Negative Effects On Social Media

Social media is used daily and we spend too much time on it. Truong (2017), a Health News Writer for Refinery29 has said, Teen females that spend just 30 minutes or more on social media daily have a negative view about their body image. The photos posted on social media are unrealistic and make females feel bad about themselves. Social media like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and Twitter puts a lot of pressure on young females to look perfect and if they do not then they are not attractive. Some female teens will start a diet and even develop an eating disorder to look like the females in the media. Females teens spend too much time on social media causing them to have a negative view about their body image and we need to help them have a positive view about their bodies.

In today’s society people are able to access social media with just one click. Social media has a huge effect on people lives. On a teenager’s phone, you can probably find an app for Instagram. Instagram has become on place where you post photos, as you post people like your photo, it’s a way where you can communicate through photos. Posting photos helps people keep an update to your life.

We are all aware of the tremendous impact that social media has had on society, business, and personal life. It has revolutionized the way that people communicate and socialize on the internet. But there are people that believe that social media has been the gathering point of much envy, stress, and negative emotions. This theory is supported by the fact that social media has been the cause of many bullying’s, suicides, and invasions of privacy. Contrary to this belief, the potential for good offered by social media surpasses the bad. It is highly evident that it helps build friendships and connections while also providing society with a global method of communication.

One of the greatest forms of communication in our modern day is social media. With its influences, popularity and global phenomenon, the possibilities are endless; however, there are negative impacts that are far more outstanding. Although it has become a great asset for communication in our modern world; through the freedom, the societal acceptance, leniency and mild punishments, it has led to the rampant use of toxic and hateful speech. Bullies online feel protected and have no fear of punishments.

Peer pressure is an incredibly widespread issue in today’s society, and can have many significant and long lasting effects. Social media plays a huge toll in this major topic. Humans can influence others to do things that they shouldn’t do. Peer pressure can cause many bad things such as drugs, sexting ,alcohol, and gang joining.

Social media plays a huge role in our daily lives. In just over a few years, social media has exceedingly taken over. Twitter is one of the many well-known social media sites today. Many use it as a form to get news and information, while others use it as a way to express themselves. Twitter has greatly impacted our society, both positively and negatively.

Having social media platform changes privacy into public, no matter how private you may try to be. Social media changes everyday no matter the platform. It could be face book, twitter, instagram, or snap chat. The biggest non privacy platform is Face Book. Many people has gotten so use to posting their daily life on social media that it never dons to them that they have no privacy. When people are getting ready to post a “status” or a picture they don’t stop and think about what it is that there posting or take a moment and think like “do I really want the world to know this about me” or “is this picture appropriate for the internet”. Being is okay sometimes for certain things, but everyone needs a little privacy weather it’s safety or something as little as sharing your location. Many people take to instagram and post inappropriate pictures or private pictures like money and things they may do to make their money. They don’t think about the “friends” or “followers” or just anyone in general of who may be watching. Social media today isn’t just a way to tell the world your business, but also one of the biggest ways to get “caught up” if you may be doing anything wrong. On social media people would do anything to be in someone else’s business, they go as far as making fake pages and it’s really the law enforcement “following” or your “friend” on social media.

Society has come a long way with technology over the last few decades. Social media has become one of the most widely used technological advancements. Teenagers and young adults have become so dependent on social media, that many studies have shown an increase in feelings of loneliness, isolation, depression and anxiety, causing them to lack the knowledge and experience to function successfully in social situations.

Bill Gates once said, “Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.” Much like Mr. Gates mentioned, I believe technology must remain as a tool. It is no surprise the growth of technology. Nowadays, everyone is a user of a social media page and it has become a normal thing to be a part of the web community. However, those individuals do not realize their use of technology can negatively affect their emotional/mental, physical, and social wellness. Social media creates an unbalanced lifestyle.

The Thumbs up and Thumbs down of Technology & Social Media in Relation to Food

Social Media today seems like it is always compared to a drug, a lot of people are addicted to it. Considering where technology is right now we aren’t addicted to Social Media, it just turns out to be our daily essential for information that we crave for. Technology has unlocked faster communication and the ability to spread information quickly. Which allows us to connect with the world and discover other people’s perspectives, creating a more diverse view and opinion of topics and information. In addition, not all information is truthful, especially the widespread of fabricated news, but with technology and social media a lot of people can fact check information instead of getting news from mainstream media outlets that alter news to acquire more revenue. And if Social Media is so bad, why does everyone still use it everyday?

The use of social media in modern life in unavoidable. Services like Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat are how we stay connected with friends and document our lives, for better or for worse. Young people are told countless times that we spend far too much time scrolling through newsfeeds and stories, but is there any genuine reason not to? While social media is helpful in countless way, it can also be detrimental to our wellbeing. There is a reasonable balance to be found between social media use and real life.

Tweng (2017) questioned the connection between smartphones and the apparent psychological distress this generation of adolescents is experiencing. One can question if the psychological distress that many adolescents are experiencing when they communicate on their social media sites is not depression. Since social media is a primary source of communication used today, one questions how it affects society and especially the adolescent. Therefore, this research study wants to enrich the existing findings of how rapid communication done thru social media can evoke internalizing symptoms leading today’s adolescents into major depression.

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