Effects+of+social+networking+on+society

__**What is social networking**__

Social networking is an online community of people with a common interest that use a website or other technologies to communicate with eachother and share information, resorces, etc. ([]) Social networking is the grouping of individuals into specific groups, like small rural communities or a neighborhood subdivision, if you will. Although social networking is possible in person, especially in the workplace, universities, and high schools, it is most popular online. This is because unlike most high schools, colleges, or workplaces, the internet is filled with millions of individuals who are looking to meet other people, to gather and share first-hand information and experiences about cooking, golfing, gardening, developing friendships or professional alliances, finding employment, business-to-business marketing and even groups sharing information about the end of the Mayan calendar and the Great Shift to arrive December 21, 2012. The topics and interests are as varied and rich as the story of our universe. ([])

media type="youtube" key="xJXOavGwAW8" height="315" width="560" __**Negative effects Social networking has on society**__ Social networking is something that has become a major part of most of our lives. Nearly 42.3% percent of americans have a facebook account. ([]) With social networking comes a lot of negative effects. The first negative effect that i want to talk about is lack of communication. I feel that social networking is teaching us how to hide behind a computer when we communicate and now we are lacking the communication skills when we see someone face to face. More and more people are starting to break up or say i love you over computers or phone devices because it is the easy way out and they are lacking that communication skills to do it face to face. Another problem i am seeing with social networking is that it is dividing families. I personally know someone that go facebook and started adding all of her old friends. She then got in contact with a old boyfriend and started seeing him. In the end it split up there family and caused a lot of problems. I dont think this would have ever happened or i dont think that she would have came in contact with him if it werent for facebook and social networking. I also feel that we are trying to be someone that we are not on the internet. Our society is constantly using social networking to brag about how big there house is or who has the nicest car or the most successful children, and it makes it this big competition and ruins friendships. Because everyone is trying so hard to make their lives look perfect i think that some people are so caught up in wishing thats how there life is that it causes problems. Not only are there these problems but also safety. People are putting way too much information on facebook like addresses, phone numbers, and schools. This would be a play ground for a pedifile.

This is a video about a model that met a man off of facebook, when she went to meet him he attacked her and threw acid on her. This is just one of the many stories about the dangers of social networking. media type="youtube" key="ZRxp3ozRtMs" height="315" width="420"

Social networking has a lot of positive effects on our society. Facebook, Myspace, and twitter are a very good way to stay in touch with relatives and friends. These sites are also a very good way to get news or announcments out. When planning events it is a very good way to invite people without having to waste the paper and it saves money on stamps. 47% of online adults use social networking sites 73% of teens and young adults are a member of at least one social network ([])
 * __Positive Effects of social networking__**
 * __Social Networking statistics__**
 * Facebook:** More than 1.5 million local businesses have active Pages on Facebook The average user spends more than 55 minutes per day on Facebook Facebook has 400+ million active users, with over 1.5 million business pages.
 * Twitter:** Twitter has 24+ million unique visitors per month, with 500 million tweets per day. 11 Percent (or 33.88m) of US Online Adults Use Twitter There are approximately 50 million Tweets sent per day, at about 600 tweets per second.
 * LinkedIn:** LinkedIn has 60+ million professionals worldwide, including all Fortune 500 companies. The global average time spent per person on social networking sites is now nearly five and half hours per month The active US-Based social network audience grew roughly 29% from 115 million in February 2009 to 149 million in February 2010.
 * Unique visitors per month, as of February 2010** **Facebook:** 133,623,529 **MySpace:** 50,615,444 **Twitter:** 23,573,178 **Linkedin:** 15,475,890