...INFORMATIVE SPEECH 1) How To Be Happy Being Single The life that we are bestowed with is truly a miracle. This precise miracle gets overshadowed with the contradictions that we live with. Contradictions like, the young want to be older and the old want to be young again; the dark want to be fair and the fair want to darken; the short want to be tall and the tall ones have their own problems. And just the same way, the single want to mingle and the ones with partners want to break free. Isn't that complicated enough? Well, let's take a moment and say aloud - "I am single. I am single! I AM SINGLE". Yes. It is not to rub salt on your wounds but for you to embrace it than dread it. Acceptance is the key to great decisions. It is, in fact, very empowering. Look at you. You live your life all by yourself because you are capable of being single and independent. If you still hate your relationship status, take another moment to remember all the things you have dealt with alone. I am single. No, I really am single and everyday I push my limits to achieve something better alone because I can't afford to waste my time waiting for someone who may or may not show up just so I could have the cliché happy ending to my fairytale because Disney says so. No, that is not the end to my life or your life for that matter. Life is living it, not waiting for it to be over. And why on Earth would I ever want to cripple myself to the aid of a person who sees me as nothing more than a baby that...
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...Facebook is leading an unhealthy life Facebook, which now can be used by everybody in any generation, is one of the most popular website. According to the Daily Mail, using Facebook “could raise your risk of cancer”. The newspaper reported that social networking sites “could raise your risk of serious health problems by reducing levels of face-to-face contact.” This is based on an article expressing the opinion of psychologist Dr. Aric Sigman, who is concerned that a reduction in personal contact could increase the risks of heart disease, stroke and dementia. Research at the UCLA School of Medical is reported to have found that social isolation can affect the level to which genes are active in white blood cells. People reporting high levels of social isolation by 78 genes that were more active and 131 genes that were less active are reported to include those involved in the body’s response to stress and illness, while those that were more active are reported to include those involved in promoting inflammation during stress and illness. However, using Facebook not only causes physical problems, but also somehow ruins the relationship among friends, family, and efficiency in studying and working since people have been so addicted to Facebook, which is absolutely an unhealthy way of life, It has become more obvious that Facebook is leading an abnormal relationship among friends. Take my own experience for example. One day, my best friend came to my...
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...Society Thinks Facebook Is A Waste Of Time And Invasion Of Privacy By Derin İpekgil 7:02 PM PST, November 17, 2013 Yesterday I was on my computer watching the new episode of the TV show arrow. I finished the episode and decided to go on to Facebook which I haven't logged on for a very long time. I checked my message box and realized that one of my American friends from the summer camp I went to, sent me a message. I was surprised and happy in the same time because he found a way to reach out to me, and that way was Facebook. So I disagree with people who says that Facebook is a waste of time and an invasion of privacy. First of all Facebook is one of the biggest social network sites on the internet and has more than 250 million active users according to Wikipedia. So if Facebook is a waste of time why would more than 250 million people spend their precious time for a thing like Facebook? The reason is it's not a waste of time. Facebook gives many opportunities for people all around the world to share their photos, videos, music and whatsoever things with their friends through an online database. Many of my relatives use Facebook and they all have the chance to see what their friends and family are doing. My grandmother leaves alone and she doesn't have a work right now. To get away from boredom she needs a activity to have fun. So she uses Facebook to spend her free time instead of doing nothing. The second thing about Facebook is the opportunity to find...
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...everything they want. The user had almost all control over how they wanted their page to look. If you look at Facebook, you can see that everyone’s ‘profile page’ looks exactly the same and that is because Facebook wants to have control over the users and as well as not allow advertisement that can be crude or offensive to parents who want to keep their children safe. Another factor to their downfall was that MySpace never offered many reasons for anyone to stay. MySpace was mostly used by musicians and artists to show a sample of their work. Now a days I’ve noticed that MySpace is still used by more famous musicians who give you sample of their song from the next album or even sometimes they put their Mixtapes on MySpace for everyone to listen to. Another factor to the fall of MySpace is that more and more social networking sites are appearing and more and more people leave MySpace to go to the newer ones. For example on June 28th 2011, Google came out with Google+ which is the newest social networking site. For me personally, I am starting to like Google+ more and more everyday, while my liking for Facebook is slowly decreasing. The reason for this is that once again the advertising on Facebook and the constant changing of how it looks starts to irritate me, while Google+ looks fresh and new. Don’t be surprised if within the next two years, Google+ surpasses Facebook in registered users; they already have twenty-five million users in less than three months. 1) For the entirety...
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...addicted to Facebook” the author Elizabeth Cohen explains how there is a fine line between using Facebook as a way to keep in touch with friends, and using Facebook as an escape from the real world in order to live in "happyland" as she calls the social networking service counting roughly 200 million users worldwide. A group of therapists, interviewed for this article, state that the number of clients with interpersonal issues caused by their urge to spend hours on Facebook instead of engaging in their family lifes is increasing. One of the therapists, Paula Pile, has created the “Facebook Compulsion Inventory” listing five signs suggesting one may have an addiction to Facebook. These markers include how much time one spend online, whether one looses sleep or ignore work in favour of networking, whether one becomes obsessed with old friends, and whether the thought of getting off Facebook causes anxiety. 2. In the first text it is stated that on one hand the opportunity to make friends around the world contributes to one’s understanding and knowledge regarding different people, languages and cultures. On the other hand the digital platform is associated with the risk of data theft, viruses and people giving themselves out to be someone they are not. The second text focuses on the social dysfunction caused by an excessive consumption which leaves family and work obligations neglected as well as one’s personal needs. In spite of that, the joy of sharing happy moments, e.g...
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...stood still and at some point Melissa cried a little. Afterwards we were quiet for a long time. It seems like ages. He gave us one final piece of advice before we went on. The texts in section A focus on social networking. 1. Write a summary of “Five clues that you are addicted to Facebook” (text 2) in about 150 words. “Five clues that you are addicted to Facebook” is written by Elizabeth Cohen. It is a short text that tells us stories about people being addicted to Facebook. In the story we hear about a person named Cynthia Newton. She has a 12-year-old daughter, that once asked her if she could help her with her homework, but Cynthia couldn’t because she was too busy with being on Facebook. According to the article, family therapists see more and more people who have a problem or are addicted to Facebook. Joanna Lipari compared Facebook to “The Truman Show”. “The Truman Show” is a movie about a world where nothing goes wrong. So for Joanna Lipari, Facebook is a world without problems and boundaries. The text also includes a list consisting of examples on that you might be addicted to Facebook. You lose sleep over Facebook, because you stay up late at night because Facebook is more attractive than your bed. 2. Give an outline of the positive and...
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...teachers, my friends who inspire and instruct me how to do research and conduct a case study for www.facebook.com. These studies have revealed the application a social website into any type of businesses, organizations or even individuals. I highly appreciate the efforts of Dr. Pham Van Tai who guided and gave me a chance to do this research. I also would like to express my thanks to all those helped me with very useful information so that I could accomplish this assignment. I hope that my researches would serve as a ready reckoned document for students, research scholars using as a reference source. With very best regards. Nguyen Manh Ha Nguyen.mh.star@gmail.com Case study report for www.facebook.com Page 2 of 27 Table Of Contents. Executive Summary: ...........................................................................................4 CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW OF FACEBOOK .......................................................... 1.1 FACEBOOK INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 1.2 SERVICES & PRODUCTS................................................................................ 1.3 PAYMENT METHODS ...................................................................................... CHAPTER 2: FACEBOOK BUSINESS MODEL .................................................... 2.1 FACEBOOK BUSINESS MODEL...................................................................... 2.2 FACEBOOK WIDESPREAD AND SUCCESSFUL ................
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...as I get home from school I start to work. I turn on the computer and sit on my couch. Out of habit, I quickly go on Facebook. I got a notification! Excitedly, I click the little red notification. Game request. Disappointed, I decide to close Facebook before I stalk everybody I know. I need to get some work done. What should I do my paper on? I open Google and quickly search up ‘Pet Peeves List’. I click on the first link to Getannoyed.com. I start reading the list of pet peeves. Drivers who don't use a turn signal – I don’t drive so it doesn’t bother me. People who read out loud what they're typing in an email or letter – I do that so I can’t write about it. I open another tab. F-a-c-e-b-o-o-k.com. Facebook asks me, “what’s on my mind?” I update my status to ‘yay for having homework on the first week’ and quickly scan the homepage. Hmm, who to look up? No, no Brittany, don’t get distracted. Do your work. I close the Facebook tab and go back to the pet peeves list. I read on. Going through the drive thru, then having to go back when they screw your order up – Oh, I do hate that. Absent-mindedly, I open another tab. Facebook. Four people liked my status: Craig, Victoria, Jessica and Brigitte. I click ‘chat’ to check if anyone cool is online. Chloe, Sierra, Hailey and nope. No one cool. Brittany, concentrate. I close the Facebook tab once again and go back to the pet peeves list. Click, Drag. I try to scroll down but the page freezes. It turns...
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...and social information. Some famous platforms would be Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. There are billions of profiles found in these platforms and this show that numerous amount people out there are quite active on social media. Lately, there have been issues that came up regarding fake identities on social media. Fake identity is intentionally forging your own identity or others for certain reasons especially in terms of personal. In 2010, a documentary titled “Catfish” brought a true story based on fake profiles on Facebook (Peterson, 2013) . New Schulman fall in love with a beautiful young woman’s Facebook picture and her voice over the phone, which turned out to be a middle-aged wife and mother. When asked the reason of her act, she mentioned that she was diagnosed with schizophrenia and she felt lonely. Schulman decided to turn the documentary into a show and reveal all online relationship fraud to create awareness on fake identities used on social media. In my opinion, fake identities should not be used on social media because it is a crime offence, it is not an ethical act to perform and much worst it creates unnecessary troubles for teenagers as they are the ones who are extremely active on social media. Faking identity is a serious crime offence in all the countries. Sometime back in 2011, local United States online mail (Stevens, 2011) reported news of a 41-year-old woman who created a fake Facebook profile of her ex-boyfriend who is a narcotics detective...
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...11-04-2011 Abstract In my previous papers, I have analyzed my self-concept and I found out that, I am an ISFJ personality. And by doing communication skills test based on www.queendom.com my interpersonal communication skills were graded as excellent, which I feel it is true based on my self-analysis. The aim of this paper is to make a link between Self-concept and communication skills and, to do an online search in Google or other popular engines like Facebook and twitter to find out” who I am, and how others are seeing me”. In order to do that, I considered myself as a stranger and an Employer. Key words: Self-Concept, Communication Skills, Facebook, “Who I am and how others are seeing me”, Stranger, Employer. In this paper, in order to make a link between “Who I am and how others are seeing me”, I did an online search in Google and other popular engines like Facebook and twitter. I wasn’t able to find my name in Google, because of the privacy settings in my Facebook profile. So, I logged into my Facebook account and I considered myself as a stranger and analyzed my profile. The results of self –analysis are as follows. Being a Stranger my assumptions are: 1. Privacy: My account settings are not open to public, by choosing the privacy settings my phone number, Email address, home address, date of birth; my friends and family list are kept private. 2. Profile Picture: The profile picture is the single most important component for personal expression....
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...Honey Many will agree that Facebook is much sweeter than Myspace. I had my first taste of Facebook a few years ago, and just like honey. It sticks to anyone who enters the site. I was addicted to the games almost immediately, I found myself logging in and out nine times a day. I enjoyed the games, posting my pictures for comments by friends and looking at what they were posting themselves; a new hobby for me was in full effect. It was great being able to do these things and more on Facebook, but the best part was being able to type in my daily status. It felt great knowing my list of friends were paying attention to what I had to say, especially since I was ignored before Facebook existed. I enjoyed typing “good morning my facelookerz” or “workbound gotta make that paper.” Facebook was my therapy; the second I would log on, the problems in my daily life were completely blocked . Everything was great--until I had the desire to locate classmates from my childhood. I wanted to locate classmates who attended Alexander Burger J.H.S. in New York with me. It was aggravating how much time was spent trying to locate them; there were at least two-hundred students my senior year. Looking them up became a frustrating task that will never be completed. It didn’t matter that I was typing their first name, last name, city, state and the name of the middle school; the search engine was not reading me correctly. I desperately wanted to reunite...
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...half, he started smoking. I was trying to make him stop smoking. One girl told me, “He can do anything he wanted.” I told him if you do not stop smoking I will leave you. After two years, he cheated on me with a girl that goes around. He told me that he left me before he dating the girl. After I broke it off, my friend had a fire. I brought my ex-boyfriend hat and...
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...Dear Ex Future Husband, I think of you everyday. Many things remind me of you. The smell of sunscreen. Taking naps on my futon. Running down the street. The strike of the clock at 8:00pm where you would call me every single night. Those are just a few of the million things that remind me of you. I cant say I hate it. I cant say I love it. Country music brings everything back into place because country makes everyone think about love.....or drunkiness. I first wanted to write you a letter. A letter full of hate. Full of anger. Full of regret. I didn't though because thats not what I see now. Thats not what I feel now. I haven't talked to you in over 3 months. Seems like a short time when you date someone for 5 years on and off. Sometimes I still feel my racing heart. I remember when I fell in love with you for the first time. It was a hot summer day. We were both baking in the sun. Laying lazily on our kayaks. I had kayak 5. You had the blue one. Our hands drifted next to each other. Even if it was the slightest touch, I saw myself marrying you that day. Having kids. Growing old. Now I cant even remember the sound of your voice. I wish you hadn't of run away. Being over 1000 miles away is hard for anyone. I wish you would have waited just one more day because that one more day might have been different. I wish I hadn't yelled at you so much to get a job. I was only trying to make you the best person you could be even though you were already being him. I wanted the sky for...
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...I was busy. Busy enough to always keep myself away from my homework, busy checking my Facebook status, poking my friends, writing comments trying to embarrass Kevin, a friend of mine, and playing Warcraft. “I’m just taking a break.” I said to myself, as though I don’t know I’m lying to myself, or I actually did a bit of work. “New message from Felix!” a message pops out on my Facebook page. Felix: “Warcraft?” Me: “Heck yeah!” I turned away from my English homework which I’ve been staring at for the past five minutes, and got myself lost in the world of dota (Defense of the Ancient). I knew all along that I was procrastinating. I steer myself into anything else rather than homework, and after hours of dipping myself into games, I’ll eventually totally forget about what I was supposed to do. I perfectly know that if this essay was not due tomorrow, I wouldn’t be writing it right now. As my mind is still here, I wonder how poor homework completion due to procrastination can take its toll on me. The first thing my laziness hits directly is my grade. I got a big fat B for my English, or it might get even worse than B, which is not what I expected -or what I wanted. I have the embarrassment among my family that I haven’t been delivering the great things they expected from me. And all through my life, I will only have one set of family and one set of parents. How can I go back and try my life again? How can I do a “do over”? When I was a boy, we played games in...
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