Wednesday, November 12, 2008

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Taken from the ABC radio national presented by Anthony Funnel talks about the large influence that Social networking website have affected our youth for more check out http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/stories/2008/2248917.htm

Facebook, Friendster, Hi5 are a few of the many social networking websites in the internet. Social networking has becoming very popular in the coming age. The most recent Facebook has grown into popularity. These social networking websites we are able to share personal details,play games and use all sorts of applications.



L. Grossman (2007) Facebook has grown into popularity because of its classy and upmarket feel to it. Most people in Facebook use their real names compare to other social networking websites. They declare their genders, relationship's statuses and job affiliations.

Facebook Ceo Mark Zuckerberg decribes Facebook as "A lot of companies get grouped as social networking," says Zuckerberg. "Lots are dating sites, or media sites or sites for community. But our mission is helping people understand the world around them." (D. Kirkpatrick 2oo6)

Facebook also gives u a level of privacy compared to Myspace. For example So you can enable members of your school or work group to learn about you, but prevent anyone in a high school group from seeing anything, if you choose. These settings are all set by you.

The next reason is Users on Facebook use it has a "utility". More than 60% return to Facebook to find out what there friends are doing, check messages, send messages to others, and upgrade their profiles. These applications give facebook the edge compared to all other social networks.




References
L.Grossman (2007) Why Facebook Is the Future, Time [viewed at] <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1655722,00.html>
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