The world today is no longer the same 20 years back. It has changed over the years so does the technology. The new media created new ways of communication. Social networking makes is it easier to communicate to one another from any part of the world as well it contributes to the politics.
EFFECTS ON THE SOCIETY
POSITIVE
- Communication with anyone and anywhere
- Meet new people, make new friends
- Increase of knowledge
- Builds self-esteem
NEGATIVE
- Loss of privacy
- Very small control over information flow
- Ability for someone to use the information about you
- Unprotected communication which may harm individuals
I believe the aids provided by social network sites such as Facebook have made us better off as a society and as individuals. And now we can see an increase in the use of the internet in the politics and social life. Political meetings, voting, comments, rally are organized via Facebook and Twitter these days.
Social networking in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Arab culture has given the people a voice. People use the medium to vice out their perceptions and problems through it. Since internet is a very powerful tool even the government itself feels threatened. The reading this week emphasizes internet is democracy. Morozov also mention that internet can be effective tool used by the government to create the organizations. I believe that mass media especially new media grant people power to against dictatorship. He also mentions the negative site of internet freedom. He told this after he has done research on the myths of social revolution. Today, we experience a feeling of isolation when our Internet connections go down, revealing just how dependent we’ve become on the connective power of the web.
Hello Meg,
ReplyDeleteThanks for summarize the +ve and -ve effect of social networking.
To me social networking whether is good or bad.
It is also very subjective issue.
Anyway, I think is all about how an individual behavior and attitude towards the social networking. Social networking, somehow it's just a "things", human are the one controlling.
Your point that social networking sites have contribute to politics is true.
ReplyDelete50 years ago, all we ever hear from our prime ministers and world leaders are carefully selected words by the media and fed to us to read. That was it. But today, things have change. Politicians now engage these sites to future create awareness to its voters, and spreading their ideals in a place that people are sure to read them. These powerful men/women can connect on a personal basis to the supporters, and even win some votes with its constant sharing and pledge for betterment.
It is an amazing tool for the spreading of social revolution and public good.