Social Networking

Social networking is defined by using sites to basically connect with other people. It allows us to talk to other people without even leaving the privacy of our own homes or even see what they are up to without having to call or talk to them. Some sites you may know are facebook, myspace and twitter. We use these in our everyday lives and have come accustom to having them around. However, these sites aren't just for personal use, today businesses like marketing corporations use them to research on their targeted demographic as a way to basically reach out to them and see what they like without even having to pay the huge sums of money of advertising and surveys. Its a great way for the company to do business online and also answer any questions the consumer may have. Other companies use social networking to hire their potential employees, they type in a simple term for marketing researcher and as many as hundreds of names may pop up that are qualified for the position and more. On an article social networking technology boost job recruiting by Frank Langfitt he says that "Social networking technology is absolutely the best thing to happen to recruiting — ever." Pretty much talking about the ease it has made recruiting to find not just people qualified but the talent level in mere minutes. Though these sites are great for businesses it also is great for society. It allows them to connect with people across the world in China while you're sitting at home and saves you all the cost of a long distance phone call. Using these sites you may also find and reconnect with lost friend you may not have seen for a while. Thought there are many positives of social networking what are the negatives? In the article Antisocial Networking? By HILARY STOUT she says "Children used to actually talk to their friends. Those hours spent on the family princess phone or hanging out with pals in the neighborhood after school vanished long ago." Pretty much talking about how social networking takes away from the personal face to face interaction. Now a days kids just say hi and bye and it isn't even in person they say it through texting or facebook. You take away all the outdoor activities kids use to do and replace it with staying indoors to talk to people virtually. If this isn't bad enough social networking also increasing privacy risk for hackers to get your information and potentially steal your identity. Soon enough I think social networking can might as well and take over the whole internet at the rate its going. It dictates us almost, gets us so addicted that we cant stop, its like a drug. So before you go on saying how great social networking is remember everything else it does as well.