The negatives of social networking is that a lot of people find it difficult to start with, for a lot of the older generation can struggle with developing the skills to use social networking sites as they have not been brought up with this advanced technology. Where as the younger generation have been brought up with technology and have developed skills using social networking sites, mobile phones and applications. What is in store for future generations? Already south Korea is the most technologically advanced county in the world, with children as young as three years old using computers and logging onto social networking sites. This has led to children as young as eight years old developing an addiction for using social networking sites, spending up to eighteen hours a day on their computers. It is shocking to know that these children have to endure counselling sessions to help their addictions. If they don't log onto social networking sites they can start to feel anxious and feel withdrawn from their friends as they cannot keep updated with what is happening in their lives. This has been caused by sites such as facebook. It is also appualing to know that if facebook were a country it would be the third largest country in the world, just behind Russia and China.
Social networking can affect the relationships between people as if people think they have lost touch with them through these networking sites they can feel that their friendship is disappearing. Also it can have the reverse affects where a person could spend all their time on social networking sites and avoid all contact with friends and become isolated from the real world, Leaving them trapped in an endless cycle of spending up to eighteen hours a day logging onto the computer.
