Facebook: gain or pain?

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Facebook is a social networking website that aims to connect millions of users around the world. Users create profiles in which they include personal interests, pictures, movies etc. This information links the users to others who have posted similar information. In addition, there is an option to send emails, create events or groups of interest. Facebook truly connects people and allows them to share contacts, ideas and content. This is currently a great success, with the site having around 55 million users world-wide with 600000 in France, 10000 applications and an average time of connection per user of 20 minutes a day. However, if, on first thought, using Facebook seems pleasant and harmless, it can also turn into being very useful, or very prejudicial. Is Facebook then, a gain or a pain? To study this question, I am going to use some primary data such as books and articles, but also secondary data such as opinions and evidence from the Internet.

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[...] Bibliography Virginie Pierson de Galzain, December 2007, Facebook, du réseau au média social Génération Solidaire, numéro p 9-13. Bourdieu and Wacquant An invitation to reflexive sociology”, University of Chicago Press, p 14. Paxton P : Is social capital declining in the United States? A multiple indicator assessment American Journal of Sociology, p 88- 127. http://jcmc.indiana.edu. Francis Ratier,2006, L'adolescence : aujourd'hui pas comme hier »,Empan. Press Trust Of India Recruiters scour social networking sites” Capucine Cousin Facebook, nouveau vivier de candidats pour les recruteurs Les Echos, p 26. [...]

[...] Nonetheless, if he would have looked for them just to have some brief news (low expectation), he would not have minded the fact that they are not the same hilarious guys they used to be. No trust in a wonderful power of Facebook, no great expectations. Thus, no pain, no gain. To conclude, in several ways, Facebook can provide gain or cause pain. Besides, Facebook is based on trust. And the more we trust the system, the more we have expectations from it, the more we can gain and the more we can pain, depending on the results of our expectations and trust. [...]

[...] That is why, according to a study from McAfee - the editor of antivirus - of the French companies forbid their salaried employees to access social networks during work[9]. Another of Facebook is the non-protection of private life. Anyone can post any photos or movies on Facebook, included ones of other users If someone you put your name on a photo or a movie, all your friends will be warned that there is a new photo or a new movie of you in your album. Even if you do not want to, a girlfriend, a boss or anyone could see it. [...]

[...] Finally, another major issue regarding Facebook is about advertising: Mark Zuckerberg, the young creator of the website, intends to sell our personal data to advertising companies which will be able to make very targeted advertising. However, users don't want to be inundate with ads . What is more, in France, according to laws, each internet user can refuse, without any justification, the use of his data for commercial aim. But Facebook is based in the United States and does not have any subsidiary in France. [...]