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Title: What are the +ve/ -ve impacts of social networking on identity and belonging?
Post by: vashappenin on September 01, 2012, 02:44:11 pm
Anyone can answer this really
I'm doing a presentation for english on the impacts of social networking on identity and belonging, and I need to know positive and negative effects of social networking.
I also really need a movie/tv series/song/quote/article/screenshot of social networking page convo/etc. to back up any statements, so please try and relate your opinion to something like that

Thanks in advance! :D
Title: Re: What are the +ve/ -ve impacts of social networking on identity and belonging?
Post by: nisha on September 01, 2012, 02:58:28 pm
Have you watched the movie, "The Social network"? It might help you with your ideas.
Positive:
-Allows people to branch out and communicate with people easily and efficiently that they otherwise would not have done
-Allows people to meet new people
-Always in the loop to what is happening
-Have a secure sense of identity-as you belong to your wider group of friends

Negative:
-Gives people a false sense of identity and where they belong
-Very easy to re-create oneself
-Annoying
-Waste of time/effort
-..there are plenty more.

Title: Re: What are the +ve/ -ve impacts of social networking on identity and belonging?
Post by: BigAl on September 01, 2012, 05:17:18 pm
isolation from society ? loneliness?
Title: Re: What are the +ve/ -ve impacts of social networking on identity and belonging?
Post by: brenden on September 01, 2012, 05:18:54 pm
Cyber bullying>another method for people to be ostracised.
Title: Re: What are the +ve/ -ve impacts of social networking on identity and belonging?
Post by: MJRomeo81 on September 01, 2012, 05:43:22 pm
Arguably creates a new identity for some people, which IMO is a negative aspect of social networking.
Title: Re: What are the +ve/ -ve impacts of social networking on identity and belonging?
Post by: vashappenin on September 01, 2012, 07:39:53 pm
Have you watched the movie, "The Social network"? It might help you with your ideas.

Nah I haven't.. Can you please fill me in? Is there a specific scene which demonstrates it? Thanks :)
Title: Re: What are the +ve/ -ve impacts of social networking on identity and belonging?
Post by: MJRomeo81 on September 02, 2012, 01:23:43 am
Have you watched the movie, "The Social network"? It might help you with your ideas.

Nah I haven't.. Can you please fill me in? Is there a specific scene which demonstrates it? Thanks :)

Zuckerberg becomes a billionaire by creating a social network platform based on the premise of people wanting to make connections… while he himself is unable to make any sort of genuine human connection. (the last scene is a classic example). http://youtu.be/8UhONY3-1os