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74 percent of online adults use some form of social networking site, according to the Pew Research center.

Through the use of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, people around the world are able to directly communicate with one another in a matter of seconds, creating closer ties and expanding the amount of connections one has, according to the website.

The average social networking user has more connections with more people in comparison to those who do not use social media, according to the website, and is less likely to feel lonely or socially isolated.

Narissra Punyanunt-Carter, a professor of communication studies at Texas Tech, said social networking websites offer a sense of comfort and security to their users. By expressing ones opinion on an online forum, he or she is able to tailor his or her words to fit a certain Internet persona, which may be a complete fabrication, she said.

Face to face communication allows one to be genuine, she said, because it takes into account all other forms of nonverbal language that communicating via a computer screen does not.

So much of our communication is nonverbal and when we send a text, it doesnt capture sarcasm or humor, she said. People will walk away with different interpretations of the same message.

Adrianna Acosta, a sophomore education major from Andrews, said she has noticed that some students lack the confidence to speak up, and as a result, seem awkward at times.

Websites like Facebook and Twitter can hurt a persons confidence when speaking face to face, she said, because they act as a filter between who a person really is, versus whom they want to be seen as.

Youre hiding behind a computer screen, youre not face to face, you cant judge peoples reactions, and so then you lack people skills, Acosta said.

Desiree Markham, a professor who has taught public speaking courses in the past, said public speaking has always been a challenge for some people, but she has noticed it has become more of a problem for a greater number of students in recent years.

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Release Date: September 16, 2014 | By Sharyn Alden, HBNS Contributing Writer Research Source: Journal of Health Communication

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* People who use social networking sites are more likely to seek health information online. * People with a chronic disease or a loved one with a chronic disease were more likely to search for disease-specific information. * Women and people with higher incomes were more likely than men and people with lower incomes to use social networking sites.

Newswise The use of social networking sites may have implications for accessing online health information, finds a new longitudinal study from the Journal of Health Communication.

Socioeconomic and demographic factors that lead to the disparities in social networking sites could also contribute to disparities in seeking health information online, said the studys lead author, Yang Feng, Ph.D., associate professor in the department of communication studies at the University of Virginias College at Wise.

People who are active users of social networking sites may tend to be active online health information seekers. With the growth of social networking, the relationship between their use and peoples likelihood to seek health information online was more obvious in 2010 than in 2008 and 2006.

Researchers analyzed data collected from phone interviews of 2,928 adults who took part in the Health Tracking Surveys from the Pew Internet & American Life Project during 2006, 2008 and 2010. The surveys asked participants whether they used the Internet; used social networking sites such as Facebook; whether they searched for health information online, including information about a specific disease, medical treatment or doctors; and whether or not they or someone close to them had a chronic disease.

The researchers found significant disparities in use of social networking sites and the tendency to search for health information online. In all three years of the survey, age was the most significant factor in social networking site use, with younger people more likely to use them than older people. In 2010, women and people with higher incomes were more likely than men and people with lower incomes to use social networking sites.

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