Global Society Fails To Acknowledge the Imminent Dangers of Internet Predators, Cyber Bullying, and Personal Privacy Caused By Social Networking Sites Student’s name: Institution’s name: Course code: Instructor’s name: Date of submission: Thesis Statement Being one of the most recent developments in information technology, social networking sites poses tremendous dangers to social users. However, global society does not acknowledge the peril associated with using social media sites. The research will expound on the popularity of social media in different section of the society, dangers brought about by internet predators and how it has been neglected, problem of cyber bullying to social network users, and the negative impact of social networking sites to personal privacy. Barrientos, J. (2010). Officials highlight growing dangers of cyber bullying. McClatchy - Tribune Business News, 12, 4, 45-50 The journal presents a case study of a student who committed suicide for being teased in social site. In reference to this incidence, school official have embarked on analyzing the dangers associated with cyber bullying. In a study, conducted in USA in 2009, by center for social emotional education, more than 35% of students have experienced cyber bullying in their life time. There is very limited effort taken to rectify the problem (Barrientos, 2010). Barrientos holds a masters degree in education. He has written several journals on the problem affecting education fraternity and most specifically on students for the last twenty years. He has also worked with several experienced writers and his work has been cited for more than fifty times by different authors. He has a good reputation for his work. The content of the article purposed to produce a case study on cyber bullying incidence. This journal was published in 2010 and it entails recent case studies. The journal entails the original work of the author. I will use the article in providing a case study of bullying incidence. Cowie, H. (2011). Reducing cyber-bullying risk in looked-after children. Community Care, 18, 84, 18-18. According to the article, cyber-bullying come in different forms. Common cyber-bullying forms includes; physical violence, death threat, and name-calling, threat to end existing relationships, sexual demands, and threat to incorporate friends and families, and irritating chain of messages. In a survey conducted in December 2010 in Europe among youth and children, 5 % of the interviewed were bullied more than once in every week. There was no action taken after reporting (Cowie, 2011). Cowie is a prominent scholar in Europe. He has conducted and presented several studies concerning violence on children. He holds PhD degree in international crimes. For more than twenty years, Cowie have worked on children based organization and community care. His work has been cited by legislators when making and amending laws. The author have used interview in analyzing the article content. The purpose of the article in to define different methods used in bullying social media users the article and contains recent findings. The article includes the author original work and it’s very recent. The article will help me in understanding various methods used in cyber-bullying. Dowding, M. (2011). Interpreting privacy on campus: The freedom of information and personal privacy and Ontario universities. Canadian Journal of Communication, 36(1), 11-30 The journal talks about how social media expose customers’ personal information to other agencies.