“Social network sites help fulfill communication needs and wants. It is a convenient  method of communication  and provides the ability to stay connected with friends and family, but on the users own rate and time.  Users can manage their  interactions within their own schedule  by choosing when they want to read and respond… [I]t is efficient because it is a one-to-many method of communication which allows users to quickly spread information…

Social media provides students a new mechanism for a familiar  exercise: that of personal expression.”