About Social Networking

A few years ago around 2003, I was introduced by a friend that there is an interesting social networking site that is myspace, and I finally tried to create a site account, it appeared that plays myspace is exciting, we are able to acquaintances and new friends, meet with friends old as well as share and discuss about our hobby or building up the community. With increasingly sophisticated technology myspace site can also be opened through the phone, from there myspace increasingly easy to use and enthused many young people

At the same time there is also a social networking site called My Space, the site is usually used by young people who want to appreciate the work of the music. Not a few young bands that are successful because the song posted to the site My Space. Besides music, My Space can also make these communities the same people, such as hobbies reading, watching movies, sports and others.

In the year 2004 has launched a social networking site called Facebook, which was founded by a student from Harvard University, Mark Zuckerberg. Social networking sites more attractive to young people, initially did little demand, but over time the site was getting buming and excited, not just the young who have a facebook account, young children, even parents also have a facebook account. Many who use this site as a commercial enterprise, promote their work, not even slightly successful because selling via facebook.

Not long after facebook, social networking sites emerged again called Twitter, which was formed in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Twitter is a microblogging social networking sites, allowing users to send and read messages are called tweets. Tweets can be seen outside, but the sender can restrict delivery of messages to their friends list only. There are sites similar to Yahoo Koprol twitter ie, a social network based on the location designated for the cities in Indonesia. Koprol tell the location of fellow users Koprol and connecting fellow users who are in the same place. This social networking location-based method. Here, mobile users can be like the Global Positioning System (GPS) without a GPS application from the phone itself. Koprol provides a number of options where users can check in at that location. Once logged in, here the user can see who the other members who were in the same location.

Another social networking site, microblogging service Plurk is free that can be used in a user or users to send updates (status updates) via a web interface, instant messages, or other means, with a maximum length 140 characters.

but for now the site more widely used in social networking sites are Facebook and Twitter because it is more easily accessible by the user.


All have an impact or lack

A good beginning would have the deficiency in the end. as well as social networking sites.

social networking sites such as I have mentioned above, is certainly very easy for us to communicate openly and without limitation, in fact we communicate with the opening of it is made we must be careful, precisely because of its simplicity is a lot of problems. for example, a student who criticized school on facebook wall, he eventually sued by the school reported to the authorities on the case of defamation and expelled from school. It also adapaun identity theft by those who are not responsible and is used for things that are not appropriate, such as criminal acts.
Most who have accounts social networking sites, usually an addiction, always wanted to open the site only to see the comments on your blog that has been entered. In the end will not forget the time and ignore the surrounding environment (not sensitive to the environment) because he was busy playing the social network sites.

Even when I'm browsing, I found many criminal cases involving social networks, including:

• In Sidoarjo, there were two teenage girls who met with the youth they know through Facebook, an appointment to meet outside the city for several days and then lose virginity by these youths. 
• A girl in Grobogan, Central Java virtual who make a pact with his friends in Jambi that was fictitious and culminate in the rape and murder of the girl.
•  A husband killed his wife because she displays the status of 'single' on his Facebook page.

Results Reports in the British police investigation, said that cases of crimes involving social networking sites increased by 346% in this year. Increased very rapidly, then after a lot of crimes that have occurred whether social networking sites more positive or negative impact to us?

Is the Internet bad for children ?

           The Internet is a vast virtual environments. Child - the child can access all information from a small thing, to go far. They can communicate with each other anywhere in the world, share experiences and hobbies, and alsothey can play games to improve skills and coordination with each other. Children can also access thepornography, and terrorism matters. When experiencing addiction, children are vulnerable in sexualsolicitation and predation, cyber bullying, and harassment.

Although the media are very quick to report in a situation where the child is exposed to the impact of the internet, we are just starting to learn how children use the Internet, their exposure to resources that are not desirable, and how these exposures affect their development.

Very little research to know the effects of pornography on children who open a pornography site. Pornography is generally found around the internet. Image of pornography available on the website billions and perhaps hundreds or even thousands of Internet resources.

Many ways, a child access pornography by way of intentional and unintentional. They can access pornography through web searches (eg searching about sex from google) or via the address that allows. After all the kids really liked the access to pornography by accident. Spreader pornography can create emails that are not useful or invites the recipient to access pornography.

More and more news involving children because of the internet. Parents became concerned that their children farther from home, because the kids getting into the Internet environment.

 A number of children reported as victims of Internet harassment, they also reported as perpetrators of Internet harassment. Ybarra and Mitchell analyzed the characteristics of the children of internet safety youth survey who reported about abuse because of the internet. Ybarra and Mitchell found that 15% of survey respondents indicated that youth Internet safety in the past year many children have been making rude comments or evil to others and 1% used the Internet to harass someone. Based on the results of their research, Ybarra and Mitchell argue that the anonymity of the Internet allows some children to be more aggressive in the life of the internet than they express it in real life.

In summary, research on internet usage and the occurrence of violence is very tight. Internet access more impact on the violence and abuse against children. However, the incident can be more devastating toll on children.

           There are several approaches detrimental effects that have been used to protect children from the internet. One approach is to regulate what material can be distributed online internet act as approved by the united states congress in 1998, prohibits commercial internet service provider of distribution is inappropriate for minors. although this law has never taken effect because of court challenges, the law violates the first amendment right to free speech, many states have enacted laws similar. in response to a potential law, many pornography sites shut down, only for the other dominant outside the United States.

           As mentioned earlier, another approach to protect children from the dangers of the Internet has become the development of software to filter children's access to resources. In part, this comes from the Internet laws of child protection measures (CIPA) passed by the congress of the United States in 2000. Many schools and public libraries need to install filtering software on all computers in order to be eligible for federal funding. CIPA although it has partly affected by the Supreme Court, many states have enacted similar laws. many schools and libraries have installed filtering software and commercial companies such as net nanny and cyber sitter engaged in extensive marketing of their screening program to parents.

          The relationship between intentions and actual behavior of complex and children are not likely meterjemahkan their new knowledge and attitudes toward the Internet for safe behavior on the Internet. software solutions can help children learn to control their behavior on the Internet by forcing them to critically assess Internet resources before using it only as caretakers of children to cross the street safely. intelligent software solutions can be created to help children explore the Internet. him than just a resource block, a new version of the filtering software allows access to most resources and requires children to correctly answer a series of critical questions before proceeding to the assessment of all resources.

          The Internet is a lot of unlimited virtual environment with many possibilities for positive child development and exploration. children can visit many places, explore the many cultures, trying a lot of technology, and communicate with many different people. These experiences help children develop cognitive and social. Internet also has a seamy side. children could be exposed to pornography and hate, harassment, stalking, and kidnapped. by empowering our children to acquire skills of critical appraisal and be Internet wise, we can help them expand their minds and secure world through the internet