Social Media and Networking

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Social Media and Networking

Introduction

In this paper, we will discuss the trend of using internet today and the role and impact of using internet over the society. Firstly, we will discuss the positive and negative impact of social media and networking and then we will focus on the aspect that internet is now a necessary part of social interaction.

It has been over 500 years since Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press and the society has found hundreds of new ways to communicate globally, safe and above all fast. Thus, societies have been growing and evolving, and the media have been forced to adapt. Today people need to be communicated with the world around them. Whether China is across the world, we want to know what is happening right now, here and around the world.

Use of Internet

With the evolution of technology has facilitated the creation of media faster, easier, comprehensive and portable. Social networks are a clear example. Although the Internet is a communications network began its development and use, have long been several decades since its conception and design, the reality is that only in the last five years, especially in America, there has been a spectacular development and growth. Internet, the World Wide Web or simply the network is growing in most countries with some level of development at a rate exceeding 10% per month cumulative. (Donelan, 2010) Today we can say that over 200 million users are connected to the Internet and can be estimated that there are about 550 million primary pages of information with the expectation that in the coming months the number of pages can reach one billion.

Impact of Social Media and Networking

Social networks are beginning to really be present in our everyday life. Since the invention and the democratization of the cell phone, anyone can be reached (if it so wishes) at any time of day or night, at rest or at work. This time, the social networks you connect with people when they themselves want (once accepted the invitation). Yes, now you can be watched on your life when you least expect it, it's frightening is not it? But rest assured, the social networks is a very powerful performance of aerobatics once well mastered.

The dangers of social networking can be a number, which parents fear and imagine as a child can be seduced by an alleged friendship offered by a paedophile, a teenage girl who decides to meet a guy, and it turns out that such teen was twenty years older than her! These and other hazards are what parents try to avoid in their children, but there are other views about it. Piscitelli Murphy has a closer look and says "I think the dangers are different depending on your social network and depending on the condition and age of the person using them (Kimberly, 2007). Overall I think the most common danger is that of an overexposure of privacy and that of an excessive "objectification" in the way I present ...