Many people believe that social networking sites such as facebook have had a huge negative impact on both individuals and society.

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Social networking sites
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for instance
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Facebook
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are thought by some to have had a detrimental
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on individual people as well as society and local communities.
However
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while I believe that
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sites are mainly
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promoting or enhancing well-being
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to the individual
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I agree that they have had a damaging
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on local communities. With regards to individuals
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the impact that online social media
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have had
on each individual person has clear advantages.
Firstly
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people from different countries are brought together through
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sites as
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whereas before the development of technology and social networking sites
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people rarely had the chance to meet or communicate with anyone outside of their immediate circle or community.
Secondly
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Facebook
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also
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has social groups which offer individuals a chance to meet and participate in discussions with people who share common interests.
On the other hand
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the
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that
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and other social networking sites have had on
socities
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
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and local communities can only be seen as negative.Rather than individual people taking part in their local community
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they are
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choosing to take more interest in people online.
Consequently
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the people within local communities are no longer forming close or supportive relationships.
Furthermore
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society as a whole is becoming
increaasingly
advancing in amount or intensity
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disjointed and fragmented as people they have never met face to face and who they are unlikely to ever meet in the future. To conclude
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although
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social networking sites have brought individuals closer together
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they have not had the same
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on society or local communities.Local communities should do more to try and involve local people in local activities in order to promote the future of community life
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • erosion
  • face-to-face
  • interactions
  • privacy concerns
  • data breaches
  • misinformation
  • polarize
  • cyberbullying
  • online harassment
  • procrastination
  • productivity
  • social isolation
  • dissemination
  • breeding ground
  • vast amounts
  • personal information
  • mental health
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