The Negative Effects Of Social Media

Social media has become a part of our life, and no one can imagine living without it. Social media has grown a lot over the several years. Young individuals have always thought that social media is a marvelous piece of technology, but they never think about the negative effects of ‘like’ culture, which contributes to conformity and other negative consequences. The article, The Insidious Evils of ‘Like’ Culture, written by Neil Strauss, tells us about to what people can go to get more “likes.”

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

Third, social media doesn’t help for their studies or talents. People think social media is good places to show their talents or works what they did. For example, they argue people can share video clip what they playing the instruments or dancing or singing. It is, however, for people who already good to do those. If you are not good at those things and if you spend time to do social media, it would be hard to progress your talents. I did surveys about relationships between using social media and studying last semester. Most students answered using social media is not helpful to study. Also, students who got good grades spend just a little time to use social media. Using social media

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 clear and excellent 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.

Despite the unhealthy impact of social media many students are spending most of their hours on social media sites which includes the most popular Facebook, Whats app, Twitter and Instagram. Social media has embedded a negative image upon many minds. Social media has equal positive or negative aspects but many students are using these sites on a regular basis. Over the years many studies have been conducted over the impact of social media on academic performance of students and it indicatea strong relationship between the two variables. Therefore, our research aims to study the relationship between the social media and students education’.

Despite the unhealthy impact of social media many students are spending most of their hours on social media sites which includes the most popular Facebook, Whats app, Twitter and Instagram. Social media has embedded a negative image upon many minds. Social media has equal positive or negative aspects but many students are using these sites on a regular basis. Over the years many studies have been conducted over the impact of social media on academic performance of students and it indicatea strong relationship between the two variables. Therefore, our research aims to study the relationship between the social media and students education’.

Social media has started to take over the lives of young and old, but with that comes some negative effects. There was on average 1.32 billion daily users on Facebook in just June of 2017 (Company Info). This is the age of technology, were new websites or apps are being made to make it easier to talk to people. While it might be a good thing that we are now able to talk to someone across the country, or the world, in real time, it is the way that we are talking to people that is alarming. Social media and texting have changed the way younger people interact with others, our social skills, and the way we write in a very negative way.

Social media has led us to have fewer interactions with people in real life. Many people would rather use social media to communicate with their friends than they would in person, mostly because it makes the communication process easier. More people have become antisocial by spending too much time on social media, and studies show that people have less interest in interacting with other people in their age group and other age groups. Social media is not only decreasing the quality of interactions, but it is also drastically changed the amount of relationships that people have in person as well. Most people have a lack of interest in talking to one another while in person, and it’s been proven that 93% of communication is nonverbal. Cornell University did a study that found that people have a hard time distinguishing between meaningful relationships that they build in the real world and the numerous casual relationships built through social networking sites. Also, allowing social media to prevent you from experiencing genuine human experiences such as spending time with your family or spending time outdoors can be very unhealthy.

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.

In this technological age, social media has become a vital part of communication between teenagers. Developing friendships is important for a child’s growth, but researchers are questioning if social medial is impeding communication skills are taking away the ability to communicate in real life. Teens are missing opportunities to witness how words and actions affect others to expose them to feelings such as empathy, as texting and online chatting keeps others at a safe distance. Social media can give us a false sense of belonging and connecting that is not build on real-life social exchanges. This makes it increasingly easy to lose oneself to cyberspace connections and replace these online interactions with the good old face to face

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.

Social media is a personal online website used for sharing information and ideas between many online users. Humans in general need to be social or it can drive them into insanity. But is social networking website being social or antisocial. Many people have different ideology on this topic. Teens in general are the majority of people who use social networking as the key tool to social gain. Social media can strengthen friendships or it can break them. Nevertheless, is social media good for one's health and well-being. The use of social media has negatively impacted teenagers because they have become more addicted to their mobile devices, and they have no real relationships to the outside world.

When someone talks about social media people hear a wide platform where one can express himself by sharing his life experiences and his opinions about anything online. Social media is taking over the world, and it is changing how people see the world. Social media such as Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter or Instagram, was made to connect people, but nothing is separating people as social media. Before social media, people used to have physical friends and now all they have is online friends. It is so sad how depression, low self-esteem, obesity and anti-social are increasing a day by a day in our lives due to the social media. Social media is negatively impacting our society.

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.