The Positive Part Social Networking Web Sites.

THE POSITIVE PART Social networking entanglement sites be helping businesses advertise, thus affable networking Web sites be benefiting businesses economically. Social networking Web sites are helping education by allowing teachers and coaches to post club coming together times, school projects, and even homework on these sites. Social networking Web sites are enabling advancements in science and medicine. Job hunting Stay in touch with friends Positive ca aims/awareness THE NEGATIVE PARTThe very nature of such sites encour durations users to provide a certain amount of private info. But when decision making how much information to reveal, people may not exercise the very(prenominal) amount of caution on a Website as they would when disturbing individual in person. This happens because * the Internet provides a sense of anonymity * the deficiency of somatic interaction provides a false sense of security * they tailor the information for their friends to read, forgetti ng that others may see it.Sharing too much information on social networking sites butt be problematic in two ways firstly, it chiffonier reveal something about you that youd rather your current or future employer or school administrator not hump, and second, it can put your personal safety at risk. Another potential downside of social networking sites is that they allow others to know a persons contact information, interests, habits, and whereabouts.Consequences of sharing this information can range from the relatively harmless but annoyingsuch as an increase in spamto the potentially deadlysuch as stalking. Another great issue of concern with social networking web sites is that of babe safety. Research has shown that almost three out of every four teen come alongrs who use social networking web sites are at risk due to their lack of using online safety. Joly, Karine, 2007) A lot of the web sites do have an age requirement but it is easily bypassed by the lying about of unriva lleds age. Even if they dont lie about their age the average age requirement is around fifteen years old. Predators may target children, teens, and other unsuspecting persons onlinesometimes posing to be mortal elseand then slowlygroom them, forming relationships with them and then eventually convincing them to meet in person.