Basic ideas:
an introduction:
1. Definition of social networking technologies.
2. The importance of social networks.
3. social networking features.
4. pros and cons of social networking.
5. The role of social networks in the Arab revolutions.
6. statistics and figures users of social networks.
7. recommendations and proposals.
The paper addresses the social networking techniques and the campaign of the pros and features, made it a primary means of communication and the exchange of views and information, as paper to address some of the uses of these sites, which vary according to target them; to include all aspects of human life.
an introduction:
The world has seen in recent years a sort of social communication among humans in a letter a virtual space, near the distances between peoples and abolished border and coupled between cultures, and called this kind of communication between people (social networks), and there were many of these networks accounted for a large audience of recipients, and played events political and natural world's prominent role in the definition of these networks, and the contrast was also thanks to these networks in the delivery of news and quick text messages and video clips from those events, which helped in the famous and the proliferation of these networks, including: (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube).
1. Definition of social networking technologies:
Social networking is the term given to a group of sites on the Internet, allowing communication between individuals in a virtual community united by interest groups or networks belonging environment (country, university, school, company etc ...), all of this is through direct communication services ; such as: sending messages, or access to personal files to others, and to know that their news and information Atihunha for display.
Varied forms and objectives of social networking, some aimed at general public to communicate and make friends around the world and others centered on the formation of social networks in a specific range and confined in a particular area such as professional networks and networks of photographers and designers URL About.
2. The importance of social networks:
Through the previous definition it could easily infer the importance of social networks in the availability of a wide area in front of the human to express himself and share his thoughts and feelings with others, especially since there is scientific fact that human social by nature and by nature communicate with others and can not live in isolation from his fellow man . Many scientific studies and researches have proved that man can not satisfy all biological and psychological needs without communicating with others Vhajath this imposes him to live with others to satisfy these needs. The social needs can not be based mainly without human contact with the social environment, therefore Man is a social being by nature can not live alone.
3. social networking features:
In spite of this, the social networks are distinct from other Web sites in several features, most notably:
• The goal of social networking sites create an atmosphere of communication in the virtual community that combines technical group of people from different regions and countries on a single site, vary their destinations and their levels and colors, and consistent technical language.
• The meeting will be the unity of purpose, whether dating or cooperation, consultation or simply for entertainment only and the formation of new relationships, or a love for reconnaissance and discovery.
• The person in this community is an active member, that is, it sends and receives and reads and writes are involved, and hears and speaks, His role here exceeded the negative role of listening and access only, and the role of the owner of the site in these networks, the role of Sgt only, any look at and try to route the site to continue the positive.
Social networks as distinct from several other features:
1. Global: in terms of geographical and spatial barriers removed, and shatter the international border, where the individual can in the Middle communicate with the individual in the West, in the simplicity and ease.
2. interactive: the individual as it is the future of the reader, it is the sender of the writer and participant, they cancel the negative abhorrent in the old - the TV media, newspapers, paper and give space for the participation of actors from the viewer and reader.
3. diversity and versatility, are used by the student to learn, and the world broadcast his knowledge and teach people, and the writer to connect with readers ... and so on.
4. Ease of use: Social Networks are used in addition to the letters and the simplicity of the language, using symbols and images that make it easier for user interaction.
5. savings and economic: the economic effort, time and money, with a free subscription and registration, the individual can own a simple space on the network for social networking, but it is not the preserve of the owners of the money, or the preserve of the group without the other.
4. pros and cons of social networking:
As for everything pros and cons of the social networks as well as its advantages and disadvantages, where conflicting views with the acceptance and rejection of the proliferation of social networking sites on the World Wide Web (Internet), based on studies and research held by many social researchers and clinicians in the field of psychology and medicine also, where they concluded from which there are many negative effects that result from addiction, especially those psychological symptoms and is isolated in a single room in front of the screen, though small, but put the whole world in the hands of users to easily big up to where he wants, he is, according to the views of some psychiatrists is a state of dormancy, inactivity because the person when he does so he will lose the fun of life of adventure and suspense direct and long relationship and to inform the nearest larger and experiences.
But others (doctors) believe that there is a positive case so he allows the joint revelations everything himself without shame or fear, on the other hand, there are many problems caused by these social networks, including invasion of privacy and waste of time, marital problems, but arrived the case to become a platform for politicians and opponents express their opinions and ideas.
5. The role of social networks in the Arab revolutions:
Recently it launched the uprisings of the Libyan popular revolutions that swept through North Africa and the Middle East and is still ongoing, launched by numerous labels including: (Facebook revolution, the Arab Spring, the Jasmine Revolution, the Pharaohs revolution, the green revolution, and the revolution of dignity) and others, and despite of the eligibility of these labels and yearning peoples to emancipation and freedom, the social networks have played a leading role in these popular movements, and its heroes are ordinary people of the younger generation, deprived of the most basic civil rights to liberty and to work and to express an opinion and of assembly and demonstration, this generation of young people chose to stands generally dictators and demanding their legitimate rights, bringing science and knowledge and opinion bold weapon, these young people turned to reporters and correspondents and writers in point of time, it may not be the vast majority of them know anything before these events, what the social networks and their role in spreading the spirit of challenge they have .
Of course they used these networks as a means, including interactive, dissemination and exchange of news and important information, and determine the dates and places of mass crowds that intend to build on them, to places with a symbolic impact on all citizens Calcahat public squares, also delivered the news that the mass moves to all over the world, across networks social, mobile phones and satellite television, using new words added to the dictionaries communications journalist and work, and some are shortened to one word Kalshfrh such as: (urgent, demonstrator, very urgent, and uncertain) and often these blades are used in mobile phones, as well as the phrases used in networking such as: (Please published as soon as possible, and contact from Tahrir Square), in some cases, these phrases reinforce Video clips are recorded in time and space event at once, and notes that this is particularly featured in the protest movements of the masses in Iran.
Statistics and figures users of social networks:
Despite accusations that haunt these sites from violation of privacy to spy on the personal data of users, but its strength is increasing day after day, and increasingly attached users out, as evidenced by the high number of users of the site "Facebook", as the number of users of Facebook in the world Arab until April / May 2012 to 43 million users, with a clear growth in the use of the Arabic language within the means of social communication, according to the latest results of the "Arab Social Media Report".
Statistics indicate that users of the proportion of Facebook of the Arab world's population increased from 4% two years ago to about 12% today, 70% of whom are young people, which refers to the adoption of a growing segments of Arab society to social media in order to bring about change in their communities.
And when they are, for example, following up to a hundred people on "Twitter" and kicks off 20 of these tweeted in a particular case and you find yourself surrounded by Bngredathm every side Vsttohm automatically that the whole world is busy with the same issue and it has become the forefront of the concerns of the population of your country on the assumption that the 20 people from the same country but encountered Ngradhm the existence of an active journalist, including pick-party debate and published a story about him, and swear Vstksm utmost faith that the issue at hand is the most important topical issues but once you open the window of your home and ask any transient in the street about the case were her only that you reach a mental hospital.
In fact, many of the early research - and many of the initial statements - from social networking sites seemed tailor-made to make the parents are afraid of an emerging technology is not understood by many of them as understood by their children.
Whether about sending pornographic pictures and comments or electronic harassment or the ghost of Internet addiction, «it has been a lot of research done on the social networking sites on the so-called people's risk model focused».
Research has reported that social networking sites impact on the social lives of users and their brain and both proved to survey some of the brains that there is a link between the number of friends someone on Facebook and the size of certain parts of the brain.
It is not clear if the use of social networks develop brain or that those who have a particular installation of the brain are able to create friends more easily.
For the areas that have been examined in the brain to communicate social relationship, memory and autism.
However, it can take advantage of social networks in the following pros:
1. Personal communication uses.
It is the most common use, and perhaps the first spark of social networks today were for personal communication between friends in a particular region or a particular community, and this goal is yet despite the evolution of social networks on the level of services and the level of technology and software, and despite graduating from the borders of the state to the roomy atmosphere of world .
It can be through private exchange of information and private files, photos, videos and social networks, as they are welcomed for long relationship, friendship, community and create an atmosphere characterized by the unity of ideas and desires often the field, despite the differences in the ages and places and scientific levels.
2. The instruction uses.
The role played by social networks in the development of e-learning as it works to add a social aspect to him, and participation of all parties in the education system from the beginning of the school and the teacher, parents, and not only to focus on the provision of scheduled student manager.
The use of social networks than networking opportunities and communication in out-of-school, and break the barrier of time can communicate outside study time, and eliminates many of the formalities within the schools, and can be individual or collective communication with the teacher, providing an atmosphere of taking into account individual differences, and communicate earns student Kaltoasl other skills, communication, discussion and opinion, which is very narrow space inside the walls of schools, in light of overcrowding in classrooms and the large number of substances, with the presence of systems and tight spaces for discussions and trading.
3. The government uses:
Many government departments tended to communicate with the public through social networking sites, in order to measure and the development of government services have, and keep pace with modern technology, but technical communication with the public of the points evaluation of government departments and their services become, characterized this service is low cost and direct access to the first beneficiary, nutrition direct feedback, helping to avoid errors and access to the service provided to the mastery and excellence.
And it can take advantage of social networks in booking appointments and confirmation, and the dissemination of instructions and procedures, and communicate directly with the president, and comments and suggestions.
4. News uses:
Social networks have become a genuine source of news for many of the patrons, the News of the distinction of being the first source and the formulation of an individual is often free, not professional for various uses or political propaganda.
Blogs own was marked by attracting researchers from the news, and specialized news sites, big news channels, in different events precedent, and the owners had a significant impact in the transfer of the right of public opinion news.
Uses advocacy.
Social networks have opened the door of communication and advocacy with other Muslims or non-Muslims in different languages and different races and countries, and became for many preachers their own pages and their rich, which is a positive move for global communication in light of the official media closed in many countries, and in the systems hinder direct communication and molded calling and the world on stereotypes and characterized the call through social universal and immediate and continuous updating of networks, with breaking the barrier of time and place, and ease of use, communication, and savings in effort and costs.
The impact of social networking sites on Palestinian society:
Speaking on the impact of social networking on the reality of the Palestinian community sites, it is clear that the situation in Palestine is different from other Arab contexts, at a time determined by the contradiction in the Arab countries between people and systems tyrannical addresses, so the young Arab demands centered on freedom, justice, etc. These headings contents of the social and economic demands, and above all the need for political participation and democracy.
The situation in Palestine, they are a kind of complexity there is a case of political division and lack of performance in some government institutions and strategies of resisting the occupation, but the joint in both cases that there is a majority of the marginalized and excluded from decision relating to her life making, hence the Palestinian youth movement is trying to re-resolution rules People in all the Palestinian issue, and stresses political analyst Hani al-Masri on the idea that young people are the basis of change and networks as a means of this change, when he said no networks, but young people who use the means of mass communication are able to easily contact the organization to play a big role can not be prevented or hindered by any party inspired by what happened in Egypt and Tunisia and other Arab countries, and the same Palestinian experience, which indicate the size of the groups that use Facebook and others, where there is momentum unprecedented about 260 group and some of them with more than 100 thousand and some with thousands and this bodes well.
According to the survey data, the majority of young people (60%) are using social media networks such as Facebook, and see d. Nader Said that the proportion of the use of social networks as possible to be a top Palestinian youth with according to a survey conducted by the data he says, "all the studies in the Arab region indicate that the majority of young people use social networking sites, especially Facebook, and I think that the use of Facebook proportion by young people in Palestine According to our study indicate urad center in up to 75% among young people aged 15-35 years used social networks. "
Whatever the actual utilization ratio, it is clear that there is a rise in the rates of use of social networking among Palestinian youth networks.
In spite of the diversity of patterns of use of social networks, but the effects of what happened in the Tunisian and Egyptian experiences has led to increase young people's interest in social networking sites, says d. Nader Said, "To be sure, the Arab revolutions, especially in Egypt and Tunisia have given young people the greatest motivation to exercise additional uses and are making additional uses of the reality of curiosity first, and the reality of attention they are part of the Arab world and part of the sense that it has become to have more power, and thus young people through this mechanism they see that they have a chance to intervene and to call to make certain changes in the Palestinian society. "
In the end, we emphasize the right of everyone to freedom of expression and opinion, a fundamental right of civil and political rights is linked to the laws and regulations of each country.
Recommendations and proposals:
1. actors to take advantage of social networks to communicate with the public, especially the young generation with the technology of tomorrow.
2. Eligibility focus on young people and youth training institutions and provide them with the necessary skills to use the new media.
3. youth training skills to optimize the use of social networking sites and blogs, especially in cases of specific demands for the deepening of youth mobilization for change and electronic networks.
4. conduct studies on different communities, including university students and children, community and students the basic stages in the schools, and examine the impact of the use of social networking sites in the development of social responsibility.
5. activation of social networks on the level of government communication, represented by government departments and government services, with the society of the beneficiary and the general public.
6. the importance of emphasizing the need for parents guide their children and guide them the right use of the Internet to protect them by browsers that allow surfing the Internet safely and protect them from the risk of inappropriate sites and deployed heavily on the Internet, and the emphasis on the need to set priorities on how to protect children from the misuse of social networks and advocate the importance of concerted educational and government institutions and civil efforts and to develop mechanisms to determine the needs of children in order to reach optimized for use by them to social networks.
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