LOGIN | NEU REGISTRIEREN

Schule > Englisch > Ausarbeitungen, Interpretationen und Zusammenfassungen > Social Networks - and how society uses them

Social Networks and how society uses them

Structure:
1.Definition and features
2.Comparison of several social networks
3.Risks
4.Development trends

1. Definition: "A social networking service is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on facilitating the building of social networks or social relations among people who, for example, share interests, activities, backgrounds, or real-life connections. en.Wikipedia.org

Examples (Grafiken): Facebook; Twitter; Myspace; tumblr

Features:
- Personal profile
- Messaging
- Sending and getting advices
- Sharing status updates/blogs/photos/videos/music
- Social gaming

2. Comparison (Grafiken)

Facebook: socializing, meeting/connecting people, social gaming

Twitter: following celebrities' status updates

Myspace: share own music, get to know to unknown artists

tumblr: share artwork and reblog it

3. Risks:

- Revealing private things
- Your data can be sold
- Infringing copyrights
- Fake Profiles
- Addiction

4. Development Trends:

- Social networks coorperate with other websites --> keeping users connected
- Friendships are/will be easy to keep
- Use of smartphones: cheaper way to communicate --> phoning becomes uncommon?

Sources:

http://www.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/~iug10/sn/html/content/potentiale.html
http://www.klicksafe.de/themen/kommunizieren/soziale-netzwerke/probleme-in-sozialen-netzwerken/
http://www.gdp.de/gdp/gdpnds.nsf/5a419d474f3279b3c1256c09002f3b2a/f5494d80c4d7acd8c12576df004fae02/$FILE/20100305_GdP_NI_Gefahren_i_sozialen_Netzwerken_VersRedFinal.pdf
http://www.atg.wa.gov/internetsafety/socializingonline.aspx#.USFMvPJHTXQ
Wikipedia
Own knowledge

Download: PDF, PPTX