Social Media Negatives

According to the Pew Research Center, “41% of social media-users have experienced at least one negative outcome as a result of using a social networking site.” In this article, Norton uses logos, pathos, and ethos to explain his standpoint to his audience. Logos are used when Norton brings up the legal issues of social media such as privacy concerns. Bringing the reader into Norton’s own personal experiences of abuse and name-calling uses pathos. Finally, ethos are used indirectly in the article due to the fact that Norton is a writer and has experience with social networking and the negative impact it can have. Norton uses logos, pathos, and ethos by establishing evidence and logical points in his article to persuade his audience against using social networking.

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.

According to a recent study by IDC Research, 80% of smartphone users check their phones within 15 minutes of waking up each morning.

In today’s century social media is the main way to communicate with people with people all over the world. It has become very popular... even more popular than a text or video message. Social media is a computer technology that facilitates the creation and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via communities and networks. The variety of social media services that are currently available can help benefit businesses, introduce an event, or even help you find a friend, family member, or long lost soulmate. Some social sites even help you find love. However, there are many positive things that can come out social media but there are many negatives too.

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:

In modern times, there has been increase in the usage of social media in communication. The platform such as Twitter and Facebook has been employed in marketing, where marketers target the users of the social media. Through the social media, individuals have been in a position to reach a high number of friends and family members.

The internet as we know it today was brought to the world in 1983, since then it has gone in many different directions, but the social media websites and apps have taken over the internet over the last fifteen years. It all started with a website called Myspace, which hit the internet in 2003. Since then, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and many other social media platforms have become a huge hit. These platforms have truly changed the world in so many amazing ways, they’ve brought couples together, created job opportunities, and even allowed people to become “social media famous”. There are plenty of social media stars for just about any and every category you can think of, beauty, adventure, collectors, etc. My question is, what negative impacts have social media influencers such as Kim Kardashian and Jay Alvarrez had on people’s lives today? While social media celebrities bring a lot of light to subjects, they also have a lot of negative impacts that come with them, such as body image issues, self-esteem issues, unrealistic realities, and they have had a negative impact of people’s basic communication skills.

In the article, Liliana Escobar-Chaves and Craig Anderson focus on how youth are spending more time on social media and how that time spent of social media is causing them to bring negative effects to society. The authors go on to explain how the trends in increased social media use is increasing the health risks of obesity, smoking, drinking, unsafe sex and violence. The authors provide an in-depth look into each health risk and provide multiple facts and research studies to help support their claims. These research studies provide a good and clear understanding into how the increase in the use of social media can have a negative effect on the health risks they mentioned in the article.

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

Social networking has revolutionized our world, but has aroused many difficulties. CNN says, “teens spend 9 hours a day...consuming media” and “girls spending about an hour and a half a day on social media and boys a little under an hour”. Teens are so caught up socializing with friends on Instagram or checking the feed, that they have forgotten how to properly talk to anyone they meet in public. Teens are having trouble distinguishing between a true friendship and a fake one. While social networking is easy, teens are having trouble balancing their “in person” conversations and online conversations. In addition, many teens find posts about events they weren’t invited to, causing a sense of exclusion. Pewinternet.org says, “the bulk of teens (42%) saying it happens occasionally and just 11% saying it happens frequently.” about finding post about uninvited events. Teens also have to think carefully about what they post, so they can get the best reaction from friends or a certain number of likes. This results in a vast waste of time and unnecessary stress pertaining to a simple matter.

The first recognizable social media site, Six Degrees, was created in 1997. Users could upload a profile and make friends with other users. In the early 2000s, social media site such as MySpace and Linkedin gained prominence. Sites such as Photobucket and Flickr allowed users to share photos. In 2005, YouTube allowed people to communicate and shared globally. Facebook and Twitter went global in 2005 and remain the most popular social media networks today (Hendricks, 2013). The intent of social media was to allow people to remain in contact; however, people are feeling more alone and disconnected. Social media has a negative impact on close friendship development.

As mentioned previously Social media does have positive aspects, the main one being easy communication with the vast majority of the world. Facebook being one of the easiest social media sites to communicate with friends, family, and to meet new people. “While online social networks differ from face-to-face social networks in important ways, they nonetheless function as a viable channel for interaction.” (Noor Al-Deen and Hendricks 12). Communicating through social media allows the opportunity to keep up to date and to communicate with anyone we

Firstly, we need to understand what social media is. From a broader and vague perspective, social media can be referred as the wide variety of mobile and Internet-based services that allow users to contribute to online exchanges, join online communities, or contribute user-created content. Although social has helped us learn more and educate ourselves on many things, it has a lot of mental effects on our bodies. It has detrimental effects on our wellbeing (Bányai et al. 52). Social media is a platform that has an increasingly significant impact not only on our mental health but also multiple facets of modern life beyond online communication. This platform is misleading the teens and the young adults because they are the most who spent a lot of time socializing online and doing all manner of things thus exposing themselves to the risk of developing the mental problems. They get all negative effects that are associated with social media because they spent most of their time online. Although social media has more good than harm, we also need not spend most of our time online as this will bring us many mental problems that can affect our entire life. Social media has vast negative effects on oneself, specifically on depression, addiction, self-esteem, and confidence, therefore we need to regulate the usage of it to avoid these problems in the future.

Used by the majority of Americans, social media has become a prominent source of entertainment, education, and communication. Social media is consistently at the fingertips of the average American, however, with this much exposure it has been shown to display negative effects, including of mental illness, addiction, low self-esteem and an outlet for bullying. Eventually, this can result in the downfall of social media