Positive And Negative Effects Of Social Media

Social networking sites (referred to more broadly as social media) are a collection of websites and applications that enable users to swap ideas, post updates and comments, and participate in activities and events while sharing their interests with other users. From general chit-chat to propagating breaking news, scheduling a date to following election results, gentle humor to serious research, social networking sites are used for a variety of reasons by various user communities. Nowadays, nearly every person who has access to a computer and Internet indulges in some kind of social networking on a daily basis. The introduction of social media has changed the entire dynamics of our lifestyles: the ways we live, work, and maintain our friendships. Despite its numerous advantages, social media does yield some negative effects. However, the benefits of social media greatly outweigh its negative effects.

After debating whether social media has a positive or negative effect on teens, it has been concluded that social media has a negative impact on the developing teenager. Social media can be a great tool at times, by being a means to communicate with friends, classmates, and family members; It can also help spread your ideas, hobbies and life experiences. But after reading the article Studies Offer Mixed Messages On Social Media’s Effects On Young People, By The Baltimore Sun, it explains how social media has a negative effect on teens by causing them to compete (to have a better social media feed), change their body to fit into society (the ideal body shape) and the way it can makes someone feel.

The Oxford dictionary defines privacy as the state or condition of being free from being observed or disturbed by other people (2017). It should not come as a surprise that websites designed to share pictures, ideas, and what is for dinner, leave individuals feeling that their privacy has been invaded. It is also not surprising that some people are oblivious to the effects of what they post online. It is safe to say the loss of privacy can be self-imposed for societies need to collaborate and socialized is the reason social media sites were created in the first place. Jeff Jarvis tells the need for “publicness” or the need to be public is strong upon our society today (Berkman, 2012). In today’s technology age, when everything can be found in just a matter of clicks, it is easy to overshare. Yet the information that is published or posted on social media sites is not the only information that is gathered and stored. Many social media sites such as Facebook, collect data behind the scenes and sell it to marketing firms and other data collection firms. Every “like” or when signing into other sites using Facebook credentials, something new is learned about the user. Infringement of privacy, whether self-imposed or not, can have both positive and negative effects on an individual in a social media environment.

Social refers to interacting with others by sharing information that’s important and media refers to the many different ways there is to communicate with people. It could be the radio, newspaper, tv and the most important one the internet. Social media is the most important network. It's used by everyone on a daily basis. People have different opinions on this topic. Many think that social media is “good”, others think it is “bad” and some think it could be indifferent. Social media is positive because it allows people to connect with friends and family. However, social media can be negative because of cyberbullying, privacy and safety.

social media is an online medium with its users can easily participate, share and create content including blogs, social networks, wikis, forums and virtual worlds. online media also use web-based technology that turns communication into interactive dialogue, and makes it easier for people to communicate with people who are far away.

In a world where technology and social media are essentials to everyday life, parents need to know the negative effects it has on their children. Since the rapid growth of the internet in the past several decades, social media has become one of its most utilized services. Today’s youth document their everyday lives through various social media platforms such as Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, among many others. Although many will believe that this is considered an escape for teens in this crazy world we live in, there are negative repercussions that come with social media. The negative effects of social media outweigh the positive effects which in turn create a major concern for our youth. They are our future and we need them to prosper in order to better their own lives. Being exposed to social media may lead to cyberbullying, poor health and negative life decisions, and lack of social skills. Parents and guardians should be more informed on this issue in order to protect their children from the negative effects of social media.

“Wait! I have to check my social media!” This statement is something said by most people at some point in their life or even daily. Media is swarmed in our daily lives through television, radios, broadcasts, social networking, etc. The media allows us to keep track of friends, entertain us, online shopping, being alert, and more, but can the media be bad for us with all the miraculous benefits? Media does not always sugarcoat things with violence or tell us about the hackers deep within the systems. It is important to see the difference in the good and bad parts of the media and make sure that you are taking in a healthy amount of media without it being harmful to your state of being. Media has so many good benefits, but media can be harmful with our physical and psychological health, productivity, jobs, and relationships.

Today in everyday life we all have some sort of device. We all possess access to social media in some way, shape or form. Social media plays a huge part of everyone’s life. We constantly look at our phones on every beep. We read every post on Facebook. We never thought how that affects the youth and with them following us, who knows what they might find on the World Wide Web. Social media in the hands of the youth can have devastating effects, even adults misuse social media and make it become a problem in their lives or others. With the continued use of social media, we leave ourselves vulnerable in every possible way. Being left vulnerable is something that should not be taken lightly, this

Everyday technology is improving—allowing consumers to easily access and stay plugged into social media sites every minute of every day. But what impact does this constant connection have on a person? Growing up, I didn’t have internet so I wasn’t able to have an account on any platform of social media. This lack of access had me feeling left out, but allowed me to visibly see the effects social networking sites had on my peers throughout my childhood. Though I did create accounts on Facebook, Snapchat, and Tumblr after I moved out, I felt I had a better awareness of the potential effects social media could have on me, because of how I saw it affect others in my past. Some argue that social networking is a healthy way to connect and bring people across the globe together. Others believe it leads people to develop depressive symptoms, experience anxiety, and overall be dissatisfied with their lives. As access to technology and being “plugged-in” becomes the norm, it is necessary to take note the impact it can have on a person’s life. Although some believe social networking sites have many benefits, given what we’re learning about the effects of social media on older adolescents and young adults, parents should think twice before allowing young children to use social networks

It’s estimated that 1.96 billion people have social media network. Social media is a website and application that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking. How does social media negatively impact our society? Here’s a story about a 14 year-old-girl named Hannah Smith who’s from Lutterworth, England. Hannah was bullied by anonymous participants online who influenced her to drink bleach and cut herself, she was subjected to cruel taunts and was being insulted about her weight. Due to the bullying online, Hannah committed suicide. According to Laid “More than 4500 kids commit suicide each year due to social networking” (Laid 1).Social media has a negative impact because it increases the chance for someone to get bullied, causes lack of studying which affects grades and leads teens to get diagnosed with a mental disorder.

When one thinks of social media one of the first things that comes to mind is an application such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Tumblr and many other applications that allow one to share information on the internet. So taking that into consideration one can deduce that social media is any application or website that allows one to share information about them or about other things on the worldwide web in real-time. Before social media people wrote letters, sent telegrams or used Morse code. Writing letters and use of Morse code is being applied in some parts sending telegrams was phased out. Social media came with the advent of the modern technological age at the turn of the century. It is with the birth of computers, the internet, and the modern phone that social media took off. Of course with the coming of social media, many ripple effects were felt. Some of the effects were positive. Case in point, information is shared instantaneously and in real-time across the whole globe. The world has been transformed into one global village because of social media. As all things have yin and yang, social media came with a number of side effects; effects that shall be espoused in this paper.

When someone says the words “social media”, many people immediately think about posts and likes, comments and messages, a way to connect with your friends from far away and other positive thoughts. However, some of our political leaders have been using social media to their advantage, using sites such as twitter to influence people to vote for their party. Fake news also is very easy to spread on social media, causing propaganda to increase in our society. In our democratic society, we believe that ‘the people have a say’ but with the dangerous spread of fake news throughout the media, our democracy and citizens alike may be at risk. Of course, when someone tweets something on twitter you are not likely to think much of it. But these

In recent years there has been an epidemic on the modern way of connecting with others through online communication. Media and corporate processes all use social networking to expand within industries and give others more accessible, accurate and user-friendly processes. With all upcoming stages in society they have impacts on society being both positive and negative.

Social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter are amongst the most popular destinations on the web. No doubt in some cases this has contributed to Internet Addiction Disorder, but have they on the whole had a positive effect in our lives? Some believe that the benefits provided by social network sites such as Facebook have made us better off as a society and as individuals, and that, as they continue to be adopted by more diverse populations, we will see an increase in their utility. Anecdotal evidence of positive outcomes from these technologies — such as political activities organized via Facebook or jobs found through LinkedIn — is well-known, but now a growing corpus of research on social networks sites

There is no denying that within the last ten years, most of our lives have been changed by the advent of multiple venues of social media. Friends are made, old friends found, enemies are made, stars are born, elections are won, lost and tampered with, all due to the invention of social media. Has this type of media has positively or negatively affected the written word? My first thought is that it has a negative net effect on the writing overall, but as I began to research the topic, I discovered that some experts think the opposite. When I speak of the written word, I am referring to both formal writing for educational purposes and writing within the social media format. What is social networking? “A social network is a dedicated website or application that allows people to communicate with others using profiles, messages, comments, and images. Social networks usually include a list of friends, allowing information to be provided only to the people a user chooses. Examples of social networks include Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter.” (Wood)