Are social networking sites harmful? / Noah Berlatsky, book editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berlatsky, Noah, editor.

Series:

At issue. Mass media.

At issue, mass media

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Online social networks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (94 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Farmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Provides a wide range of opinions on a specific social issue. Offers a variety of perspectives-eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more-to illuminate the issue. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations point to sources for further research.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

1. Social Media Data Collection Can Lead to Violations of Privacy

2. People are Willing to Trade Less Privacy for Access to Social Media

3. Social Media Helps to Fuel Political Reform

4. Authoritarian Regimes Use Social Networks for Repression

5. Social Networks Change Government in Numerous Ways, for Good and Ill

6. Social Networking Is Addictive and can Lead to Psychological Disorders

7. Can Facebook Help Overcome Shyness?

8. Selfies are Good for Girls

9. OMG: Social Media may Wreck Your Kid's Writing

10. Social Media Helps Students Write Better

Organizations to Contact

Bibliography

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-89) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

OCLC:

930684116