Cyber language is a language of the Net. Cyber language, a term not yet recorded in traditional dictionaries, is encountered by a majority of people daily in media and regularly in the workplace.
CREATING CYBER LANGUAGE
Before the convergence of IT, those terms, for example, mouse, is used to describe an
animal and address is to describe where people live.
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But now, those terms have different meanings, and the new meanings are world widely
acceptable by people.
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The creation of cyber language is a never ending process and unpredictable one.
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New terms will be introduced as technology evolved.
The Netizen commonly used devices to describe a new concept.
—They also borrow words from other familiar contexts to describe a new concept.
Common examples: bookmark, address, mouse, crash, homepage and icon.
Video about cyber language.
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Social networking is the grouping of individuals into specific groups, like small rural communities or neighborhood subdivision.
Social networking websites function like an online community of internet users and encourages members in its online community to share their interests, ideas, stories, photos, music and videos with other registered users.
Some examples of popular social networking nowadays:
Facebook, MySpace, Friendster, Twitter and etc.
Reasons why do people use online social networking:
a) Helping people connect
-with online social networks, user can get in touch with old friends and make new ones.
-most social networking web sites have tools that enables user to track down old friends and colleagues.
-user can also use an online social network to make new friends with similar interests.
b) Collaborating at work
- very useful tools as user can connect with other people who work for the same
company, or industry.
- managers looking to hire people with specific skills can find using networking tools.
- both business and individuals use social networking for marketing purposes.
- use to advertise new products and deals, to stay in touch with customers.
c) The Quest for Popularity
-These people use social networks to grab as many friends as possible, and people with few friends may be seen as losers or people with poor social skills.
d) Hiding from Real Life
-People with poor social skills may use online social networks to withdraw from real life.
-They may feel less pressured in online interactions, and rely more and more on online tools
to interacts with friends.
DISADVANTAGES OF SOCIAL NETWORKING
Low costs:
It is free to usesocial network sites for personal and business use which is underestimated by many online business owners.
Builds credibility:
Using social networking sites is all about sharing information, not only your own information but other people´s information that you think can be useful for others as well.The more your customers know about you, the better.
Connections and “new friends”:
You have friends, people you know have friends, and so on.This is a common situation that has potential. With the help of a social networking site, you can get in contact with these people if you play your cards right.You must give to receive, it is true in this case as well.
Building a strong brand:
Another huge advantage of social networking is that you can relatively quickly build a brand for your business, this is good news for people who are marketing online or thinking about a cheap and effective marketing strategy.
This video gives a few great tips for building a strong brand using Facebook:
Easy to stay in touch:
A few years ago it was only possible to keep in touch with family, friends and colleagues by phone, text messages or email.Nowadays you can update your profile on Facebook and every one knows what you are doing.Simple and quick!
What is your competition up to:
From a marketing perspective, one of the biggest advantages of social networking is that you can “spy” on your competition.All you need to do is follow them on the biggest social sites and you will have a good picture of what they are doing.This makes it easier for you to come up with a market plan and find your own niche.
Real life advantages of social networking:
As an example, children who are interested in stamp collecting can find other children who are interested in the same thing using social networking.
DISADVANTAGES OF SOCIAL NETWORK
a) lack of anonymity
b) scams
c) time consuming
d) the concern
e) Productivity
f) Virus and Malware
g) Social engineering
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Facebook is invented since 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, there are people complaining about Facebook, but yet Facebook is still everyone favourite. Why do you think that happen?
