Impact of Social Networking Sites on First Year Multimedia Arts Program

IntroductionToday, young people around the world have been using brotherly networking sites with their own different figures. 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 spend to the highest degree of their time 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 wholesome 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 hard for most college students to remember a time before social networks. Half of Facebooks 500 million users will log-in on any(prenominal) given day. On the same day 65 million tweets are sent. The last 10 years have witnessed major a dvancements in global communication. It appears legend has become a reality.Social networking sites can also affect social behavior. It can either improve or hinder an man-to-mans 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 capable 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 An ap proach and technique for the study of training exchange. 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