The Disitive And Negative And Positive Consequences 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.

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.

Social media use among adolescents has rapidly increased in developed nation and contributed in one of their favorite daily activities (Tartari, 2015). A survey conducted by Pew Internet & the American Life Project indicated that 75% of adolescents are currently associates with social media sites (Lenhart, Purcell, Smith, & Zikuhr, 2010). 22% of adolescents logs into their favorite social network sites more than once or approximately more than ten times per day (Common, Sense Media, 2009). Osbourne-Gowey (2014) disputes that social media is a collection of online applications designed for adolescents and individuals to achieve online interaction enhancement. Power (2014) illustrated that use of social media benefits adolescents with the capacity to develop friendships, communication, share information, collaborate, and modify users-generated content. However, it has led to various negatives and risks impacts on adolescents. The main of this essay is to discuss and examined the impact of social media on adolescents in developed nation. The focus will be on both positives, negatives and the risks social media impacts on adolescents.

Social media has evolved into an advanced form of communication all around the world. For instance, to speak with family and friends who are far away in a much convenient way. Thus, it can get addictive to some people, which can have a negative outcome because the consumers need to learn how to have balanced lifestyle. Social media has many pros to it and I don’t think they stand for a negative side; I believe, it’s the way the consumers can make social media negative. Overall, consumers shape the perspective of how people view social media. In other words, social media is a very powerful tool but it all depends on the way the consumers use it to their advantage. At first social media was used to communicate now as the society has developed social media is utilize for different matters. For example, people use social media to advertise, become famous, make connections and even income. Social media has taken a big shift especially the way everyone views themselves. In other words, social media has set the standards on how society is viewed what is right and wrong. Now this is the way social media can have a negative impact because not everything that is being stated online is true. Social media tends to give a non-reality point to live life for the consumers. There needs to be balance of using social media and how it can consume ones’ personality, lifestyle and vision on life.

Modern society is in grave danger because of the media. Different forms of media have emerged over time, including newspaper, books, radio, television, and now the internet. Numerous studies have proven a link between poor self-image and the media, and this trend has worsened with time. It seems the more access individuals have to the rest of the world, the more self-obsessed they become, and the results can be deadly. Many psychologists have discovered a connection between media (social media primarily) and one’s self-image. Unfortunately, this connection is often a negative one, as social media has been claimed to be “more addictive than alcohol or tobacco” (Fox, para 1). There are several factors that contribute to this trend of social media negatively impacting body image, many of which are scientific and should potentially be treated as a disease like other addictions are. Society’s “ideal image” of an individual has evolved as social media has become increasingly popular, which is damaging individuals’ self-images and causing body dysmorphia in some cases. Social media and exposure to other factors such as reality television should be limited in order to prevent unrealistic body images.

Living in a very technology  based world can pose both negative and positive consequences. Some negative consequences can be children looking up to social media influencers that are not good role models, and some positive factors may include computer based programs to help better children’s education. Today, I will be talking about both negative and positive Sociocultural  Factors in society ,and how we can potentially better the circumstances at hand.

In recent years, technology has played an important role in our lives and has influenced us tremendously. One of the ways in which it has impacted our lives is through the use of social media. It seems like social media has become an important part of our lifestyle. We use it everywhere from being in classrooms to being at work. Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat have become a habit for many individuals’ across many ages. Although, social media is widely used amongst the age group of 18-29. In today’s society, almost everyone is expected to have one of these networking sites. It could either be for personal use or work-related use. These sites have extremely influenced our lives in both positive and negative ways. Although technology has provided us with many opportunities it has also brought negative consequences alongside. For example, the use of social media could lead to an addiction. According to Webroot, “75 percent of Millennials (people between the ages of 18 and 34) feel addicted, versus 44 percent of older generations. 54 percent of Millennials access their social network of choice several times a day or constantly from their smartphone or tablet”. Many teenagers and even young adults are addicted to social media. Although, there are some consequences to using social media, there are also ways in which we depend on it to share our lives with others. It has also provided us with ideas for innovation. We have created a global

“Social media refers to interactive web and mobile platforms through which individuals and communities share, cooperate, or exchange information, ideas, photos, or videos within a virtual network” (Naslund 114). In the year 2015, over two billion people around the world had an active social media account (Naslund 114). In the past ten years, social networking sites have drastically changed the way society communicates by connecting others faster and over larger distances (Pantic). However, these networking sites have caused serious problems within our civilization. Social media is destroying society by limiting physical interactions, increasing harassment and cyberbullying, and decreasing mental health.

Social networking is great, it allows to keep in contact with family and friends, it increases socialization, an update of world News such as BBC and CNN. But it is not always great and helpful; we have to realize that social media also have the negative impact on the society. Many people are getting addicted to social media like Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram. Social media’s negative impact is spreading rapidly; it is time-consuming, it is causing problems in a relationship, and a lot of people are going through depression because of what social media could do to their mind. Also, privacy is the big issue in social media because people put their personal information on their profile which allows others to know about them. In essence, as much as the social media has improved our livelihood in the ways we live and associate with each other, it also has daunting effects if used contrary to the prescribed means.

When it comes to social media, there are many opinions as to whether it is negatively affecting people or not. Social media has many great uses that we all use such as, providing a way for communication through friends or family that live afar, promote business, entertainment, general socializing, and dating, you name it. But what is not expressed enough is how social media is a contributor to cyber bullying.

Social media is a large set of networks that allow individuals to communicate and engage with one another. Originally, these networks started as an extra way of communicating, but have now become a primary source (Johnson, Auria, et al. 1). Media can be used in positive ways such as spreading mass news, social marketing, connecting with family and friends, and as a search engine. Now, it is commonly used in negative ways. Festinger proposed that individuals use social media to evaluate and compare themselves with one another (Tatangelo & Ricciardelli 776). This leads to change in their “social and emotional development,” especially in teenagers (776). That statement can be proven by the fact that because so many individuals rely on social media, they end up worrying about what others think, so they feel insecure or ashamed. The effect of this can end up causing extreme changes to an individual’s life. This essay will argue that individuals darken social media by using it as a mask to influence one another, which increases the risk of mental health issues. This will be accomplished by analyzing how the people who engage in the media can change their own image, an individual’s self-image, value and identity, which can lead to stress, anxiety, depression, and even suicide.

Social media is a part of society as water is to life. Without the use of social media there would be a world of close friendships and face to face communication. “It’s estimated that by 2018, 2.44 billion people will be using social networks, up from 970,000 in 2010” (Guzman). Imagine not having social media to communicate with friends and family. Think about having to have a face to face conversation instead. “We use it for every part of our lives- in our personal relationships, for entertainment, at work and in our studies… every minute we collectively send more than 30 million messages on Facebook and almost 350,000 tweets” (Guzman). Social media is becoming an increasing problem throughout society, taking away face to face communication, effecting relationships, and causing a negative effect on mental health.

At a glance, social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram have provided the modern day individual with a higher level of connectivity. These platforms have thus ensured a great facilitation of communication between friends, family and even new individuals across the globe. Moreover, the platforms have thereby enabled quick and efficient news and activities sharing amongst different people. In fact, social media has proven quite useful to the modern day individual making it a crucial component of the people’s everyday activities ranging from communication, businesses, and networking. All this components seem to be advantageous to the people, but as with most new technologies, social media brings forth a mixture of the good and bad outcomes to its individual users. Social media technology has thus proved to be more beneficial than it’s harmful, however, it has caused negative effects in that its results include nonexistent personal relations between individuals and isolation of such individuals leading to people being more alone.

I’ve learned that everything that glitters ain’t gold. In my middle school days I’ve experienced the negative effects of social media, Now when I say social media, I’m referring to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat. By me being very active on social media I’ve been taunted, teased, threatened and harassed along with having low- self esteem and some suicidal thoughts . According to a recent study in the JAMA pediatrics, 23% of teens report they are or have been the target of cyberbullying . “A National survey of over 10,000 adolescents showed that 1 in 3 teens met criteria for an anxiety disorder. Severe anxiety, including panic disorders, generalized anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and phobias, afflicts 8.3% of all teens. 5% to 8% of U.S. teens attempt suicide yearly. According to a new study from the Pew Research Center, it states that 92% of teens use their smartphones to access social media daily while 24% say they access it almost constantly”. Even though some people believe social media opens up a large network, social media do have an negative effect on teens because it is one of the main reasons for Poor Academic Performance, It causes teens to have Emotional Implications and Limiting time spent on social media can reduce the chance of being Cyberbullied.

So many people already used the social media. Social media make users can easily participate, share, and create content including blogs, social networks, wikis, forums and virtual worlds. Blogs, social networks and was are the most common of social media used by people around the world. Social media is the average way of working in the form of sending message from one person to another and without limiting space and time, in other words mutually interact and socialite online and in using social media is in need of the kuota (a kind of pulse), if kuota is exhausted then social media it can not be used to connect. I’m interested to talk about social media, because social media development is very rapid. Social media very important to are in the daily routine of society. There some negative and positive impacts on social media. Positive and negative impact can a occur in accordance with individual responses.