The failed cases of our experiment...maybe some passed

Andrea:
"No way. I can't live without Twitter. And I also need the blogs and YouTube for my daily dose of THE GAZETTE! *3*"
Andrea is addicted. Therefore she failed the experiment~ She couldn't stand one minute knowing that her social media sites are not accessible.

Caryl:

"Well unless Demi Lovato is on a tweeting spree yeah I can stand it. It's just for one day, right?"
Mildly addicted. :)

Jamie:

"Eh heh I forgot about it. I just automatically checked my Twitter when I woke up. Sort of a habit now. It kind of became a part of my life. (And I can't live without YouTube too seriously)"
Definitely addicted. But not so serious. I won't kill my mom because she doesn't let me go on Twitter. I'll just..be sad.


Enya:

"I don't use social networking sites."
Not addicted.

Definition of addiction: describes an activity or food that you cannot stop doing or eating once you have started. In other words, you become obsessed (which is not good).

Another article~

Here is an article by Tom Jarvis and it was published in an issue of O, The Oprah Magazine. :)

http://www.oprah.com/relationships/Negative-Impact-of-Social-Networking-Websites-at-Work

Personally, although social networking sites have positive impacts, I think the negative impacts override them. Nanananana~

Social Media -thoughts

In the 21st century, social media has become so commonly used it seems like it is essential's for the current working class' survivial. Most communiation used now of days is using social media. Even keeping in touch with family members now in common using facebook as we do not have the kampong life the previous generations used to have, where everyone stays near their family members. Now,  these social media platforms has been a vital arena for business and business products too.

A good example is social media is this:  In 2010, Haiti experienced severe calamity through an earthquake. This earthquake resulted in official communications down for a longer period. Social Media resulted as a great help during this situation. Many people shared valuable information through various social networking sites during the disaster after situations. Importantly, huge numbers of social networking sites members sent their money for the affected areas as their part of the help through the social media. Social media proved as a best platform for gathering charity. (Source - http://www.reviewcrushers.com/2011/06/positive-aspects-of-social-media/)

Social media is now even used for political figures to hold campaigns etc. Whatever they post causes the voters to rethink on who they want to cast their vote for. Even such important events make use of social media now.

-Kristi

My Thoughts on Social Media

I feel that Social Media affects us negatively. It might be more convenient and accessible to talk to our our friends and family who are overseas (Facebook), however we also use it to communicate with people who we almost see every single day. No one really meets a person face to face to have a nice chit-chat, it is always done online (Skype). This reduces the personal touch of having to see the person and  having a great time together. How many of us actually see children playing in the playgrounds nowadays? Most of them are glued to their ipads and iphones or online games. Our world has turned very virtual and we have forgotten that there is a real world out there. People we chat on Facebook for hours, we do not even talk to them in real life. Not only does it worsen our social skills, it will also affect our health. Sitting with a laptop in you hand for 5 hours, staring at the screen, worsens our eyesight. Our necks hurt and might also cause problems such as spondylosis. Our fitness decreases and eventually we turn unhealthy and lethargic. Therefore, I feel that Social Media should be used to a certain level, or else it would be very damaging to our body and to our brain.

Abirami

Here is another article on Social Media, how it affects our health, physically and emotionally. It shows the both the pros and cons equally.

http://news.health.com/2011/03/28/social-media-has-good-and-bad-effects-on-kids-experts/

Abirami

Thought process

Here is a Prezi detailing our thought processes throughout the project.

http://prezi.com/pth27_ojm9dz/copy-of-introduction/

Navigation and brief.

To those who visit our blog. Our posts consist of our 6 sources.

-Online articles.
-Interviews.
-Surveys.
-Books.
-Videos.
-Social Experiment.

For socratic questioning examples and debate between members, please read the comments section.

Sources...Social Experiment.

In a world where social media is one of the sole ways to get information, and stalk people (formally known as ethnography), it is difficult to tear yourself away from any form of Social Networking for a whole day. We tried it...

Case study.

REI.

-It was a beautiful Sunday morning. Rei woke up and took up her phone. Immediately, she opened up Whatsapp. A Social Networking application which works very much like texting. Her friends had messaged her, and she replied. FAIL! Later in the day, it suddenly dawned on Rei that she had failed the experiment.

-Her reflections are as followed.

" When I first got up, I used Whatsapp because it is sort of a habit to check for my messages. I forgot about the experiment completely. Later in the day, I remembered that I was not supposed to use any form of Social Networking. At that point, I was unsure of what to do. I thought of calling one of my groupmates, but eventually, I just decided to let it go. "

"If I had remembered to do the experiment, I think I would have felt rather upset. I rely a lot on social networking, especially Whatsapp, to chat with friends whom I do not see very often. Also, I can get a lot of updates from my friends through texting and Whatsapp. Circumstances can change drastically over a short period of time. Social networking sites are a quick and efficient way to stay in the know."

-EXTRA INFORMATION.: Rei has not been using Whatsapp for 1 week since today, and she still finds herself constantly turning on her Wifi, as a security blanket, even though she knows that she has no longer installed Whatsapp. Her plan is to see how long she can last without Whatsapp.

-Rei's withdrawal.

"In Whatsapp, you can see whether a person is online, and whether or not they have seen your text, whether they will reply you. This is because Whatsapp makes use of 3G and Wifi to update you on whether or not the person you are Whatsapping is online, or if not, when they were last online. This way, you can see when they last checked their Whatsapp messages, or whether or not it is convenient to text them. "

"Also, if you are chatting with your friends, not only can you anticipate their next text, it is also absolutely free. Without Whatsapp, I am unable to tell whether or not it is convenient to text my friends. Also, I do not know when they will reply me and feel slightly anxious if they do not reply immediately, mainly because I am afraid that for some unapparent reason, I have upset them. What is more, I have to limit the number of text messages I send out because it may cost a lot of money. These restrictions drive me crazy because I feel so deprived without Whatsapp."

Sources...videos.

Social Media affects us badly, not only emotionally but also health wise. Here is a video telling you about how it affects our health.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnD3KKdv_P4&feature=related

So after watching this video, i hope we move away from the cyber space world and enjoy our lives more.

Social Media also brings us risks that we might not face in real life. Here is an example;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV1ZCF4oueQ&feature=related

It might also negatively affect others and create a 'virus'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5PZ_Bh-M6o

Abirami

Hey guys! I found a slide that may assist us in our presentation. It has some statistics etc (: 

http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic786630.files/Teens%20Social%20Media%20and%20Health%20-%20NYPH%20Dept%20Pew%20Internet.pdf

The statistics gave me a better idea of teenagers and social media.

By  Kristi Loh

Survey

Our group has conducted a survey and 29 people participated in it.

Here are the questions and results:

1. Please specify your gender.

2. How old are you?

3. Which is your favourite social networking site? If you do not frequent these sites, which site do you find the most attractive?

4. How frequently do you go onto Social Networking Sites?

5. When visiting Social Networking Sites, how long do you continue to use the site?

6. On a scale of 1 to 10, how much has the use of Social Networking Sites influenced your life?

7. In what aspects has the use of Social Networking Sites affected you? (examples: socially, academically, economically.)

 From the results, we can see how social networking sites can affect people in many different ways such as academically and social. The impact (positive/negative) also varies from person to person and situations.

Our sources...online articles.

POSITIVE.

Click here to view the article (url: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2098333/Facebook-GOOD-Social-networks-relax-heart-rate-trigger-natural-high.html)

This article shows how social networking sites can affect our mood positively and might even reduce the risk of illnesses. Social networking sites has contents that can cause excitement and even make us feel better about ourselves. However, when these sites are used inappropriately, a person can get into trouble. 

Clickhere to view this article (url: http://news.discovery.com/tech/is-online-social-networking-good-or-bad.html)

This article shows how people can get affected after “abstaining” from social networking sites. It also shows both the positive and negative impacts of these sites on people.

By Bianca Jimeno.










NEGATIVE.


These are snippets of online articles. For the full articles, links are provided. :). Enjoy learning about the negative side of things. We are negative people.




http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2011/08/social-kids.aspx


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http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8447773/social-media-bad-for-society-archbishop

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http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/is-social-networking-bad-for-you/

I personally believe that the third article was very insightful. I would never have thought that social networking, something that is supposed to expose you different people and ideas, would cause you to become narrow minded.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/negative-impact-social-networking-sites-society-opinion/
A website to substantiante. By Abirami.

By Tan Rei (Representing the negative group because this is my account.)

Textual Sources

The book 'Facebook for Dummies' has all the basic things you need to know so that you can use your Facebook account smoothly. It also mentions how Facebook can help us in different ways. The pictures below show a few examples of how it is helpful to us.

Sources...Interviews.

Today, Bianca. Rei and I went to Nex to interview people. 


At first we interviewed someone in Nex but an employee at a jewelry store began looking at us suspiciously. It was then that we realized that interviews should not be conducted in the mall. Hence, we changed our venue to outside Nex. 


We interviewed several students at the bus stop near the taxi stand. After 2-3 hours, we interviewed about 10 people between the ages 12 to 20. On the same day, we went to Nex library to research more about social media. Although there were a limited variety of books on the subject, we found a number of books in the end.  All the suitable books we’ve found assisted us in the presentation later on. Here are some photos(:

Rei (right) and Bianca (left)

Nex

By Kristi Loh

Some interview results.

We think it would not be very nice if we put up the actual footage and recording of the interviews that we conducted. We never received permission to do so. Thus, we shall just give you some of the answers that we got.


From our interviews, the most popular social networking sites among teenagers were definitely Facebook and Twitter.


Most people said that they used these sites for getting to know their friends through reading their posts and profiles. 


However, there was a boy who said that he used Facebook to play games, and a girl said that she enjoyed using YouTube the most of all, because there were great talents there. 


Many people said that social networking had affected them both positively and negatively. Positively in the social aspect, and negatively in the academic aspect.


Tan Rei.