The Negative Side 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.”

In today's world, people view social media as either a social benefit or a social detriment. Social media helps us with our day to day lives like helping people connect with one another, determine whether or not someone would be fit for a job, and allows us to have easy access to news, but it does have its downfalls. Some of these downfalls include cyberbullying, overexposure, and making us to addicted to our technology.

With the growth of Social Media, the way society communicates with each other changed forever. A social network allowing users to share the events of their lives through posting photos and status updates, to monitor the lives of their friends, and to communicate directly via a built-in messenger has revolutionized Internet communication, causing millions of people all over the world to share all kinds of information about themselves. There were, of course, other social networks before Facebook, but none of them garnered such a significant user base, remained as persistent, and continued to act as an effective form of communication as much as Facebook did. Along with Facebook, currently there are many other social networks, each with their own features and purposes; what unites them all, though, is the idea of sharing. Seemingly, this should positively impact the communication skills of users, since it allows communication even for people far away from each other, or who are unable to communicate live. However, there have been numerous research studies proving the opposite: social media platforms not only impair a user’s ability to share thoughts, but distort communication processes, creating more problems than they solve.

There is no doubt that social media and the internet is an insanely popular way of communicating among our friends and family, but with so much time spent on social media, there are bound to be effects that can be felt by all of us. Big social media platforms like Instagram and Snapchat have such a widespread user base that the amount of time spent on these platforms by all users is most likely an unbelievable number. A lot of people may think that social media is a waste of time and has addictive qualities, and has mostly negative impacts on its users; Social media can also be used in a variety of ways that are more beneficial and not time wasting.

Vulnerability. If there is one trait that all young people have in common, it is just that: vulnerability. They feel pressure, and judgment, from their peers and adults alike. It is a constant weight of self-doubt and self-criticism propped upon their shoulders. While this vulnerability has been prevalent in each generation of young people, it has been exponentially heightened in this day’s generation. Social media is having an incredibly harmful impact on young people. Social media has created a climate of criticism and torment and, consequently, young people are suffering. While there are many negative effects of social media, its most disturbing effects are threefold: it promotes impractical expectations, allows a platform for torment and harassment, and stunts the progression of adequate social skills among youths. Social media is absolutely detrimental to the mental well-being of young people.

Social Media is a vast realm that connects the divergent minds of young people. It is like a vacuum that collects our time, talents, and thoughts. Through it, we can learn about the lives of others whether they live next door or on the other side of the world. It links us together and closes the ever existing gap that separates us. But is this all that social media can do? Social media is a powerful platform that sets the standard for what is good, bad, popular, or what is even desirable or unattractive.

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.

A world where everyone is connected on a single platform. All the people in the world are able to communicate without having trouble. Social media has become a great influence in today’s modern world because it has helped the economy improve from time to time. It helps us get information spread easier and faster to extremely far locations around the world. The media has changed the impact on how we view the world. Though many people see the negative influence towards social media there is actually a greater impact to social media than negatives. Social media has a very positive influence on the world today.

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 globally recognized as a phenomenon that has taken over the internet. Some view social media as a counterproductive platform that will lead to societal disintegration. Others think it empowers users and can positively transform the world. Social media is handy and highly relevant, however, many common flaws are associated with the use of social media, ranging from wasting time to compromisation of privacy. Some of the reasons why social media has harmful effects on today’s youth are: everyday social media lowers a teenagers self confidence, teens today are more focused on social media than their school work, and online predators are all over social media simply looking for their next victim. Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter can cause teens to fall into these negative situations and the social media situation needs to change.

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

The use of social media never really impacted me until the early 2010’s. It was never really my cup of tea to be on Instagram, Snapchat etc. As I gotten older and older I started to really get into things like Snapchat and Instagram. I didn’t make my first instagram until my 10th grade year of High School. Throughout the years I have met plenty of people that I have became close with through the media. Sometimes it is good sometimes it is bad and that is why I try to distance myself from it. That is pretty much my storyline of my social media life, now it's time to give it an outlook as a whole in the teenage world.

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.

A picture is worth their pride. A picture is worth their self-esteem. A picture is worth their dignity. Social media networking has become a large part of today’s society. Media applications such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat are rising in popularity, not only amongst teens, but adults as well. According to Pew Research Center, in 2015, 65% of American adults now use social networking sites up from 7% back in 2005 (Perrin). Bringing people from all over the world together, social media sites have made it easier for people to communicate and interact on all different levels.

Social media has become the part of our everyday life. Social media has become the necessary and unavoidable part of our life. We use internet, websites, social networks, television and other means of social media everyday very frequently. The social media is designed in a way that it attracts and draws our attention immediately towards itself. We are controlled social media. Our daily life activities are linked with social media’s effects. We use social media for number of purposes. We use it for research purpose, to gather information, to communicate with others, to run our official works; our opinions are influenced by media. In short social media has become a vital part of our lives and some people even find it to live or stay happy is very difficult