Social Networking Service

Question: Discuss about the Social Networking Service. Answer: Introduction: The web based services that allow the users to construct a public or a semi-public forum but within a bound system. The Social Networking Service also articulate the list of the users with whom one intends to make a connection. A number of common social networking sites are Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+. These networking sites have uniquely identifiable profiles of the users that contents the information provided by the users. This information helps to publicly articulate connections among the other users in the same platform (Braun 2013). Social Networking Sites can be accessed by all and are not based on statistically significant differences based on various social factors like race, ethnicity, demography or gender. Taking the advantage of a number of factors like seeking information, a kind of habitual time pass, a mode of companionship or a means to meet new people, the Social Networking Sites have been gaining much importance in the recent time (Jelenchick et al. 2013). In addition to this, these networking sites also provides the opportunity of sharing as well as viewing photos and surfing others profile to get updates on the regular life activities of the people. As stated by Braun (2013), Social Networking Sites like Facebook and MySpace are mainly used for recreational and activities related to fun and entertainment while LinkedIn is another site that is used mainly for the professional purpose. The increasing uses of these sites have raised questions on the security and the privacy issues of the users as well. In fact, Salehan and Negahban (2013) commented that these sites are being used to manipulate the observers or the users and in a way a dominating control is created on them. There are other negative impacts of these sites as well. Increasing use of these sites often lead to addiction where the outcome can be disastrous and can result in loss of job, narcissistic, depressed and lonelier (Jelenchick et al. 2013). Therefore, it is always beneficial to use the Social Networking Sites for useful purposes rather than making it an important part of ones life. References: Braun, M.T., 2013. Obstacles to social networking website use among older adults.Computers in Human Behavior,29(3), pp.673-680. Jelenchick, L.A., Eickhoff, J.C. and Moreno, M.A., 2013. Facebook depression? Social networking site use and depression in older adolescents.Journal of Adolescent Health,52(1), pp.128-130. Salehan, M. and Negahban, A., 2013. Social networking on smartphones: When mobile phones become addictive.Computers in Human Behavior,29(6), pp.2632-2639.