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Syllabus 

Concept of Social Networking;              11 ATAR, 12 GEN

Background

• Social networking means locating people, usually friends, and sharing time together.
• Digital technologies has digitised this process and made it very easy to locate many people and share stories or time together 'online'.
• Social networking can help locate people with similar interests. This provides immediate source of new friends, without leaving the house.
• Social networking can help people learn or focus on new ideas. This provides refreshing opportunities for those bored with their current situation.

Social Networking

• Social networking uses the resources of the internet, digital devices and software to share content.
• Essential parts of social networking are below.
  • People
    • These are members of the software application who sign up so they can share content.
  • Digital hardware devices
    • This the hardware involved; servers, routers, switches, 4G/5G mobile towers and also the hand held, laptop or desktop devices.
  • Connectivity
    • This is the connectivity that links the hardware devices to the internet to enable sharing.
    • A carrier is the company who provides this. eg Telstra
  • Software apps
    • This is the software loaded onto the digital devices to enable the sharing to occur. eg Facebook, Tik Tok, Twitter, Snapchat and more.
  • Content to share
    • The data that people share is called the content. This is in the form or text, audio or movie 

 For You To Do

1. List the 5 essential parts of social networking.
2. Write a brief description next to each one describing what it is.

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