Social Networking Websites

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Whereas one individual may greatly benefit from social networking websites; on the contrary, such advantage will likely be offset by the negative repercussions that these sites impose on society as a whole. Currently, 1 out 3 people (2.3 billion) in the world access Internet either for communication purposes or information-usage. Such tendency to be communicated in this digital age entails substantial changes on individuals as well as on their social behavior. As advantageous as it may be for an individual to have the capacity to be online during 24 hours / 7 days a week for multiple purposes yet during that same time span, countless people across America are exposed to bullying-on-line (cyberbullying), criminal activity on virtual platforms (cybercrime) and addiction related to social media activities. These people are vulnerable given the mere fact that they are active social network users; hence, society as a whole has to face the disastrous and sudden outcome of committing suicide due to cyberbullying (bullycide). To say the least. Neither does it get any better on cybercrime or user’s addiction. To make matters worse, people exposed to certain conditions (mental health issues, such as depression and bipolar disbalance) have the propensity to undermine the benefits they may otherwise attain from engaging on social media networks. According to recent findings on Research Article Bipolar Disorder Affects Behavior and Social Skills on the Internet: “More importantly, though, there is a worrying trend: patients with Bipolar Disorder have fewer friends both in real-world settings and on the Internet, and their online behavior does not match that of healthy individuals in the same age group.” As a matter-of-fact, depressi... ... middle of paper ... ...stopbullying.gov/cyberbullying/what-is-it/ 13. Cyberbullying Statistics. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.internetsafety101.org/cyberbullyingstatistics.htm 14. Cyberbullying Statistics. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/cyber-bullying-statistics.html 15. Charlotte Dawson’s celebrity suicide: How cyberbullying also drove South Korean stars to suicide. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://stcommunities.straitstimes.com/tv/201/02/24/celebrity-suicides-due-cyber-bullying 16. Internet and Social Media Fraud. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.investor.gov/investing-basics/avoiding-fraud/types-fraud/internet-social-media-fraud#.Uww5gfldWzE 17. How Social Media Networks Facilitate Identity Theft and Fraud. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.eonetwork.org/knowledgebase/specialfeatures/pages/social-media-networks-facilitate-identity-theft-fraud.aspx

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