Potential Benefits Of 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.

In this essay I'm going to argue whether I think social media is helpful or not. My personal opinion is that social media does help teenagers because it gets people to be themselves and not be afraid. Although people think that the internet makes teenagers be not social active I think that's wrong. I think that's wrong because most teenagers get naturally don't like interacting in real life but on the internet they may feel more safe on what to say or not say. Well to know more about how I feel about the internet keep reading.

There is much controversy over whether or not the risks of social media outweigh the benefits. While it can be used for numerous types of criminal activity, it can also be used to stop these crimes and other criminals. Just a few examples of occurrences that can negatively affect or even inflict physical harm on people through social media usage include things such as cyberbullying, sexual predation, robbery, etc. These things can permanently affect people’s lives or even, in some cases, kill them. Given these risks, there are also many strategies the police utilize to catch criminals, which would not be possible without social media. So, which is it? Does the amount of predators or cyberbullies online and on social media give ample enough reason to consider social media more help than harm, or are there enough good things that result from social media usage to consider social media a valuable asset? Social media can be used as a tool in law enforcement, but there are too many negative factors, like crime and cyberbullying, that were directly caused by social media to consider it much of an asset.

Is social media beneficial, or has it served as a hindrance to our society? This has been a reoccurring topic for quite sometime now and honestly, I believe that it has been both a "blessing" and a "curse". I am guilty of using social media way too much--it's pretty much a drug if you ask me. No matter how many times I tell myself that I am going to stay off for at least a day, I always find myself slipping in a tweet of some random Drake song lyric (that's pretty sad, I know). Besides personal addiction, using networks like Twitter and Instagram have actually expanded my outlook on different issues and trending topics. I do not really watch TV, so I never watch the news, however, though social media I usually find out all that I need to know.

Social media is a medium to socialize with the outside environment, the media to get more information. Social media is very good in the field of learning, because social media is very helpful for people to gain more insight. social media. besides in terms of learning, social media is also very good to make money, for example selling online and as a place of promotion that is very profitable because the social media made sales and promotions are free of charge from the internet

Dr. Judith Burdin Asuni is the Executive Director of Academic Associates PeaceWorks, a Nigerian NGO working in the fields of conflict management, peace and development and peace education. Dr. Asuni has researched and written extensively on conflicts in Nigeria, particularly in the Niger Delta. AA PeaceWorks has established a social media team to engage Nigerian youth on their participation in building a better Nigeria. Mrs. Jacqueline Farris serves as Director General of the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation and is also responsible for development of the Foundation’s programmes which focus on public

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.

Many parents place their children in sports due to the fact that they want them to interact. There are many causes to why they do this. In this generation, due to the fact that social media is super popular and at a very young age kids start to use it, it prevents them from having a very social outside life. You may think that social media is a way to socialize with other, but it is not the same as being outdoors or being around others. Children should be required to interact with people. Children who tend to start to play sports at a young age, are the ones who are more social and are very much out there with people, children who would rather sit at home and not interact with anyone are the ones who do not know how to communicate with others most of the time.

When people want to look for love, they look at eharmony.com. If they want to see what others are doing, they take a look at Facebook. Individuals who want to live in a better neighborhood look for Realtor.com. Society has different views of social media: people may feel out that social media is beneficial to their needs and it is a great tool used to socialize while others may argue that it creates a conflict in people’s lives. The benefits of social media outlets like Facebook and Yahoo News allow people to read the most updated news reports, keep in touch with families, or purchase things via online shopping. However, there are disadvantages and concerns over the misuse of social media websites, including distribution of misleading information that may lower self-esteem and may lead to discord in personal lives. Therefore, the values of social media are mixed.

Reza Shrestha Sherry Sharifian Government 2305-71013 4th November, 2017 Social Media and Politics Social media is a technology that is computer based and used by people for their research activities and communicating purposes. 1 Social media is a very good platform for people to express their feelings. 2 Some popular social media sites are Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. For a person, the use of social media can be a boon as well as curse. Effective use of social media can help a person to broaden their knowledge. On the other hand, social media can be harmful if misused. Social media is a public platform and if anything said wrong can result in hurting other people feelings which ultimately creates conflict between individuals or a group. So, social media should be used effectively to gain more knowledge and reduce conflicts.

The first recognizable social media site was created in 1997. It was called Six Degrees. In 1999, the first blogging sites became popular. Even though social media is only about 20 years old, it has consumed the lives of many people. It may be easy to argue that social media has positively impacted the world, but has it really? To test this position, one will have to consider the ability of social media to spread information and its effect on businesses, jobs, and relationships.

     In today’s generation teenagers use the internet and social media so often that it has become a normal part of their lives along with a necessity. But why does the majority of people think negatively about this? Maybe because many media outlets tend to make the focal points on the negatives that they bring but don’t see the substantial remarkable benefits they have.  But what exactly defines the internet and social media? They are viewed as global computer networks that contain sources of useful information and as a tool and aid for a variety of options. Both the internet and social media ease all fields such as communication.  Social media and the internet gives teenagers a chance to empower themselves in many ways because they provide an extensity of benefits and opportunities.

Before anything else we would start with the quote, "Safety is a cheap and effective insurance policy." In any angle, this quote is a fact and applies on each one of us in our day to day battle with what we call life. It is indeed a cheap but effective way of being safe not just physically but also, mentally and socially. Sometimes, when a person is too much pleased, they intend to forget a lot of things, including their safety. Well, we can 't stop these problems and threats but, we could avoid or prevent it from happening.

Social media is now a part of our life the question that I am addressing is whether is has a positive or negative affect on our lives. We hear a lot now days about people putting a lot of information on social media. Now social media is neither good or bad it is how people use it to their advantage. We will now talk about the positivity, the negativity and give advice on how to use social media positively.

Society relies on information that they obtain from the news, media, social media sites to gather the newest information or current events. As the technology years keep advancing there are newer forms of finding out current events or situations that are occurring around the world. People are now able to get news faster then what they have a century ago. There’s social media sites like Facebook, there are news channel apps that send you alerts on your cellular device when the story gets posted and there are the tv stations that broadcast breaking news live right when the situation is happening. These forms of media have changed from when it was just newspapers.