Assignment 5

 Task 1: Why has social networking become so important to our everyday lives?

à Why has the importance of social networking increased within today’s society?

I think this new revision of this question, brings together a number of things. In the first version I am merely asking why social networking is important to us. However, within the first revision, I feel that this question now has a broader range, and a better possibility of asking more questions within it. Some of those further questions may include something along the lines of “What age may be too young to be apart of a social networking situation?” “ Is social networking a positive or negative within the realm of education?” “Who should and shouldn’t be allowed on social networking sites” and so on and so forth. I definitely feel like the topic of social networking is a reasonable one in which is great for research, and finding out more about one of the most common, and most useful ways of communication within today’s society.

Task 2: society, social networking, connection, increasing, popularity 

*Social networking popularity*

à In a source I found based off of social networking use, comparing two studies to one another, I have found that the basis of my research can become much deeper then I originally had thought and planned. This article I have found compares the frequency of Facebook usage to that of introverts vs. extroverts and their difference in Facebook activity. There have been hypothesis based off of online and offline behavior and how they relate to one another. This study had a lot to do with that of the connection between personality and social- networking based behavior, specifically that of Facebook.

à With the use of this article, and others related to it, I can continue to build my knowledge of information based off of social networking sites, and how they reflect that of the personality, as well as the social engagement level of its users, and what they use it for. Articles like this one can help to build a basis off of what people are really using facebook and other social networking sites for, and how they compare to how others in return use it, and what they use it for, whether for business or pleasure, or if they use it as a combination of both, as well as an outlet for their social structure, and further socialization outside of personal engagement with others.