How many 'friends' found online have you met offline?
Extensions of real friendships
Is bulk adding friends like bulk buying at Wal-Mart?
Are telephone conversations dying along with hand writing letters?
Is resistance to change a resistance to accept?
Cheap and pointless?
'It's complicated' or maybe WE make it that way?
Cyber romance/cyber stalking/cyber cheating
What happened to deep and meaningful?
Are emotions undervalued by social networking?
Cyber bullying
Are we being pulled closer together or pushed further apart?
Why is this question so complicated?
Maybe it's not the vehicle, it's the driver?
In that case, should we get a licence?
Responsible vs irresponsible behavior
What even is a 'poke?'
Transparency presents its own problems
'If you are not doing anything wrong, why be concerned?
We should still be entitled to our own privacy
HOW we use social networking and WHY we use it
It is harder to leave than it is to join
There is variation in individual uses
Instant vs delayed gratification
Are we too spoiled by instant gratification to have any discipline?
Preferred medium of communication for our generation?
Social monitoring to the extreme?
Are we creating our own Panopticon?
Not joining in is missing out?
Exhibitionism? Micro celebrities? Big Fish little pond?
Cory Kennedy?! The rise and rise of..
Tila Tequila?! From Myspace to MTV..
Is self proclaiming and being self absorbed the message?!
FACEbook vs FAKEbook?
How about face time?
It's simple, user friendly
All you need is a name
At the same time ALL you have is a NAME
Wouldn't you want to look after your name?
Ones name is becoming ones brand
Technology is addictive
Constantly being connected is 'normal' for today?!
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Mindless updates
Friend Feed
Worker productivity drain
Companies blocking access
Companies losing money
Workers losing efficiency
Did the Apple store even block access?
Breaking concentration
A quick escape becoming a long one
Communication misunderstandings
Relationship strains
Drama
What happened to keeping it simple?
More passive than active?
Surface vs Substance
Twitter
Is 'following' just a politically correct term for stalking?
Does FOLLOWING make us forget the importance of LEADING?
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Quick Disclaimer - He is STILL my HERO
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Feel closer to the artists
At what point does it become narcissistic and self absorbed?!
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What would YOU rather be experiencing?! Are the experiences comparable?
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Cyber Snobbery and Exclusivity?!
This mindmap shows that the positives and negatives of social networking are a complicated web of interconnected relationships
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Another disclaimer - All images on this mind map have been sourced from the internet. It is difficult to credit the original source in a mind map. If someone wishes an image to be removed from this mind map, I will gladly comply. This mind map is for personal comment and educational use only, and not for commercial purposes.
What do I use social networking for?
Keeping in contact with friends
GLOBAL friends
Sharing links
Minimising an OCEAN apart
Making them feel closer geographically
Discussing classes
Forming study groups
Collaborating with virtual teams
Monitoring projects
Cool hunting
Keeping current
Music discovery
Any media discovery
Discussing the show 'Skins'
Discussing anything interesting
Trend Spotting
Procrastinating
Daydreaming
Recommendations
KEEPING my network, not really EXPANDING it
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What do YOU use social networking for?
KEEPING your network or EXPANDING it?
How many friends do you have on Facebook or Myspace?
So many questions to consider
NOT - Working
At what cost?
Copy and paste is a few clicks away
University admissions may take a peek
Job screening
Footprints that don't disappear
Strained relationships and misunderstandings
Mountains out of molehills
College parties and athletic scholarships often don't mix
Michael Phelps and the USC house party - an important lesson
Sharing your life under a social microscope
Truman Show?
What ever happened to mystery?
Are we not entitled to a few skeletons in our closets?
Arguably we all have them
Constant comparisons on an imaginary scale with imaginary competition?