By: Nicole Vasichek

What is Facebook?

Facebook is a social networking website

that allows users to create and customize

their own profiles with photos, videos,

and information about themselves.

Friends can browse the profiles of other

friends and write messages on their

pages (Tech Terms, 2008)

Addicting

Facebook Chat Allows you to talk to your friends

who are currently online

Games Farmville Café World

Games

Farmville Process of

creating your own Farm and managing it.

Café World Creating your

own café and serving your customers

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Risky Information

Social networking sites, such as Facebook, allow users to post unnecessary information such as the user's home address, telephone numbers, course schedule, as well as pictures. These should be considered private information. This takes advantage of your privacy and it lets the guard down for stalking and also sexual predators (Whittaker A., 2009).

Personal Profile

Contains a picture of you You chose which one and may update it

School Achievements What type of degree you have

Locating information Home town Current location

Age and Sex

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Online Predators

13 years and older Facebook does have an age limit of 13

years but all it is a button

Uncontrollable It is impossible to control what others

post about you which makes it risky

Controlling your Information You can only control yourself

Stay away from online bullying

Posting statuses No one cares what you do every second

Writing on walls Keep it aproppriate

Inappropriate posts

Pictures Nude Pictures

Drinking Pictures

Other illegal acts shown through pictures Statuses

Teenagers make them insulting

Useless information

Who cares?

“Jaime” is ‘Still very sick… Maybe it’s a

stomach virus… I hate these late nights

by the toilet!’

“Bryan” has a credit score of 890.

As for “Mary,” she’s got “cramps” like

you wouldn’t believe. And they’re sharing that news with all their

“friends” on Facebook.

Sexual Harassment

There is a mother in southern California who is fighting for her fourteen year old child’s rights. Some of his classmates at his school created an account in his name and posted inappropriate items. They posted obscure pictures, racist comments, and many more unsuitable posts. (William L., 2009).

Against the Law

Sexual Harassment

Is a crime

Can serve time

Online bullying

Can lead to death

Technology

Facebook can now be accessed on cell phones Very distracting

Becoming more addicting

Sexting

References

Lee W.  (2009, September 25). Facebook smears spur mom to sue. Chicago

Tribune,p. 1.11.  Retrieved January 21, 2010, from Chicago Tribune. (Document

ID: 1865997231).

Whittaker, A. (2009). Social networking sites are the future. Points of View,

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Gustafson, K. (2009). Innapropriate facebook statuses. Retrieved from

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