There are advantages and disadvantages to social networks.
Benifits
The benefits of social networks are that you are always connected to your friends and family so you are always updated with what they are up to also its a easy way to socialize.
Negatives
However some people over publicize them selves by uploading revealing pictures and personal information or creating statuses which could make them loose their job. Recently, at my own school, a student posted a status about a teacher which led to this student being expelled. This is a perfect example of one of the disadvantages to social networks. Also, when people apply for a job, most of the companies will do a background search on the person to see what kind of person they are etc. This stops the company employing people who have for example racist comments on there pages such as facebook posts, tweets, google searches etc.
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The major negative about social networks is people with bad or alterior motives such as paedophiles, criminals, stalkers etc.
Before the information age you wouldn't become friends or share pictures with someone unless you knew them well enough to, so why are people doing it now?
The smart phone is the major communication device used these days.
You can easily get in contact or access the internet from a phone which has made communication very convenient and easier. However the majority of people have become very dependent on technology and rely on technology to do simple things such as wake them up in the morning by an alarm.
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