Negative Effects Of Social Media

Next time you are out in public, notice how many people are immersed in their cellular devices. I bet you will see a lot, and most likely these people are on their social media accounts. According to Brooke Lusk, the database and media manager for the Prevention Researcher, social media can be defined as, “an aspect of the internet which allows individuals and groups to create and publish online content, share the content, and interact about it.” These days, people are very involved with the internet and social media. Some think this is a benefit while others think this is a detriment for many reasons. Social media allows people to stay connected and explore new things, but there are many negative aspects that can affect self esteem, cause

It has become extremely common for an individual to sign into their Facebook account, and see a picture that they feel exposed a little too much. Check into their Instagram account, and regret letting everyone know what their location was. Feel uncomfortable, or bullied by a tweet that a person posted to their Twitter. Per Farheen’s article on negative effects of social media “participating in social media sites such as these can make you feel more connected” (Sagheer 1). It is not okay for individuals to feel victimized due to the negative effects of social media. Social media tends to distract, humiliate, and destroy one-self through entertainment. If people would donate more time to things more supplemental to their growth, and limit their use of social media, then maybe people would stop walking over the harm that social media presents to our community. Monitoring the time invested into social media will help eliminate most of the detriment, privacy issues, and bullying flowing through today’s society.

Many people can remember the early days of social media, chatting with friends and family and playing simple games to pass the time. Today, social media has turned into an essential of American culture. Everywhere people go today, we are surrounded by social media. People have begun to increase their time spent chatting on places like Facebook, Twitter, and many others. In today's society, the changing and advancing social media of the modern age, specifically online entertainment, seems to be bringing people to the point of addiction at an astonishing rate.

Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are commonly used among the younger generations, but can the excessive use of these apps cause mayhem? According to a new study conducted by the Family Technology Education Non-Profit Group, teenagers are spending nearly 9 hours a day on social media. The excessive use of social media is a bad influence on adolescents because of the negative impacts it has. Social media can cause direct impacts to the mental health, safety, and lives of its users. Teenagers need to ensure that they are being cautious and responsible while using different social media networks.

In today’s society, social media is an important tool that many people use daily for

Online networking platforms are causing a growth issue in social and relationship growth. An issue that not only affects southerners, but the entire modern world. This is becoming more evident in younger generations who have never known life without it. It has become necessary to limit and control our usage of these online networking resources. There are a few statements that can be proven that lead to this necessity: social media can create unnecessary problems in people’s lives, there are people who resort to social media for things that they shouldn’t, there are people who use online dating for the wrong reasons and hurt others because of it, online dating and social media has become a go to thing for people, and there are online networking platforms that undermine face to face interactions. There are still good things that can come out of online networking platforms, but it is high time people recognized the importance of limiting and controlling their usage of these online networking resources.

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.

Social media has a lengthy list of cons and downturns which in return I fear will degrade and decrease youth’s minds and lifestyles in general as social media has become such a significant way of functioning on a day to day basis. Few aspects of this would include privacy and safety, Internet sex crimes, cyber-bullying, personality and brain disorders in children, possibility of depression and anxiety and self identification. This makes it difficult for users to fully comprehend the consequences of a world where social media can take over. I will discuss why I believe social media will produce negative effects in youths and adolescence in the future.

Media has become more accessible and free of restrictions as time goes on. Media continues to grow and has become a major part of our everyday lives; especially, our exposure to social media. Young girls have better access than ever to ads, images, and videos that depict distorted body images. The effects of these images and people have had a negative effect on a lot of young girls' lives. Things such as social media are showing young women what they should look like, but those ideas are not realistic. Most of the thing girls see on a day-to-day basis are posed, edited, and altered to show what our society views as 'ideal' and 'average', when in fact it is the opposite. Young girls today are being exposed to more and more media of the same body type. Fashion and modeling industries have been rising in popularity. Young girls are seeing these models and wanting to be like them. They want their lives to look just like the models’ lives they see on their Instagrams. Many girls will become disappointed with their lives and bodies because they are not seen as the best. Young girls are also seeing Internet stars and celebrities who have this body type and they are being idealized as what is perfect. Young girls idolize them and want to be just like them. Exposing girls to overly sexualized media so early in their lives, and at such a vulnerable time, is very unhealthy for both their mental and physical state of minds. For many people it becomes an unhealthy situation and a

Furthermore, the constant use of social media is causing depression, anxiety, and body image disorders. Every time an individual enters a social media environment it’s inevitable that they will come across users who present this perfect life full of the extraordinary events they experience. Platforms, however, are only meant to

Our youth’s lifestyle has been negatively impacted by social media, affecting their self-concept and self-worth. Social media has changed and warped our teen’s thinking to reflect something completely different about themselves and their relationships with others than what is actual reality. Our teen’s self-concept has negatively decreased over the years with the more prevalent introduction of social media. With social media comes the risk of cyber bullying, unrealistic body images, pressure to look a certain way and the pressure to always be available and our youth is showing serious repercussions of the social media world that we are living in. Teen’s

In today 's society we fail to realize how easy we can access social media sites without any precautions. The accessibility may be different depending on not only the location, but it can very well differentiate through different states. The effects in which social media from the basic functions of social media websites, how sex offenders can access these websites without there being any type of consequences and how other countries can have access to their own social media.

Imagine the world without any form of social media: No Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, or Twitter. We would have to stop endlessly scrolling through our feeds. We would not be able to conquer the constant overwhelming urge inside of us that makes social media a popular dependency. We would have to look up from our phones and see the world around us. Our society today solely revolves around the use of social media. Even though social media can be an exciting form of entertainment for many, the amount of hours spent on social networking is clearly unhealthy. Kelly Wallace, a television journalist who reports for CNN, states that “on any given day, teens in the United States spend about nine hours using media for their enjoyment”. On average, teenagers spend sixty-three hours a week on social media and about two hundred and fifty two hours on social media in a typical month. Despite the negative effects of social media, such as cyberbullying, depression, and unrealistic body standards, teenagers keep returning to their favorite apps for entertainment purposes. Disturbing websites and apps can be found on the internet and recent suicides have been linked to the use of social media that have taken place all around the world. In one case, The Blue Whale Challenge has caused over 130 deaths in Russia. The challenge gives unsuspecting people tasks to complete such as cutting your body and watching scary videos. At the end of the challenge, the last task is to commit suicide or else someone would supposedly go and kill the player’s family. Police in the United Kingdom are currently warning parents and children about the dangerous social media phenomenon. Social media can be a great source of communication but is a cruel and menacing commodity when used incorrectly. The increasingly high demand for social media is driving our world into a downward spiral and is creating a cynical environment. The unhealthy addiction to social media is a serious issue that needs to come to an end.

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

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