PROJECT

REPRESENTATIVES
PATRICIA
SUMAN
POOJA
RASHMI
SHUBHAM
SHRUTI
INTRODUCTION
Focuses on the building
and verifying of online
social networks for
communities of people who
share interests and
activities, or who are
interested in exploring the
interests and activities of
others, and which
necessitates the use of software.
INTRODUCTION
Social networking sites are used for:
 Support for learning

 Support for members

of an organization

 Ease of access to
information and
applications.

 Engaging with others

INTRODUCTION
 EXAMPLES OF SOCIAL NETWORKING:
FACEBOOK

TWITTER

ORKUT

MYSPACE etc.
LITERATURE REVIEW
-By Daria J. Kuss* and 
Mark D.Griffiths
1.Social Networking
Sites (SNSs) are
virtual communities.
2.They are seen as a
‘global consumer
phenomenon’.
METHOD AND RESULT
 An extensive literature search was conducted
using the academic database Web of
Knowledge as well as Google Scholar.

  In terms of usage 55% of youths used

SNSs The main reason reported for this
usage were staying in touch with friends and
using them to make new friends
USES OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES

Social interaction
 Social networking is a way for one
person to meet up with other people
on the net.
 People use social
networking sites for
meeting new friends,
finding old friends.
EDUCATIONAL APPLICATIONS
 The 
National school boards association
 reports that almost 60 percent of
students who use social networking talk
about education topics online, and more
than 50 percent talk specifically about
schoolwork
 PSYCHOLOGICAL
EFFECTS OF
SOCIAL
As social
NETWORKINGnetworking sites have
risen in popularity over the past
years, people have been spending an
excessive amount of
time on the
Internet in general
John Cornblatt explains
that “Social networking sites
Like Facebook and MySpace
May provide people with sense
Of connection that can
ultimately increase
loneliness in people
who feel alone.”
 RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY
 The principle aim of this paper is to
investigate and evaluate the use of Social
Networking.
 We used the
survey(primary source)
as well as the secondary
data to do this project.
 Sample for survey was 30 people, among these
some were from SIES College and some were
from outside.
SURVEY RESULTS
Social networking Number of contacts/ friends
Sites used on a social networking site

4 4
1 to 50
ORKUT 51 to 100
6 5
100 to 200
TWITTER FACEBOOK 200 to 300
9

10 24
more than
MYSPACE 8
350
4
Can you fit in more into a Do you prefer to interact
community by joining these social with people on sites rather than
networks ? face to face ?

YES
YES
22 YES 14 NO 16
NO YES NO
8 NO

Have you purchased a product Advertising on social

based on an advertisement on a networking sites
social network ?
17

7
YES
10 3 Series 3
YES 3
NO
20
NO
Have you ignored a Do you become frustrated or
responsibility like homework angry when you cannot excess
or chores ? the social networking sites?

YES
YES
19 NO
NO 16 NO
11 YES 14 YES NO

Missed food, meditation Do you find yourself

or sleep over these site ? affected/changed in a wrong way
due to these sites ?

24 NO YES
20 NO
YES
6 YES
10 YES
NO NO
 C O N C L U S I O N
 From survey –facebook mostly liked by
students then comes “twitter” ,“orkut”,
“myspace”.
 The daily users of sns have no trust on
these sites but still are in touch with it.
 The main purpose of using these sites is
to be in touch with their friends and
make new friends.
 C O N C L U S I O N
 SNS sites are also used for purchasing
products online.
 Everyone gets frustrated when their
SNS sites do not operate.
 The people don’t feel themselves
changed through these sites.
 Mostly students or teenagers use these
social networking sites for longer time.
 SUGGESTIONS

 Use cautions when you click links.


 Know what you’ve posted about yourself


 Don’t trust that a message is really from who it
says its from.


 Be selective about who you accept as a friend on
a social networking sites.


 Talk to your kids about social networking.
 SUGGESTIONS

 Be careful about installing extras on your
“SNS” sites.


 Assume that everything you put on a social
networking sites is permanent or safe.


 Choose your social networking sites carefully.


 Think twice before you use social networking
sites at work.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3194102/

http://www.social-networking.org.uk/questions.pdf

http://www.teenissues.co.uk/addicted-social-networking-sites.html
WWW.GOOGLE.COM

WWW.WIKIPEDIA.COM

WWW.CONDUIT.COM
Social Networking