Face up to Facebook

In January of 2007, Washington newspaper editor, Debora Bruno, wrote an article titled, A Mother and her Daughter Face up about Facebook, about the relationship issues which interactions through Facebook promote. As a mother, Debora was interested in making a Facebook account to keep in contact with her children however, she was hesitant about how it might affect their relationship. This is a problem which we are all facing as younger generations are becoming more reliant on social networking. While networks like Facebook and Myspace help people keep in contact with people they would otherwise lose touch with, the communications can easily become impersonal. The Internet already provides huge potential for a public relations disaster without factoring in Facebook and Myspace. These days anyone is capable of posting their opinions via blogs and discussion forums as well as through Facebook. Regardless of how a single person wishes to represent themselves on their Facebook page, their friends are consistently posting comments, images, and video on their profile page which they might not want however, they are still available to be seen by any one of their friends.