Social Networking
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Social networks allow people to connect and share information online. They have evolved from basic forums and blogs to complex sites like Facebook and Twitter. Some key facts about social networks include that they allow people to meet new friends, find old friends, and connect with others who share similar interests or problems. However, social networks also present safety risks like cyberbullying and stalking that require users to be cautious about sharing private information online. Popular social networking sites in India include Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Social Networking
- 1. SOCIAL NETWORK BY: Ankush Kumar
- 2. Objectives of the Presentation Define social networks Define social networking Learn at least three facts about online socializing View examples of social networking sites Learn safety tips for youth Discover the resources available for safe social networking
- 4. Idea of social networking can be traced back to Ancient Greeks. Émile Durkheim and Ferdinand Tönnies foreshadow the idea of social networks in their theories and research of social groups. Tönnies argued that social groups can exist as personal and direct social ties that either link individuals who share values and belief or impersonal, formal, and instrumental social links. Durkheim gave a non-individualistic explanation of social facts arguing that social phenomena arise when interacting individuals constitute a reality that can no longer be accounted for in terms of the properties of individual actors
- 5. What is Social Networks?
- 8. What is Social Networking ? Social Networking is the grouping of different people, to make connections through individuals. Such groups can be with the aim of making a network of people complete a certain task, or just to talk about a specific subject.
- 9. What are the causes of Social Networking? Social networking websites like Face book and MySpace are household names. They allow users to connect, communicate and share media like photos and videos. Since 1997, different patterns of demand, imitation and gradual expansion caused social networks to transform from basic, obscure sites to complex, popular ones.
- 11. Social networks are also being used by teachers and students as a communication tool. Because many students are already using a wide range of social networking sites, teachers have begun to familiarize themselves with this trend in order to leverage student interest in relation to curriculum content. Some of this includes creating chat-room forums and groups to extend classroom discussion to posting assignments, tests and quizzes, through to assisting with homework
- 12. Social Networking sites are seen by many instructors and educators as a frivolous, time- wasting distraction from schoolwork, Cyber bullying, cyber stalking are common cases now a days
- 13. Social networks are being used by activists as a means of low-cost grassroots organizing. Extensive use of an array of social networking sites enabled organizers of the 2009 National Equality March to mobilize an estimated 200,000 participants to march on Washington with a cost savings of up to 85% per participant over previous methods. The August 2011 England riots were similarly considered to have escalated and been fuelled by this type of grassroots organization.
- 14. A final rise in social network use is being driven by college students using the services to network with professionals for internship and job opportunities
- 15. Few social networks currently charge money for membership. SNSs are used by many companies for advertisements also.
- 16. Put simply, social networking is a way for one person to meet up with other people on the net. People use social networking sites for meeting new friends, finding old friends, or locating people who have the same problems or interests they have, called niche networking. More and more relationships and friendships are being formed online and then carried to an offline setting. One online dating site claims that 2% of all marriages begin at its site, the equivalent of 236 marriages a day. Other sites claim 1 in 5 relationships begin online.
- 18. Probably one of the first sites to allow for social interaction, forums have been around for a while. Forums are typically comprised of people with a similar interest. Users have conversations around a particular given topic and build up relationships with each other. They provide a great deal of information about a topic and is a great way to share your knowledge.
- 19. People like to journal, and with the internet they wanted to share their lives more openly. Originally called web-logs, these personal journals have advanced. Some personal journals still exist, while other blogs discuss a particular niche or interest.
- 20. Similar to blogs, this is a micro journal of what is happening right now. These sites can share what is going on in an individual life or can be information the individual wants to share. Major news events are now breaking online via micro blogs. The best known micro blog is Twitter.
- 21. Social Networking Sites are known for sharing of information, in this case photos. Users upload their pictures to Photo Sharing Sites. Rather than having to send individual pictures to family, you send a single link. You can tag your photos with keywords related to the image and allow people to comment. Some popular photo sharing sites are Flickr and Picasa.
- 22. YouTube is the video sharing site that almost everyone has seen. Videos are shared online, keywords are added so people can search for those terms or for the video title. People can comment if the video owner allows. Like other forms of social media it allows for a more personal look of the actual user.
- 23. Networking has long been touted as an asset in professional circles. Networking allows the person to connect with people and by those connections meet other professionals that person knows. Professional social media allows for that type of opportunity online. Thus if you move away from your home town you can still remain connected to your ex- coworkers and others in your profession. Linked In is one of the top professional social networking sites.
- 25. Tips for Socializing Safely Think about how different sites work before deciding to join a site. Keep some control over the information you post. Keep vital information to yourself. Make sure your screen name doesn’t reveal too much about you.
- 26. Tips for Socializing Safely Online (continued) Post only information that you are comfortable with others seeing and knowing about you. Remember, once your information is posted, you can’t take it back. Someone can forward this information and millions of people have access.
- 28. Social networking sites for India
- 29. Social networking sites for India
- 30. Top SN sites in India(average time spent/visit)