One Online Service Is Communication And This Is The Way We Speak And Contact Each Other Essay

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One online service is communication and this is the way we speak and contact each other, examples being through texting, speaking on the phone or through social networking e.g. Twitter.

My focus on communication is social networking sites and Facebook is one of them, people use Facebook to keep contact with past and present friends as well make some friends

First you would sign up onto Facebook with your first and last name with any relevant information such as past schools, jobs etc. and then you would find any of your current or past friends by searching for them if they have signed up for it and then you can add them as a friend if they accept. From there you can find mutual friends and update your life as you wish so that people know what you’re upto etc.

Target Audience
Everyone.

Benefits & Drawbacks
The benefits of Facebook is the ability to keep in contact with people, keep up to date on current affairs as well as easy communication
Although the drawbacks are to have technology which not everyone will have as well not everyone you know may be signed up and Facebook isn’t very private
Usage Figures (Stats)

Comparisons/Non-Internet Alternatives
We can compare social networking to non-internet services and an example would be when there was no internet and people just used phones, a drawback to this would be having to memorize phone numbers and also having to pay per minute by speaking on the phone although the advantages to using phones would make the