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    appealing for self disclosure, and if any of their Facebook posts would enable them to gather social rewards. The authors made three studies to help them find the answer to their questions. Their hypothesis was that posting on Facebook would only reduce self-disclosure, as a result of making low self-esteem people feel more free about expressing their feelings. This hypothesis was based on the information and observations from past studies. For example, in the article they talk about how Facebook

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    Social media has taken over the modern day world. It has helped us to communicate, share information, keep in touch, etc. We often forget about the problems it causes. Social media causes ethical dilemmas such as violations of misrepresentation, privacy, cyber bullying, and spying. Social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat have made the world what it is today. Although, social media helps us tremendously, we have to be very careful that we do not abuse it. In the

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    Americans spent on social media during the month of July 2012. However, their purpose is uncertain. The world uses social networks for many reasons, good or bad. People find the good out of networks like Twitter and Facebook because they can connect and socialize with other people, to promote business, get information and news, and even find jobs. There is a bad side to these social networks however. There are a ton of people on the internet who give away personal information which leads to hacking

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    Do we ever really worry about the effects of social media? Some of us turn our backs on the effects of social media. As if it isn’t a problem, some of us have the wrong idea about social media. If social media was always used in for the right things, there wouldn’t be as many problems as it is now with it. It is crazy how fast social media can make you and break you all at the same time. There will always be a good and a bad effect of social media. People have a bad habit of posting thing they do

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    There are so many social media sites for our use at this time in history. We are going to review a few of the sites that we are familiar with. We will show that there can be a good use for social media. We will discuss the features, uses, privacy settings, and capabilities of Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram. Facebook Its appeal to young and old Facebook is a multigenerational tool. It appeals to both young and old alike. Its kick off on February 4th 2004 was really meant to be for college students

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    States that don’t use social media. Social media, such as Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, etc., can be used for many things. Some of those could be trying to advertise your business, contact a long-lost friend, or just using it for personal reasons. Whether an individual decides to use social media for business or for personal reasons is completely up to that individual, but some may be required by their employer to use social media to promote their business. When social media was first invented

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    Nowadays, social medias on Internet seem to be a new capital way of communication. First of all, a social network is a user 's association on Internet, who exchanges information. Each member shares information with “friends”, who themselves have their own “friends”. all the members of the social network are indirectly connected. There exists any kind of social networks and they all have different goals. Indeed, some give the opportunity of communicating with friends, colleagues or family, by sharing

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    News, in many forms, describes events and relays information to those who are interested or uniformed. Television programs, newspapers, online articles are a few forms of media that have become easily assessable. Mainstream media can also include Facebook, Twitter and other online social media sources. The main focus of this paper will be on The Akron Beacon Journal, the 10 o’clock Channel 8 news, and online news sources. In all three forms of media, the most popularized event is the recent shooting

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    internet. When Carr published The Shallows, social media was not incredibly common or popular and Carr did not deeply discuss the idea that social media is or can be distracting and damaging. Since The Shallows was published social media has become increasingly available, used, and prevalent in most people’s daily lives. Because of social media’s current popularity, I wanted to look into social media’s impact on our lives. I will be exploring if social media is distracting and damaging to us. Each

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    that allows people to access the world. A fast flow of information and communication are what provided in internet. Any information we need is easily gained without limited by time and space. Internet is a huge media to allow humans connect each other. Whatever are the events in one part of the world, will quickly be recognized by those who are on the other side. By the development of information technology, people now are able to have a social relationship in internet. The media which enable them

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