Week+6

This article outlines the significance of the internet and the social networks it offers to us. Today there are many different social networking sites ranging from facebook to twitter, myspace, youtube and so on. Without realizing we use these sites to brand and market ourselves. We as individuals are able to market ourselves better than most companies. We use social networking websites to create avatars of ourselves, we display only what we want people to see and we display ourselves on the internet in a way we want to be perceived. The need for face to face interaction has lessened through the years because of socialization over the internet, people can keep up their relationships without the effort of having to go out and interact. We brand ourselves through these social networking sites by broadcasting the events of our lives for other people to see, we promote ourselves and catch the attention of our friends. We use strategies that are used by big companies to promote themselves and bring about business. Web 3.0 is a result of people sharing their lives on the internet; we all influence each other in some way through our actions on the internet.