Press 1
Meryl Press
Ms.
Lingxia Jin
ENG102 - 138
30 March 2010
Social Networking: Helping or Hurting the Community?
Introduction
Before the 1980s, there was a world where one couldn’t go online and see what a
friend is doing at any given point on any given...
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Press 1
Meryl Press
Ms.
Lingxia Jin
ENG102 - 138
30 March 2010
Social Networking: Helping or Hurting the Community?
Introduction
Before the 1980s, there was a world where one couldn’t go online and see what a
friend is doing at any given point on any given day.
Before the 1980s, people needed to
connect through phone calls, emails, “snail mail,” or by meeting face to face.
Groups of
friends needed to connect through scheduling times to get together, instead of simply
sending a message thread in order to keep in touch through cyber space.
In the 1980’s one
could not go online and look up a friend’s phone number by looking at a profile, and in the
1980’s people actually knew all of their friends in “real-life,” and there weren’t “virtual”
friends or people you call friends but have never really met.
The introduction of social
networking has changed the dynamic of relationships, which has ultimately shaped the way
we view others, the way we communicate with others, and the way we vie
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