Websites used in this study will be Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Myspace. ... Due to social media being such a large portion of internet usage, the study will focus primarily on the top four websites used by this generation; Google+, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Myspace. ... Results The goal of the current study was to assess if Generation Y was psychologically addicted to social media, in particular Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Google+, and Instagram. ... From the results of the respondents, 32.09% use Facebook as their primary choice of social media. 18.14% of these respondents pref...

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MySpace quickly followed suit in 2003, which started the whole outlook on social media. With the introduction of a full profile and a feed of text, video and photo posts from friends and followers, MySpace set the ways of social media we use today. ...

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Social networking can make one's life very efficient due to improved relationships. Social networking has been around for years. Whether it's Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Myspace, etc. There are both positive and negative effects of social networking. Social media has become a defining pa...

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In today's society, 58% of the people all over the world use social networking as part of their lives (Social Networking Statistics, 2014). Social networking tools have profoundly changed our lives due to social media, and how we exchange our information globally. Communication was a whole lot diffe...

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Twitter. Tweeting. Tweets. These words have been added to the daily vernacular of the American teenager. Created by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass in March of 2006, the popular blogging social media website, known as Twitter, soon became a national phenomenon and is now one of the top 10 most visited websites on the web Twitter Wikipedia.com). ...

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I remember the first time I heard of a website called MySpace. I was in middle school and a friend of mine asked if I had an account so he could add me. I went home that day and made a MySpace account and added him. I then had a list of suggested friends, and it happened to be a lot of my classmate...

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What happens when the pictures and content you post online for friends to see are also viewed by potential employers or colleges? The question has heightened in importance through recent years, where photos, profiles, and online commentary are being factored into who gets hired or accepted into a ce...

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While several sites prior to Facebook had similar ranges of utility for social networking, like Myspace for instance; Facebook has become one of the most popular websites throughout the world, and is undoubtedly changing how people live their lives. ...

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Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Myspace are just a few of the countless social media websites that have been playing a major role amongst the teens of our society. Social media can lead one to major problems or even give people a solution to their problems. Social media is mainly used by teenagers...

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From individual communication devices such as mobile smartphone and tablets to social media communications which enable people generate, share, exchange information and content in virtual communities and social networks such as MySpace, Facebook, and LinkedIn, people have communication and relationship with each other (Groom, 2008). ...

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Trolls feel this gives them the freedom to speak slander and lies about people they might not even know and have no fear of the consequences;" Such as the case of Megan Meier Published in a article by Sarah Wienke titled Missouri cyberbullying conviction dismissed, but prosecutions may not end; Meier a 13 year old girl who was romanced by a fake boy, that later rejected her; compelling her to hang her self "after reading a message from the fake boy saying the world would be better off without her," (Wienke) over the social media website MySpace. ...

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Social media outlets such as Facebook and MySpace provide the ability to create pages that individuals can subscribe too that are free of charge to the organization that establishes them. ... The latest derived estimates (Smith, 2013) indicate that large social media outlets such as Facebook manage 1.06 billion monthly active users, Twitter manages 500 million, MySpace manages 25 million and Pintrest manages 48.7 million users. ...

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Social media has consumed our society. 47% of American adults used social networking sites in 2014 like Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter; up from 26% in 2008(quoted from procon.org) the aspects of social media both have a positive and negative impact on life. ...

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Life Without Internet What would life be like without Internet based technology? What would human interaction be like today? That is a question that I know many people ask themselves. Internet does not only change the way that we interact but it also is relied on heavily as a way to keep up with c...

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It's not a mystery that there comes a point in a person's life that they do not like face-to-face confrontation. It's not as easy for them to express themselves to others because their fear of the other person judging them interferes with their ability to speak up. Habitually, humans try to find a d...

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Has social media gone down into a spiral called corruption? The definition of corrupt or corruption is: "debased in character; depraved; perverted; wicked; evil." Most people would agree that social media has brought the ugly side of people. Such has badmouthing fellow classmates, co-workers, family...

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In a society with an ever-increasing reliance on technology, social media has claimed its place as one of the largest forms of digital communication for today's generation. Websites like Twitter, Vine, Facebook, and even MySpace have all changed the face of how people keep in contact with one anothe...

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Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, and many other social networking websites have grown in popularity in recent years. Recent events involving child predators and other dangerous individuals using these sites have raised concerns about safety. Some view social networking websites with suspicion because the...

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