James+-+Digital+v+physical+networks

James - personal networks, digital v physical

Examine the social networks of teenagers today. Compare them with the social networks of the teenagers depicted in "The Outsiders". This will involve an investigation of digital versus physical relationships.

Use your personal experience of social networks today to illustrate the different experiences available to today's teenagers.

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digital networks vs physical networks ======

explanation of networks
===** Today social net works have two main forms and both play a large part in the way people keep in touch. In the novel the outsiders they use one form of social networks which is physical, with physical networks people interact and talk to each other in person and not over the net like most people these days. **===

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 * In the novel the outsiders because of the physical interaction the boys form close bonds and see each other almost as brothers which is something not found very much on a digital social network which are more common with the children today. another disadvantage with social networks it that children dont get to learn proper comunication skills like eye contact and to not fiddel their objects while speaking to others. **======

**Advantages of digital networks**

 * One advantage digital networks to have is that you can communicate and talk to people like family or friends over a long distance sometimes from other countries and it is instant where with letters it could take months for the letter to reach the person the letter is addressed to receive.it can also be a way for children to say that they both have an account on a sertain website so they are conecter in some way and helps of form a sence of being in a group of place you belong **

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 * while there are many advantages to a physical network there are also disadvantages such as with a physical network you cannot comunicate over a large distance of space and so the friendship groups are not very large and usualy only have a few pleople in them which can somethimes make you feel limited in you choise of friends and if you are in trouble you dont have very many people to ask for help like you would in a digital network **======

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while there are some disadvantages there are also many advantages to physical networks like since the group of friends is not as big as with digital networks where you may have more friends but you are less close to eachother where as with physical networks you have a smaller group of friends but you are as close as brothers almost which is shown in the novel the outsiders with the gang and by the way they all stick up for each other and are willing to do anything for eachother even if it **means going to jail**======