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Role Social Networking plays in Suicide

 With social networking, we are all warned to be careful and to watch who you talk to. Because most tend to ignore the warnings we then find social networking driving people to suicide, which is highlighted by the social media, and is frowned upon by the outside world. However, this article shows that there are ways to prevent one from ending their lives. They take the cause of social networking suicide and turn it around using it as a backfire to the causes of the suicides.

Employers use Social Networking to check up on employees

Social sites are being used as a second source to find out background information of employees. "Social networking websites are giving employers an extra way to search for the people they want to work for them. And it also gives those looking for a new role a key avenue for exposure to potential recruiters." -New Zealand Herald

How paedophiles are caught online

Catching paedophiles out in the community is usually harder than when catching online. This article reports on how easy it is to spot a paedophile. An investigative officer shows this by setting up a fake profile of a young girl, and in no time he starts recieving private messages from men twice the age of the fake profile he's set up.The internet provides opportunities for paedophiles to prey on youngsters, which alarms police investigators. Although the internet is the prime source of catching paedophiles it is also helps investigators target the sex offenders.

Positives of Social Networking

The title says it all. This article reports of how social networking can help make a person feel a part of a community online, when they are feeling alienated and secluded in their own community. It shows that not only can people feel included but people are able to find support groups which can help them with problems that may be facing, and also "connecting with others online can be a good addition to therapy and for many, this can also encourage them to seek professional help." This article discusses positive effects of social networking and the benefits of it.

Ghost chip goes viral

Two friends at a party. Both are under the influence of alcohol and one tries to "internalize a very complicated situation in his head" however, when he's done he decides it's best if his intoxicated friend stays or "crashes for the night" at where the party is held. This article tells about how this advertisement goes viral, and how the influence of this advertisement has impacted some people in ways people never thought possible. It's due to social networking sites that this ad has reached over a million hits.