Effects Of Social Networking

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The concept of social networking has been a part of human culture from ancient history to modern times. Social networks are the connection that individuals share through a variety of relationships. Social networks theorists state that virtually all people are interdependent with other people through individual or group social networks. The degree of involvement in each network varies and relationships are not necessarily symmetrical between the two entities connected through a network .However, networking remains a core activity of human behavior. As humans have advanced technologically, so have the methods in which people create and maintain social ties and networks. Technologies such as cellular phones, the internet, and computers allow humans…show more content…
Research that is available has not provided adequate understanding of psychosocial factors determining the use of online social networks. Most research has focused on defining and describing online social networks and who engage in them rather than looking at the use of online social networks as a behavior. Secondly, research has not being able to conclude whether virtual networks are comparable to “real” social networks. Lastly, there is not a sufficient amount of research on the effect of online social networking to determine whether or not the behavior is positive or negative socially or in relation to…show more content…
It is a collective term for certain applications of the Internet and the World Wide Web, including blogs, wikis, video sharing services, and social media websites such as Facebook and MySpace, which focus on interactive sharing and participatory collaboration rather than simple content delivery. The term “Web 2.0” was introduced by the O’Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference in 2004, which focused on social uses of the web. Web 2.0 technologies provide a level user interaction that was not available before. Websites have become much more dynamic and interconnected, producing “online communities” and making it even easier to share information on the Web. Because most Web 2.0 features are offered as free services, sites like Wikipedia and Facebook have grown at amazingly fast rates. As the sites continue to grow, more features are added, building off the technologies in place. Some examples of features considered to be part of Web 2.0 are listed below: • Blog – also known as Web logs, these allow users to post thoughts and updates about their life on the
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