Social Networking

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For:
• Social sites are a great source of information.
• Social networking sites are a unique world in themselves.
• Social networking has led to the emergence of social media that has acted as a trigger in public awareness .
• Sharing information about oneself has become so easier with the help of the social sites.
Against:
• Social networking sites have led to social isolation rather than broadening the social horizon.
• Feelings and emotions have been transformed into emoticons which are incapable of expressing the entire bundle of emotions.
• This two-dimensional interaction has led to depression and isolation and also increased stress and tension.
• This has led to a person being introvert and less confident about his communicative skills.
• Patience and cooperation are a few skills in which people are lacking nowadays.

• Contact with the real world is lost.
A cell phone does not bring you close to people but takes you far away from the person sitting next to you! Today people prefer to text or call a person rather than going to meet them. This increases the distance between people and the device which was supposed to bring people close becomes the key factor that makes them un-social. In parties and get-togethers people are so lost in their phones that they don't mix up with the people present.
• Yes because it has brought people together more convenient way.
It has definitely been a boon to society. Over twenty years ago the only way we had to keep in touch with others was by snail mail or phone. Now the majority of households have at least one computer and/or smart phone device. This has allowed for people to stay in touch with family, find old friends that they have lost touch with over the years and even network for their business. Without social networking a lot of this may not have been possible.
• Boon to society
Of course social networking is a boon to society. It gives us a platform to share our views, opinions and thoughts. It even helps in Communication skills enhancement. There are no boundaries or borders for a person to connect with other people living even in other continent. It does keep a person updated about the latest happenings in the world. Verily it is a boon for society, if used judiciously.

• Of course! It is
Nowadays social media plays an important role in teenagers’ life. The vast majority of teenagers in the United States are daily social media users. There are countless of social networking sites that have created broad connections among teens. For example, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Skype, YouTube, and the like are used quite frequently. According to Shea Bennett, one out of every seven minutes spent online is on Facebook. But does social media have positive impact on teens? To me the answer is yes. For the vast majority of teens, the overall impact on social media has been positive . Social media helps teens stay connected to each other even if they are a thousand miles away, and it keeps us up to date with what's going on around the world and so on. Social media has positive impact on teens in many ways.
Social media helps strengthen relationships among teens. Many people have friends who they have not seen since school, or who have moved away, and they want to stay connected with. They don't have to worry about losing touch, because social media has it covered. Through social media teens can stay connected with friends no matter the distance or time. Just by simply sending a friend request and accepting it, then starting a chat you can be easily be back in touch again. Social networks have provided people with the opportunity to connect with others and build better relationships with friends with whom we are unable to meet personally, and letting them know about our life and take input about their lives and events happening with them (Ali).
As an teenager it's also very important to understand what's going on around us rather than just knowing what's going with friends. According to the article "What Facebook and Twitter Mean for News." Nowadays teens receive digital news from social media sites rather than turning on news channel or reading newspaper. 70% of teens receive most of the news stories they read or watch via Facebook or Twitter. It's amazing how fast news spread on social networking sites. According to Amy Mitchell, "Facebook news users get more news from friends and family and see it as news they might well have gotten someplace else if Facebook did not exist. For Twitter users, though, the news links come from a more even mix of family and friends and news organizations. Most of these users also feel that without Twitter, they would have missed this kind of news". Thus, social media results in teens being more well-informed about national and global news than they would be otherwise.
Social media has become part of the modern teenage lifestyle. It makes our life so much easier and much more efficient. It has become an essential part of our communication culture that cannot be taken away easily, because we are so dependent on it. Without social media we wouldn't be able to connect with people the way we do now.
• Yes because it is a goes way to increase friend circle.
It has definitely been a boon to society. Over twenty years ago the only way we had to keep in touch with others was by snail mail or phone. Now the majority of households have at least one computer and/or smartphone device. This has allowed for people to stay in touch with family, find old friends that they have lost touch with over the years and even network for their business. Without social networking a lot of this may not have been possible. And also it depend on us whether we use it as a boon or bane.
• A Wonderful Addition to 21st Century Society
Yes. Social networking is a boon to present day society. 50 years ago you would have to find a pen pal, pay for postage, and wait the 4-6 days for them to receive mail. Today, you can connect with someone across the country or the world and share experiences. The benefits of social networking outweigh the drawbacks.
• It is definitely a boon.
Every thing has a good side and a bad side. It completely depends on us how to use it. If used efficiently, it can result in a positive way but if we use it carelessly it can consequently result in bad way so moreover it is a good thing but our minds have tried to make it a bad one.
• Boon to society
The biggest gifts that mankind has got is technology and more so, it is the information technology that has brought this world closer. While growth, development and speed of progress have increased due to this, a special bonding is happening between human beings. This is through the social networking. Well, internet has got many social networking sites such as Facebook, Orkut, Twitter etc and this has become the special platform for strangers to become friends or as a powerful tool of communication.

But here is the big question- is social networking really a boon or bane? especially in the case of students and today's generation. Yes, there is no doubt that this helps increase your friends circle, the opportunity to interact with different people and make new friends across the world. But many are asking if the social networking sites are indeed being used for such productive reasons. There has been an increasingly disturbing behaviour found in students and youngsters after their exposure towards such sites.

Their interaction with family members, their concentration towards studies, their interest in outdoor activities have come down drastically. Moreover, youngsters are being lured by conmen and other shady individuals through these sites and this is leading to grave risk. A recent incident of an IIM student committing suicide after knowing about her boyfriend through a social networking site is a clear example of how extreme things can become.

The experts are suggesting that using of social networking is not wrong but the way it is being used is important. Students and youngsters must be given guidance on what should be the dos and dont's. Also, the students must be educated on the overall developmental activities instead of getting glued to the mobile phones and computers and spending precious time chatting. Students from their end must take initiative to find out how best such sites can be used. So folks, wake up and use technology as a boon and not a bane.

• Yes it is a boon
Yes definitely social media is a boon to the society because it has brought people and sensitivities closer than ever...
In the aftermath of any event now, social media is the platform wherein mobilization has become far more easy. Social media was the trigger in the very recent egypt revolution. A tool of the youth, social media has evolved from being just a way of socializing to a way of making a difference.

• Social networking is boon to society.
Internet has got many social networking sites as a powerful tool of communication. Social networking keeps us to know the latest events happening around the world. Many top most companies directly approach candidates through social networking sites and offer jobs. We can able to interact with people of authority who might help us in our careers. As Internet provides many free online services, we can connect to our dear ones at all times which will reduce the expenditure of ISD call rates. Internet social networking helping people get married even. And also it helps us to enhance our communication skills. If we use the technology in proper and right way then we can benefit more from it.

• A chance to know people!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You can know people without using your actual identity.You can know people outside your country and also know about their culture's. It is a boon to society because it helps to socialize.It broadens our mindset and help us to mindset and to share our creative ness with people who can gie us more information about the subject

• Yes it is boon to our society.
Many people will say that many people are making fake ids and using but this can be also counted as a boon because people are enhanced and they are capable of solving such types of problems in future.There fore we can conclude that social networking sites are boon to our society.

• absolutely
It goes way beyond the original posters points. We socialize with people regardless of international borders. This helps to break down walls that our governments try to build up around us. In fact our own U.S. government is fighting right now to control the net. The net, and social

• Yes, but not in Design
I love Facebook, the idea of Facebook, anyway. I love the concept of being directly connect with all of your friends and peers, and having that instant access to what's going on in anyone's life at the touch of a button. But, this instant access, this instant gratification is causing everything we've evolved to accept as a society, in terms of socialization, to change. Now, societies evolve, and we're approaching the time when this needs to be addressed, a society where people communicate mind to mind, text to text, instead of eye-to-eye or face-to-face. Boon is a bit harsh, but it IS changing society, for better or for worse.
• Social Networking Not All Good
No, social networking is not a boon to society. Teenagers are so busy texting and chatting online anymore that they do not have time for homework and their grades reflect this. In spite of laws making it illegal, many drivers still text as they drive, they just try not to get caught at it. Social networking has replaced real-life activities and family time for many people, most of them teenagers. While these people spend countless hours texting and chatting online, they fail to realize that life is passing them by.

• The security issues – physical as well as those related to computers are increasing as the teenagers do not understand the effective usage of social networking.
Personal lives are getting affected as they have started sharing their personal things on these sites.
- On these sites people make friends and spend long hours chatting with them whom they have never seen or met.
- Young generations are becoming more and more addicted to these sites.
- Somewhere the real social life of people is getting affected very badly as find it more comfortable and find time to chat with a stranger than finding time to meet friends or relatives.
- Recently there was a case of a social networking site where a girl attempted suicide after reading a message of her boyfriend. These types are increasing day by day.

• Adverse impact of SNS
It takes you away from those right beside you. Teenagers are constantly on their phones even in the presence of elders and guests. Students are constantly checking, updating and communicating through the SNS even during lectures. Even work gets affected as employees have a tendency to check these sites regularly. Usage of these site questions your privacy and even the social movements that have been started over the net are making people less active practically on the roads. Children are going away from their parents and prefer to share their problems and emotions with their friends over SNS rather than with their parents leading to loss of Indian heritage and culture. It also has an adverse impact on the language of the teenagers, resulting in spelling errors, slang usage and poor grammar. Prolonged use can have severe health implications as it may lead to eye problems, back and neck problems and unhealthy behavior in teens like drinking, smoking, abuse, poor sleep patterns, suicide and poor academic performances. It could also lead to an increased aggression amongst the users thus making them less sympathetic towards others' feelings in the non-virtual world thus hampering their interpersonal relationships in real world.
Who is to be blamed for all this? Food for thought for you.....
With the evolution of the Internet, the life of a normal man in the towns changed from just a mere worker from a social person, an artificial social person, sometimes a natural social person. Internet changed many things, I am sure I need not speak much about it. But a special innovation which it brought about was the social networking.

Basically social networking means a way in which one can keep himself connected to his near and dear ones in some way or the other. In the language of Internet, it is the same thing, but it is a similar thing conducted in a different way. Here, it is entirely a different thing. The natural social networking involves media like letter, mails, telegrams, phone calls, but today it includes media like SMSs, e-mails, scraps and what not, there are so many terms. I wanted to take this topic into consideration and after a long time, finally I got into a mood to discuss my thoughts with you all. So, I would discuss about the social networking related to Internet in the upcoming words.

The Windward Side of It

Social Networking, today, has made the life of the Richie riches easier. Those who have nice smart phones in their hands, can easily surf themselves right away.

However, the medium classes can also enjoy this. People can today keep themselves connected to their near and dear ones all the times. They can easily correspond with them anytime they want to do. With offline messages like scraps and offline chat messages they can easily leave a message to their near and dear ones, asking about their welfare or having an informal chat of any type, anytime.

Social networking has enabled us today to climb the mountains of connectivity so easily and you know, the best part of it? Most of the online services like chatting, emailing etc are totally free, so even the middle and the low classes can enjoy the services. It is therefore a big merit of this feature that cutting on the expenditure of ISD call rates, we can easily connect to the people of our beats easily, in case they are living in some other country. With the Internet social networking, one can easily present him/her before everyone. What does one need to do? Simply take a stand, spend some 3000-4000 bucks, create your own website, design it, put contents and finally you are done.

In short, it therefore means that one can stay connected even while sleeping, and today to my surprise, marriages are being conducted with the help of the so called matrimony websites which help us find the guys of our taste and finally we can select the bridegroom or the bride, chat to him/her, have a meet with him/her and finally, the "Just Married" signboard will be on the back of the car. Thus, today, to my surprise, internet socialnetworking is helping people get married even. What not we can do? We can show our videos and songs.

These were all the merits of social networking, these were simply the pros, not let's have a look towards the cones.

The Leeward Side of It

Today so many people, especially the old aged people say that the new generation has become so lazy because of social networking feature. Many even say that these so called social networking media are simply making the people of the present generation unsocial by doing all these.

It is notable that due to this feature of the internet, we are making friends with so many people whom we never see in our lives but we spend hours chatting with them without knowing who they actually are. Children of teenage who need to go to the fields and play with their real friends are busy with unidentified people on the net chatting with them, emailing with them, talking about their welfare and having a behavior in such a way that they are even more to them than their real friends. Yeah of course, some may come to a realistic end, but most of them really never meet. Children are becoming lazy talking to these people, maintaining their so called social status and just filling their life with dramatized follow ups. What are they doing? Students go to cyber cafes, spend hundreds of rupees and what they do? They simply keep on writing scraps to their so called distant friends. It really deviates the newbie minds from their actual courses, hitting at their health, hitting at their actual socialism.

There are many leeward aspects, but what I want to question is that is this social networking grasping feature of the internet so social at all. Does it have more merits or more demerits. Anyways, my suggestion to the teenagers especially would be have a consideration on the so called social networked nature of theirs'.