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- Your thoughts on these additional pros and cons of social networking?

Pros

1-Increased criminal prosecution because of social media

The NYC police department began using Twitter back in 2011 to track criminals foolish enough to brag about their crimes online. When the Vancouver Canucks lost the Stanley Cup in 2011, their Vancouver fans took to the streets and rioted, but local authorities used social media to track and tag the people involved, and they caught people who were stealing during the riot.

2-Social networking creates new social connections

Statistics showed that 70% of adults have used social media sites to connect with relatives in other states, and 57% of teens have reported making new friendships on social media sites which is amazing for some students who are socially uncomfortable in a public setting for various reasons do really well when there isn't any pressure to look a certain way.

3-Better quality of life

If you want to talk about the pros and cons of social media, take a close look at all the support groups on Facebook. Members of these groups discuss their health conditions, share important information, and resources relevant to their conditions while creating strong support networks.
Cons

1-Social media and the news

Much of the news information that people read about comes from social media websites, and that figure estimate is around 27.8 %. This figure ranks just under print newspapers at 28.8%, greater than radio's figure of 18.8% and far outpaces the figure for other print publications at just 6%.

2-Pupils spending too much time on social media sites have lower academic grades

Statistics show that pupils using social media too often tend to have GPA's of 3.06 compared to GPA's of 3.82 for pupils who don't use social media.

An even scarier fact is that students who use social media tend to score 20 % lower on their test scores than their counterparts which not good if children are supposed to be our future.

3-Social media sites to blame for lost productivity

Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are a direct cause for lost productivity at the workplace. In a survey 36 % of people said that social networking was the biggest waste of time in comparison to activities like fantasy football, shopping, and watching television.

4-Social media is the cause for less face to face communication

In a 2012 study families who reported spending less time with one another rose from a level of 8% in 2000 to 32% in 2011. The study also reported that 32 % of the people in the survey either were texting or were on social media sites instead of communicating with each other during family gatherings.