Formal outline

Febrary17, 2016

Megat I. (2009) impact of social networking. MyCon06_50: impacts of the social network on the society. Retrieved from, myconvergence.com.my/main/images/stories/PDF.../MyCon06_50.pdf

Megat (2009), a director of licensing department in the United States of America (SKMM) explores the impact of the social media to find out if it is advantageous or not. He starts his exploration with analysis of how the internet developed socially from the Email, websites and into social networks. He explains that the internet has developed in such a way that it is easily accessible from anywhere and hence getting into the social network has become a simple activity. He suggests that initially the internet was used for business activities and seeking of information but it later develop to a basis where people can use to connect with others whether for business, commercial purposes or make or rekindle friendships. He develops the idea that there are many social networks in the world some of which are regional and others national and he provides a list of the famous social networks. In his work he gives an example of Facebook which he suggest that it has over 300 million active users

He suggests that today, the online social networks are the most valued internet companies in the world. He says that the online social networks focus mainly on building and reflecting social relationships among people who together share interest and activities. The social networks allow individuals to maintain their profiles as well as encouraging people to share their personal experiences with friends via many means such as music, videos etc. with this detailed analysis Megat agrees that the social network has an impact to the society. Throughout his exploration, Megat provides examples that are real to boost his ideas on the impact of social networks in the society.

Megat suggests that the social network has enabled the youth to interact with friends. He says that the youth are always on a busy schedule of the school life, have physical barriers that prevent physical social interaction and increased crime have restricted the youth to only spend time at home and therefore they have turned to the social network for interaction. Megat give the idea that the social networks have also been responsible for bringing like-minded individuals in a quick and efficient manner. To prove this, he gives an example of the Malaysian outdoor lovers Facebook group that was created in 2012 and within a year, it has attracted more than 5000 members. He also provides the point that teachers and student to necessitate communication are using social networks.

Megat says that the social network has also become an attraction for business either trade or business marketing. He says that throughout the world, business have learnt that it is easier and cheaper to grow their business using the social networks. Companies are creating blogs or sites in social networks such as Facebook, twitter is free, and therefore they can be used to provide useful information about them. Moreover, he suggests that the social networks have changed the ideology of marketing. In this case, marketers have to come up with strategies that influence people in a one-to-one basis online as it will influence the people’s opinion and choice. He suggests that using the social media will allow the businesses to reduce the cost of marketing and give them an opportunity to easily connect with the customers.

Megat has the idea that the social networks have problems that are associated with them. he gives an evidence of the survey that was conducted in the UK which suggested that social networks could lead to an increase in the cost to economy. The research suggested that over half of the office workers spent working hours’ time in the social networks. The workers who were interviewed admitted to consuming over 40 minutes in the social networks each week. Megat sees children to be vulnerable to predators if they are on the social networks. One of the events that would likely affect the children is conviction to have sex through the social network. Megat sees the amount of time being spent on the social networks by people as worrying since they do not engage in productive activities while on the social networks. He also suggests that as many people are luring themselves on the social networks spammers and phishers will appear in the site too.

Through his analysis, Megat does not support the idea of posting private information on the social networks. This is because crooks may use this information to create frauds that can be seen as true. He also sees privacy as a concern and provides information of many people losing jobs because of information that they have posted on the social networks. Moreover, recruiters are using the social networks to source for information before they employ people and so some information posted in the social network might ruin the opportunity of a possible employee.