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Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

Along with the status, and how many likes they get. These kids posting these statuses could be a negative one or putting someone down. So think about it.. Bringing yourself to the top with all the likes and bringing someone else down really helps a person grow and develop. Or does it really just make them feel powerful and almighty because of all the people following them in what they say?
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

I see where your arguments are coming from. Social networking does help a teen develop a sense of who they are in the "online world", but that is only the "online world". Social networking help students develop themselves in the "real world". Lots of times, students pretend to be something they are not through social networking. Social networking is a chance for them to be whoever they want because no one can see them through a computer. A shy kid may become outgoing and talkative over the Internet, but that doesn't benefit them in real life situations. If teens are only interacting with their friends through social networking, their capability to communicate in person diminishes. Many people find it much harder to successfully communicate in the real world after depending on social networking.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

I agree! Teens do keep in touch by social networking, they can grow together with some of their friends.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

Social networking is a helpful way to keep in touch with people. While this is its main purpose, it also has other benefits. Social networking sites can teach how to maneuver through websites with multiple pages and how to find the page you are looking for. They also allow an insight to other life styles, according to Beth Bartlett an eHow Contributor. The internet is filled with different viewpoints and opinions. Sooner or later, you will bump up against information that casts your personal world in a new light. Social networks are hot spots for debating issues, sharing life experiences and getting a first-person look into someone else's world, thus providing for expanded horizons and a wider tolerance of different beliefs.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

Social Networking is good for our society because everyone can stay in touch with each other. According to socialnetworking.procon.org, being part of a social network is a positive impact on people and people who have trouble speaking to people can talk to someone and feel comfortable talking. Social networking let's you have a new tool for students to promote specific interests. Social networking also lets old friends talk again, and talk to the ones who live far away.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

Wait so your saying that its okay to actually reduce the formal confrontation? And use social media instead of person to person? That doesn't seem right. Starting a relationship through social media can be scary... If the person doesn't feel comfortable talking to a person face to face, maybe they should rethink if they should be talking to the person in the first place.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

All I'm talking about is that fact that people get nervous talking face to face and use confrontation at first but they also feel more comfortable using a social network to talk to the person.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

I think you misunderstood her. She was talking about getting nervous around people. Some people have problems talking to their crushes per say, but social media helps reduce those nerves.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

I believe that social networking definitely has its ups and down, however I think it is more helpful than harmful. Overall most people will benefit from it like me. If it wasn't for social networking I would not have contact with distant friends and relatives, some of which live on opposite ends of the county. I know that some people claim that people spend to much time on social networking, and in some cases that is true. Any person who uses it responsibly will benefit from it however. If people are educated on what they should and should not share they should be safe. The argument that there is not enough face-to-face conversation is also invalid because there is now video chatting.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

Social networking is helpful as long as we don't become overly addicted. If you were to give up social networking for a day would you start to see affects? Social networking is a great way to stay in touch with someone you don't often see face to face. There have been zero scientific studies that validated harmful affects to social network users. There have been reports that show helpful physical and mental affects to users. http://news.discovery.com/tech/is-online-social-networking-good-or-bad.html
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

Everything people are saying to disagree with social media is a hasty generalization of something they saw on nightline. Someone please show me a person that has been destroyed mentally by social media. I don't know a single one.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

Social Networking is there for people to connect with one another. Though some people like to use it a different way. I've notice people use it to seek attention, they want us to comment, like, favorite, or retweet something of theirs. That is the big one I have seen and when people talk about sex offenders, it is up to the user to be aware of what is happening. Social Networking is helpful when connecting with someone and that is the way it should be used.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

Social networking is beneficial to society. According to Moira Burke, a researcher at Carnegie Mellon University's Human Computer Institute, the more that a person is involved in a social network like Facebook (number of friends, likes), the better they feel psychologically. Social Media breaks down barriers between friend networks and makes it easier to become friends with people you have only met a few times. The more friends and connections you make, the higher your self esteem is going to be. Having a better self image of yourself is healthier than being down all the time. If being active in a social network is making you feel better about yourself, then the answer to if it is helping or hurting you is clear.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

According to Aric Sigman, a British psychologist, social networking shortens attention spans, weakens immune systems, and possibly fosters autism. So Facebook may make you feel better, but is it worth it if it shortens your attention span or it weakens your immune system? No. If you need to feel better than eat an ice cream cone, don't give into your addiction of social networking.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

Cool fact to include. This is definitely something to consider. Nice research, Kellon.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

Who is this "British Psychologist?" How do we know that this guy knows what he is talking about? You didn't list any of the work that he has done or who he works for. Pointing out that he is British to make him sound official is like me saying that I'm an American researcher on this topic and I know everything there is to know about it. Secondly, how could social networking possibly weaken your immune system? From personal experience, I usually don't get sick from looking at a status update or chatting with my sister.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

My mistake for not clarifying. This "British Psychologist" was quoted on Discovery.com. Dr Sigman has a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Psychology, a Master of Science degree in The Neurophysiological Basis of Behaviour, and a Ph.D. in the field of the role of attention in autonomic nervous system self-regulation. Dr Sigman works independently and is a Chartered Biologist, Fellow of the Society of Biology, Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, a recipient of the Chartered Scientist award from the Science Council and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. I'm not an expert on this subject, but according to Discovery.com, it does weaken your immune system. I do not know how, but it does. I would need to do the proper research to further discuss this topic.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

What does this say though that someone's self-esteem is weighted in Facebook friend numbers....seems sad to me.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

Social networking is a huge part of society. Social networking can be both a good thing or a bad thing, depending on how it is used. Take for example the twitter boom that happened as a result of Iran's election. Social networking spewed news to the rest of the world, that couldn't be captured by news agencies. However, networking poses risks as well. It could potentially expose people to cyber bullying, and sexual advances. Social networking may also prevent young people from building essential social skills. Many teens are stuck behind screens for hours on end instead of engaging in face to face interactions. Social networking also poses threats for peoples futures. We have all heard it said, "Don't post things on the internet, that you wouldn't do in real life." However, many people, in moments of brainlessness, throw this to the way side. With many employees now checking networking sites, this may prevent future employment.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

Agreed - social networking is harming f-2-f communication. These are the social skills that impact our society more than social network communication. How can we combat the "think before you click" mentality/habit?
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

Social Networking is harmful! According to a study done by the University of Maryland, 200 students took one day off of social networking and showed signs of withdrawal. The students showed frantic cravings, jitters, and anxiety. Those are some of the same symptoms of drug withdrawal. According to Aric Sigman, a British psychologist, social networking shortens attention spans, weakens immune systems, and possibly fosters autism. Social Networking also harbors a lot of bullying. Frequently, I see people talk trash to others with no regard on feelings. Social networking isn't healthy in any way. If you want to talk to someone, give them a call on the ole' telephone.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

I do agree about using the telephone, I do appreciate that. But not many people, especially teens, take the time to punch in the numbers. With almost a billion users worldwide, and over a third of the entire US population using Facebook, I'm afraid a phone might die out (though I hope it doesn't!).
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

I agree Luke, but that's the problem. We need to take away all of this cyber communication and get back to actually face to face communication. That's why social networking is harmful.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

How you see this becoming an issue in the future, and what are ways to combat this new addiction.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

I see it becoming an addiction that can be as bad as cigarettes. It may not have the same side effects as cigarettes but it will still be harmful. In the future I see people having to go to rehab because of social networking. I think that Facebook and Twitter should limit the time that people can spend on their site. It wouldn't be good for their businesses but it would be beneficial to the people. Social networking is becoming a problem throughout the world and something needs to be done.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

Social networking is as bad as cigarettes? Last time I checked the home page of Facebook doesn't have a warning from the surgeon general that says "Warning: Liking may increase the risk of cancer."
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

Social Networking is as bad as cigarettes in the way that they are addicting. Obviously it's not going to cause cancer, but it will cause harmful effects. If you would do the proper research you would know how harmful social networking can be. Maybe next time you should check yourself before you wreck yourself.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

There is a huge difference between social networking and cigarettes. Almost anything can be overused. It doesn't mean your going to rehab for talking to people on a social network.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

There are chemical addictions and metal addictions, social networking is a metal addiction and would not be a primary cause for rehab, that kind of addiction hides something else in someones mentality. Usually a childhood trauma, its not up to Facebook and twitter to be a therapist to everyone and neither is it up to already full rehab facilities. Thats what therapists are for.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

Hmmm.....social media rehab. That's interesting. I'm not disputing it, but I guess I had never thought of it. It could happen.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

I really enjoy your visual use of videos. It helps me fully grasp the main idea and understand things much better.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

Social Networking: Good for our society? I think not. Some of the main reasons why social media is so detrimental to society today is that it causes selfish attention seeking, distracting and harmful productivity, and short attention spans. "Oh oh, Im going to post something about my life for the main purpose to see how many of my 'friends' like my status!" says most teenagers with a social media website. There is to much bullying and destructive productivity that goes on to even out with everything people think is good about the sites. Not only do these sites shorten peoples attention spans by the instantaneous responses, but is a flat out waste of time. According to socialnetworkingprocon.org, people spent 17% of there time, or 1 out of every 6 minute, on social media while surfing the web. And that was 2009; I can only imagine what that time wasting percentage is today.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

If social networking is bad for our society, why are you on Facebook?
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

1. How do you know I'm on facebook???? Creepy????2. I dont like it and am probably going to delete it.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

If a person is on the site and friends with these "selfish attention seeking" people then they are taking the risk of seeing their status. They should just unfriend them in that case. Tell me, if it's a flat waste of time..why are you on Facebook then?
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

Yes there are a lot of attention seeking people that will post ridiculous stuff just to get likes but is that the social networks fault? No, it's the person's fault. If you use the site as it was intended on being used then you are fine, but if you want to continue to post ridiculous stuff and send a million FarmVille invitations then you should see someone. Social networking is helpful if you use it correctly.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

Not everyone is on social media 17% of the time. If that's an average then that includes the people who are on it all day either on their phones or computer. I would think most people log in once or twice a day for a total of 10-15 min a day. Amend its not always a waste of time. It can be used for news and keeping up with what's going on with the people they know and other things they are interested in.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

I believe that social networking is harmful for our society for many reasons. Most teens are spending a great amount of time on sites such as twitter, facebook and skype. This is taking away from the time they could be doing physical activities such as sports. Instead, they are wasting there time sitting around. Another reason this is bad is because teens these days are using very foul language and also bullying is becoming very popular. Teens are getting in trouble for social media bullying and are having to face consequences. According to SocialNetworking.org, A 2009 study found that 17.3% of middle school students have been victims of cyberbullying. Victims often experience a drop in grades, decreased self-esteem, and other symptoms of depression. Also, teens could be doing very inappropriate things online. Such as sending pictures. According to SocialNetworking.org, Teens growing up with these sites may not be aware that the information they post is public and that photos and text can be retrieved even after deletion. Another reason is that you can find out way to much information about another person. This is not the best way to be learning info. People need to be talking and meeting in person to see who they really are.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

Absolutely, teens use social media as a "mask" thinking that the realness of their posts / info shared will never be revealed by the sender. But, every post, picture, comment, blurb we post on the interent, is part of our digital legacy.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

I absolutely agree that it is harmful. Because teenagers spend an average of 9 hours per week engaging on social network activities; if these 9 hours were spent on physical exercise per week teens would be more healthy and active. Most of the kids nowadays have eye site problems and the reason for this is addiction to internet and TV. Also, By interacting with people online, children are losing confidence in talking to people face to face or developing proper eye contact relations. Many users of social networks have suffered from problems like hacking and exploitation of personal information. People hack accounts and misuse pictures of other information to take revenge or insult people they don’t like.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

I think that parents have a lot to do with teens and the internet. Some parents think it is best for a child because it keeps them out of their hair and keeps them quiet. If parents monitor their childrens online accounts then it is a safer environment. As to kids getting exercise, just send them outside. Go outside and play with your kids, let them have friends over, get them involved in lots of sports and activites!
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

""""absolutely agree that it is harmful. Because teenagers spend an average of 9 hours per week engaging on social network activities; if these 9 hours were spent on physical exercise per week teens would be more healthy and active.""""whose to say after they discontinue social networking for nine hours that all of a sudden start seeking a fit life????????? what happens if their new hobby is Heroine?or binge drinking I agree if someone spends to much time on ANYTHING for example picking their nose it can be devasting. Will you then label picking your nose bad for our society.lol people must realize taking away a object that this kinds of kids abuse does not mean he will not find another hobby just as unproductive and unhealthysocial networking as many positive things.Keeping in contact with a large number of peopleBeing able to get in contact vast majority of people due to its popularityPromotion and Advertisement of products & services.My conclusive stance is that the unmotivated people that social network in a unhealthy manner or do any activity for that matter in a destructive means to themselves should be held accountable for lack of responsibility. In society i laugh at all the attempts of people labeling things "bad" and addicting just cause large amount of lazy people flock to it. T.V did not turn the motivated man lazy. He did himself and then sat watch the t.v
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

It's harmful if you stay on it 24/7, as most of todays teens are doing. I don't even see the purpose of their vocal cords anymore, all they do is text and chat on facebook.Okay, not all of them are like that but what is happening is that they are not having enough true social interaction and that may lead to a sort of social awkwardness when they are out in the real world.Also, people don't seem to value their privacy anymore. They don't mind putting all of there info out on the net for people to see, and they even put a face with the name by posting pictures. If they think that only their friends can see this information because they have their profile set to "private", they are wrong. But social media sites aren't the only ones invading your privacy. I know for a fact that Google keeps you searches filed under your ip address in their own personal database for at least 9 months, then they say it is anonymized (I'm not sure if that is a word) but I wouldn't be suprised if that's a lie. I'm pretty sure all search engines are like this.You have to know where to draw the line when it comes to the internet and how you use it.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

In a lot of ways I agree with you. I agree that there are many harms in social networking. But my argument is simple. The debate here is asking if those site provide more harm then good. I only argue against you because you've stated your views on how it's harmful, but you haven't answered if it's 'more harmful then it's good'. I personally find it more good then harmful because of how much socialization it can add to a persons lives. Not nearly a large part of the population get and sort of major harm from being part of a social networking site.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

I only said the harmful parts because I'm under the side that says "It's harmful". If you want me to name the positive aspects of social networking, then here:-More contact with a wide range of people.Okay, that was all that I could think of. It seems like that was all you could come up with too, based off of your response. If you know any more, I'd be happy to hear them. But as it is right now, I came up with one positive and so did you. Thus meaning, that so far the negatives do outweigh the positives, at least in our argument.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

No. I wanted you to make the point that Social networking is more harm then good. If you simply state that harms of social networking, you're not correctly arguing, or moreover making the point that social networking is more harm then good. I only said the one positive as an example, for I have no reason to go any further into the positives considering my reasoning for 'disputing' your argument.