Notes #6

Finn(2010) said that almost all teenagers are exposed to virtual communities in Social Networking Sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter and because of this lots of people in the field of medicine argue on different stands they have regarding it’s effects on individuals. Dr. Carson (as cited by Finn) said that Social Networking Sites are really useful in his work which is being a psychologist. He said that if a person can share the same information she shared in her profiles in Facebook, Twitter then it will add convenience to his work, though he also admitted that too much exposure to these sites will keep the youths sitting in front of their desktops and laptops might cause an obesity epidemic to the country and that SNS can be harmful to its users since it introduces unknown contacts, both dangerous to the users safety and privacy. In contrast with some psychologists he explained further that SNS helps an individual mold her own personality by providing him with new friends that develop his way of socialization instead of treating it as something that promotes narcissism, a state of being with conflicts in creating relationship with others.

Finn, R. (2010, January). Clues from adolescent online activity can be of value in           therapy. Clinical Psychiatry News, 38, 1. p.1(2). Retrieved from   http://find.galegroup.com/gps/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-    Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId=IPS&docId=A218974685&source=        gale&srcprod=AONE&userGroupName=phdiliman&version=1.0

Notes #5

Thomas(2007) said that according to McMillan, Social Networking Sites have “negative impacts” to those who are not into computers or those people whom are afraid to use the computer even for fun due to lack of literacy. These people are now insulated from others because they develop tremendously introverted personalities, because people around them are talking about their Facebook and Twitter accounts and yet they might not have even an email address, so there’s no way for them to relate on other’s people conversation. She (McMillan) further explained that teenagers are easily hooked and addicted into these sites that will eventually affect not just their offline but also their online relationships. Most of the users bring their “experiences” from the virtual to the real world and this is seen how the youths communicate or interact with their friends, parents and mentors.

Thomas, J. (2007, October 1). Social Networking Sites' Effect on Relationships Among      College Students. Retrieved from           http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/393599/social_networking_sites_effect_o            n_relationships.html?cat=41

Notes #4

Sprecher and Wickes (2009) pointed out that text-based communication compared to “face-to-face communications” and “voice communications” has advantages and disadvantages. Text-based allows an individual to collect his thoughts and edit it from grammatical errors. Say for example some messaged you in pure English and you want to reply him/her in English too, one thing you can do is take time to review your reply or let the computer check your messages. Thus, it let you get-away from a possible shameful situation. It also gives you a flexible time as to when will you reply his/her message, especially if the message is sent as an email or if it is a chat you can easily pretend that you are offline by simply changing your status from available to invisible. Another positive trait is it allows busy people communicate even if their schedules don’t fit. It also let you send a particular message to a group of people without repeating its content to each person. It also allows us to send “short messages”, as short as a simple hi or hello. Furthermore, “text-based communication” allows both parties to save money from their “transportation” expenses during meet ups. Along with these advantages are its disadvantages one thing is the lack of presence in the conversation. Thus, unable one to perceive the mood of the other, his facial expressions and reactions are not conveyed in his text messages. Also sarcastic messages can lead to a misconception, that’s why in aide with this need is the birth of emoticons that shows the mood of the other. Compared to “voice and face-to-face” conversations textual is time consuming because typing takes time. Furthermore, “text-based” messages when a user is allowed not to put his/her name in his/her posts or messages develops insensitivity in writing bad comments to an individual and this occur in any form of “text-based communications”.

Sprecher, S. & Wickes, E. (2009). Communication, Instant Messaging and Other New    Media. In H. Reis & S. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships, 1, (pp. 256-259). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc.. Retrieved from        http://find.galegroup.com/gps/infomark.do?&contentSet=EBKS&type=retrieve&tabI        D=T001&prodId=IPS&docId=CX3207700097&source=gale&srcprod=EB00&userGr        oupName=phdiliman&version=1.0