According to Brandwatch.com, the total population of social networking users are over 2.5 billion people, which means about 1/3 of the population on Earth use social networks. Social networking is a way to have social interactions with people around the world by using websites or apps. Some features of it are posting pictures, send messages, post stamps, and much more. Some famous social networking apps that are widely used are Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. The popularity of social network attracts variety type of people which may lead to a huge risk.. However, social networking is good for middle school students because it spreads the information faster than any other media, help students do better at school, and supports the students that are shy. The first reason why social networking is good for middle school students is because it spreads the information faster than any other media. According to ProCon.org, about 80% of media reporters receive the famous news from any kind of social media. Depending on condition different types of social networks are used in order to read the article easily. These social media are one of the top sources to report an event that is critical compared to TV, radios, etc. In 2013, Twitter has been crowded with the news of the Boston Marathon Bombing, which …show more content…
According to amle.org it states that 20% of the students in middle school increased their grades by more than 50% of the previous grade by using social networks. The social network not just allow people to communicate each other, but can also be a way to support each other. In a recent study of social network, the student’s speaking skills improved by using SNS, which allows students to do mobile learning and the learners also get less stress than middle school students who doesn’t own any account (“Social Networks Can Support Academic
“Kids are more isolated online than when they’re interacting in real life situations, which can lead to anxiety and depression.” Bartels agrees. Social media has been around for decades, and has been affecting kids for many ages. Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and more are different social media sites that demoralizing people relationships with family members. 92 percent of people check social media daily, and half never post anything. Social media does have a negative influence on middle school students, because it causes anxiety and depression, low self-esteem, and can lead to cyberbullying.
A Social Network in its simplest definition is “an online community of people with a common interest who use a website or other technologies to communicate with each other and share information, resources, etc.: a business-oriented social network.”(APA) When social networking started to gain popularity in the early twentieth century, criticism regarding its negative impact on society began to emerge. Recently, however, social networking has had a positive impact in schools to educate and get children more involved. It has also created an enhanced place for learning, as students are more capable of comprehension when also having fun. The positive impact social networking has on the education and development of students will play a crucial role in future learning as well as the way students communicate.
Technology and social media have become a major part of society, especially with teens, with 76% of teens using social media, according to a Pew Research Center (PRC) survey. Many people see social media and technology as a positive thing because they can help connect people that do not live near each other. In the same survey, it was found that 62% of teens gave out their social media names in order to stay in contact with people they had met. This allows those teens to make new friends even if they do not live in the same town or state. Thus, creating more friends, which are important in the teen years for support. Additionally, having friends from outside a teen 's hometown leads the child to learn more about other places and be more culturally
Purpose of Study Individuals should understand that the use or nonuse of social media has negative and positive effects on their lives, whether they recognize them or not. Students who excessively use social networking applications can be negatively affected because they are spending too much time on these applications rather than paying attention in class, completing homework, studying, sleeping, or focusing on their own health and condition. However, these same students who are excessive users are often times the students who are more aware of global issues and updates in pop culture through the use of social media. Students who moderately use social networking applications spend a good amount of time on these applications and are still able to manage time for sleeping, practicing good eating habits, homework, and studying. These students are usually just as aware, or slightly less aware, than students who excessively use social networking.
As technology increases and develops in this century, the use of social media increases as well. Schools have begun adapting it, using it as their tool to inform students of any school related news. However, using it as a tool for learning is a different story. By using it as a tool, it can push you off your course with classes. Social media is something that is not needed at school grounds. Schools should not require social media use in classes.
Social networking has become a controversial topic, at the same time, a special influence on teenagers in the 21th century. Somehow, the social platform has become an integral part of modern life because of its convenient nature. A social network can be defined as one of social connections and personal relationships. It also refers to dedicated websites or other applications that enable the users to communicate with one another, by posting images, information, messages, and comments. Examples of social networks include social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Google+ among others. Social networks have taken the internet world by
Since the introduction of internet in the 1990’s, its importance worldwide has always grown tremendously. From the first email send to the domination of Facebook and other social media websites, it has changed the way people communicate. The use of social media is increasingly becoming the preferred way people share their daily activities, ideas and knowledge and that is why it’s the most talked about and used platform. Many companies are encouraging their employees to use various social media platforms and engage online for office productivity, posting opinions and presenting their thoughts. Corporations realize that Social Media tools such as blogs, forums, podcasts and social networking websites makes internal communications faster, more convenient and effective. Social media is a low-cost, high-impact tool that can also complement and reinforce your existing communications efforts. It gives a new dimension to internal communications in many ways: building relationship with employees, leads to diverse thinking and innovation, and reduce costs and Increase Productivity. Social media has impacted positively in the business world, but its downside has impacted teens in high school, with issues such as cyber bullying, and people using Facebook and twitter to get over their boredom and research proving that the more they use social networking websites the more envious they feel.
The web is no longer a read only product, it now has the ability to be interactive and particpatory. Users are able to interact over the internet with each other with instant messaging and emails and use social networks to share news, videos, and photos with others, bringing people with common interest, opinions, and experiences together and closer. Some of the most popular social networks include Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn. Currently social networks are mostly used to keep in touch with friends, colleagues, peers and family, there are far more benefits, that the social media platform can provide. This paper explores the topic of social media in modern education. There are benefits and disadvantages to social media being used in the classroom setting, and they are discussed in detail through the paper.
Communication plays an important role and becomes an essential part in our daily lives. Today we have taken communication to new level as social media and social networking. They have had a tremendous impacts on the word, on our culture and in business as well. Social media websites are some of the most popular on the internet, such as Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, etc. They are the places where people can interact with others easily and expose themselves to strangers. Our generation and the younger ones have more opportunities to grow up with the new development of technology that will shape the way they live of communicating and sharing ideas. The social media causes some problems that lead to less social interaction and negatively affect students academic, but it also brings benefit to people that creates new social connections to bring people from all over the world to be closer.
There has been controversy as to whether parents should limit the use of social media by teenagers. Teenagers feel that there is no need to limit the use of their social media networking, but on the other hand, parents should feel the need to limit their use and also keep track of their teen’s social networking. Social media allows students to be connected with their peers, teens who post positive status are more likely to be involved in extracurricular activities, and for many teens putting up “selfies” is a self confidence boost; however, too much social media can affect students GPA in school, cyber bullying can affect social health. Social media networks can give out personal information. Social media sites such as Facebook are one of the most popular social media sites that has 700,000-750,000 members joining each day.
Social Media has become a very essential tool in the society; in addition, it has a huge impact on communication and learning process. Social media is defined as websites and applications used for social networking. “As of September 2013, seventy-one percent of online adult use Facebook, eighteen percent use Twitter and seventeen percent use Instagram, twenty-two percent use PInterest, and another twenty-two percent use LinkedIn. (PewReasearch, 2013). In addition, "Between February 2005 and August 2006, the use of social networking sites among young adult internet user ages eighteen and twenty-nine jumped from nine percent to forty-nine percent. The usage of social media had grown drastically.” On social media sites like these, users may develop biographical profiles, communicate with friends and strangers, do research, and share thoughts, photos, music, links, and more” (Socialnetworking.procon,2012). Social media has impacted everyone in several different ways. In this present time, majority of college student use Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Social media has a bold impact college student's grades, social interactions, and the teaching and learning process.
The present study is significant and timely for the results can give valuable information for the school admistrators, the teachers, parents, students and all other individual about the effect of social networking on quality of communication.
Envision the year 2000. It was four years before Marc Zuckerberg propelled Facebook into a social networking site from his college residence. It was five years prior to the founding of YouTube and six years preceding the first tweet. It was also years before the concept of spending 1,560 minutes monthly on a solitary website like Facebook was even fathomable (“Why Social Media”). Fast-forward to the present day. Teenagers spend their school day anticipating the next time they will be able to update their status. It’s imperative for them to let their one thousand three hundred sixty one Twitter followers in on their daily lives as it happens. The popularity of social networking is rapidly increasing every day and has dramatically changed the way societies live. There are numerous ways to use this new means of interacting, thus it affects each individual differently, in both positive and negative aspects. Social media can stand as a platform for adolescents to express themselves; however, it also presents a new dimension of peer pressure and additional stress to today’s teens.
Social media is a relatively new phenomenon that has overtaken society, revolutionizing everyday life for individuals across the globe. It has become a place for people to share their ideals, to meet new friends and to reconnect with old friends. Social networking sites offer people new ways to communicate via the internet, whether it is through a smartphone, laptop, tablet, and etcetera. The sites can vary from posting pictures, tweets or even 6 second videos. They allow people to create their own online profile and to create a display of contacts, often called “friends” or “followers”. The rapid growth of social networking sites in recent years has resulted in its development as a mainstream form of communication for students. Schools all around the world are using more and more technology every day. All of the new developing technology in the daily lives of students has both a positive and negative impact on education.
Since social networking sites was introduced, to communicate with friends and family has become easy when you have access to the internet. The Internet has given us the ability to connect with people from all over the world with a few clicks of a button. Where you can easily send information to a friend or get information from the internet. Social networking sites (SNSs) such as Facebook, Youtube, Skype and others have attracted millions of users who mostly have integrated these sites into their daily practices. This, people will take a lot of time on this site to upload or download, information about their career or academic work. People always go online at any time, chat with friends, watch movies online, do some research. Social networking site has become a habit for some people, they find it difficult to learn for an hour without logging into a site next network. Some people have become very smart because they are getting information from this website. Why there has been very poor in academics, as it is easy to get information about any materials for assignments.