Social Media And Its Effects On Society

Social media has become deeply embedded as a part of today’s American culture and lifestyles, changing the way people interact and communicate with one another. Americans use social media every day; to not only communicate, but to express themselves. These online media sites and blogs serve as entertainment for its users and give them a sense of a social life if they do not already have one. Some users become so obsessed with their online lives that they lose the ability to successfully communicate with people in real life. Their craving for the use of social media becomes an addiction to where they can spend countless hours on their social sites. Facebook, a popular social media cite, has been proven to cause Facebook Depression, a sickness in which a person is emotionally depressed and in self denial. Studies have shown that sites such as Facebook, are a direct link to an individual’s physical and emotional well being.

Do people ever think about how much time they spend online? Have they noticed its effects on them? As stated by Andreassen, Pallesen and Griffiths (2016), “Social media have become an increasingly popular leisure activity over the last decade.” Yes, there are always two sides to everything, the good and the bad. Social networking can yield both benefits and problems with similar individuals. Social networking highlights both negative and positive effects also on students, according to the argument from Wang, Chen, and Liang (2011). When it comes to social media, is it more negatives than positives? For example, social media can cause addiction, lack of face to face communication and lowers self-esteem.

Social media, at times, is used to fill a void in one's life. A simple log in and you are instantly connected with hundreds of friends at any time of the day. Unfortunately, people compare themselves to others on social media, which can have a negative impact on one's overall self. Youth are even more susceptible to being more self conscious. Seeing images that are usually altered in some way can make an adolescent feel inadequate. The biggest downfall of social media is that it opens up a plethora of ways to fall victim to cyber bullying. Not only is cyber bullying becoming even more prevalent and problematic, it is affecting children even younger than teenagers. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat among others have an minimum age requirement of 13, yet children younger than this have fallen victim to cyber-bullying. This issue is also common in other countries as well.

Facebook, twitter and instagram are all methods used to share your life with others. You’re able to post pictures and type statuses to inform your friends, followers, etc., what you have been up to and how you have been living your life. Adults usually post pictures and statuses focusing on their family, trips and special events in their lives, while the younger generation takes social media a lot more serious. Every moment of their lives are put out there for the world to see, sometimes without the realization. Teenagers on social media are always trying to impress and one up each other. They sometimes post inappropriate material to try to look as cool as possible without realizing that ultimately employers, teachers, parents, law enforcement and strangers all have the ability to see. The problem is once something is on the internet it is there forever, and if caught you can find yourself in major trouble.

The more technology advances the more we seem to find different ways to communicate world wide. Daily there are many different types of apps and websites being created to share ideas, photos or feelings. It has changed the lives of many people positively and negatively. Ever since social media grew so did bullying. However there are many places bullying can happen, like in school, outside of school, work, or home. There are two different types of bullying, verbal and physical. It can have a small or big impact, depending on the person. Many people will say that the main causes of bullying today is social media because it allows people to communicate with others not having to be face to face and anonymously making it easier to bully others. Although some may argue that social media causes bullying, the truth is that bullying is actually caused by overexposure of private life, the victim becoming the bully, and lack of supervision .

her social media places from followers who wish to be like her. Cooney stated that she does not have anorexia, but that is another part of it. A part of a mental illness such as anorexia is the image the person sees of themselves is different than what they are actually like. So, while we, the viewers, can see her as unhealthily thin she could very well be seeing herself at a normal weight. Another thing is, it is often very hard to admit you have a problem like that so she could be denying it for that reason. But, the problem is because she is denying it as an issue it is also giving the message that it is okay to be thin like that, that it is normal. It is not though. She is unintentionally influencing her viewers and the media is fine with it. There was one attempt to remove her presence from the internet via a petition from concerned parents but it ultimately failed to garner the needed signatures (Kelley). Cooney remains, spreading her body-image in cyberspace. Another thing in the media, especially for teens is the representation of them in movies and shows. Children play children, adults play adults, but teens do not normally play teens. Instead teens are often played by adults whom have long aged out of the awkward stage of puberty and carry no acne. It is another instance of “perfect” body types. Teens feel ugly because their TV “counter parts” lack things like acne or have breasts. Both traits of which are common among grown women. Those things are also things

Throughout the years, social media has increased over the years rapidly by a significant percentage. Social Media is defined as websites that allow users to participate in social networking. The issue of social media has frequently been debated whether it hinders an adolescent development or advances. Often people may assume that social media advances an individual’s development, but social media may hinder an individual’s development due to different negative causes that have been proven by research. Social media is in our communities’ daily lives by anything an individual see’s there is always some social media around them. Although, one may argue that social media advances an individual’s development by the usage of communication with society such as friends, and family. However, social media has hindered an individual’s development because of the improper usage of social media such as violence or cyber bullying, distractions such as texting / communicating with others and privacy being invaded in which anyone can search an individual.

Thank you for your recent editorial titled “Hazards of Social Media” on your LinkedIn page on February 10th, 2016. It was very interesting to read your perspective on social media and its effect on society. Having an undergraduate major in Psychology at the University of Southern California and currently conducting research on social media usage at the Brain and Creativity Institute of USC, I have spent significant time researching the issue of social media.Though I agree that social media can be hazardous if not used effectively, I would like to point out a few flaws in your arguments. I will also state some of the major benefits of social media, along with substantial evidence to back up my statements.

One major downside to social media is cyberbullying. Many teenagers are on social media. Because of this, it makes many teens an easier target to bullying because the bully doesn’t have to be face-to-face with their targets. This means that the target may not be safe even when home, and for those who already have bad home lives, they could become worse. Not to mention the fact that social media makes it easier to spread lies and rumors about other. These reasons can be repeated easier and are harder to reprimand or stop. Altogether, these can add a lot of stress onto already-busy lives of teenagers.

Humans have a strong desire to connect with others and the most popular way of doing so is through social media. Social media has been around since the late 1990s and has risen in popularity due to its ability to allow individuals to communicate with others. Though social media allow communication between individuals, this aspect does not always have a positive outlook on it. This bright and thrilling experience has the potential to turn into a dangerous participation that should not be authorized, most notable kids due to them being the demographic who uses social media the most. Kids are known to perform certain actions that do not create a positive outcome. For social media to allow these types of actions, it will only evolve the platform into a dangerous environment that isn’t suitable for the youth. Due to this, kids should not have social media due to the activities that they could perform. These activities could potentially lead to negative results that can affect their lives.

In recent years, the world has changed by modern technological developments. People in these days are living real revolution and changes that affect in somehow their life. Social media has contributed to link parts of this wide world to each other, and paved the way for all people exchange views and ideas. In addition, social media sites are considered the most widespread on the Internet because of its characteristics that made it different from other websites. Because of social media, people has become living in small town. They do not need to travel in order to getting informations or news. Social media has created easier way to achieve communication between individuals and groups.Social media websites, such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace , High Five, Tagged and YouTube have allowed people to exchange video clips, photos, share files and perform immediate talks and direct communication and interaction between the audience. Despite of advantages of social media that offer to its users, there are some disadvantages that may overcome those advantages. There are a lot of severe criticisms that social media faced because of its negative impact on individuals, families and society. Steal information, break the personal privacy, wasting a lot of time and isolation from people are some of problems that people have faced because of social media. People have divided into two group toward this issue. Some people think that social media has contributed to make their life better.

Social Media: Some say it is taking over our lives one day at a time, while others say today’s generation of children and teens are just the beginning of a technological revolution that will continue to benefit and make our lives easier one day at a time. Through studying the technological benefits as well as more simply growing up in a technological era, the benefits of social media in our everyday lives becomes more and more clear as opposed to being a nuisance to society as some suggest. Social media has proven to be an effective tool in serving and protecting society by providing an outlet for law enforcement to investigate crimes and ultimately get offenders off of the streets. Social media outlets have also proven to be a way to promote a more interactive and easily accessible classroom from any location. With social media readily accessible to almost anyone with access to technology in the world, populations became more informed of the events in their communities, states, countries, and even the world. Through Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat numerous social revolutions have been sparked and accelerated in their efforts such as “Black Lives Matter”, “Blue Lives Matter”, and the Egyptian Revolution. Social media, through the benefits to society, the educational system, as well as to the population as a whole, has proven to help society by informing and protecting social media users and nonusers alike.

Social media seems to have taken over. It seems every twelve to fifty-year-old I know is glued to their smartphone or tablet, Tweeting, checking in on Facebook, sending silly pictures via SnapChat, or posting their last meal on Instagram. Not to mention all of the people followed on Tumblr, Pinterest, and Untappd that aren’t known personally, they just have common interests and shared ideas. What does this mean for our developmentally vulnerable youth?

Social media, also called social networking, is becoming increasingly dangerous to young people in all areas of the world. Social media was created to do great things like connect people with their family and friends, allow individuals to stay in touch with news, and have vast information at their fingertips. However, like most things, social media has drifted from its original purpose and if not used carefully and responsibly can be harmful to mental health. Considering the immense push toward social media it is important to note that the negative impact it has on the mental health of its users is growing exponentially.

Today, there are just over 3 billion active internet users. Today using social media is the most common activity of children. People have technology right at the tip of their fingers, which isn’t exactly a good thing. Internet use is changing the way people are living their lives, and causing unhealthy addictions. Social networking sites do have a beneficial effect. They make it easier to keep up with their distant friends and family. However, these sites are preventing real life relationships. Although many people think they need social networking sites to keep up with their friends, networking sites should have a limited access policy, because it discourages too many people from physical interaction, identity theft has become a much bigger issue, and nothing is done about cyber bullying on these sites.