aA survey on the implications of social networking websites A Research Proposal Presented To: Dr. Rustico M. Agcaoili Jr. St. Joseph’s College Rodriguez Rizal In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Rey Nanie C. Guevarra 2nd Semester SY: 2010-2011 Chapter 1 The Problem and Its Background Introduction Every one is going crazy over Facebook and Twitter these days. You may have
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The Effect of Social Networking Sites on Students' Academic Performance in Girne American University, North Cyprus By NAPOLEON, EGEDEGBE Abstract: Social network is a platform for people share their ideals, to meet new friends and to reconnect with old friends. Social networking sites offer people new and varied ways to communicate via the internet, whether through their PC or their mobile phone. Examples include MySpace, Facebook, Skype etec. They allow people to easily and simply create
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Negative and Positive Effects of Facebook Use Facebook has taken the world by storm with more than 500 million users. The use of Facebook has many implications on self-esteem and personal relationships both positive and negative. 93% of college students have a Facebook account and spend on average 47 minutes a day on Facebook. My research on this topic is to inform the general user of the risks and rewards of Facebook. I believe this research is important as a Facebook user myself to know what
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Malaysia, the most popular social network is Facebook with records about 6.2 million visitors (Shahrizan In addition, 2010). The study also found that the majority of students (74.7%) have Internet access at home and only 18.1 percent surf the Internet at the cafe. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/suren-ramasubbu/influence-of-social-media-on-teenagers_b_7427740.html http://blog.malaysia-asia.my/2015/03/malaysia-social-media-statistics-2014.html Real Life Teens Social Media Addiction With the rising
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blame social media sites for problems in society. There are some who oppose this idea and others who are on board with the notion. Social media can have both a positive and negative effect on today’s society; it is up to the individual to decide the effect on them. In order to better understand what a social networking site is let us quickly review their history. In 1997 the first social networking site SixDegrees.com was founded (Procon, 2013). It is considered to be the first social networking
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Different researchers have conducted research to ascertain the influence of social media on users; Moon, (2011) in a study on “impact of Facebook on undergraduate academic performance”, averred that social media have negative impact on students. According to the result, the more students use Facebook, the more it affects their academic performance. Oye, (2012) notes that most of the younger students use social networking sites mainly for socializing activities, rather than for academic purpose.
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SSC190 Final Research Paper Extended Due Date: Aug. 5th, 2013 5. Pages 443, 445, text, social movements. Write about Facebook, other social networking sites and their impact on society.(good and bad) Throughout history we have gone through multiple revolutions, like the Agricultural Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and now the Knowledge or Information Revolution. But has the Knowledge Revolution paved the way for another revolution? It seems, more now than ever, that we are in a Communication
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Discussions 1.What is your most favourite social network? Based on Figure 1, out of 10 choices available, Facebook is the one that caught the interest of most of KMK’s student. 43 out of 50 respondent choose Facebook as their most favourite social network. It is huge gap between Facebook and another 9 social network. This probably because every Facebook users can add people as friends and send them message, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves. (Please refers
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1 SOCIAL NETWORKING JOHN E. SCOTT, JR INF 103 COMPUTER LITERACY ROSE SAFIR JUNE 15, 2014 SOCIAL NETWORKING 2 Today’s society has involved the technology and have made ways communication easier with a thing called social networking. Social networking is a way to communicate with family and friends. Technology
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Online Social Networking John Smith SOC100 February 23, 2012 Abstract In today’s society social media dominates the lives of millions of computer users around the world. Social media allows users instant communication with family and friends, sharing of information and photos, and reuniting with family and friends not seen for years. There is an array of social media websites used by society; Facebook, Tweeter, MySpace, and Linked In are a few of the more popular sites. Social
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