1. Facebook
Reconnecting People
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Definition – History
– Company
Purpose ( re-unite, Make new friends )
How to sign up
Jing Video
Impact (political social media )
– Examples
Effect ( positive and negative )
How to use Facebook safely
Quiz
References

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Definition
Facebook is one of the most used social network
in the world. People all around the world use Facebook,
it has more then 800 million active users. Users must sign
up for Facebook before using the site. After they can
add other friend users, up date their profile and
exchange messages. They can also join groups that are
with in their interest. Moreover they can join their school
and colleges network
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History
Facebook was founded By Mark
Zukerberg who first created Facebook when
he was in his sophomore year at Harvard
university. At the beginning it was created
for Harvard university and only Harvard, its
was created fro students to keep in touch
over the internet and get to know each
other more. It become so popular so they
decided to open it to other collages. With in
the years that follow Facebook was open
for schools and then to every one as long as
they are above 13. More people visited
Facebook than Google for the week ending
March 13, 2010.
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Company
The founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg owns
only 24% of the company. Moreover in 2007 Microsoft
jumped in and invested $248 million for only 1.6% share in
Facebook. Not only that but some share owners in
Facebook are celebrities for example Chris Hughes and
Matt Cohler .Most Facebook‟s revenue comes from
advertisement.
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Purpose
 Re-unit
Facebook is one of the best sites to re unit with
your loved one wither they were your old friends or family
members. In addition to that Facebook makes it easier for
people to communicate and interact with one another
and share valuable information
 New friends
You can easily make new friends on Facebook ,
you can also befriend people within the same interest as
yours. More over you can interact with people from all
over the world easily and make new friends their.
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How to sign up
1. Go to www.facebook.com
2. On the right of the web page, you will find a couple of
field that you will have to fill, fro example your first
name , last name , gender etc. it contains all your
basic information after you have filled the fields
click on sign up.
3. After signing in, a security box will appear you should
then inter the words in order to confirm your validity,
once that's done click sign up.
4. The next step will be the Facebook sign up process, which will
be about how to find friends, your profile
information and your profile picture. However you
can skip all these steps by clicking on skip this steps
„to the end”.
5. At the top of the page a notification will appear, say
that you have to go to your email account to complete
the sign up process.
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How to sign up – continue
6. Click on the email that you have received and then click on
the link that Facebook sent you. This process is made to
conform the email address.
7. You will get a massage that you have successfully created
an account.
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Jing Video
Click on this link to view the jing video :-
http://screencast.com/t/7lTJQQ3Dfi
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Impact
Political:- Facebook became a way were people can speak their
voice out and their voice is heard. Moreover Facebook became
a site were politicians, leaders and the public can interact and
share their opinions.
Social :- Facebook made it easier for people to connect with one
another. It also made it easier for collage and school students to
connect with one another and make new friends. In addition
allowed people from different parts of the world to share photos
and videos to each other .
Media
In April 2011, Facebook launched a new portal for marketers and
creative agencies to help them develop brand promotions on
Facebook. Thousand of TV shows and movies get promoted on
Facebook. It also became one of the newest way for a company
to set a fan page or have a profile were they can connect and
interact with their clients effectively and easily. More over new
company's get their popularity from Facebook.
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Example
Political impact Media Social impact
Facebook teamed up with Facebook has now Facebook re
ABC and Saint Anselm Collage been involved in united a
to allow users to give live campaigns for TVs father and his
feedback about the shows like True daughter after
republican and democratic Blood, 20 years of
debates. Another example is American Idol and being a part.
when leaders and politicians Top Gear.
interact with the public for
example Sheikh Mohammed
Bin Rashid and Obama.
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Effects
 Negative
Facebook is one of the most popular social network website with
over 800 million users . Despite its positive effects Facebook also has
negative effects. The negative side effects of Facebook are that people
get too addicted to Facebook they would sit next to the computer and go
through different profiles over and over again. In addition to that, random
people start staking people, hacking into their accounts and getting to
involved with their lives. More over Facebook is bad for your health when
you sit beside your computers all day long eating and not exercising you
become fat which may cause obesity. Not only that but people start to
interact with one another over the internet and not face to face.
 Positive
the positive effect of Facebook is that it connects us to our
network wither it was our school or collage, Facebook makes it easier for us
to connect with them. More over we can broaden our network, for instants
making a Facebook group with people that share the same interest for
example people who are interested in painting or cooking can create their
own group to share information and ideas. Moreover people all around the
world can interact and share videos and images with each other for
instants, a mother in America can view video and pictures of her
grandchildren in the UAE. Facebook has games that its users can play and
have fun. In Facebook you can share what you think, interesting topics and
valuable information.
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How to use Facebook safely
“We believe safety is a conversation and a shared
responsibility among all of us. That's why we provide the
information, tools and resources you'll find here.” -
Family Safety Center, Facebook
To stay safe on Facebook you should set your
profile on private were only the people you want to see
your profile can see it. Second Avoid filling in all of your
personal information, sometimes when you add a
friend that you don‟t know they might look you up. Last
but not least don‟t post anything that you don‟t want
the world to see.
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References
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