1. Effects of Social Networking Sites

3. How do digital technology and social networks affect our social and interpersonal skills? Is social media actually making us less social? Social media appear to mag­nify our existing social behav­iors. If you tend to be a social but­terfly in the offline world, social media can help you cul­ti­ vate those con­nec­tions. Recent research sug­gests that social media users tend to have larger social cir­cles and more close social ties than non-​​users. So, con­trary to pop­ular con­cerns that people who use social media are somehow lim­iting their abil­i­ties to make real inter­per­sonal con­nec­tions, the research sug­gests that social media can cat­alyze close, sup­portive, civi­ cally engaged relationships.

4. We Never Need to Lose Touch Again The advent of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) like Facebook and Twitter (among others) have made it far easier for us to stay in touch with the people we met in kindergarten and to stay up to date on the events happening in the lives of people you would have lost touch with otherwise. At the same time SNSs are the Platform to collaborate to spread a message worldwide with a click of mouse for any social cause, let it be saving environment or making our planet worthy to live.

5. New Avenues for News The sprout-like growth of Internet social networking has also created new sources of information for people who are not controlled by the mass media or the world's leaders. Twitter accounts can deliver the scoop about a political figure who made an incendiary statement that they managed to keep off the official record. Internet social networking users provide personal product reviews, how-to guides and, "citizen journalism," such as "on the ground" updates about events happening in disaster areas.

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