Online Social Networking. Can We Live Without It?

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Online social networking is a new way of communication and almost every one of us dealt with it in some way. People communicate through Internet using webcams or softwares like facebook, which enable us to express ourselves online as easily as we can do it in real world.


Contents

Introduction

  1. What is New Media?
  2. What is online social networking? Types of online social networking.
    • E-mails
    • Chats
    • Blogs
  3. Purpose and main mission of online social networking.


Advantages of Online Social Networking

  1. New way of communication. New friends, common interests, sharing info.
    • FaceBook
    • Flickr
  2. Business conferences (ex. using web cams), online education or training (instant contact with technical support - chats).
  3. Emails (paperless correspondence).
  4. Instant messengers (Yahoo, Skype) (no need in regular phones).
  5. Blogs


Some Negative Points of Online Social Networking

  1. Some people, especially teenagers, spend a lot of time online (chatting, looking through pictures, just wasting time online) and do not move around or involve in real world.
  2. Online social networking is an easy way to mislead (mischief) people - examples: frauds, maniacs.
  3. Online communication is not safe. Hackers break logins and passwords and can steal personal information.


Conclusion

  1. Brief summary of what was said above.
  2. Can people live without online social networking?
  3. What is the future of online social networking?
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