Social Networking

Social Networking is the use of websites and different applications for you to interact with other and to find other people with some of the same interests as yourself.  Some Social Networking websites include: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Flickr, and LinkedIn.  These different websites are similar, but different at the same time.  On these websites people are able to put up posts and tell people what is going on in their lives, put quotes up, or just to tell a story.  Another thing is that you are able to put up pictures of whatever is happening up for all of your friends and families to see.  These networks help with people who are far away from each other communicate and stay in touch with each other.  People in college really appreciate it because this will help them stay in touch with their family members and friends and have them be able to see what everyone is up to and what is new in their lives. This is related to Digital Citizenship by using all different technologies with these websites either on the computer or they will upload the app on their smart phones.  They are communicating with other people and making friends.  Along with this they have to be smart with what they put up online because there are rules with all of the social networks.  The rules have to be followed because if they were not the websites might be filled with really nasty things meaning words and pictures.  Cyberbullying does occur on these social networks a lot more than it should.  If people do see this though then they must report it because cyberbullying is a very important issue.  Social networks however can be really fun to have because later in life you are able to look back at the beginning of when you started posting and you can see all of the fun memories that you had when you were younger.  When people tag you in a photo you are able to download the image onto your computer so you are able to have it forever.  Social networking is a growing thing and so many people are using it to communicate and see either other even when they are far away.