The Importance Of Social Media In The Modern World

In today’s world, social media has played an important role in everyone’s lives. During this time, there are many aspects through which we can elaborate social media. No doubt, it is extremely helpful and allows you to connect with friends and family across the globe, it does have its disadvantages. People of all ages, race, and gender use this modern tool to gain useful insight on matters of all walks of life. Be it sports related, or just an ordinary news story, social media has got it covered because of the billions of active subscribers that it boasts. The most popular social media platforms in the world are Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter. These social mediums are so important because majority of the marketing that occurs, happens

You can see numerous verified athletes and sports personalities that give you month long plans to get in shape and to be more competitive. All of this is extremely encouraging and if followed can bring in great results to your lifestyle. However, it creates a false sense of over achieving things because no one is so dedicated to their work like the influencers. They are paid to post their content and encourage people to invest their financial resources in equipment, food and beverages and clothing. For teenagers, this is a unique way of being updated with the modern world since they can access it with just one tap. It is not only convenient for them but they also encourage others to get more involved by reposting and affiliating themselves to boost their confidence and morale. Another aspect is of Emotional Intelligence (EI). The success of a person depends on the EI and it is the reason why individuals understand others and handle their emotions to relieve stress. “Girls develop EI between ages 8 and 12, according to Cliff Nass, a professor of communication at Stanford, while boys take a longer period, so constant phone use greatly stunts girls over boys, since they’re more active media consumers at ever younger ages.” (Rock) This age group competes on getting more likes and appraisals on content that they post. I believe that they should not fight for such criticisms and appraisals but instead focus on spreading a message which is more thought provoking and helps in bring a change for the globalized world. They should become aware of their responsibilities like gaining and spreading education or being young advocates for the betterment of the global society. Since teenage is the phase of a girl’s life where she is going to develop all these skills that will help her for the rest of her life, I would say that they should be encouraged to use social media platforms for positivity rather than spreading hate and