We have discussed the past... now let us talk about today!
Social networking has expanded far beyond the capabilities most ever thought it would. We are communicating with people in other countries with no translators. You can read news from all over the world, all at the tip of your fingers, or have coffee with a friend who is studying abroad via Skype (or one of the other many VOIP/Cam to Cam services). Soldiers deployed over seas can read a bedtime story to their children or give a kiss goodnight to the spouse. The possibilities of social networks are endless. Everyday more and more uses for social networking are revealed... today we use it for connecting family and friends... tomorrow well that is for a whole other blog.
Social Networking has become a normal part of an every day routine for most of our population. However, I think that the younger generation utilizes social networking much more than other generations. Other cultures are also involved in their own type of "Facebook", as Nexopia (Canada), Skyrock (Europe), MyFrenz.net (India) just to name a few. So it's not just a Western Culture thing it is also around the world.
ReplyDeleteSocial Networking has come a long way. I love the different commercials where someone is in one place and their loved one seem like they're right there, but they're talking over the computer. That gives me hope that I could never lose contact with someone I love, there would always be a way for me to talk to them.
ReplyDeleteI like all the different types of ways everyone has come up with to communicate. My family is in Portugal so we use Voip, skype, and my one aunt and cousins that live here too use Facebook. I can see it as something good and free and easy to use. It's comforting to know your family is a couple of clicks away.
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