Impact of Social Networking Sites on First Year Multimedia Arts Program

IntroductionToday, young people around the world have been using affable networking sites with their own different purposes. The main purpose of social networking sites is communication. It is likely believed that social networking sites have greatly improved communication especially for people who have their loved ones abroad. Some people cash in ones chips most of their measure on social networking sites, specifically Facebook and Twitter. Studies show that most young people or teenagers are addicted to these social networking sites. Needless to say, it is not healthy to spend most of our time on social networking sites, especially for teenagers who are supposedly using their time to study. As Coyne (2010) mentions in his research paper Its problematical for most college students to remember a time before social networks. Half of Facebooks 500 million users will log-in on any precondition day. On the same day 65 million tweets are sent. The last 10 years have witnessed major a dvancements in global communication. It appears fiction has function a reality.Social networking sites can also affect social behavior. It can either improve or hinder an individuals social behavior. In the Philippines, where most teenagers use social networking sites, such as Facebook covered 12 percent of all active users according to statistics. Most of these teenagers are strung-out on social networking sites in engaging any kind of relationship with someone. It is often that an individual would be socially awkward in public if he/she is dependent on social networking sites and reluctant to personal interaction. Regardless of being so dependent on social networking sites, this may also improve an individuals relationship with one another. As said by Boyd (2007), internet... ...ocial Network Sites Definition, History, and Scholarship. Journal ofComputer-Mediated Communication. 13(1)Coyne, E. (2010). http//ecoyne.blogspot.com/Haythornthwaite, C. (1996). Social network analysis A n approach and technique for the study of information exchange. subroutine library and Information Science Research, 18, 323-342.Kuppuswamy and Shankar. (2012).http//www.infotoday.com/searcher/jul07/reid_grey.shtml Ruffes, V. (2010). http//jhands.wordpress.com/2010/12/08/social-networking-research-paper/Sundn, (2003). Social Network Sites Definition, History, and Scholarship. Journal ofComputer-Mediated Communication. 13(1)Trusov, M., Bucklin, R.E., Pauwels, K. (2009). http//www.emeraldinsight.com/bibliographic_databases.htm?id=1819982Wiley and Sisson (2006).http//scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1279&context=gradco nf_hospitality