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Professor Mike Jones CCT 205 H5 Meghan Jeffery 995533739 February, 04 2010

Social Networking sites such as Facebook, My Space, and Twitter have contributed to assist in social change worldwide. They have also contributed to a lack in social engagement and social involvement. Our first guest lecturer in CCT 205, Mark Kuznicki, outlined various reasons why social networks are aiding social communities, and grouping people together into specific interests to create social change. This is a huge advancement in the past ten years, since the rise of the Internet, which has assisted in getting hundreds of thousands of people together - something that was not so easy to do before Internet and more specifically social networking sites. Our second guest lecturer, Eric, also described many positives with social network sites, including the student who convinced Canadian government to forgo the changes they wanted to make to the graduated licensing system. Collectively these examples have promoted nothing but positive vibes from social networking online, and have assisted in worldwide change and knowledge. Does this mean the sense of community has depleted? It's hard to say. If people continue to live through their computers and these particular sites then yes, the traditional sense of community has changed. But because there is not face to face interaction, is that to say people are not involved in their online community? Some people are quiet. Some people don't like social interraction. That's not to say they don't like social change or social involvement. The rise of these sites has contributed to the population who are shy or reclusive to join and be a part of society. The rise of these sites has contributed to the socialites of the community who want more people to join their cause or more people to attend their party or their communal bake sale. I argue that social networking sites have done nothing but change the concept of community, and what that means to different people can change drastically, but for the most part, these social networking sites have done nothing but assist in positive, communal engagement.