The advantages and disadvantages of the social network
- 1. The advantages and disadvantages of the social network + The advantages of social network: 1. Social networking helps people stay in touch that might not do it otherwise. 2. Social networking can be used to help advertise goods and services. 3. Social networking can provide an extremely accessible medium for self-expression to those with access to computer technology. 4. Social networking can help families torn apart by war, divorce, etc. stay in touch easier and quicker than by some other means. 5. Social networking can be a powerful engine for job searches. 6. Social networking can leverage political power for groups that might not otherwise have access. 7. Social networking can be used to counteract terrorism and organized crime. 8. Social networking can be used to find dating partners in a fractured society where healthy meeting places are limited. 9. Social networking can be used to memorialize and honor dead persons to keep memories and history that would otherwise fade alive. 10. Social networking can be used to get difficult personal issues out of the closet in front of others so they can be examined and evaluated, and people in trouble can gamer support from their friends. + The disadvantages of the social network: 1. Social networking takes time away from other activities and can take over from real time interaction. 2. Social networking formats set up expectations of importance for certain types of communication at the expense of other types. Pictures and phrases on a wall can take the place of phone calls and face to face time with family and friends. 3. Social networking magnifies the gap between people who have access to computer technology and those that don’t, exacerbating other social inequities. 4. Social networking can compromise privacy in a big way. 5. Social networking can force changes in public policy which can either be a good thing or a bad thing depending on whose ox is gored. Employers can make access to private social networking history a condition of hiring. Law makes may want to change that to prevent discrimination. 6. Social networking can be used to destabilize governments and to advance terrorism. 7. Social networking can be used to promote organized crime. 8. Social networking can become a venue for bullying. 9. Social networking can be a vector for simplifying language, thereby limiting concept development and expression. 10. Social networking can leave an indelible personal history that keeps a person who has grown past a bad time from moving on freely.