Social Networking: Better or worse than the real thing?

Social networks are new media that renovate the social life for most of the people. As users of the different type of social networks site, such as, MySpace, and Facebook, we might be happy to have a Facebook or MySpace because it is for us to meet new people and contact our old friends. But have we ever thought what the real thing is for social networks or if it really exists for our benefit. My research paper going to explain what is the real thing of social network. Also, what are the advantages and disadvantages of been part of a social network. Basically my research paper is going to analyze what is the dark part of those social networks.