The Impact of Social Networks on Global Connectivity
The internet and social networking services have revolutionized the way people interact globally. Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have created a sense of a global village by connecting individuals worldwide based on shared interests and activities. These social services offer cost-free usage, public profiles, multimedia sharing capabilities, blog posting, and privacy protection measures, leading to their rapid expansion. Users can easily communicate, share content, and interact with others in a virtual space, enhancing connectivity and collaboration on a global scale.
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Welcome to English Class
Class:Ten Subject: English First Paper
UNIT-13, LESSON-2 The internet technology has helped design a large number of web sites to facilitate social relations among people around the world. These are known as social networking services or social networks or social media. At present, facebook is the most popular social media site. Google+, Twitter, Linkedin etc. are other frequently used social services. Social network services are web-based and hence, provide ways for the users to intereact through the internet. These services make it possible to connect people sharing interests and activities across the borders and thus have made the users feel that they really live in a global village.
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 easy. Thirdly, social networks allow users to upload pictures, multimedia contents and modify the profile. Some services 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 others 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.
Plan, outline, plot, formulate, depict, form design a large number of web site A lot of , a great number of , many A set of pages of information on the internet about a particular subject , published by a single person or organization Facilitate frequently hence provide Make easy or easier Repeatedly, again and again So, therefore Supply, give, donate, contribute
interact Expand Profile Interconnect, interchange, link, interrelate Amplify, enlarge A short article giving a description of a person or organization Alter, reform, remould, modify Blog A regularly updated website or webpage,typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style. Share Have a portion of something with another or others
1. The internet technology has helped ---- sites to emerge. i) social networking ii) multimedia contents iii) social services iv) expanding network Ans. i) social networking
2. The word viewer can be replaced by i) vagabond ii) diplomatic person iii) vision iv) spectator Ans. iv) spectator
3. The utility of website is--- i) abusing social network ii) forming social awareness iii) discouraging social relations iv) promoting universal brotherhood Ans. iv) promoting universal brotherhood
4. The phrase across border means--- i) native country ii) abroad iii) across the globe iv) across the country iii) across the globe
5. social networks connect people i) living in a society ii) all over the world iii) outside the world iv) living in their respective countries ii) all over the world
6. It is like presenting yourself before the entire world. What does yourself refer to? i) a teacher ii) users of network iii) a student iv) any people around the world ii) users of network
7. what is similarity between Google+ and LinkedIn? i) both of them are internet service provider ii) both of them have same popularity iii) both of them are social networking sites iv) all of them iii) both of them are social networking sites
