Positive And Negative Influence In Social Media

Social media is a very popular and widely used medium of entertainment in today’s society that allows people to connect and congregate from all over the world without having to leave the comfort of home. In order for many people to relieve social isolation and loneliness, social media unravels new pathways of communication and can be used to help people open up and express their opinions (Naruse). It can give people the chance to share and express their ideas to a large audience and receive feedback. Large and small businesses alike use this platform of communication in order to relay information about their products and services faster by using promotions and advertisements on social media websites. While social media has proven itself to be helpful and beneficial in today’s society, there are many studies that show how it can take quite a toll on the mental health and wellbeing of the people who constantly use it.

Being on social media daily, affects the youth-even adults- physically, socially, and emotionally/mentally. Because technology is so addictive, over the past few years, social media has begun to influence and take control of our lives.

Would you have come out different if your parents used a different parenting style? If you are considered "cool" now could you have come out a nerd if your parents would have used a different parenting style? "Parenting style is one of the primary determinants of your child's outcome whether he succeeds, achieves, meets the challenges, flounders, gives up, or runs from or fails in handling life." (6) The purpose of this paper is to describe the outcomes, processes, labor, and techniques of parenting in a psychological point of view. Parenting styles are defined as the "manner in which parents express their beliefs on how to be a good or bad parent." (4) Each parenting style has its weaknesses and strengths. All parents incorporate love and

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.

Has social media put a negative or positive impact on society today? Many people wouldn’t know how to answer this question, because many of us don’t know what life was like without the use of technology. Online social networks allow many people to access unavailable hardcopy resources for academic research; but, online social networks are not good for society because it allows the spread of unreliable and false information, can lead to stress and offline relationship problems, and causes people to spend less time interacting with others face-to-face.

Social media has become a prominent part of life for many young people today. Most people engage with social media without stopping to think of its influence on our lives, whether positive or negative. What will the long term effects of today's social media use be for our youth? Social media has revolutionised how most of us communicate, especially regarding young people, even in the most remote Indigenous communities in Australia youth culture is being reshaped through digital technologies. Young people are provided with a range of positive opportunities to maintain social connections and support via online social networks as well as learning and participating with a multitude of interests. Along with these opportunities there are also risks associated with social media such as social isolation or loss of privacy as well as cyberbullying and self-esteem pressures. We need to develop the opportunities offered by digital and social media to promote learning and wellbeing for our youth that is inclusive of young people’s input and ideas.

The first thoughts that come to mind for many adults regarding social media are quite unfavorable. Profiles on Facebook, tweets on Twitter, and photos on Instagram all tend to have a negative connotation because they are typically associated with isolation, narcissism, and mental illnesses; however, the impacts of social media are greatly determined by how a person uses it. While one person may lose themselves in the online world that social media creates, another may greatly benefit through meeting new people and learning about new topics, such as other cultures, political views, etc., that can be introduced into their real lives outside of their online lives. Social media, while it can sometimes lead to a sense of loneliness and

Social media is one of the largest industries in the world “there are more than two billion active social media users worldwide, representing a global penetration rate of 28 percent” (Bennet). Whether you like it or not it seems almost everyone in the United States is involved in some form of social media. While it has many positives such as increased communication and spreading of ideas, it also has several very annoying negatives:

With the arrival of social media, the ability to communicate and reach out to others became easier than it had ever been in history. At the same time, the various formats of social media began to show a darker aspect where it began to be abused. People have begun to attack others with it, used it to bring others down and hide themselves behind carefully crafted selfies and artsy photos of their daily life. People communicate almost entirely on social media today, keyboards and screen replacing face to face interactions and hanging out with friends. Some say that new technology always frightens older generations and is deemed to be dangerous in some way, but others see social media’s increasing popularity becoming more of a hinderance than a help. This paper will examine the negative side effects of social media and propose ways of using social media in a healthier way to not only promote positive communication, but also healthier mindsets.

DING! The sound of a smartphone going off can signal a variety of things: a text from a loved one, a weather alert, an e-mail from a coworker, or perhaps an update from a social media site. Any of these alerts or notifications may be important, but it is the update from social media that possibly has the largest effect. When it comes to America, a great majority of the population is active on social media; 65 percent of American adults use a social networking site (Perrin, 2015). When it comes to teenagers, 73 percent of American teens are involved in the use of social media (Lenhart, Purcell, Smith, & Zickhur, 2010). On a world-wide level, it has been estimated that there is a total of 2 billion people, more than one fourth of the world’s

Social media is used as a tool to talk to loved ones and friends to make us feel close to them, but it has been shown that social media has the exact opposite effect. It's makes some people feel alone, while other people live it up in trash cans with their egos as big as Rockefeller’s network. Common sense seems to dictate that it would be smarter to not put so much value on one photo, but in the memories that those photos hold, but, nowadays people only care about the photos, not memories. Its result is a generation filled with young kids suffering with mental health problems.

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.

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.

As parents we must start by providing our children with a positive self-esteem to start with and then by teaching our children how to manage sites and teaching them how to handle criticism from others in a positive way. We need to know what they are doing when they are on social media- Stay informed! We need to encourage them and show them they can talk to us-as parents about anything as well as letting them talk on their phone around us openly. Get them to open up about their conversations, teach them how to encourage others to seek someone out with concerns they may have. Always talk and listen to others. We as adults need to be a positive role model. Make sure our children as well as us remember not everything you seen on the media is 100 percent original. That almost everything from reading an ad and or article to pictures has been modified in some way. Watch for pattern changes in your children’s behavior as well as adults. These can be telling signs that they are struggling with something- could be a body image or that they are getting bullied. If someone’s behavior changes, make sure they know they are not alone and they have someone to count on and try to help them early on before it gets too big.

Due to the continuity and change of body image stereotypes on social media, there are both positive and negative effects on a person’s personal and social identity. As content on social media evolve and start to embrace body positivity, males and females become more confident in expressing their social identity and feel more positive about themselves. Other content from peers can also help to inspire positive feelings. For example, motivation posts that help to inspire confidence can positively impact persons who use social media through their personal and social identity, helping them to feel less insecure and increase self esteem.