Social Medi Facebook: The Important Impact Of Facebook

Abstract

In modern days’ lots of people use social media platforms to improve their social bonds and to make new friends. As well as social media help busy world to make instant friends and quick communications within few seconds with each other. Then it provides people to find their class mates, colleagues, relations etc. With that case Facebook, Tweeter, LinkedIn, Skype etc. Facebook get the major part of social media in world, because 1.59 billion monthly new active users get registered to use this free social media service.

In a competitive job market, many employers are looking for new ways of finding competent professionals to fill positions. Social media accounts are now being checked regularly before a person is hired. Conversely, social media accounts are a

These websites enable people to connect with a vast range of other people.

On Facebook, users create their own profile page, and then link to the profiles of other people. Their links to other people, the comments they post, their photos and interests are all available for others to see. Facebook, by its very nature, provides easy access to

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friends’ and partners’ information, including changes to their profile, additions of new

“friends,” and messages posted on their virtual “wall” (Muise, Christofides, &

Desmarais, 2009). Facebook is very popular with young people, and it is estimated that

76% of generation ‘Y’, also known as Millenials, use Facebook (Junco & Mastrodicasa,

2007). However, its popularity is also growing with adults. Facebook estimates that adults are their largest growing demographic. Despite the popularity of Facebook, little is known about how youth and adults use the site. In fact, most of the research that exists, including our own, focuses on Facebook use in University students.

Privacy and Facebook

While there are many unknowns about the way people use Facebook and