SOCIAL NETWORKING

There are corporate starting to use social networking for doing their business. For instance, companies look for employees from social networking. Based on the article"Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting", Langfitt said, "Professional recruiters have started hunting for job candidates using social networking technology -- like the kind found on the popular sites MySpace and Facebook." (Langfitt)

By using these new technologies, patients can get direction to use certain treatment to fight with the disease. According to the New York Times article, Goetz discussed, "After choosing a user name and filling out a profile, Small was asked to list his symptoms and treatments. He entered the 200 milligrams of Provigil he takes daily to fight fatigue along with the Tysabri injection he takes to slow the progress of his disease. And then he clicked on baclofen, and the Web site informed him that nearly 200 patients registered at PatientsLikeMe were taking the drug." (Goetz, p.1) From the medical information website, patients can search the treatment that other patients had done with the same diseases.

There is a "dark side" of social networking if people misuse it; for example, selling illegal goods or services by using social networking. Children and/or teenagers made friends without knowing their background, which is easy to know some bad people and/or gangster throughout the communication network. Furthermore, The social networking might have a bad impact to the future because people can not communicate or socialize with others when they meet face-to-face since they chat online by using typing. Second, teenagers will have a bad writing skill because they using some short words when they chat with their friends online.

Work Cited:
1. Langfitt, Frank. "Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting : NPR." NPR : National Public Radio : News & Analysis, World, US, Music & Arts. 19 Mar. 2009 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6522523&sc=emaf.
2. GOETZ, THOMAS. "Practicing Patients." The new york times 23 Mar. 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/23/magazine/23patients-t.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=goetz+practicing+patients&st=nyt&oref=slogin&oref=login.