Exploring the Impact of Social Networking Services on Global Connectivity
Internet technology has paved the way for the rise of social networking services like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, enabling people worldwide to connect and interact seamlessly. These platforms facilitate social relations, breaking down geographical barriers and fostering a sense of belonging to a global village. Discover how these services have revolutionized communication and connectivity in the digital age.
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WELCOME Bijoy Chakraborty Senior Teacher (English) Ispahani Public School & College Cumilla Cantonment Mobile No: 01914-901045 E-Mail: bijoy.ipsc@gmail.com
Class : X Sub Unit Lesson : 2 : English 1st paper : 13
A. Look at the following logos. Are you familiar with them? Discuss with your partner what they are and how they are related to the field of e- communications. Facebook Twitter
These are some commonly used logos in e-communication and social media. These logos are used in social networking websites. The first one of Facebook and the second one is of twitter. People can communicate with one another through Facebook and twitter by using internet. very easily
B. Key Words Make easy, ease, simplify Facilitate Interact Socialize, communicate, keep in touch Secrecy, confidentiality Privacy Profile A short biographical sketch; Side, view Often, commonly, normally Frequently Offer, give, deliver, make available Provide
Key Words Place, location, domain Site Upload Transfer, enter Extend, widen, broaden Expand Remark, feedback, statement Comment Virtual writings (own page) Blog
SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICES The advantages of the Internet technology have made it possible to emerge a good number of web sites to facilitate social relations among people around the world. These are known as social networking services or social networks. At present, Facebook is the most popular. Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. are other frequently used social services. Social network services are web-based and hence, provide ways for the users to interact through the Internet. These services make it possible to connect people sharing interests and activities across the borders and thus have made a lot for the users to feel that they really live in a global village.
SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICES Why are social networks expanding so fast? The answer is simple. Most of the social services are cost free. You can make use of them free, paying a very little to your Internet service provider. Secondly, you can make your personal profile public before the entire online community. It is like presenting yourself before the entire world. You can also look into other people s profile if you are interested. It is simple and
SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICES Thirdly, social networks allow users to upload pictures, multimedia contents and modify the profile. Some like Facebook allow users to update their profiles. Fourthly, networks allow users to post blog entries. User profiles have a section dedicated to comments from friends and other users. Finally, there are privacy protection measures too. A user himself or herself decides over the number of visitors/viewers, and what information should be shared with others.
SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND POINTS OF THE PASSAGE: Social network services refers to the websites that facilitate to create and improve social relationships among people. Facebook is currently the most popular social network. Twitter. LinkedIn, Google+ are a few more notable sites that are popular among people. Social network services help people to share their interests and opinions in a common virtual platform. Thus, the whole world could be considered as one single region. This is the reason, the users feel that they really live in a global village. Social networks are expanding fast since they are cost-free as well as user-friendly. A person can present himself/herself before the whole world. Privacy protection is also maintained here.
Questions & Answers 1. What do you mean by social networks? Ans: Social networks are a medium communication among our friends, relatives and others. 2. What are some uses of social networks? Ans: Using social networks we can share our ideas and feelings with others, develop our relationship and make our personal profile public before the entire online community. 3. These services have made a lot for the users to feel that they really live in a global village . Do you agree with this view? Why/ Why not? Ans: I agree with the aforementioned statement because social network services help people in many ways. It helps share our interest and opinion with people who live in other countries. A student can get information of a foreign university just by one click. Many people find good jobs in foreign countries, too. So, there are reasons to believe that users of social network live in a global village.
Questions & Answers 4. Make a list of the arguments as to why social networks are expanding so fast? What s your view regarding them? Ans: There are many reasons for which social network services are expanding so fast. Some of them are: i. Most of the services are free of cost. ii. One can make one s personal profile. iii. One can present himself before the entire world. iv. One can look into others profile if interested. v. They allow people to upload pictures and multimedia content. vi. They allow people to post blog entries. vii. There are privacy protection measures too. I think, the above mentioned reasons are logical for the fast expanding of social network services.
Questions & Answers 5. Why, do you think, social networks are expanding so fast? Ans: Social networks are expanding so fast because they are almost cost free and provide opportunities to contact people anywhere in the world within seconds. 6. What are the advantages of Internet technology? Ans: The Internet technology has brought about a great change in social relation. Its advantages have made it possible to emerge a good number of web sites to facilitate these relations among people around the world. 7. How do social networks work? Ans: Social networks provide ways for the users to interact through Internet. They connect people and share interests and activities across the borders. In this way they do a lot for the users to feel that they really live in a global village.
C. Read the second paragraph of the text in section B again. Notice the words in italics and write how they work in maintaining logical sequence in the paragraph. (i) Secondly (ii) Thirdly (iii) Fourthly (iv) Finally etc. are used in Italics in the second paragraph. They are Linkers . They work in maintaining logical sequence. They are used to speak or to write as sentence linkers.
D. Choose the best answer from the alternatives: The ------- technology has helped social networking sites to emerge. (i) LinkedIn (ii) Google+ (iii) Internet (b) Users have to pay for ---------. (i) social networks (iii) multimedia contents (c) User accounts have ----------- protection measures. (i) virus (ii) identity (iii) personal secrecy (iv) Twitter (ii) their online connection (iv) uploading pictures (iv) network (d) User profiles have a section for ---------. (i) others remarks (iii) outsider s moderation (ii) outsider s editing (iv) outsider s uploading
D. Extra Questions: (e) Social network services are -------. (i) family based (iii) web-based (f) Internet increases -------. (i) personal relation (iii) social relation (g) It is like presenting yourself before the entire world - what does the underlined word refer to? (i) a teacher (ii) users of social networks (iii) a student (iv) any person around the globe (h) What does the expression they really live in a global village mean? (i) all people of the world live in village (ii) village people have every facility of the world (iii) none lives in cities (iv) internet and social media have brought the world closer (ii) individual based (iv) relation based (ii) family relation (iv) human relation
E. Fill in the following dialogue box to open a Facebook account.
F. Look at the following table adapted from Wikipedia. It shows some data on worldwide use of social networks. Social Networks Facebook Google+ Twitter LinkedIn MySpace Others Total Percentage (%)of popularity Regions covered Individual users worldwide worldwide worldwide 792,999,000 250,000,000 167,903,000 94,823,000 61,037,000 255,539,000 1,438,877,000 55.1 % 17.7 % 11.7 % 6.6 % 4.2 % USA and Canada 17.8 % 100% Asia and Europe
Now complete the following dialogues about Facebook and MySpace. 1. Q: __________ social network is the most popular ? A: Facebook is ________________. Q: _____________ individual users use Facebook? A: About 793 million. Q: __________ part of the world is Facebook mostly used in? A: Worldwide. It s popular worldwide among individual users. 2. Q: _________________________ the least popular ? A: MySpace is __________________. Q: _____________ individual users use MySpace? A: __________________________. Q: ___________________________ mostly used? A: ___________________________ among individual users. Which social network is Which the least popular the most popular How many How many About 61 million In which part of the world is MySpace Which It s mostly used in USA & Canada (Continue)
Fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text Social networks are web sites (a) -------- facilitate social (b) ------- among people all over the world. These are also (c) ------- as social networking services. (d) --------- social Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Linked In etc. These sites provide opportunities to Internet. networks include (e)-------- through the that relations known popular interact
Conclusion/Theme of the lesson The passage is about the social network services. Social network services are to facilitate social relations among people around the world. The users can interact through the Internet. These services make it possible to connect people and share interests, opinion and activities across the borders, because most of the social services are free of cost.
Home Task Write a paragraph about The use of Internet
