Kelly+Sodano+RP+Post+2


 * 1) Do the benefits of social media outweigh posible dangers?
 * 2) //Are Social Networking Sites Good for Our Society? //
 * 3) ProCon organization
 * 4) [|http://socialnetworking.procon.org/#Background]
 * 5) Website, accessed on 5/21/14
 * 6) Speaker- Writers of the ProCon organization
 * 7) Occasion- The growing phenomena of social media, peoples growing interest in its effects on society.
 * 8) Audience: Anyone who finds an interest in social media, how it works, and its effects on society.
 * 9) Purpose- to inform readers on how social media effects everybody’s lives, both positive and negative.
 * 10) Subject- Social Media; the pros and cons
 * 11) Tone: Informative, diplomatic
 * 12) This source gives actual statistics and facts about social media, weighing the pros and cons. People who are for social media say it actually increases interaction with family and friends, while opponents state it causes people to become anti social. Although it may be a quick way to spread information, 49% of users admit to reading false information on social media. Some people may use social media in hopes of finding a job, but 61% of job recruiters say they reevaluate applicants because of profanity on their social media. Several athletes were even banned from the Olympics for posting racist media.
 * 13) Proponents of social media cheer on the benefits and possible advances to society while dissenters worry the dangers and wasted time far outweigh any benefit.
 * 14) I feel that the author’s statistics were able to persuade me more toward the negative effects of social media, because there was more evidence to back up that position. This article didn’t necessarily persuade though; it gave statistics for both positions, so I could really argue either from this article.
 * 15) “Opponents of social networking say that the sites prevent face-to-face communication; waste time on frivolous activity; alter children’s brains and behavior making them more prone to ADHD; expose users to predators like pedophiles and burglars; and spread false and potentially dangerous information. ”
 * 16) “Social media posts cannot be completely deleted and all information posted can have unintended consequences. The Library of Congress has been archiving all public tweets from Twitter's Mar. 2006 inception forward. Information about an affair posted on Facebook, for example, can lead to and be used against someone in divorce proceedings because the information, once posted, can never be completely deleted. Facebook was named as a source of information in one-third of all divorces filed in 2011. “
 * 17) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Students who are heavy social media users tend to have lower grades**.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Students who use social media had an average GPA of 3.06 while non-users had an average GPA of 3.82 and students who used social networking sites while studying scored 20% lower on tests. College students’ grades dropped 0.12 points for every 93 minutes above the average 106 minutes spent on Facebook per day. Two-thirds of teachers believe that social media does more to distract students than to help academically"