Social networking is going to change the way we relate to each other in pretty far-reaching ways. In fact, the new media driving change across our cultural, our social and even our political landscapes. For instance, common interest groups can help users coordinate for collective action. Social network sites may fulfill many of the promises of civic journalism, such as delivering shared, relevant information to its users and providing a place for exchanging ideas where audiences have become coauthors on interactive websites. (Sebastián Valenzuela, 2008)
The five impact of new media :
• Experts coming under pressure from new voices who are early adopters of new technology
• New organisations emerging to deal with the social, cultural and political changes
• There is a struggle to revise the social and legal norms -- especially in relation to intellectual property
• The concepts of identity and community are transformed
• Educators are pressured to prepare their students for the newly emerging world (Gavin, 2008)
However, Facebook is a social networking website that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. Users can join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region. People can also add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves. (Flixya.com, 2009)
The growth of Facebook user within few weeks.
Image Source:http://www.malaysiacrunch.com/2008/12/how-many-facebook-users-in-malaysia.htm
Facebook is a great way to connect with your old high school and college classmates. This is the biggest selling point to facebook because it really does allow you to reconnect with a lot of old friends and to make new friends.
Nowadays there are many people using the tools of facebook for business purpose due to the cost of online advertising on portals like Facebook is lower than conventional methods, and also provides a wider audience and greater visibility.
Due to the fabulous growth of social networking such as Youtube, twitter, blogger, Facebook and so on, people now are more updated in such way of networking rather than a hardcopy newspaper or live TV news. People are more concern the comments, status in the social media which are even more up-to-date to the reporter. A sharing of feeling, pictures and video is part of the lifestyle to them.
Flixya.com, 2009, Introduction to Facebook, viewed 5 May 2011, http://www.flixya.com/blog/1671957/INTRODUCTION-TO-FACEBOOK
Gavin, 2008, Servant of Chaos, Five impacts of New media, viewed 2 May 2011, http://www.servantofchaos.com/2008/02/five-impacts-of.html
Valenzuela. S, Park. N, Kee. Kerk, 2008, Lessons from Facebook: The Effect of Social Network, Submitted to the 9th International Symposium on Online Journalism, Austin, Texas, viewed 5 May 2011,
http://online.journalism.utexas.edu/2008/papers/Valenzuela.pdf
Surfthenetwithkids.com, n.d., Surf the net with the Kids, Internet Safety Pro and Cons, viewed 5 May 2011 http://www.surfnetkids.com/go/safety/752/pros-and-cons-of-facebook/
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