Read the text about social networks, and answer the following questions
1. - What is a social network?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. - According to the text, what do you do on twitter?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. - What three things do you do on Facebook?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. - what is the main purpose of LinkedIn?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. - In your words what are Google + and Flickr for?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
6. - According to your opinion, what is the importance of Social Networking
For the society?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
[Link]
There are a lot of myths about social networking.
Firstly, Facebook, Twitter and that sort of thing are
for kids (actually, Ofcom figures show that over
50% of the people on these networks are aged 35
and over). Secondly, it’s risky and people will steal
your personal details (it’s no more risky than any
other internet page). Thirdly, it is difficult and
technical (it’s not).
Social networking is a way of using your computer
to talk to other people, exchange pictures,
whatever you want to do. We have some articles
on specific networks elsewhere on the WebWise
site, but here are a few basic pointers:
This is one of the fastest- Unlike Twitter, you get a page A bit like a Facebook for
growing networks. You follow on the web and can use this for business. This is a network for
people you know or in whom longer bits and pieces. You can contacting and keeping in touch
you’re interested, they follow upload pictures, videos, play with work colleagues. You may
you, you exchange brief text- games, whatever you want to only contact people who are a
only messages. If you say do. There are Facebook friend of a friend, or a friend of a
something interesting, one of applications for reviewing books, friend of a friend, and so forth.
your followers might ’re-tweet’ it, reviewing films, areas for private
which means repeating it and messages and for more open
saying who said it. Therefore, discussions. This can really be
some of their followers might your place on the internet if you
start to follow you too, and that’s want it to be
how you meet new people.
Great for asking quick
questions.
It's still early days for Google's
There’s less scope for competitor to Facebook and
socializing here, but you can Twitter, but the company is such
upload and share any pictures a behemoth that it's not a good
you want others to see. You can idea to count them out. Google+
also download and sometimes lets you put all your
use pictures on websites, as acquaintances in separate
many people put them up with "circles", so you can post
few copyright restrictions. something to your best friends
that you might not want sent to
your work colleagues.
[Link]
