...Social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have a huge amount of users all around the world. As of the fourth quarter of 2016, Facebook has had 1.86 billion monthly active users. It has been a popular debate of whether or not the use of social networking sites has been beneficial to society. Although social networking sites may be beneficial to society, there are also numerous studies that show its detrimental side. The use of social networking sites is correlated with behaviors and mental disorders, such as the lack of interest to have in-person conversations, depression, and narcissism. The internet is affecting the lives of people greater than it has ever since it was invented. It has been a constant source of news, entertainment, and information for decades. Today, however, the use of internet for social media has become mainstream. Worldwide, there are currently 2.789 billion social media users – 37% of the world's population – across all platforms. In fact, Filipinos spend an average of 4 hours and 17 minutes a day on social media, making them the top users worldwide...
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...world has evolved in many different ways. New inventions have created diverse ways for the whole world to connect and improve the world. Out of those inventions, social media is by far the most phenomenal. Social media are a group of websites and applications that allow individuals, companies and users to create and share contents with other social media users.This includes widely used Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. These social media websites have allowed the world to connect and create a space for meeting new people from all over the world. In fact, there are more than 2.67 billion users online today! It has undeniably brought benefits. However, social media have also had bad influences and caused a lot of problems...
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...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. Social networking could be your business media promotion for examples a marketers at small companies can post on Twitter, in addition to generating revenue this way, companies also can get positive and negative feedback directly from consumers. While social networking sites have a positive effects, they also have negative effects for society. Social networking sites entice people to spend more time online and less time interacting face to face. The sites offer many time wasting activities that supplant more productive activities. Also social networking sites make cyberbullying, a type of bullying that occurs online, easier and more...
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...Friendship” and Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nowadays it can be considered a general fact that the internet helps people in various ways, not only at work, but also in their personal lives. Most people see the internet and social networks as an enormous asset to their everyday life. However, according to Diana Schaub in her essay, “Unfriending friendship,” and Nicholas Carr in his essay, “Is Google Making Us Stupid,” the internet and social media also causes negative effects on our everyday life. Even though these two essays, both written around the year 2010, have different topics and there are certainly differences in the authors’ writing styles, they still have some similarities. These two essays share a similar theme: that the internet and social media diminish our human capabilities to think and make friends. Some differences occur in how Carr and Schaub approach their readers’, one author uses personal examples and the other shows differences in word meanings. In Carr’s article, he includes his own examples to show readers how the internet has changed his capability of reading longer texts; now his attention span has greatly decreased because he is used to short style of text on the internet. At the beginning of Carr’s essay there is a short part of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Oddyssey which Carr uses to show readers how far we have come with technology. Carr not only uses his own example of how technology changed him (for example, he is impatient and...
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...because of poverty, problems related to drugs, alcohols, teen pregnancy, overuse of modern technology for instance cell phone, computer, internet and social media, and overspending money by taking personal loans, overuse of credit card and overdraft in bank account. Major issue facing adolescence is related to overspending and iGeneration. iGeneration refer to anyone born after 1990s. `ì` represent technology used by children and adolescents like iPhone, iPad, iTunes and iPod. Technology is very important for iGeneration. Young people in the 1960s had fewer option regarding education, career opportunities and entertainment compare to young people today. There are so many negative impact of technology and government overspending of money on children. First of all, Technology cause many health related problems in teenagers such as weak eyesight, obesity due to less physical activity, decreased memory power by using digital technology and back pain(. Technological device influence social relationship because children addicted to gadgets and social media like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. They don’t have time to sit with their parents and relatives. Technology have negative effect on education. Children waste their precious time on social media without worry about their studies. Technology effect writing skill of youngsters because children avoid hand writing and most of the time they use text messing. While messaging no body care about spelling...
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...Cause and/or Effect Essay: Good Writer Writing is a mastery that may take years to develop. As one matures from childhood, they develop diverse communication skills, such as talking, listening, and writing. Writing is an integral skill that enables a person articulate their ideas in a commonsensical manner. Although I am not a good writer, as I would like to be, I have made tremendous improvements over the years. Several factors have influenced my writing ability to the level I have reached currently. My family background and school experience presented me with an opportunity to become an exceptional writer, while social influences had an insignificant effect in bettering my skills. Primarily, my family background has a significant effect in my mastery of writing. I saw people writing at home, as my parents read and wrote frequently. My parents have an inherent respect and value for writing. They regularly expressed a love for writing and implored us to read and write as much as possible. We had a small book library at our home, comprising of newspapers, novels, and research books. Home libraries have a significant influence on development of an interest in reading and writing (Bonci, 2010). Initially, I only read magazines, but it was only after I started reading longer books with chapters, that I developed the skill to organize ideas. For that reason, my family background has had a significant effect in the writing skills. In addition, my school...
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...Reflections of a Technophile: The Hidden Pit-falls of My Digital Life I usually view modern technology as a great boon to myself and society, however throughout this essay I will expose and document how my use of technology is often disruptive and hinders my daily life. My first example concerns the effect that Social Media has on my life, in particular its impact upon my social relationships. To clarify, when I discuss Social Media in this essay, I'm referring to an application utilising the internet as the platform of communication and therefore in my view it is a technology. My second and third cases relate to physical technologies, in these instances computer peripherals. I will focus on the often troublesome health effects I experience from their use, which range from headaches, to eye-fatigue and Repetitive Strain Injury. My first example of a personally disruptive technology is Social Media, in this case Facebook. I find Facebook to be very impersonal, by which I mean that once signed up, I had to create what is essentially a digital version of myself, to interact with other digital versions of various friends. This, in my view, leads to a feeling of disassociation from others and presents a barrier to the development of my social relationships. I believe other negative impacts of Social Media on my life arise from the reduced physical/real socialisation it generates. I find it disrupts my relationships by providing an easier outlet to socialise, rather than...
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...Essay One; HUMN 344 698 Essay One; HUMN 344 698 08 Fall 08 Fall Introduction Over the last decade, rapid technological advances affect every aspect of human life. Significant the most prolific technological advancement is the introduction of the worldwide web, more commonly known as the Internet. The Internet has provided mankind with luxuries such as; remote banking, distant learning for students, shopping for household goods and clothes, and countless other amenities. Therefore, just considering the technology of the Internet upon its own merits, the Internet demonstrates an evasive technology that is not only a luxury to some areas of industry it is an economic necessity. Also, considering the advent of social media vehicles such as; Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, technology enables anyone to have the potential to access to platforms for sharing their opinions. When one has access to a platform opinions and comments are created that can be both powerful and scathing for the good or bad. In extreme instances, becoming more commonplace, options and comments expressed can turn into threating harassment. In turn, many are experiencing a continuous pattern of “digital harassment” called cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is determined to be a new cause of fear in our society, especially in younger generations and adolescents. The narrative of this paper will discuss cyberbullying, its negative influence through the use of modern technology, and the ethical/social...
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...Effect of Social Media on Students Social media has evolved tremendously over the years. It has become nearly a necessity to people around the world. Why take away the social media if it helps us out so much and has made things more accessible? The truth is that social media has become almost as addictive as a drug and a use for chatting and doing things that are not important, when instead people could be out doing important things and building relationships. Social media distorts our views on society and the real world, affecting the way that people communicate and has made us more dependent on a screen than face-to-face. Social media is destroying the social skills of high school and college students for the following reasons including: it causes danger, social media includes cyber bullying, and it can cause personality and brain disorders. The first reason that social media has a bad effect on the social skills of young adults is that it can cause personality and brain disorders. A person on the internet can be everything that they think a person wants them to be to be the “cool” kid. This is a bad habit to develop because students might tend to show a personality that is not them. What will happen when they go out into the real world and communicate? It is plain and clear that they will feel tense and get nervous since being behind a computer screen does not require an individual to face that person and require an automatic reply. On the contrary, when facing a person...
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...December 29, 2015 Entry 1: ME, A WRITER? Attitude: After reading chapters 1 and 2, I realize how important each strategy in this course will be to my learning objectives. I was able manage my time more effectively by using organization skills, keeping track of deadlines and taking important notes, this course has thought me how to avoid procrastination, and I was excited to see how well I understood and manage my coursework proficiently. I integrated new idea that will help me to become a better writer and will also be useful in my other courses. I had a great learning experience and with this opportunity I will be able to implement creative strategies for learning. After taking this course I now have a clear understanding of how beneficial it is to read and comprehend the information as well as how to become an effective writer. As a result, I believe that the concepts theories, and practical examples provided in this course will help me to become a successful learner. I felt as sense of excitement as I complete my daily writing objectives, and to see how rewarding it has been as a writer. Inventory: After completing the learning style inventory, it gave me a clear understanding of the type of learner and writer I am. I realize that I accomplish more when I work alone as an independent learner and I believe my strategy of learning helps me to avoid unnecessary distractions. I’m able to figure out the information that’s been illustrated which will allow...
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...Ivarsson English 100 – 19 Professor Fisher Essay 4 – draft one December 9, 2014 Intro: The world we live in today is far more globalized than that of our previous generation. Before social media and other instant forms of communication existed, people did not need to worry about speaking a different language or the way it was spoken. Dialects and accents had little meaning because of the barriers that surrounded each community prohibited the inhabitants of much interaction with people from other societies. Today however, people can speak with each other regardless of location, which emphasizes the importance of the power of language. The negative consequences that come from this is that those who do not master a language perfectly or differ from perfect speech are discriminated against in the general community. A phenomenon, which writer Gloria Anzaldúa, who wrote the article “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” calls “Linguistic Terrorism.” According to her, linguistic terrorism negates not only the speaker, but also the experiences and culture behind that person (Anzaldúa). Thesis: Although language can be used as a tool of power, the use of faulty and imprecise language negates the speaker and causes negative consequences. Body 1, Tan: An accent is an example of imprecise English, which causes people to make negative or positive assumptions about the speaker based on the information that accent reveals. Example: In Amy Tan´s essay “Mother Tongue,” she provides an example...
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...Communities of Knowledge (Digital essay) Children of today are growing up surrounded by social networking through blogging, instant messaging, and short message services such as Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter enabling children in which they produce, share, and sometimes exchange ideas over the internet and in virtual communities, it has become a virtual aspect of their lives. These sites have a significant impact on the lives of children. Social networking is transforming the manner in which young people interact with their parents, peers, as well as how they make use of technology. Clearly there are positives with the use of social networking involving a great way to communicate and learn, however unfortunately negative effects on the youth also, a major risk associated with social networking is cyberbullying. Without children having a correct understanding of the inherent dangers that are associated with social networking sites children are at more risk every day. The effects of social networking are twofold.It is inevitable to ignore the fact that nowadays social networking plays an essential role in children’s lives with social networking and other related online communication activities comprised 64 per cent of young people’s total internet time (an average of 49 minutes per day on these activities, (AMCA, 2007). One may ask how spending all that time on the social media sites may have a positive impact on them. Well, social media helps the youth keep up to date with...
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...“The Negative Effects of the Internet” is and interesting article written by Ryan Subong that talks about the positive and negatives effects of the internet. The internet has changed humanity no doubt about it. Some people might use it to learn new things that will positively further their knowledge, while others choose to commit frowned upon acts, and corrupt themselves. Pornographic material easily accessible to any curious child or teen with internet access can lead them down the path of corruption. Pornographic material and similar explicit content available on the internet tend to degrade humanity. Almost any song or movie you can think of can easily be pirated from the internet, making protecting copyright almost impossible. Albert Einstein once said “I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots”, this quote is so precise, and it scares me. The internet is a great place for one to learn how to write an essay, but also the perfect place for someone to plagiarize someone else’s. Plagiarism and pirating copyrighted material cause very negative outcomes, this could ruin one’s reputation, or even worst, get them locked up in federal prison with 500,000 dollars bail (Pirating). P2P sharing sites like thepiratesbay, and kissasstorrents have successfully been taken down by the CIA, they are slowly cracking down on such websites while they remain lenient on the pornography websites corrupting our youth. With pornography...
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...Question No.: 1 & 3 Question #1: “With friends like these ...” Tom Hodgkinson article question(s): In the article written by Tom Hodgkinson, his clear intention was to convince the viewer/reader to deny, reject, negate social media specifically, Facebook. The writer focuses on the aspect that social media, specifically, Facebook, destroys people’s ability to connect with one another. He further states that the essence of social media is controlled by a select few whose sole motive is control and profit and their own agendas. (Hodgkinson 327, 328) It is obvious from the beginning of the article Hodgkinson, is opposed to social media. The writer attempts to narrow his thesis into specific principles or burdens, which is difficult. He supports his thesis and supporting arguments with the criterion or value premise of a moralistic or ethical intent of social media. The writer attempts to prove this in three ways. One, he demoralizes social media by stating it erodes the interaction of intrapersonal skills. Meaning social media takes away the person to person interaction. This results in antisocial behavior and desolation of verbal speech. He then moves on to disclose the unique background of the primary investors in the largest social media corporation, Facebook. The representation of the primary investors is very disturbing. He presents data that is very disturbing about the three major investors. The writer states claims of mafias, “The Pay Pal Mafias” (Hodgkinson...
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...An evaluation of Facebook’s impact on event promotions Social media’s rapid growth has lead to the fact that the event industry derives advantages from the utilisation of social media platforms and online networks, such as Facebook, to promote events. This essay discusses and evaluates the positive and negative aspects of using Facebook to promote different types of events. It assesses three key areas which need to be taken into consideration in order to succeed in promoting events in an effective and beneficial manner: i) the need to make the event stand out from the crowd and attract attention, ii) the need to target a specified audience, and iii) the need to measure and evaluate the effectiveness of the promotional actions undertaken. Furthermore, this essay concludes that the utilisation of Facebook when promoting events would be highly beneficial if the above requirements are complied with and maintaned in an accurate way. An evaluation of Facebook’s impact on event promotions The rapid growth of the phenomenon addressed as social media, plays a significant role in many of today’s industries. One industry that is utilising social networks, such as Facebook, is the event industry. With more than 300 million users, Facebook is one of the world’s most widespread social networks in which people of a wide variety of demographics choose to participate. (Kabani, 2010, p41) Facebook offers a wide range of applications and opportunities to anyone who would like to create...
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