Social Networking

Social networking has become a very important part of our society today. As shown in "What's Next? Your Future in Social Networking," it benefits companies by allowing them to communicate and work together with other companies around the world (Maclean, 2008). Companies save money by testing out new products and ideas online and changing them based on customers' suggestions.

Regular people can also use social networking to get ahead. Some people upload videos they made themselves onto Youtube and end up profiting off of it through ads. Many people can also find jobs for themselves through social networking sites such as LinkedIn.

As with all good things, social networking has its own dark side. For example, your private information may be leaked to others if the site is not secure enough. People can also get fired from their jobs for posting insults on their Facebook. As the article "They're Back, and They're Bad: Campus-Gossip Web Sites" shows, social networking sites may lead to cyberbullying (Young, 2009).

In the future, I think everyone will be using social networking sites. Businesses will probably interview and hire people through video chats.  Everyone will use social networking to promote themselves.