such as values, visions, ideas, financial exchange, friendship, sexual relationships, kinship, dislike, conflict or trade.

Social NetworkingAmy Waldron

&

Hilary Hayhurst

ThesisThesis

There are a variety of ways in which social networking is

evident in an individuals life and in our society today.

Definition

social structure made of nodes (which are generally individuals or organizations) that are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency

nodes are the individual actors within the networks, and ties are the relationships between the actors

The Power

Friendships Connections Business The “IN”Positive nameOpportunities

The power

Pre-Judgment Jealously Privacy Invasion Rumors / False Accusations

How

Friends / FamilySportsWorkSchoolChildrenEvents Common Interest Conversation

Affective

Cliques People can relate Help / Assist

Networking Physically

• Outgoing • Confident • Truthful• Knowledgeable• Grounded • Understand Yourself

Cyber Networking

The Cyber Network

- - Anyone canbecome whothey want

- Not Reliable

- No Privacy

+ + Connections to distant friends and relatives

+ Keeps

relationships

alive

+Exposure of yourself

Interview

• Do you think social networking is beneficial or detrimental in today's society? Evidence?

Social networking is a good way for individuals to become connected by their similar values; however, sometimes individuals become negatively influenced by these strong connections. I believe happens more often on all the social networking websites on the internet. Websites that encourage social networking, I think, is just asking for violations and negative experiences.

- Jordan Monroe

Videos

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_KF7TYKVc

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYoAwfh4QOU

Works Cited • Henslin, James. Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach, Fifth Edition.

Massachusetts: A Pearson Education Company, 2001.

• "Social network." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 14 May 2009, 15:05 UTC. 15 May 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?

title=Social_network&oldid=28989 1927>.

• "Social network service." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 15 May 2009, 09:10 UTC. 15 May 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?

title=Social_network_service&oldi d=290059298>.

• Watkins, Susan Cott. (2003). "Social Networks." Pp. 909–910 in Encyclopedia of Population. rev. ed. Edited by Paul George Demeny and Geoffrey McNicoll. New York: Macmillan Reference.

• Wellman, Barry and Berkowitz, Stephen D. (1988). Social Structures: A Network Approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.