Social networks and their effects
- 1. Prepared by:- MASUM MANDAL(15CSE123) FUTURE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING-1(2nd YEAR)
- 2. ļ½ Introduction. ļ½ History of evolution. ļ½ About some popular social networks ļ½ Their good and bad effects on the society(Advantages and disadvantages). ļ½ Conclusion. ļ½ Acknowledgement. ļ½ Bibliography. ļ½ Thanking page.
- 5. A brief history of the evolution and popularization of social networking among the masses is summarized as follows: ļ½ Geocities was the first web-based social networking site developed in 1994. It allowed the users to create their own websites. ļ½ In 1995 THEGLOBE.COM emerged allowing users to publish their content and interact with the other users sharing similar interests.It recorded an IPO of $850m but fell substantially to $4m in 3yrs. ļ½ In 1997 AOL INSTANT MESSENGER was launched which popularized the concept of instant messaging. ļ½ SIXDEGREES.COM was also launched in the same year which allowed users to create their individual profiles and listing friends.
- 6. ļ½ Friendster was the real breakthrough in the field of social networking,launched in 2002. ļ½ In 2003 MYSPACE was launched which though was a Friendster clone at the beginning but was developed in the following years and is still popular. ļ½ In 2004 FACEBOOK was launched at Harvard University as a way of connecting all the U.S. college students. ļ½ In 2006 Twitter was launched which has been a huge success with 300 million users presently. ļ½ But in nowdays there is a lot of popular social networking sites like YouTube, Instagram, Reddit, Vine, Pinterest, Ask.fm, Flickr, ClassMates, Meetup etc.
- 9. 1. Connectivity 2. Education 3. Helping hand 4. Information and Updates 5. Promotion of Business 6. Noble Cause 7. Awareness 8. Helps in Building Communities, etc.
- 10. 1. Connectivity ā The first and main advantage of the social media is connectivity. People from anywhere can connect with anyone. Regardless of the location and religion. The beauty of social media is that you can connect with anyone to learn and share your thoughts. 2. Education ā Social media has a lot of benefits for the students and teachers. It is very easy to educate from others who are experts and professionals via the social media. You can follow anyone to learn from him/her and enhance your knowledge about any field. Regardless of your location and education background you can educate yourself, without paying for it.
- 11. 3. Helping handā You can share your issues with the community to get help and giddiness. Whether it is helping in term of money or in term of advice, you can get it from the community you are connected with. on. 4. Information and Updates ā The main advantage of the social media is that you update yourself from the latest happenings around in the world. Most of the time, Television and print media these days are biased and does not convey the true message. With the help of social media you can get the facts and true information. 5. Awareness ā Social media also create awareness and innovate the way people live. It is the social media which has helped people discover new and innovative stuffs that can enhance personal lives. From farmers to teachers, students to lawyers every individual of the society can benefit from the social media and its awareness factor.
- 12. 6. Promotion of Businessā Whether you have an offline business or online, you can promote your business to the largest audience. The whole world is open for you, and can promote to them. This makes the businesses profitable and less expensive, because most of the expenses made over a business are for advertising and promotion. This can be decreased by constantly and regularly involving on the social media to connect with the right audience. 7. Noble Cause ā Social media can also be used for the noble causes. For example, to promote an NGO, social welfare activities and donations for the needy people. People are using social media for donation for needy people and it can be a quick way to help such people.
- 13. 8. Helps in Building Communities ā Since our world has different communities and beliefs. Social media helps in building and participating in the community of own believes to discuss and learn about it. Similarly, people of different communities can connect to discuss and share related stuffs. For example, Game lover can join games related communities, car lover can join communities related to cars .
- 14. 1. Cyberbullying 2. Hacking 3. Addiction 4. Fraud and Scams 5. Security Issues 6. Reputation 7. Cheating and Relationship Issues 8. Health Issues 9. Social Media can causes death too, etc.
- 15. 1. Cyberbullying ā According to a report published by PewCenter.org most of the children have become victims of the cyberbulling over the past. Since anyone can create a fake account, it has become quite easy for anyone to bully on the Internet. Threats and rumors can be sent to the peoples to create discomfort and chaos in the society 2. Hacking ā Personal data and privacy can easily be hacked and shared on the Internet. Which can make financial losses and loss to personal life. Several personal twitter and Facebook accounts have been hacked in the past and the hacker had posted materials that have affected the individuals personal lives. This is one of the dangerous disadvantages of the social media.
- 16. 3. Addictionā The addictive part of the social media is very bad and can disturb personal lives as well. The teenagers are the most affected by the addiction of the social media. They get involved very extensively and being addicted. It can also waste individual time that could have been utilized by productive tasks and activities. 4. Fraud and Scams ā Several examples are available where individuals have scammed and commit fraud through the social media. For example: Pushing Requests, Hidden Charges, Cash Grabs, hidden URLs etc.
- 17. 5. Security Issues ā Now a dayās security agencies have access to people personal accounts. Which makes the privacy almost compromised. You never know when you are visited by any investigation officer regarding any issue that you mistakenly or unknowingly discussed over the internet. 6. Reputation ā Social media can easily ruin someoneās reputation just by creating a false story and spreading across the social media. Similarly businesses can also suffer losses due to bad reputation being conveyed over the social media.
- 18. 7. Cheating and Relationship Issues ā Most of the people have used the social media platform to propose and marry each other. However, after some time they turn to be wrong in their decision. Similarly, couples have cheated each other by showing the fake feelings and incorrect information. 8. Health Issues ā The excess usage of social media can also have a negative impact on the health. Since exercise is the key to lose weight, most of the people get lazy because of the excessive use of social networking sites. Which in result brings disorder in the routine life.
- 21. Most of the informations are collected from few internet sites,as follows- 1. https://www.techmaish.com 2. http://socialnetworking.lovetoknow.com 3. https://businessfirstfamily.com 4. http://www.askwriter.com 5. http://www.speechprosody.com etc. And few personal experiences are also applied.
- 22. I wish to express my sincere gratitude to KDM Sir for providing me an opportunity and guidance to do my presentation on this topic. Last but not the least I would like to thanks my friends and beloved parents for their support and suggestions.