Social Networking sites are always a fun topic to discuss with peers that are relatively the same are. Especially with a group of people who live on their Facebook pages.
In their article The benefits of Facebook ‘friends' Ellison Steinfiled and Lampe argue the pros and cons to the social capital that Facebook creates. The discussion in class as to the usefulness and value of online social capital as a whole was interesting since many people have very widely varying opinions. There was of course a strong pro Facebook camp and con Facebook camp but many people sat in between. The article sides more with the pro Facebook camp and cites research that has supported online interaction as a supplement or even a replacement for face to face socializing.
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