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The Cocoon Effect of New Media Does new style of media cause people to be recluse, hermits because they don’t need to socialize with others?
Shamma Abdulla Al Falasi - 200705489 Instructor: Catherine Strong
Outline: “Cocoon” meaning. The mass media devices, and the new technologies. Social networking. What is “Human Cocooning” ? Advantages and disadvantages. Facts and statistics.
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“Cocoon” A bag of silky threads that some young insects make to cover and protect themselves while they are growing.* *Longman Dictionary COM – 209
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Mass media devices
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and the new technologies
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Social networking
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Does new style of media cause people to be recluse, hermits because they don’t need to socialize with others?
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“Human Cocooning” COM – 209
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“Human cocooning”
“It is the process whereby people surrounded themselves with only the political and social information that they find comforting, appealing, or acceptable.”
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Advantages and disadvantages of networking
It motivates people to LIME [ Learn / Influence / Meet / Entertain ]
It made the world a small village. It increased the interaction across culture.
Inappropriate language, nudity, sexually provocative images, etc. Some Social Networking services allow people to view profiles without logging on.
It is an important source of
It isolates some individuals from their knowledge. families and friends.
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Facts and statistics According to Comscore: Blogger: 222 million visitors Facebook: 200 million visitors MySpace:126 million visitors Wordpress:114 million visitors Windows Live Spaces: 87 million visitors
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In 2007 by Bradbaldwin studies:
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In 2006:
(ARS technica) *http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2007/07/report-south-korea-tops-in-social-network-us-fifth.ars COM – 209
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The gender distribution for social networking
In 2007
by Pipl statistics
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Be careful from this !
And feel free to ask questions ..
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References • http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2007/07/reportsouth-korea-tops-in-social-network-us-fifth.ars • http://www.netaddiction.com/ • http://visualrevenue.com/blog/2007/08/online-socialnetwork-participation.html •http://www.desishades.com/images/socialnetworking 3.jpg • http://www.smemon.com/social-networkingadvantages-and-disadvantages/ • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYoAwfh4QOU • http://pipl.com/statistics/social-networks/5-facts/ • http://www.bradbaldwin.com/2007/10/24/world-widesocial-networking-users-by-location/
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