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Social Networks: A Waste of Time or An Important Communication Medium?

Social networks can be both beneficial and detrimental. They allow for fast and low-cost communication with friends and family worldwide but also carry privacy risks as personal information and photos are permanently available online, potentially exposing users to cybercriminals, online harassment, and inappropriate data access by employers. While social networks enable sharing interests and building relationships, overuse can replace real-world interactions and leave people constantly connected even during activities meant for offline enjoyment. Both advantages and disadvantages should be considered in managing social network use.

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Social Networks: A Waste of Time or An Important Communication Medium?

Social networks can be both beneficial and detrimental. They allow for fast and low-cost communication with friends and family worldwide but also carry privacy risks as personal information and photos are permanently available online, potentially exposing users to cybercriminals, online harassment, and inappropriate data access by employers. While social networks enable sharing interests and building relationships, overuse can replace real-world interactions and leave people constantly connected even during activities meant for offline enjoyment. Both advantages and disadvantages should be considered in managing social network use.

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Social networks:

A waste of time or an important


communication medium?
Do you know them?
What are social networks?
Social networking is the use of
internet-based social media.
Facebook, Twitter , WhastApp and
Snapchat .
Social networking is also a
significant target area for marketers
seeking to engage users.
Different social networks
Facebook ,Whats App and Twitter
as the most popular social networks in the world

Facebook

Instantgram
Number of people who uses this social
Networks (in millions)
Advantages of social networks
- Fast communication
- Direct communication
- Low costs
- Meet celebrities
- Be informed about your friends
- Share your experients (music, video etc.)
- Keeping contact with family, friends and colleagues
- Building new/ old friendships
- Sharing interests and hobbies
Exchange with people around the world
Employees are searched by companies (good profile)
Can play games
Disadvantages of social networks
- Photos, comments etc. that we post will be
forever on the Internet
- Private is suddenly no longer private
- Will be accessible to the general public
- We spend a lot of time on PCs
- Cases of online mobbing (Cybermobbing)
and stalking
- Poorly regulated
- Name, location, age etc. can be used to
commit online crimes
Risks of a social networks
Cybercriminals can easily get
private data
Targeted attacks against the users
For example: personalized spam and phishing attacks
- viruses and trojans are deposited on
websites
- potential employers might find information
about you that is not inappropiate (photos etc.)
Conclusion
Answers
0-2 positive answers: You have life! They still visit your friends on their birthdays and they
know you in person.

3-5 positive responses: Caution! Surely you have recently entered the world of smartphone
and your minutes on Facebook have increased exponentially. It is still time to return to
real life.

6-8 positive responses: We are missing out! You can not believe that there has been a world
without Facebook, and now you only report on Twitter. Even you do not have to be
connected so long.

9-10 positive responses: You go to parties or meals with friends, but do not take off your cell
phone. Even in the cinema you are connected. If it were not for Facebook, you would
not even greet your loved ones on their birthdays. One of these days you could suffer an
accident to put Me Like when you are crossing a street. You are a professional stocker
and you can not stop posting the place where you are (even if you are not there).

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