Read the following article about social networking sites and answer the question below.
Social networking sites don’t deepen friendships Social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace do not help you make more genuine close friends, according to a survey by researchers who studied how the websites are changing the nature of friendship networks.
Although social networking on the Internet helps people to collect hundreds or even thousands of acquaintances, the researchers believe that face to face contact is nearly always necessary to form truly close friendships.
“Although the numbers of friends people have on these sites can be massive,
the actual number of close friends is approximately the same in the face to face
real world,” said Will Reader at ShefÞeld Hallam University.
Social networking websites such as Facebook, Bebo and MySpace have taken off rapidly in recent years. Facebook was launched initially in 2004 for Harvard University members but has since expanded to over 34m users worldwide.
MySpace, which was set up in 2003, has over 200m users and was bought by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation in 2005 for $580m.
Source: ‘Social Networking sites don’t deepen friendships’ by JAMES RANDERSON.
Copyright Guardian News and Media Limited, 10 September 2007
Question
Social networking sites are used by many students. Discuss the possible effects of using
these sites on individuals and society.
Your discussion should include the following:
! use of the Internet for socialising
! the protection of personal data
! ethical factors
! cultural factors.
In this question you will be marked on your ability to use good English, to organise
information clearly and to use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
(20 marks)
(08)
M/Jun09/INFO2
This space is available for planning your answer.
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