Lab+Assignment4


 * "Connected and disconnected?"**

As internet developed these years, social networking has become a main composing part on the web. For example, Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Digital social networking connects people together by sharing lives and ideas throughout the world but also disconnects people for lacking of communication in the real life. Nowadays, under the technology's development, we express ourselves by facing computers rather than face to face talking. It is quick and convenient to edit online status on MSN or Facebook. Moreover, this kind of mood sharing is synchronous to all the friends on your MSN/Facebook/Twitter. That's why people are sticky with Facebook and can not stop to keep refreshing the page to see the newsfeeds. The true life would be ignored by people when he or she is into the virtual world such as computer games. Social networking is the same. It is amazing because people can rebulid their profile in this new world by uploading the nice photo shots of themselves or just expressing their bright side of personalities. It is a process of self-identification. However, this process can also be seen as a disconnection with the true world because the virtual world can not be trusted and it is hard to let people rely on each other just base on the communication online.