INTRODUCTION
The world is getting closer and closer every day and certainly everyone wants to stay connected. Technology has completely changed the way in which everyone communicates with each other. As a result, the relationships between youngsters, families and all the communities have been transformed to a large extent. Especially youth’s behavior when they are online is completely unrelated which will end up in disconnect between the use of technology and the gain of knowledge.
Is this change for better or worse?
Since when have we become so trivial that our virtual world takes over our actual life?
Social networking services can be described as a web based service that will allow the individual users to:
1. Build a public profile within a contiguous system.
2. Articulation of others with whom the users are already having a connection.
3. Negotiate or bridge all the connections and also those connections made by others in the system.
For today’s generation, everything that was considered very personal just a generation before, are all public now. The social networking sites and social media have revolutionized the world to an unbelievable extent. Being free is obviously the hook to this massive addiction, making it an intangible alcohol, merely impossible to get out of it. It is not just young people using social networking sites anymore- It’s everyone!! Social Networking reaches nearly one in four around the world and about 1.2 billion users. One third of the world’s social networkers are in Asia Pacific and Europe being the next.
The top most popular social networking sites can be listed as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Google plus, Tumblr, Instagram and Myspace. Facebook is the dominant social network in 12...
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...ing about the loads of information provided by these sites, no one would really prefer going out and getting a newspaper for themselves, when they have the option to sit back at home and open a laptop where everything is so accessible and instantaneous. There is nothing wrong with being a social media fanatic, but it is important that we keep our feet on the ground and be realistic.
By the end of 2017, the entire global social network users will reach a total of 2.55 billion and just like anything else, what you get out of these social networking sites will totally depend on the way we utilize them. These sites have a possibility to both elevate and deteriorate the society. Social media and networking has a very rigid place in our future. It is hoped that all the capabilities of these interactive platforms will be enhanced and they help in building a better world.
America has many issues, one of them is the issue of social media taking over our world. People of today could not go a day without social media; it runs their lives. Though social media makes our lives easier, by allowing us to stay connected, it is threatening the sanity and psychological health of people. Many people over use social media they post every move of their day and get addicted to informing people what they are doing. Teens are the most highly affected people in America due to the fact that they use social media the most in everyday life; this makes them more vulnerable and capable of becoming addicted. People need to realize that technology is affecting the teens of America and making them psychologically ill.
Social media is so popular that according to a recent article published by forbes.com, “72% of American adults are currently using social media sites; that figure has gone up 800% in just 8 years”(Olenski). Social networking was originally created to simply reconnect people with old high school pals, but in recent years it has evolved into a completely different operation. When social media first originated it was also intended for adult usage, which has in recent years expanded into the usage of all ages. Social media can create a negative affect on lives because it has been proven to be a dangerous addiction, for it takes away interpersonal relationships that are essential in life, and it has been proven to prevent people from being productive in life.
Social media although a great tool can become an addiction ultimately affecting our lives and state of mind. That is why we need to limit the amount of time and information we share on social networks. Although the internet is a tool full of good and bad available to everyone, teenagers and young adults are more prone to falling into the traps of the internet. People also abuse social media and overuse it every day because they are concerned with what is happening every hour. Social media is a tool not a necessity and should never be abused or used as a diary because it could result in unwanted consequences that can hurt us in the future.
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Recently there was a very big revolution in the field of modern technology, It has become popular everywhere. Social websites nowadays became a new trends for all people in the world, they affect our lives wildly. daily People depend on these sites strongly for different purposes. Lately we became dependent on Facebook and twitter completely and other sites.
Social Networking is a modern and the easiest way to Communicate Online. It has revolutionized the way we communicate over large distances. We can get into contact immediately with Family, Friends, and other people from around the globe using any of the modern Communication mediums such as a Mobile Device or a Computer. There are many possible ways of Social Networking. You can use Social Networking Websites, Blogging, IMs (Instant Messengers), Chatrooms, and Dating Sites to get connected to people.
Nowadays, we are living in the “ technology world”, digital’s century, science and technology are being devolopped like a rain-storm, people try their best effect to serve for human’s infiniti demand. Internet in general and social network in particular are exceedingly funtional tools. Indeed, with over 1.3 billion active users in June,2014 ( Wikipedia), there is no suprise that Facebook has been becoming a leading social network in the world, “Facebook was not originally created to be a company. It was built to accomplish a social mission - to make the world more open and connected” – CEO of Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg (google). Facebook truthly brought many useful; however, it is still “ a double-edged sword”.
Bhardwaj 1 Think of a time when people didn’t have technology and how they had to interact, whether it had been from writing letters to using telegraphs, communicating with people was hard to come by back then. Of course, times have changed and now technology has made it easier over the years, social media has become an essential part of our lives whether it be on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and many other websites. Nowadays, everybody is using it whether its companies using media to promote their products or even teachers tweeting out what last night’s homework was. Social media is a great tool that helps us connect with the world and communicate our ideas. Yet there are some people who believe that social media has a negative impact towards our society as they believe that people can get addicted to it, it causes them to get easily distracted, and many other dangers.
Social network sites have without a doubt become an important part of everyday life for many people, considering that Americans live in a country of technological advances. From people constantly checking their Facebook page to people posting pictures on Instagram, social media has changed people’s behavior and the way that they communicate with others. Social media includes websites such as Facebook and Twitter. This essay will focus on the causes and effects of social networking on the daily lives of American citizens.
Nowadays, social media is growing very rapidly throughout the whole world. Social media has changed the way that we communicate with others through using these common social networking sites like Face book, Twitter, and Instagram…For that, social media has positively and negatively impacted our life.
Social networking sites like Facebook can have both negative and positive effects. Facebook can leave us feeling like we are not good enough if we don’t have enough likes on our pictures or if we do not have a certain amount of friends. While on the other hand it can make us feel empowered and worthy when we have a significant amount of likes on our picture and thousands of friends on Facebook. The following two articles argue whether or not social networking sites like Facebook, have a negative or positive effect on one’s overall well-being. As the old saying goes, there are always two sides to everything.
The first word in the terminology is social, meaning enabling the humans within the community to connect with each other’s .The second word in the terminology is media, which are the tools human uses to reach, communicate and connect with each other’s. Today there are many forms of social media tools or instruments for example TV, radio, newspaper, internet and other social communication programs. These advances in technology have enabled us to share information and keep up to date with current affairs however, it can also have negative effect of its users.