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Social Network Social network is the use of internet-based social media programs to make websites that allow people to communicate with friends and even make new friends, virtually, and share content, interact, create communities of similar interests: working, reading, games, friendship, relationships, relationships commercial, etc.

EVOLUTION OF MEDIA

Some StatisticsAccording to a study by Nielson Company, 89 per cent of 15-20 year olds in India

access a social networking site everyday and 60 per cent of them spend at least half an hour on social networking each day .

The world now spends around 22 percent of all time online on social networks and blog sites .

The average visitor spends 66% more time on these sites than a year ago .9 out of every 10 U.S. Internet user now visiting a social network in a month .CNN's international readership found that 43% of online news sharing occurs via

social media networks and tools .The number of users registered for virtual world sites broke the 1 billion mark during

2010 .

Some StatisticsBlackPlanet users spent 3.6 minutes more on

the site than the average Facebook visitorMyYearbook and Tagged users spent around 3

minutes more than the average MySpace visitor Facebook witnesses more than 65 billion page

views par monthMore than 14 million photos* are uploaded on

Facebook and 8 million photos on myspace daily .

Internet users have averageof 7 social accounts .

FACEBOOKFounded: 4 February 2004

Number of Users : 1.86 billion monthly active users

FACEBOOK STATISTICS 2016Globally, Facebook remains the top network for membershio (84 percent) but

YouTube edges ahead for visitors (87 percent).The average Facebook user has 130 friends.79 percent of Internet users (68 percent of all U.S. adults) use Facebook .Nearly 85 percent of Facebook’s daily active users are outside the US and

Canada .

YOUTUBEFounded :14 February 2005Number of Users : 1,300,000,000YOUTUBE STATISTICS 2016

300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute!Almost 5 billion videos are watched on Youtube every single day.YouTube gets over 30 million visitors per day.More than half of YouTube views come from mobile devicesFemale users are 38% and male users are 62%.User Percentage by Age 18-24 - 11%, 25-34 - 23%, 35-44 - 26%, 45-54 - 16%,

50-64 - 8%, 65+ - 3%, unknown age - 14%

INSTAGRAMFounded : 6 October 2010Developer(s) : FacebookNumber of Users : 400 millionINSTAGRAM STATISTICS 2016Over 60% of users log in daily, making it the second most engaged network after

Facebook30% of internet users are now on Instagram90 percent of Instagram users are younger than 35Over 40 billion photos have been shared . On an average day, 80 million photosInstagram usage has doubled in the last two years .

TWITTERFounded : 21 March 2006Number of Users : 317 million TWITTER STATISTICS 2016Did you know that Twitter has 255 million active users who

collectively send 500 million tweets each and every day .A total of 1.3 billion accounts have been created208 is the average number of followers391 million accounts have no followers at all

LINKEDINFounded : 28 December 2002Number of Users : 467 millionLINKEDIN STATISTICS 2016Number of long-form posts that are generated weekly on LinkedIn: 160,000

posta per week.Professionals are signing up to join LinkedIn at a rate of more than two new

members per second .The average user spends 17 minutes per month on LinkedIn13% of 15 - 34 year olds use LinkedIn13% of LinkedIn users do not have a Facebook account

Advantages Of Social Networking Sites

It enables us to share our thoughts , vision about someone / something .It is also a way to strengthen our relation with someone .Social sites like Facebook , Twitter , Googlr+ and even blog also help us

to connect with the world and know what is going through out the world . Five Advantages of Social Networking

Worldwide Connectivity Commonality of Interest Real-Time Information Sharing Targeted Advertising Increased News Cycle Speed

Disadvantages Of Social Networking Sites

Social networking sites can also affect the life of a Prson in a negative way .

Overuse of these sites can adversely affect our studies , health and even our attitude towards life .

People also have an influence from their friends in a negative way . FiveDisadvantages Of Social Networking :

Less Real Life Interaction Privacy issues Time Waster Backlash Cyber Bullying

ConclusionsThe dangers with using Social networking sites are very serious , in

my opinion they are good for our society as long as the correct precautions are taken .

However, When it comes down to Whether Social networking is right for you that is something only you can decide, using your own judgment and past experiences .

But still one need to be cautious of what level of personal information they are revealing on Social Network .