Negative impacts of social networking
- 1. N EGATIVE IMPACTS OF S OCIAL N ETWORKING
- 2. W HAT IS S OCIAL N ETWORKING ? Social Networking: We define Social Networking as web based services which allow users to create Public and Semi-public profiles
- 3. W HY DO WE USE SOCIAL NETWORKING W EBSITES ? Majority of people use Facebook and Myspace to keep in touch with friends and Family. Social Networking websites are also used to meet up new people all around the world and socialize. Social Networking websites can be used to find our old friends by searching their profiles over those websites. Social Networking websites are also used by businesses for marketing of their products.
- 4. N EGATIVE A SPECTS OF S OCIAL NETWORKING Privacy Issues Addiction Diminishing Social Skills
- 5. N EGATIVE A SPECTS OF S OCIAL NETWORKING Privacy Issues 1. Providing a lot of Information: To use these sites, users have to provide quite a lot of personal information. While this is true, many of the issues surrounding privacy or lack thereof are much more than the biodata normally required. 2. Because of the great amount of identity-relevant information, its makes it easier to destroy someone's reputation on these social networking websites. 3. Social Network sites have financial incentives to generate revenue from the information users upload. The company uses information from users profile, create their marketing profiles and serve them with targeted ads, leaving users vulnerable to harms. 4. Information spreads faster through a Social Network Sites than through a real-life network. Information might be disclosed to a group of people unexpectedly, because the digital information is easy copy able, can be stored indefinitely and is searchable.
- 6. N EGATIVE A SPECTS OF S OCIAL NETWORKING Addiction Despite claims of the benefits of being constantly in touch with friends, such slavish devotion to social networking sites can quickly lead to addiction. How users get Addicted ? It starts with the simple desire to stay in touch with friends. Before long, according to many users, you find yourself connecting with many more people than you otherwise would. And this is where all that instant connectivity starts to have a down side. Stalking : Curiosity about what someone’s doing may start innocently enough, but it can easily get out of hand. This can not only be time-consuming, it’s also unhealthy.
- 7. N EGATIVE A SPECTS OF S OCIAL NETWORKING How to tell If you are addicted to Social Network websites ! Checked Facebook first thing in the morning, before you shower or have your morning coffee? Woke up in the middle of the night and checked Facebook to see if you’ve been mentioned? Felt like something is missing when you go on vacation and can’t check social media accounts? Spent more time interacting with people on social sites than in person ! Filled up your friends’ Facebook walls with your own posts? ;)
- 8. N EGATIVE A SPECTS OF S OCIAL NETWORKING LOL :)
- 9. N EGATIVE A SPECTS OF S OCIAL NETWORKING Diminishing Social Skills 1. Health Problems: As people spend increasing amounts of time on social networks, they experience less face-to-face interaction, this leads to social isolation and is the cause of many physical and psychological problems. 2. Diminishing Social Skills: Heavy use of electronic communications such as email, social networking has diminished kids' and adults' social skills. Critics believe that written communications and interaction via devices will erode people's ability to interact comfortably and thoughtfully in each other's presence.