Negative Effects Of Social Media

The past seven years have seen the rapid adoption of social media platforms by users all over the world, today there are more than 2.46 billion active social media users in the world . Social media enables users to consume timely news inexpensively, and allows them to further comment, share and discuss the news with other social media users, making news consumption on social media attractive to a large portion of these users. For example, a recent study by Pew research center found that 67% of American adults get news on social media . However, compared to primitive news media like radio and television, news in social media is easy and less expensive to produce and distribute and it is not fact-checked or filtered by a third party prior to dissemination. This has made social media a very attractive platform for fake news creators, i.e. news that is deliberately created to deceive the reader to believe something that is not true.

“People are spending 1 out of every 7 minutes on Facebook when online. Facebook users typically are spending 10.5 billion minutes (almost 20,000 years) on the social network. And, that’s excluding mobile devices.” This clearly demonstrates the problem with our society, the ease at which we fall blindly into the influence of our surroundings, in specific social media. According to Merriam-Webster, social media is “forms of electronic communication (such as websites for social networking and micro blogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos)”. Social Media platforms have become such a powerful and dominating advancement to human culture, that as a society we have become oblivious to its ramifications. Social media has impacted us negatively through the obstruction of our social capabilities, and is destructive to an individual’s mental health/behavior. This detriment can be therefore prevented if we become aware of these consequences, and continue to progress with a depth in comprehension, allowing for the control of ones growth.

With the help of technology, we can spread information faster than any other media source. From natural disasters, a famous figure passing away, or other shocking news; it only takes seconds for a friend to post it on their social media page, along with their reaction. With that in mind, because we live in the information age, the abundance of data we are exposed to can easily cause weariness (Kelly). As not everything shared is of interest to some individuals due to the information can be truthful, untruthful, or an opinion of the writer. Truthful information oftentimes becomes difficult to ascertain. While social media has allowed thousands to have a voice and spreads information that the user feels is important, a side effect is the spreading of false information distinguished as the truth. According to a website called Statista, eighty-one percent of U.S. Americans have had a social media profile, which is a five percent growth to previous years (Peng). While those numbers can be helpful while spreading news of a lost child on social media, negative results can take place as well. I have experienced firsthand how social media can spread news like wildfire, but in the process, the information gets twisted and changed becoming no longer truthful. Despite the previous viewpoint on the positives of social media, there are noticeably more negatives that imperil individuals.

Having social media in our upcoming generation has become one of the most popular sources of communication. Young teenagers growing up in today’s generation with social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter have provided pictures and videos that have become the first thing people look at in the morning, and the last thing they see before bed. These pictures have provided unrealistic standards as to what is considered beautiful in today’s society. By establishing unattainable standards of beauty and bodily perfection, the media drive ordinary people to dissatisfaction with their body images. The dissatisfaction can results in resorts to drastic measures, and even disorders of behavior, as people try to achieve these unreachable goals.

Some researchers have observed that the decline in the reading habits of students is as a result of technological innovations such as social networking. According to Agwu and Kalu (2011), the abuse of new technologies contributes to students’ poor reading. They opined that in this era of information and communication technology, the general orientation of young people has unconsciously changed from reading and the love of books to these new technologies. They further emphasized that people now live in the generation of ipod, laptop, iphone, facebook, twitter and other social networking sites, thereby reading has been literarily sacrificed on the altar of modern technologies. While social networking has become a staple of social interaction, therein lays a great deal of potential dangers. Marsh (2012) noted that social networking sites like every good things, has a flip side as well. Sites such as facebook, MySpace and Twitter can also have a negative effect. He relented that social networking are time-consuming as students are gradually becoming addicted to them. The hours and time spent on these sites is enough to be used to acquire knowledge rather such study and useful time is spent social networking. This is the reason Bature (2010 as cited Mbachu, 2011), pointed out that, “a white man once said if you want to hide anything from a Blackman, hide it in a book”. In other words, social networking is taking greater part of students’ studying hours and the negative effects

In this day and age, media plays a gigantic role in the lives of everyone in society. Along with television, video games, movies, and the internet, social media plays a role in kids’ lives as well. As of 2017, 81 percent of people in the U.S. use or have a social media account, according to Statista, the Statistics Portal. However, this may not seem as great as one may think. Media has a large negative effect on the behavior, actions, and mindset of todays’ youth, portraying both male and females in a negative matter.

To start, with Interpersonal Communication, which is the exchange of information between two or more individuals, this has unfortunately been caught in the crossfire of all the new state-of-the-art advances in technology and what we are able to do on social media nowadays. As a result, interpersonal communication now faces the threat of its primary component, face to face communication, not happening as much as it should. It is not happening as

Have you ever been left upset or had the feeling of unacceptance due to using social media? Using any social media of any kind can negative effects on you, these can be, low self- esteem, bulling and your social skills.

Social media is often portrayed as a social handicap to the younger generations due to the lack of communication the face-to-face contact. Despite this belief, social media has created an alternative communication method which is rapidly depleting the physical contact in society. Teenagers are becoming more dependent on their ability to hide behind a computer screen and “socialize” rather than sharing physical contact with their peers. Although social media has created a social handicap in physical contact, it has also created the ability to communicate with people across the world and promote positivity on notable issues. Media has even become a pivotal role in political campaigns in recent years. Social media has become a crucial role in society’s interactions.

Typewriters to computers, telephones to smartphones, written letters to communicating through social media such as snapchat and instagram, demonstrates how times have changed with communication. The earlier generations growing up had to use their imaginations and creative minds in order to be entertained. Playing outside with friends, building forts, and playing school were some of the many favorite activities of children. Today, you see smartphones in the hands of young children, changing children's ideas of fun. Now it is a struggle to find someone that is not a registered user of some type of social media website, such as snapchat, twitter, facebook, or instagram. It is everywhere and extremely hard to get away

The fact that more teens are sharing their personal information makes them more susceptible to dangerous circumstances. 61% of adolescents have received mean or embarrassing posts online and 59% have received mean texts, e-mails or instant messages (Anderson, Bresnahan, & Musatics). According to Procon.org, “In July 2012 Americans spent 74 billion minutes on social media via a home computer, 40.8 billion minutes via apps, and 5.7 billion minutes via mobile web browsers, a total of 121.1 billion minutes on social networking sites”. Spending this amount of time on social media negatively modifies the individual. Social media has been found to affect its users in many ways; socially, mentally, and physically. “Opponents of social networking say that the sites prevent face-to-face communication; waste time on frivolous activity; alter children’s brains and behavior making them more prone to ADHD; expose users to predators like pedophiles and burglars; and spread false and potentially dangerous information” (Procon.org). Social networking sites can lead to stress and offline relationship problems as well as aiding the spread of hate groups. Social media is also very damaging mentally. According to Procon.org, “The use of social networking sites is correlated with personality and brain disorders, such as the inability to have in-person conversations, a need for instant

Do you lack oral communication skills? Oral communication such as, one on one speaking, speeches, debates, and discussions. Are you more comfortable talking on social media than in person? It’s okay if your answer is yes. You are not alone. “Sixty-nine percent of Americans use some type of social media” (Daniel 29). Although social media can help you connect with your friends and family, it can actually cause the reverse; social media promotes isolation.

The Internet, nobody can touch it, eat it, or see it, yet it is such an integrated part of society. The internet allows people to shop for anything they need, and talk to people through websites, forums, blogs, but most commonly social media. Social media is a noun referring to websites and applications (most commonly referred to as app/s) that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking. Social media allows people from all over the world share ideas, works of art, or their talents through bodies of texts, or even a video. But just like a new, harmless cough, there are new symptoms that have yet to develop. In short social media has revolutionized communication, allowing people to make friends with

Without a doubt, one of the greatest developments contributing to human evolution is social media. Before the Internet and social media became popular, people used to communicate to others by using letters, pony express, telegraphs and telephones, which were either slower or expensive or impractical in many areas. But social media has successfully connected people around the globe together in the most efficient way ever. Social media allows people to communicate in real time for casual or business purposes. And it becomes the most convenient way to get a short summary of latest information in communities and around the world. Likewise, social media changes significantly the way people communicate and maintain relationships in current

Our lives seem to be more and more consumed by technology as great advances in this area have continue to be made, especially when it comes to social media. Many researchers have begun to notice that depending on how much time individuals spend on these social media sites, they can negatively affect their daily lifestyle in very significant ways.  For example, social networking has become a huge distraction for students and it can affect their grades depending on how often they check their various accounts while doing class work.  Researchers have also come to find out that social media can contribute to the development of psychological symptoms