Advanced Health

The Least You Need to Know Issue 2

Name: ______________________

Controversial Issues

Topic: Social Networking

These questions represent some of the most basic information and questions to consider in forming an educated opinion on this particular controversial issue. Part of your total grade for the controversial issue will come from these questions and they also represent potential questions that will make up your final exam. You may put your answers on this sheet or another sheet, if you do so please number them.
1. What is the basic history of social networking? (Honors: Provide a brief timeline of social networking listing dates, companies, etc.).

2. Provide 3 of the 5 stats (and site your source) related to: (Honors: Find all 5). a. How much time is spent on social networking sites by teens?

b. # of users in US?

c. # of users worldwide or % of the population?

d. Amount of time spent on social networking sites by teens or adults?

e. How much using social networking costs employers?

3. Besides connecting with existing friends what are 3 other potential benefits offered by social networking sites. (Honors: Provide stats/cite research on your answer).

4. How might an individuals behavior and form of interacting differ through an electronic medium/format? (Honors: Discuss the premise of self-disclosure in your response?)

5. What are two main issues with over sharing? Where does this impact a person in their life? (Honors: What is Hinsdale South policy on issues that arise from social networking sites?)

6. A major criticism of social networking sites is the opportunities they create for cyber-bullies and sexual predators. Find one statistic on either and cite. (Honors: Find one for each/cite).

7. Do we communicate electronically at the expense of one-on-one interactions? (Honors: Find a stat/cite how much time does the average teen spend in front of a screen?).

8. Simply put do social networking sites strengthen or weaken existing relationships?

(Honors: describe the Displacement vs. Stimulation theories and how it answers this question).