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    Social networks:

    Advantages and disadvantages

    Tugba Bastrk, Polina Urbanskaya, Kevin Makiadi, Deva


    Canatan
    HH610

    Contents
    I. Introduction: What are social networks?
    II. Facebook as the most popular social network in
    Germany
    1.) Short history, number of users
    2.) Advantages
    3.) Disadvantages and possible risks
    4.) How to protect yourself from dangers
    III. Conclusion

    What are social networks?


    - grouping of individuals into specific
    groups
    - like small rural communities or a
    neighborhood
    subdivision

    Different social networks


    - Twitter

    - Wer-kennt-wen.de

    - MySpace

    - StudiVZ

    - Facebook

    - MeinVZ

    - Lokalisten.de

    - SchlerVZ

    Facebook

    as the most popular social network in Germany

    - Most popular social network


    - July 2011: more than 800 million
    active users

    Facebook is the most used social network.


    About 50% of the users visit Facebook.

    Using of Facebook
    At least weekly
    At least monthly
    Seldomer
    Unknown
    No facebook
    using

    User

    Short history
    - Launched in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg
    - born on 14 May 1984 in White Plains,
    New York
    - studied psychology and computer science
    at Harvard University Cambridge

    Advantages of social networks

    - Fast communication
    - Direct communication
    - Low costs
    - Meet celebrities
    - Be informed about your friends

    - Share your experients (music, video


    etc.)
    - Keeping contact with family, friends
    and colleagues
    - Building new/ old friendships
    - Sharing interests and hobbies

    Exchange with people around the


    world
    Employees are searched by
    companies (good profile)
    Can play games

    Disadvantages of social networks

    - Photos, comments etc. that we


    post will be forever on the Internet
    - Private is suddenly no longer
    private
    - Will be accessible to the general
    public
    - We spend a lot of time on PCs

    Cases of online mobbing


    (Cybermobbing) and stalking
    Poorly regulated
    Name, location, age etc. can
    be used to commit online
    crimes

    Risks of a social networks

    Cybercriminals can easily get


    private data
    Targeted attacks against the users
    For example: personalized spam and
    phishing attacks

    Hacker infect the computers of users


    with viruses
    try to lure recipients with newsletters etc.
    to websites

    - viruses and trojans are deposited on


    websites
    - potential employers might find
    information about you that is not
    appropiate (photos etc.)

    Thank you for your attention

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