Namibia: Is Social Networking Harmful Than Good?

6 February 2013

Eenhana — "I have been there, done that, saw and conquered......" This phrase is usually used by parents when advising children.

The battle between modernity and tradition has always taken centre stage in human existence since time immemorial. Now the fight has taken a deadly twist with technology providing a new field for this generation and old battle. Social networks have become part of everyday life, especially for teenagers. When the phrase, "if butterfly flaps its wings in Japan, a hurricane will happen on the coasts of Florida," was no less true when it was coined in the early 1960s than it is today.

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