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Social media is a way to communicate one to many.

People use social networking sites to share ideas, opinions and interests.

But in a recent study they declared that forty percent of the tweets captured over a two-week period were "pointless babble."

VOICE TWO:nnA user checks a Facebook pagenSocial media is still young and evolving.

About eighty percent of American adults use the Internet.

EVAN FALCHUK: "But most of the people on Twitter that I see are actually trying to have a substantive discussion -- a real conversation about topics that are interesting to them.

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The Marine Corps has banned the use of sites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter on its computers.

But sites generally have a way for users to also send private messages and to control access to their pages.

About eighty percent of American adults use the Internet.

The value of it decreases to me with like the wider amount of people.

VOICE ONE:nAnd what about Evan Falchuk -- a frequent commentator on social media.

"Nowadays, with the extremely fast mode of communication, people have the ability to be lazy and spontaneous and not organized, because they can text you at the last minute or call you wherever you are and say 'I'm not coming, change of plans.'"

Some parents use social media to communicate with their kids and to monitor their activities.

He likes to use LinkedIn, a social networking site for professionals.

VOICE ONE:nBut even a simple text message can mean a lot.

Market researchers at Pear Analytics say they are big fans of Twitter.

Its current owner eBay agreed to sell a sixty-five percent share to a group of investors for two billion dollars.

Before the speech, a student at the school asked for advice about how to get the president's job.

A recent online survey found that half of them now belong to social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn.

"Whereas if you connect with them on LinkedIn, now I've got not only the person's name and contact information, but I know what their prior jobs were.

Not everyone in the military, however, is at ease with social media.

But he is president and chief operating officer of Best Doctors, a medical company in Boston, Massachusetts.

Defense officials say they are aiming for a balance that will not compromise the security of operations or military networks.

Defense officials say they are aiming for a balance that will not compromise the security of operations or military networks.

But the ban does not limit access on other computers.

A recent online survey found that half of them now belong to social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn.

But in a recent study they declared that forty percent of the tweets captured over a two-week period were "pointless babble."

VOICE TWO:nnnPublic officials recognize that social media has changed the way people communicate.

Market researchers at Pear Analytics say they are big fans of Twitter.

And the iPhone has applications on it for each of the social media that we've been talking.

Defense officials say they are aiming for a balance that will not compromise the security of operations or military networks.

So for me personally, I'm in the health care business and in America we're having this very important debate about health care.

"Nowadays, with the extremely fast mode of communication, people have the ability to be lazy and spontaneous and not organized, because they can text you at the last minute or call you wherever you are and say 'I'm not coming, change of plans.'"

It was launched in two thousand four as a social network just for Harvard students.

VOICE TWO:nEkin Oz, the exchange student from Turkey, has a different concern about privacy.

But in a recent study they declared that forty percent of the tweets captured over a two-week period were "pointless babble."

VOICE ONE:nAnd what about Evan Falchuk -- a frequent commentator on social media.

Forrester Research says four out of five online adults use social media at least once a month.

VOICE ONE:nExperts say a good rule to remember is not to post anything you would not want your mother to see.

"Nowadays, with the extremely fast mode of communication, people have the ability to be lazy and spontaneous and not organized, because they can text you at the last minute or call you wherever you are and say 'I'm not coming, change of plans.'"

But the computer security company F-Secure points out the risk even in posting information like vacation plans.

Evan FalchuknEvan Falchuk is a lawyer.

But then if it's like during the summer and I'm really bored, I don't have anything else to do, then it might be a little longer."

Like the older population that gets it, I'm not OK with that."

Now, they have texting, e-mail, instant messaging and video chat.

Its current owner eBay agreed to sell a sixty-five percent share to a group of investors for two billion dollars.

The Defense Department has been writing a policy for all of the military on the use of social networking sites.

VOICE TWO:nAnd then there is the time issue.

Millions post comments, videos, pictures, links and other content, or just follow what other users post.

The Defense Department has been writing a policy for all of the military on the use of social networking sites.

She worries about cybercrime and the information that could be gathered about a person from different Web sites.