As a result, people are capable of stealing information, deleting files, corrupting computers, lockouts and mass hysteria. ... For instance, a mass hysteria was caused by a computer worm in 1988 which blocked 60,000 mass computers from accessing the Internet (Marsan 2008, p. ... Frequently, users may encounter other online users that may have bad intentions. These users are known as online predators. ... If the user is underage, be sure that parents know what is happening in the conversation and that parental security softwares are installed on the computer. ...

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As a result, people are capable of stealing information, deleting files, corrupting computers, lockouts and mass hysteria. ... For instance, a mass hysteria was caused by a computer worm in 1988 which blocked 60,000 mass computers from accessing the Internet (Marsan 2008, p. ... Frequently, users may encounter other online users that may have bad intentions. These users are known as online predators. ... If the user is underage, be sure that parents know what is happening in the conversation and that parental security softwares are installed on the computer. ...

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Nearly half of Twitter users view their profiles every day. ... "On health issues, twitter leads to eye strain due to the amount of time spend online on the computer ""(Thompson). ... Twitter Addiction Disorder is becoming more and more popular as more people are finding themselves attached to their computers." ... As you may have seen, Facebook has been tipped to reach one billion active users in August of this year. ... Officially, Twitter has 100 million active users "again, members who log in at least once a month." ...

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"In the last fifteen years, the growth of the global computer network known as the Internet has facilitated the rapid emergence of online interactions of dispersed groups of people with shared interests. ... "When computer networks link people and machines, they become social networks" " (Wellman, 1996). The most popular and most lucrative social networks of all time, Facebook, have millions of active users who log into the site every single day. ... In the meantime, Facebook and all social media should serve as the example of free enterprise that will someday positively affect our own ...

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Say a user "retweets" or reposts, something another user tweeted about a favorite sports team; that person already has something in common with them without even talking to them. ... Twitter users can create a profile that lists interests and it is available to other users. ... Users can follow any cool accounts that interest them. ... A user can find almost anything to be a part of. ... It wouldn't affect our lives outside of our computers. ...

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Many of the billion users of Facebook and million users of Twitter cannot image communicating without these tools. ... Compared to the "traditional" ways of meeting someone and having to physically interact, nowadays with social networks people can communicate and date each other without moving from their computers. ... Users view each others' profiles as an advertisement, searching for suitable candidates and excluding unsuitable ones. ... Social network users have the ability to update others frequently about what they are doing, thinking, and feeling. ... User @DrekeBurnson...

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We are constantly connected through our devices, like on our computers and smart phones, and reveal a large amount of information about ourselves whether we realize it or not. ... Before the changes, users could completely block everything from being seen by people that were not your friends and keep information private. ... In Zuckerbergs eyes, this was a reasonable and justifiable change, but there is not a rational justification when it came to the users of Facebook. ... Soon after the changes, Iranian users began to delete their accounts in fear that the same would happen to them. ... Unfo...

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Social networking sites have become more popular and users have expanded from teens to young adults, and now are even including individuals over 50 years of age. ... Acquiring computer skills will help them find jobs later in their careers and prepares them for a professional environment in which computers are commonplace.... An average person with a standard computer should have no difficulty at all. ... By allowing users to share everyday life happenings through pictures and stories. ... By becoming fully aware of the advantages and disadvantages around social networking sites, it is up to ...

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Research shows that most people tend to retweet users whom they agree or disagree with. ... Similar actions can be found on Facebook users. ... Since teenagers are the top users of the Internet, interest in political participation would increase amongst them. ... I have noticed this in my self as well, back in my country I didn't really spend my whole day sitting front of the computer and using Internet. ... It doesn't happen right away when I open the computer but through Facebook or other social networks. ...

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It is difficult to imagine a world without a computer or phone. ... This problem is described in the article "Ethnographic Approaches to the internet and computer-mediated communication". "While there exists a huge body of research on the Internet and computer-mediated communication (CMC), only some of this research is qualitative ... most ethnographers still conduct studies Firmly in the" offline "social world. ... Behaviors of Internet users are bound to a zeitgeist. ... Smileys or emoticons are symbols with which Internet users can express a feeling or mood. ...

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Abstract Social media has given users the ability to communicate with people a world away. ... It is much easier for someone to sit behind a computer screen than to have a real time, face-to-face conversation. ... Social media sites have recently become incredibly popular among people of all ages, especially young people, "Growth in the use of SNSs has been extremely rapid; in August 2010 Facebook reported over 500 million active users, compared to 200 million users in April 2009" (Gold et al. 2). ... Any user that has low self-esteem will see the posts of self-aggrandizing users and...

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This is problem because it is very difficult to express feelings over a computer screen. ... This problem can also lead to and has shown to cause anti-social behavior where it can affect these kids emotionally and ruin friendships as being a consistent user of a social networking site. ... These changes range from unreliable and false information to sites that lack privacy and are exposing users to government intrusions. ...

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Through the use of these social networking sites, users have the capability of posting statuses where they can give the public or their private contacts updates about what they doing, who they are with, and where they are. ... College students hold the highest percentage of users on social networking sites, with statistics evidencing that college students use social networking sites at least twice a day. ... This addiction is obvious; if computers and networking had always been so convenient everyone would have done this, regardless of year. ...

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On these sites, users typically create pages that represent them in any way. ... This concept seems simple enough, but its use is very different depending on the age of the user. ... The victims are vulnerable and online insults made towards them is deadly because computers mask faces. ...

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Social Media and its effect on Socialization Teens are avid social media users. ... On one hand it's a good tool to push them past their norm, but in another sense it makes it unrealistic to go through those childhood insecurities and moments behind a computer screen or phone. ... People want their teens to go into the world being able to face things head on, and the only way to retain these skills is to have experiences in real life, not behind a computer. ... In addition, a third of teens who most want to unplug or go back to a time when there was no Facebook say they "often" ...

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People saw convenience and enthusiasm in social networking that connects with friends, family and even strangers through Facebook or Twitter, and watch videos from YouTube that were posted 100,000miles away by clicking the mouse of desktop computers or even with a touch of the screen of a smartphone. ... According to the Oxford Dictionary, social networking is defined as, "The use of dedicated websites and applications to interact with other users, or to find people with similar interests to one's own.... However, even though we send and receive through social networking, we text wit...

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Students who use social media have an average grade point average of 3.06 versus non-users who have an average great point average of 3.82" (Kirschner). ... Technology was just arising as they were growing up, creating the first generation of TV's, first generation of computers, and so on. ...

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Rachna Jain proved that a social media user is susceptible to a contagion effect, such as the person may adopt behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs, because of information he/she read on his/her social network. ... Rachna Jain also declares that a social media user often risks alienating people from his/her daily life because of misapprehended relationships online. ... Greenfield worries, "We could be raising a hedonistic generation," where people only find pleasure in computer-generated moments and forget what is now considered real world pleasure. ...

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Nowadays, the world of technology is expanding each day and the results of that expansion is the incessant the number of users which is bringing a lot of updates and benefits that are making our lives easier. ... A user who has FOMO need to check his social network websites every time in case of his friends post something and he does not want to miss. ... For example, when a student is trying to do his homework on a computer, the curiosity and interest of see what their friends is posting in a social network are creating a lot of distraction and affecting directly to his productivity. ...

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However, Facebook is jumping on the bandwagon for fear of lawsuits, and is quickly installing a HTTPS to enable its users to connect to social networking with secure and encrypted features. However, Facebook is using this and allowing the user to choose this or not because it will not automatically default to this security feature (Bradley, 2010).   Another concern is protecting user's data from Facebook itself, not other agencies. ... More interestingly, even government computers now allow Facebook access! ... It is hard to discern at this point because it is an electronic society wi...

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Sadly there is someone behind the computer, phone, or device that lets him or her see it all. ... Not only is social media addictive but also it is becoming a distraction to users. Users of social media constantly feel like they have to be connected to their friends and others they follow. ... In a study led by University of Michigan, Facebook users ended up with lower self-este...

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Etc. but now we have the computer to do that all for us. ... "The average Facebook user spends almost seven hours each month on the site - that's well ahead of Tumblr and Pinterest, which tie for second place for most time spent. ... Nowadays people would rather talk to you through a computer screen then engage in a face to face interactions. ...

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These platforms allow the users to share their photos and ideas with friends and family, communicate with people all over the world, and have instant access to the news and other media outlets. ... This brings up the idea, do we lose intimacy through a computer screen? ... The computer screen gives a sense of invincibility. ...

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Everything we touch, think about, talk about can now be read or "tweeted" anywhere on the computer or cell phone. ... Facebook has more than a billion users. ... Having an addiction to social media makes it difficult for many users to fall asleep at night. ... With the popularity of the computer, or another device, it has gotten harder for students to concentrate on reading and studying. ... With the access to computer and phones at all hours of the night, it makes it even more difficult for parents to keep track of what their children are doing. ...

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The boy was later discovered to be the mother of an old friend; the culprit Lori Drew was charged for violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, but her conviction was reversed in an appeal imposing no consequences on Drew. ... England will encourage many other countries to equally protect social media websites from trolls looking to harm and cause havoc on innocent website users; changing the misconception of Free Speech encouraging parents to teach children about the law. ...

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