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Within today's society many people are so intrigued in the lives of others maintaining existing social relationships and finding people with similar interests Three factors that suggest why we as humans are fascinated by the concept of social networking are Social Behavioural and Cognitive and Self and Identity Mc Mahon 2015 which open a wide range of topics for psychologists to investigate Social networking sites are defined as a website that is designed to help people communicate and share information photographs etc with a group social networking sites n d and are part of an ever growing phenomenon within the 21st century which has become a big interest to psychologists By analysing recent research into social networking and comparing the contributing factors which are vital in the growth and popularity of social media this essay will look into why psychologists are interested in social networking sites An article from The Psychologist written by Mc Mahon 2015 emphasises three main areas that allow an array of research into the use and popularity of social media Behavioural and cognitive factors are important when discussing the reputation of social networking within the next generation as humans we have a strong preference for new information as well as a preference for novelty and as a result the ever changing designs and layouts of social networking sites keep the attention of the growing audience who use them
