The most prominent form of new media in my opinion is social networking websites. Websites such as Facebook are the most used websites by the general population as it allows people to communication with friends and people they've known in the past, in such a lazy way. You can rebuild friendships just by talking for a few minutes a day or by taking a few seconds out of your day to comment on one of their posts. Having a Facebook page also allows people to project themselves in the way they see themselves or the way they want to be. I have a Facebook and it's very rare that someone has the same profile and presence on Facebook that they do in real life when I talk to them. A problem with this is that there are so many creeps that can easily get online, upload a fake photo and present themselves as that person which is very worrying. Most Facebook users also don't realise that they can sell information about their users to corporations, as is disclosed on the website when you register.
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