•Rather, impressions are formed based only on the information presented . Some people are more comfortable with this paradigm as it avoids the discomfort of public speaking.

•Communication via written media may lead people to take more time to think through their ideas since their words are in a more permanent setting (online) than most conversations carried on during face-to-face conversations

•The arguments are responded as; firstly meeting new people online is a bad choice due to the risk of identifying stranger’s real role.

•Secondly, knowing online friends is not the same as real friend in reality.

•Thirdly, social networking sites may lead to break downs of existing relationships.

•Every pro side can turn into con side; it depends on how user participates in the online activities.

•The attitudes they react, the manners they have, the purposes they intend to, all those can form and result in a very different answers in real-life.

•In a meaningful conclusion, there are no clear guidelines to determine whether pros or cons sides are on the best beneficial to users. Therefore, virtual communities and social networks do not only enhance but also destroy people’s relationships in real-life

•Social networking sites entice people to spend more time online and less time interacting face-to-face.

•The sites offer many time wasting activities that supplant more productive activities. Teens spend an average of

4 to 6 hours hours per week on social networking sites.

In the study, which randomly selected more than 24,000 undergraduate students from 14 Minnesota colleges, 30 percent of students reported “excessive screen time” in front of their TV or computer. Students who reported screen time as a problem had an average GPA of 3.04, compared to 3.27 for students who said they don't struggle with too much screen time."

I am Hannah from 2e2. I disagree with this statement. In my opinion, I feel that good relationships in social networking sites such as Facebook are hard to maintain.

• People who use these sites frequently are prone to social isolation. The hours per day of face-to-face socializing have declined as the use of social media has increased.

Parents spend less time with their children and couples spend less time together even when they live in the same house, because they are using the Internet instead of interacting with each other.

Hence, I come to my conclusion. Good relationships in social networking sites such as Facebook are hard to maintain.

Hannah, Izzati, MunYoke and Michelle 2E2