...Social Networks: A blessing or a curse? Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. All common names that you all know and love and probably use every day. But I’m here today to ask you all one question. Are social networks a blessing or a curse? I bet that almost none of you here today have ever even thought about these social networks being anything but a blessing. Well, now is the time to start, because believe it or not, social networks could be more trouble than they’re worth. Now don’t get me wrong, I think social networks are great. I mean who doesn’t love wasting their lives with their faces stuck to a screen just to see what their next door neighbour had for tea? Okay, okay, I do have to admit that social networks do have their up sides. For example, they can help you keep in contacts with your friends that you see every day. They can also help you to forget about all of your responsibilities and make sure that you never get anything productive completed. Our whole generation has become oblivious to the world around them because they are constantly checking their mobile devices to get updates on what their friends are thinking. That must mean that there is something good about social networking sites. Oh, I know. It must be the fact that since there has been a rise in popularity of social networks, there has also been a rise in the rates of depression amongst teenagers due to the amount of cyberbullying. That’s great isn’t it? So why do we love these social networks so much? And...
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...Social networking anxieties and insecurities Research Questions: 1. In which social networks people are more habituated today? 2. How the social networks are affecting individual life? 3. What are the popular uses of the social networks? 4. What is the main purpose of the social networks? 5. Can a social network be an alternative of personal interaction with others? 6. What is more preferable to people, the real life or the virtual life? Hypothesis: Our today’s life has become very busy with various works. People of all ages are busy with their respective work. The progress in information technology is tremendous. And one of the most important output of this information technology is the “Social Networks”. Today the situation has become so drastic that people will forget to eat or will forget to do many important things but will never forget to check their social network ID once a day. Well, now the argument might raise that whether the social networking is bad for us. The answer is clearly no. Because each and every thing in this world their goods and bads. It totally depends on how one is using that. The main purpose of social network was to catch up the friends who live in distant place. Its main purpose was to maintain a swift communication with a lot of people. But now a days the main motive has moved to far away places. Now the rate of cyber-crime has increased a lot. Many people has lost their belongings, many have lost their identity and many...
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...being are the social animal.” as Paula Gray says in her article with good logic (http://www.aipmm.com/anthropology/2010/05/humans-are-social-animals-1.php). Human believes that it is mandatory to spread their connection with each other, there are very dense rooted feelings of human ‘to share’. In back age, because of geographical distance and economic prospects, people had limited connection between each other. A social network is made up of people, are connected to each other by specific type of link. Basically, social network operates at different level which happens in family functions where all family members and friends accumulate under one roof. Social network has always been in use, but it is just that the image /form or face of social networking has changed nowadays, whereas in back age there was long process which involved a movement of chain in which people led to each other through social contacts, but today the process is highly advanced. Communication has always been a medium for growth of social networking. With the appearance of internet and today's advanced cell phone, the way of social interaction has been changed which transformed into email and text messages. Nowadays there are plenty of social networking sites where people help themselves regarding get more information and establish contacts. Social network allows the people to share their point of views about any concern. Social networking became more advanced since social networking sites came in...
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...SOCIAL SAFETY: SOLVING CRIMES AND THE RISE OF DIGITAL VIGILANTES Social Media & Mobile Technology For End Users 2nd February 2014 Abstract This paper aims to discuss the benefits and downsides of social media and how digital vigilantes and the police use social networking to solve crimes, as well as help and prevent them from happening. It will touch on issues such as crowd-sourced policing and it’s implications on cases, whether it aids in the apprehension of criminals or rather as a hindrance to police investigations. When people speak about crime, they are usually referring to a shoplifting incident, a shooting, selling of illegal drugs or assaulting someone, but crime goes much further than that. According to Oxford Dictionaries, crime is an action or omission, which constitutes an offence and is punishable by law. So when the topic of crime comes up, one shouldn’t think about just stealing or murders, they must realize that something as little as jumping a red light when no ones around is also a crime. This paper aims to discuss the effects of social media on crime, the rise of digital vigilantes and whether or not social media has helped solve crimes and decrease the crime rate. Safety is one of the most important things on people’s minds. No...
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...lead many secret lives, broadcast their opinions, beliefs, and most intimate thoughts, not to mention their physical features, to an unbelievably wide audience. For the first time in human history, a technology exists that gives us the ability to do so; society knows this technology as the Internet (Siegel, 2009). Many individuals may argue that the Internet providing such convenience and mediums for connectivity to society is a blessing. A different perspective is seen in the book, “Against the Machine: How the Web Is Reshaping Culture and Commerce and Why It Matters.” Author Lee Siegel argues that the Internet is “obscurely a curse” (Siegel, 2009) in that “more and more people are able to live in a more comfortable and complete self-enclosure than ever before (Siegel, 2009).” This paper argues that the Internet is both a blessing and a curse with regards to Siegel’s aforementioned statement. The argument will be supported through the notions that: the Internet creating a global network society versus the digital divide, through the customization of information and through a shared sense of community, and elimination of diversity. Global Network Society vs. Digital Divide The Internet has given society the ability to connect with people over substantial geographical boundaries. However, the areas that are deprived of Internet accessibility are, and will continue to fall behind with respect to...
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...from this work. We are learning our subject and in the same time, we are exceeding our potentials and widening our mind in the society or community we belong. While I am thinking on how to set up my theme into organized details, brain storming and concept mapping pop in the lead. In addition, I found out that my topic was full of vast ideas. Thinking that my topic was so easy, yes it is so easy but full of thoughts. For me enable to swim this wide ocean of ideas, I need to configure my thoughts and get the pearl of the orient of each subject matter that are included here. The title of my essay is technology and morality. It has a two parts; first, the part one, “the effect of computer in children s' morality; then the part two, “the social media modifying the moral standard of humanity. Nevertheless, this essay will focused only on the part one; respectively it is all about the impact of computer to the one of the parts of our society, the children. The children have a great role in our life. It is a stage of process where the stepping-stone for adolescent and adulthood...
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...Technology’s Effect on Social Values and Communication Skills Introduction The three main stakeholders in this issue are the youth, middle generation (my age), and the middle-aged people that are involved in social networking and texting. I feel that the issue can be narrowed down to a past, present, and future where the middle-age is the past, my generation is the present, and the youth is the future. Each of these age groups have a different stake in the issue, but are all connected together within our society through the extended use of technology. As our society evolves, so does our technology. These technologies are made to make our lives easier and more enjoyable, but are they really just making us socially inept? While the advance in technology has been proven to be a benefit in communication, medicines, law, and education, maybe it is a curse within itself. Social media and texting offer ways for people to communicate globally, practically simultaneously, but our society is becoming completely dependent on these technologies, struggling to communicate outside of them, and it is ruining the social capabilities of the youth. Younger Generations The youth may have the most to gain or lose with the advance in technology. Their lives are beginning much different than those of their parents or older siblings. Kids are getting cell phones, social media websites such as Facebook, and video game consoles with internet capability at a much younger age. When used...
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...‘Freedom of expression’ is an amalgamation of several concepts and rights that includes freedom of speech and choice of what a person is allowed to say, do, hear, feel or express. If we break down the words and analyse them from their core, the simple meaning according to various dictionaries of freedom is ‘the power to determine action without restraint’ or ‘exemption from external control, interference, regulation, etc’ this implies that freedom is liberty without constraints, whereas expression is nothing but the act of putting forth things in words or describing or expressing current emotions through multiple means at different levels, for example spiritual, mental, physical or social. Since we are discussing ‘Freedom of expression’ in regard to social media and in specifics to social networking websites like Facebook and Wikileaks who assimilate multimillion threads of information and personal data every day, what they do with it and how it can affect various functional groups in the society like the (3 tier spread): 1. Government 2. Society 3. Corporations Freedom of speech is not generally seen as an absolute right, but a prudential right. An absolute right is a right that cannot be interfered of overridden, no matter what the public interest in doing so may be. Keeping the above in mind there are two aspects that have to be relatively analysed that is the positive and negative, and how different components of society’s composition are affected by them. As...
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...to tell the world what you’re thinking before you’ve had a chance to think about it.” (Pirillo). Twitter is notorious for having user that prefer to tweet about their actions, before they think about them. Social media has slowly been working its way into people’s everyday life over the past twenty years. Most individuals cannot go a day without checking their Facebook or letting their Twitter followers know what kind of coffee they had to drink that morning. Social media can be either a blessing or a curse to the human race depending on how people look at it. Not only can social media help us connect with new people and become more aware of worldwide issues; on the contrary, it encourages the spread hate and fake...
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...The advancement of technology has opened new horizons and has completely reformed the life of mankind. The advent of internet was a paradigm shift for everyone; it has transformed the conventional way of communication. Internet is global meeting place which ensures efficient and effective flow of information. Era we are living in, is marked by the prevailing influence of internet. Although internet has bestowed us with countless blessings but these blessings are continuously improving every moment. Internet has still got great potential and still can offer a lot. Therefore, internet has offered many services like ease of communication, information flow, entertainment and advent of e-commerce. The foremost and main services provided by internet are the ease of communication in every walk of life. It is one of the few endowments of scientific knowledge that have helped ameliorate the global political interactions. The political sphere of interaction has changed immensely worldwide through internet. The term ‘democracy’ has taken a more direct and greater meaning now. Countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan, Egypt and Libya are the clear examples of prevailing political instability and the warfare, which more or less has been worsened by the inappropriate and over use of internet; and has affected the political position of these countries globally. Today, nothing is hidden; a single weird movement in a country is spread throughout the world like a wildfire. Perhaps, internet...
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...How is the advancement in technology, especially cell phones and social networking affecting how our society communicates and interacts with each other? How are teenagers using these advances for the worse and bullying their peers to the point they even commit suicide, and what is being done to stop this? The use of mobile phones has become a gift and a curse for society. We no longer experience a face to face conversation with people, but rather send a text or call them up. This issue is even to the point that parents text their children while they are only one flight of stairs away. The use of anonymous posting through social network sites such as facebook or myspace, or through cell phones makes it easier for teens to bully others without feeling remorse. Why are we letting ourselves become this type of society? In a recent study done by UCLA psychologist, it was reported that three in four teens had been bullied through some sort of cyber resource.(UCLA newsroom). If we can find a solution to why this is happening, we can help teens be more confident and help protect them from cyber bullying. A recent study in Manchester, England shows that bullying via mobiles was also a concern for over two-thirds of young people, who had either received an unpleasant call or text message, or have been the victim of phone pranks, or knew someone that had experienced this. For example: An eleven year old female from Hampshire states, “Somebody got my number and was making mean comments...
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...Salonga, Karlo 3ca2 Globalization of media products has been considered a figure of cultural imperialism. Cultural imperialism takes place when a country dominates others through its media exports, including advertising messages, films, and television and radio programming. America's dominance in the entertainment industries made it difficult for other cultures to produce and distribute their own cultural products. Supporters of American popular culture argue that the universal reputation of American media products promotes a global media system that allows communication to cross national boundaries. American admired culture in addition challenges authority and outmoded traditions. Critics of American culture argue that cultural imperialism prevents the development of native cultures and has a negative impact on teenagers. Teenagers in other nations have rejected their own cultural music and dress. Instead, they want to wear American jeans and listen to American recording artists. Rock groups from other countries will even sing in English rather than use their native tongue. Media corporations are attempting to begin operations in nations around the world, some countries want to protect their domestic media and culture industries. Some nations, including Norway, Denmark, Spain, Mexico, and South Korea, have established government subsidies to preserve their own domestic film industries. The British government proposed a voluntary levy on the revenues from domestic film...
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...Though it is very apparent how social media has provided a big impact in ways that benefits the people by means of networking , the more darker and cynical side to which social media brings still widely remains hidden under the cover for many people to see. Mental illnesses are one of the more closely related issues that arise among social media users that cause serious and to some cases even life-threatening problems. Moreover, with the age of technology reaching its prime allowing just about anybody with a gadget as small as a mobile smartphone with the capability of going online, the access to social media cannot as easily be prevented as one would think. With all of us being the human beings we are, influence is a weakness we all have...
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...Social Media & The Psychological Effects on Mental Health With the increase of Social Networking Sites (SNS's) dramatic increase in the past few years; there has been a growth in psychological research addressing the psychological impact of these online experiences. Consequently, there is a darker side to how social media can affect us. According to researchers, the more time spent on social media, the more likely you are to suffer from mental issues. This is especially true in children and teens; however prolonged and excessive use presents a danger to adults as well. Social Media Anxiety Disorder (SMAD) is a syndrome that relates to social anxiety and is presented when the participation of social media affects the mental and physical...
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...TEN COMMANDMENTS OF COMPUTER ETHICS 1. Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people. Explanation:This commandment says that it is unethical to use a computer to harm another user. It is not limited to physical injury. It includes harming or corrupting other users' data or files. The commandment states that it is wrong to use a computer to steal someone's personal information. Manipulating or destroying files of other users is ethically wrong. It is unethical to write programs, which on execution lead to stealing, copying or gaining unauthorized access to other users' data. Being involved in practices like hacking, spamming, phishing or cyber bullying does not conform to computer ethics. * Sending virus in order to hack personal information and exposing to the others. 2. THOU SHALT NOT INTERFERE WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S COMPUTER WORK. Explanation: Computer software can be used in ways that disturb other users or disrupt their work. Viruses, for example, are programs meant to harm useful computer programs or interfere with the normal functioning of a computer. Malicious software can disrupt the functioning of computers in more ways than one. It may overload computer memory through excessive consumption of computer resources, thus slowing its functioning. It may cause a computer to function wrongly or even stop working. Using malicious software to attack a computer is unethical. * Deleting friend's essay document and saying i was just playing. 3. THOU SHALT NOT...
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