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Blogs, wikis and the social networking are regarded to be the grouping of individuals into specific groups that are developed on the ground of the powerful online platforms, sites and services. Basically, it consists of users' profiles and the number of various services they are linked to. With the rapid development of globalization processes, people became more hooked on internet and social networks, in particular. Respectively, every particular social networking service faces both criticism and admiration. In this essay we are targeted to observe whether the problems associated with social networking outweigh the benefits. Concerning the viewpoint of an IT expert Norah Wei Tang, who wrote the article “Social networks are time bandits”, there are many reasons to highly criticize social networks for being 'time bandits'. Despite the fact that they are mostly perceived in terms of entertainment, they have become the harmless tools in our everyday life. Norah Wei Tang supports her argument by the fact that the usage of social networks cannot justify the huge amount of time, which distracts from real life. She also lists the possible alternative online tools to be effectively used by students when communicating with their peers. Additionally, such social networks are nothing more than a mess of people who do not know each other (Derbyshire, 2011). Tang also criticizes the immediate interactions integrated within most social networks, stating that they encourage students staying online 24/7, distracting from class work and studying on the whole. The services within social networks also hinder the real time management. The majority of students using social networking services can easily become depressed if they are deprived of the opp... ... middle of paper ... ... giving way to more frank opinions; making shopping easier; improving educational process; still social networks do much harm loosening former strong ties; retarding children’s thinking processes; changing behavior into addictive, aggressive, and depressive; blurring the border between true identity and a “made-up” identity; concealing fraud and lies; having a downfall at performance at workplace and educational establishments; and negatively affecting health. All in all, people should find a golden mean between all the pluses and minuses, managing their time in such a way that they lead a full real life. That is why social networking is the serious distraction from cognition and learning. We also suggest that social networks negatively influence time management and are the great hindrance to students’ concentration, commitment, progress, motivation and performance.

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