Social Networking : The Causes And Dangers Of Social Media

Social media can be described as a set of websites, online platforms, or applications that give people an opportunity to create, publish or use, save, and share content like images, videos, or text materials over the internet. Regardless on the social media places, anyone can become a publisher, post and comment whatever they would like, disregarding the social media policies. It is seen as a form of convenience that gives people the liberty to express their ideas and thoughts without fear or favor, which offers a kind of democracy, where the rule of the majority wins. Social media permits users to abuse, intimidate, and put threats to others without any fear of punishment. Social media grants its users the opportunity to abuse, intimidate,

Social Media is affecting our society in a negative way. From being the number one cause of divorce, ruining people’s careers, and being a haven for teen suicides, many misfortunes arise due to social media. People may not notice its damaging side effects yet it is slowly but surely proving detrimental to all involved in the game. By taking a step back and maintaining self-control, any human being immersed in the frenzy of social media can enjoy its perks without getting caught up in the whirlwind of unfortunate events.

The book, I Know Who You Are and I Know What You Did, by Lori Andrews, states that social network as in Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Instagram, Snapchat, and etc. causes conflict in many aspects of life. In today society, social media seems to reveal more a more negative side of the public. Andrews also states that social media is a distraction to every aspect of life including job careers, education, politics, religion, family, and even death. Invading privacy on social media and violating rights of others can cause disturbing commotion and could lead to prosecution. People should use discretion when posting online, and make sure not to post anything purposely offensive or distasteful and graphic content.

According to the article entitled “ The Good and Bad of Social Media” by Jason Howie, “ They have looked particularly at its effects on human emotion and relationship. Some studies show that using social media can cause depression.” The usage of the media doesn't just slow you down but can slowly shut your real life down. Therefore social media ends up hitting you from left to right or any possible way it has. The mindset of always wanting to be on it can destroy your life routines, makes you put up with things you shouldn’t put up with. Sometimes, people end up getting bullying and killed for some unnecessary things they do on the media. Furthermore, Howie writes “ We expect more from technology and less from one another. More and more, we desire technologies that provide a false idea of a relationship.” We depend on the media to give us the answers instead of asking our surroundings and communicating with them. We always believe what media tells us and whether it's false or not, we use it believing it's better than our own knowledge. Our privacy isn’t privacy because media after media we end up in a random page which can get our information in just one

Social media, what was made to be a simple way to keep up with friends, now controls most of our lives. I don't think I can even tell you how many times I came so close to deleting all my social media, but I just can't bring myself to do it. Watching the apps dance around on my phone, I just can't press the little X. What if's start to run through my head, 'What if I miss something important?' 'What if someone tries to get in contact with me?' and so on. Now don't get me wrong, social media was a brilliant idea. In just a few clicks you can reconnect with people from your past. Thanks to Snapchat I talk to three of my cousins every single day and Instagram is how I knew who my current best friend is.

Social media is growing more and more every day and it's getting addicted to people. Whether they are working or stay at home. Also, people uses social media for businesses, advertisement, communication, etc. It's just a phrase that being around a lot, but at the same time many people do not actually know when and how to use it. It just a great inventions, even the world is circle with all different types of social media like Facebook, Twitter, Blog, Instagram, etc. There are a lot of people out there included medical staffs, students, professors, and lawyers who have concerns about social media. It just incorporates the online technology and methods to which people can share content, personal opinion, swap different information, and

Social networking sites have spread information across the world faster than any other media. However, social media have also been known to spread unreliable information, bringing larger conflicts into our social and professional lives. Physical confrontations, arguments, disputes that shatter families and other negative fallout are the typical elements that are part of the social media landscape. People need to change the destructive pattern of social media use before it destroy society. The fast and easy access to information that is supposed to be beneficial to society is actually detrimental to

Social media has gained immense popularity, following increased access to the internet and technology devices including smart phones. Social media is used to denote platforms in which people build and share social connections; thus enhancing information sharing and interaction. Major examples include Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Google+, Pinterest and Instagram. Through social media, people can connect, interact and exchange information such as pictures, videos and other digital media by registering as users in these platforms and updating information affecting their lives on their profiles. When social media applications came into existence, these were mostly used for interacting and sharing with friends, relations and new friends acquired through these platforms. Social media has however been constantly abused, as people turn it into a ground to vent, lie, insult, bully or threaten others. The social networks no longer serve their intended purpose in the society and users have taken advantage of the free space to say whatever they want with no regard to how it affects others. People have used such domains to brandish their selfish acts and gains.

The social media is one of the most common ways of communication and pretty much of knowing anything and everything around the world these days, and it is growing very rapidly. It changes and affects each person in a different way, or ways. Some may argue that social media has a bad influence on children and young adults, and that it negatively effects their brains, character, or personalities, while most people see that the social media has a more positive effect on them than a negative one. Moreover, social media has helped many people around the world to connect, or re-connect, with each other, easily. Social media is basically the new way of keeping in touch with everything and everyone, and of even strengthening bonds between each

Social media is any website that allows social interaction. Social media is growing rapidly throughout the world. More adults and teenagers are joining sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter to interact with friends, family, and strangers. The introduction of social media has changed the world in many ways. It affects each individual in different ways. Today it can be used as a very helpful tool in changing a person’s life, but at the same time cause such conflicts which can negatively impact a person. While there are some negatives associated with social media, the positives in communication all around, has made the world stronger and a better place to live in.

Sitting down at the dinner table is not the same as it used to be in past years. Now parents must contend with their kids fighting to hold onto their phones, updating statuses, sending Snapchats, and chatting with friends. Dads must stay up to date with sports and work. Moms take photos, send out emails, and check pins on Pinterest. In this world of fast-paced media accessibility, it is hard to find the time and patience for personal conversations with those we love most. Ten years ago, social networking was an exciting way to pass the time, a new hobby. In the past, we had lived contentedly in our own little worlds, now we were able to connect with people outside of our close vicinity. Long gone are the days of sitting down to have a long talk with our friends, family get-togethers are all but extent, and we are in danger of losing our connection to reality. The reason is simple; we cannot seemingly detach ourselves from our laptops, computers, tablets, and smartphones. We constantly need to be “in the know.” Tuning out the world for even ten minutes might put us far behind everyone else. However, we might be missing more than we realize. While hiding behind a screen might be easier, in the long run, our generation is greatly lacking in the social skills needed to excel in school and in the workplace. Social networking has become a barrier in many relationships, providing many distractions from real world issues, while allowing no privacy to

Social Media today seems like it is always compared to a drug, a lot of people are addicted to it. Considering where technology is right now we aren’t addicted to Social Media, it just turns out to be our daily essential for information that we crave for. Technology has unlocked faster communication and the ability to spread information quickly. Which allows us to connect with the world and discover other people’s perspectives, creating a more diverse view and opinion of topics and information. In addition, not all information is truthful, especially the widespread of fabricated news, but with technology and social media a lot of people can fact check information instead of getting news from mainstream media outlets that alter news to acquire more revenue. And if Social Media is so bad, why does everyone still use it everyday?

Social media is one of the most widespread methods of communication and interaction worldwide. While social media comes in various forms, they all tend to share the same motive: Encourage the public socialize. Most would wonder how this could be such a bad thing and see very few problems relating to social media. Others see right through the illusion of the LED screen. The public can easily hide behind a keyboard without threat of confrontation for their words or actions on the internet. Anything and everything can be said and they will not be faulted. Social media is more detrimental to users than advantageous due to the allowance of freedom to insult, bully and threaten others without fear of punishment or consequence; cyberbullying

Almost everyone has a social media account. Social media has grown tremendously over the years. Seeing the way we used social media 40 years ago and now are two different ways of using it. People throughout the world today say that social media is bad for teens and young adults. Young adults or teens ask why people think social media is bad for us, but really they know the answer themselves. Social media exposes us to a lot of negative things around the world. Ads that will randomly pop up of something we shouldn’t be seeing, viruses that a site may give you without doing anything to get that virus. Things you search may pop up differently when you click the search button. But besides all the stuff that social media is getting called “bad” for, it is also a great thing to be a part of. If it wasn’t for sites like Facebook, Instagram and others you wouldn’t be able to talk to people that live a long distance away from you. Social media may have it’s lows but it also has its highs. The internet and social media sites allow people to meet people that live all around the world. It can be a great way for people my age to interact with other teens or young adults, like joining an online video game system or book club with kids interested in the same things. Also social media can help you build friendships. Online sites are also good for getting into early school work and while doing that you are allowed to talk to many different mentors about what you should take and things you should stay away from. Social media has been looked upon for all its bad qualities, but if we would only look on the positive side of what social media has to offer for us daily. It wouldn’t be known as just something bad that is distracting us from our everyday life.

Social Media has become a plague in our world today, it’s like a disease that is spread around very quickly, and super-fast. For example, some old family members of mine, who I would have never expected to use social media are now using it, and they have become very good at using it, their black belts of social media if you will. They heard young people talking about it, so it made them wonder “if teenagers are excited about this whole new trend might as well give it a shot, and see how well we do with it ourselves.” But what they don’t know is that social media is good for us for some good reason like keeping up with far relatives, keeping up with the news, and what’s going around the world but once you start using it for other non-good