremely beneficial for individuals

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