The Effects Of Social Media On College Students

What about you -- what is your relationship with social media and how has it impacted you? I can agree with these researchers that social media impacts our communication skills, it does allow you to project your best self, and it can contribute to a rise in depression. I see social media severely hurting communication skills in my children, but I force them to call family members, and talk for themselves when we go out. I do not use too much social media but I share a Facebook, and Instagram account with my wife. My wife posts pictures on them so our family can see what, and how our kids are doing. I use social media to keep up with family members, since I have very little free

In the age of technology social media has become a very impactful thing in our society. It has evolved and brought our society the use of how we receive Information and communicate with one another. Some may say it enhances our interpersonal relation because of it easy access to many people globally. But on the other hand social media can be very detrimental to people's interpersonal relationships because its negative effects like people being more prone to isolation. Overall social media in my opinion does hinders interpersonal relationships because it causes the lack of ability to socialize effectively in real life, cause isolation between children and teens, and the danger that occurs online.

Social media has guided us to believe that we need to be connected to others. “…the social media revolution has not made us feel more connected, less lonely, or replete with friends” (Barna Group). Social media has input certain beliefs into the minds of people while also taking away that time that could be spent with friends and family. Social media has allowed people to put on fronts and believe that these are the only means of communication.

Does the name Mark Zuckerburg mean anything to you? If you are in higher education administration it should. When he attended Harvard University, he was a cunning college student who hacked into the universities computer system. He stole information about students who currently attended the university such as photos and ID information. As a result of his illegal endeavors, he created a website called Facemash and encouraged site visitors to rate people participating in the website as “hot or not.” This was his first effort at advancing the world in social media. His second effort was creating a study tool to upload images of Roman art, which allowed each student to write a commentary underneath. Both of these internet successes led to the creation of a known website called Facebook. This website privileges over half a billion users around the world. In higher education, social media is not a new phenomenon. When students use it correctly, there is evidence it can greatly enhance student learning, but social media can have serious cognitive effects on college students possibly even resulting in the decline of their GPA (Magolda, 2011).

his talents initially to take stabs at other students by creating “Facemash” with fellow Harvard

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

Although many argue that social media is an easier way to interact with others and that it has the ability to improve relationships by keeping those that are far apart together through technology, social media can also cause people to further distance themselves and it can also have a negative impact on relationships. There has been many studies that proves that technology harms our relationships and how one interacts with other in social situations. Many people use technology as a way to escape the real world. Even though social media can be used in a positive way, it can also be used negatively. Before technology was as developed as it is in today’s society, people had different realities; separation between work life and personal life.

With the use of social media, being the number one way in which we keep in touch with our friends, family and so on. It has become a well-known method in the world today, because people all over the world use social media to communicate with one another, but then what they don't know is how social media is negatively affecting our lives, social life and communication skills. These days, everyone is on one or more social network, whether it's Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and so on. Social media have a great effect on people in the world today. It affects our ability to interact and communicate well with people.

Social media has connected us in unimaginable ways, and introduced us to a world much larger than our humble backyards. Nowadays, nearly everyone has a Facebook, an Instagram, or a Twitter account. Grandparents, teenagers, children, and even some pets are a part of one social network or another. While websites like Facebook are great for sharing pictures, stories, and interests, but they are also capable of raising awareness about important issues that may have been overlooked. Recently, the overuse of Facebook was thought to promote negative psychology well-being, including depression and loneliness. It 's safe to say that the world has become hopelessly addicted to social media. Plenty of people can 't make it through the day or in extreme cases a few hours without popping on their computers or scrolling through their smart phones to check the newsfeed on Facebook. As Stephen Marche says in his article, "Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?”, Facebook makes us miserable and lonely. In fact, even though there is evidence showing that we 're more detached or lonely than ever because given Facebook is about social relationships; however, the site also offers an extraordinary number of ways to connect with others. This is just a taste of what Facebook can do, and with a huge number of people utilizing them, its possibilities are only growing. Facebook does not replace real human relationship or create loneliness, but it does not exterminate it either. It all depends on ones usage.

College student and the social media, in many ways both good and bad a college student can be affected by the social media. It can be an opportunity to prove how you really are as a person and potentially be accepted to college, or you can be denied admittance and lose the opportunity to study at the college you have been hoping for.

If employers are looking for a particular segment like graduate students to be the face of their organization, they would need to considerate whether or not to use the social media because many college students goes on parties and they have fun while they are in school, but some of them don’t realize the impact a photo can make when they are looking for a job after they graduate.“College students sometimes post questionable photographs and provocative comments about their alcohol consumption, recreational drug use, and sexual exploits” (Weathington, & Bechtel, 2012, p.

College looking on social media to determine whether or not they want someone attending their university.

Social media has become a main part of life for many people around the world. With all the different types out there, almost everyone is connected to the Web in some way. We use social media to keep up to date with our friends and family, share interesting events that are happening in our lives, check up on celebrity gossip and world news, and so much more. With Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and all the other social media websites out there, the way of life when we had to write letters, call people on our land lines, and talk to people face-to-face seems to be long gone. Now, the question is, is social media ruining our social skills and personal relationships with people? In this paper, I interviewed five different people to

Are we becoming less human with the passing of each day? Have we become too dependent on technology, specifically social media? In this day and age, people have different views on social media. They question its true purpose and its effect on society as a whole. With that said, although there are many thoughts concerning the topic/trend of social media something that is undoubtedly true is that social media plays an active role in the lives of the majority of people. Whether in a positive or negative way, social media influences the lives of all people. However this paper focuses on the effect of social media on college students. It addresses both the positive and negative effects of social media on those in college; focusing on a student’s academic efficiency, social interactive skills, and overall productivity.

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