Expanding my knowledge

What I want to know about my topic is how via text messaging and social networking came about into our world thats growing remarkably fast in technology. Is text messaging and social networking causing conflict in society or is it benifiting us? Are people having a hard time recieving a job because of what they have wrote on their social network site? I also want see how text messaging and social networking is interfeering with face-to-face interaction during school and what conflicts and/or benefits it is having. If we are having troubles with our social networks and text messaging now, how will it be once we are in the year 2018? Are personal and proffessional relationships being affected because of social networking and text messaging? I would like to go more in depth with these questions and find out whether its beneficial or a conflict for society; if so, how will us, as a group do to change the problem?

Background knowledge

Before I began my research on my topic, i had some prior knowledge. People are beginning to use Facebook and Twitter to get news out, or to advertise. Facebook has only been out for almost about 9 months and it has over 300 million people registered to their network. Famous artists such as Justin Bieber was discovered on Youtube by other famous artist for many years, Usher. This shows how fast and how much of a big deal social networking is and how much it's inhancing society.

The story behind my choice

The reason why I chose this topic is because I am one of those individuals that are always text messaging and using social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. I even can access these networks on my phone and have notifications sent to me. I read an article in Cheerleader magazine and it was discussing how via text messaging and social networking is causing individuals in society to loose face-to-face interaction. I began to get an interest in this topic and I began to realize how people interact with one another, even me and my friends, using these networks and texting. I don't think how I interact with my peers will change because I don't need my phone and to be on Facebook to have a good time.