SOCIAL NETWORKING: GOOD OR BAD?

Good

• It allows people to improve their relationships and make new friends.
• It's good for the economy.
• It offers platforms for teachers to collaborate with other teachers and communicate with students outside of the classroom.
• Colleges and universities use social media to recruit new students.

Bad

• Social media causes people to have less face-to-face interaction time
• Social media harms employee productivity.
• Social media promotes cyberbullying.
• Users are vulnerable to security attacks including hacking, identity theft and viruses.

sources

• http://socialnetworking.procon.org
• Brian Solis, "People Use Social Networks to Connect with Friends and Family, Sometimes Brands," www.briansolis.com, Sep. 13, 2011
• Ruffalo Noel Levitz, "2014 E-Recruiting Practices Report for Four-Year and Two-Year Institutions," noellevitz.com, 2014
• Edmodo, "About Edmodo," Edmodo.com (accessed Mar. 24, 2015)
• Joann Pan, "Tweets at the Tables? More of Us Mix Social Media and Food," www.mashable.com, Feb. 29, 2012
• F. Mishna, C. Cook, T. Gadalla, J. Daciuk, and S. Solomon, "Cyber Bullying Behaviors Among Middle and High School Students," American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, July 2010
• Alexandra Topping, "Social Networking Sites Fuelling Stalking, Report Warns," www.guardian.co.uk, Feb. 1, 2012