ACR Paragraph. Igor Bigun

Why Social Networks Are More Good Than Evil

Argument	Counterargument	Rebuttal
Social networks (SN) keep a person online with his or her friends	They provoke addiction to online communication instead of live one	SN are the same means of communication like phones. They do not replace live relations, but make one’s friends close even if they dwell far away
A person can be express oneself in SN more frankly than in real live where his or her modesty or complexes may hinder.	Exaggerated publicity in SN often causes problems: other people see or read what they should not have and this entails consequences in real world	To avoid ethical and  other problems one has to observe the same proprieties as in the real life
There are a lot of interest communities to everyone’s taste	Too much diverse information takes a lot of time and sucks down so that one becomes attached to the computer	Problems of control appear to people with weak will or lazy who are eager to seek only for extra  leisure opportunity

Social networks like Facebook, Vkontakte et cetera have become a useful multifunctional instrument available for everyone connected to the Internet.  One of the most important reasons of their popularity is their function to keep friends always on-line. Critics remark that social networks create addiction to on-line communication and decrease personal contact.  It should be said, that social networks are almost the same means of communication as telephone, but nobody accuse telephones of such problems. Like them social networks do not replace live relations, but make one’s friends and colleagues closer even if they dwell far away. Also social networks allow a person various possibilities for self-expression. One can transcend his or her modesty and communicate without limitations; there are plenty of virtual interest communities to everyone’s taste where a person can be engaged. Of course, we should admit that there is the other side of the coin: unfamiliar people can become acquainted with personal data of a user, and torrents of diverse information can tear away from the real world. But there are uncomplicated ways of oneself control.  To avoid ethical troubles one has to observe the same proprieties as in the real life, i.e. not to do anything one would not do in public. As regards to information quags, this problem appears mostly to lazy people who are eager to seek only for extra leisure opportunity. Really engaged and serious individuals do not waste their time because they know their priorities. In spite of their drawbacks social networks create friendly relations inside humankind, contribute to self-education and self-expression, and help to change social reality which often would be impossible without them.