Social Networking: Impacts and Effects on Modern Society

            Social network can be defined as an application that allows for communication between a user and his, or her, friends and personal contacts. Social networks are a new media technology that has only been used and integrated into today's society within the past two decades. With the rise of the computer age, the digitization of the many forms of media, and the increase in the accessibility of computers and the internet, social networks has become a crucial reason why many users are constantly checking their computers and handheld devices. As always, with new technology, its impact and its effects on its users are brought to question as concerns regarding the positives and negatives of the technology's use is raised. Being an adult that has grown up alongside the creation and constant advancement of social networks throughout my life, I believe it would be fascinating to be able to research and properly provide for an analysis of the positive and negative effects, that may coincide with the activity of social networking, and to, not only, view and examine the impact from an impartial viewpoint but, to also, provide insight from my own, unique perspective.