Social Networking: Better or worse than the real thing?

Social networking has become extremely popular in today's society. Practically every person uses a social network whether its Facebook, Myspace or LinkedIn. Everywhere you look, people are virtually interacting with each other with the use of their smartphones, laptops, or tablets. Social Networking has become the new platform in which all information is exchanged and all interactions occur. In this day and age, if you aren't using social media in some way, shape or form, you can consider yourself uninformed. With social networking, physical interactions are scarce and there is a huge debate on whether social networking can actually replace physical interaction and physical networking. The topic Social Networking: Better or worse than the real thing will try to identify the benefits of both sides and look at whether or not social networking is indeed, better than the real thing.