Social Media Social Interaction

Social Interaction vs Social Media
How has social media changed social interaction?
• Friendship has flipped - People know everything about someone before they become
their friend
• c!uantances have full insight into your life
• People no longer visit people with no knowledge of how that person has been beforehand
• Having to put all your information into a profile which is then able to be stolen by identity
theft
• "ess face to face communication
• Social #etworks have introduced our society to new avenues for $yber bullying % $yber
stalking
&Proponents of social networking sites say that the online communities promote increased
interaction with friends and family' offer teachers( librarians( and students valuable access to
educational support and materials' facilitate social and political change' and disseminate useful
information rapidly)
*pponents of social networking say that the sites prevent face-to-face communication' waste
time on frivolous activity' alter children+s brains and behavior making them more prone to ,H,'
e-pose users to predators like pedophiles and burglars' and spread false and potentially
dangerous information)&
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because it allowed users to create personal spaces and connect to friends online) Friendster(
created in 1221( populari3ed social networking in the 4nited States but was !uickly outpaced by
other social networking sites like5 MySpace 612278( Facebook 612298( :witter 6122;8( Pinterest
6122/8( and <oogle= 612.18) Facebook reported one billion monthly users worldwide on *ctober
9( 12.1( making it the most popular social networking site with one in seven people on the planet
using the site) >very day( Facebook manages 1)0 billion &"ikes(? 722 million photo uploads( and
1)@ billion status updates and check-ins) A.97B :witter( the second largest social networking site(
had an estimated .20)0 million users in the 4nited States 6as of Can) 7.( 12.18 A.99B and @22
million worldwide users 6as of Sep) 1D( 12.18) Pinterest is the third largest social network with 17
million uni!ue visitors in Culy 12.1( followed by "inkedIn( :agged( <oogle=( and MySpace @/E of
all Internet users use at least one social networking site and @;E of social networking users are
female) &
& In a 12.1 study families who reported spending less time with one another rose from a level of
DE in 1222 to 71E in 12..)
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social media sites instead of communicating with each other during family gatherings)&
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