Impact of Cyber Crimes on Social Networking Pattern of Girls

Abatract Social networking sites have become an integral part of the lives of most of the youth today. It has encouraged new ways to communicate and share information. The relative freedom afforded by social networking sites has caused concern regarding the potential of its misuse by individual patrons. This questions the safety and security of the users, especially girls who are more preyed upon particularly in relation to online sexual predators. These sorts of cyber crimes leave an everlasting scar in the minds of the users and change the way in which they communicate in the social networking sites and sometimes even force them to completely opt out of the social networking sites. This study deals with how girls are affected by cyber crimes in social networking sites and how those crimes impact their social networking pattern.