2. W HAT IS S OCIAL N ETWORKING ?
Social Networking: We
define Social Networking as
web based services which
allow users to create Public
and Semi-public profiles
3. W HY DO WE USE SOCIAL NETWORKING
W EBSITES ?
Majority of people use Facebook and Myspace to keep in
touch with friends and Family.
Social Networking websites are also used to meet up
new people all around the world and socialize.
Social Networking websites can be used to find our old
friends by searching their profiles over those websites.
Social Networking websites are also used by businesses
for marketing of their products.
4. N EGATIVE A SPECTS OF S OCIAL
NETWORKING
Privacy Issues
Addiction
Diminishing Social Skills
5. N EGATIVE A SPECTS OF S OCIAL
NETWORKING
Privacy Issues
1. Providing a lot of Information: To use these sites, users
have to provide quite a lot of personal information. While this is
true, many of the issues surrounding privacy or lack thereof are
much more than the biodata normally required.
2. Because of the great amount of identity-relevant information,
its makes it easier to destroy someone's reputation on these
social networking websites.
3. Social Network sites have financial incentives to generate
revenue from the information users upload. The company uses
information from users profile, create their marketing profiles
and serve them with targeted ads, leaving users vulnerable to
harms.
4. Information spreads faster through a Social Network Sites than
through a real-life network. Information might be disclosed to a
group of people unexpectedly, because the digital information is
easy copy able, can be stored indefinitely and is searchable.
6. N EGATIVE A SPECTS OF S OCIAL
NETWORKING
Addiction
Despite claims of the benefits of being constantly in touch with
friends, such slavish devotion to social networking sites can
quickly lead to addiction.
How users get Addicted ? It starts with the simple
desire to stay in touch with friends. Before long, according to
many users, you find yourself connecting with many more
people than you otherwise would. And this is where all that
instant connectivity starts to have a down side.
Stalking : Curiosity about what someone’s doing may start
innocently enough, but it can easily get out of hand. This can
not only be time-consuming, it’s also unhealthy.
7. N EGATIVE A SPECTS OF S OCIAL
NETWORKING
How to tell If you are addicted to Social
Network websites !
Checked Facebook first thing in the morning, before you
shower or have your morning coffee?
Woke up in the middle of the night and checked
Facebook to see if you’ve been mentioned?
Felt like something is missing when you go on vacation
and can’t check social media accounts?
Spent more time interacting with people on social sites
than in person !
Filled up your friends’ Facebook walls with your own
posts? ;)
8. N EGATIVE A SPECTS OF S OCIAL
NETWORKING
LOL :)
9. N EGATIVE A SPECTS OF S OCIAL
NETWORKING
Diminishing Social Skills
1. Health Problems: As people spend increasing
amounts of time on social networks, they experience
less face-to-face interaction, this leads to social
isolation and is the cause of many physical and
psychological problems.
2. Diminishing Social Skills: Heavy use of electronic
communications such as email, social networking has
diminished kids' and adults' social skills. Critics believe that
written communications and interaction via devices will
erode people's ability to interact comfortably and
thoughtfully in each other's presence.