Social networking websites, such as MySpace, Facebook and Twitter, have blown up immensely in just a short span of about 5 years; most people nowadays have found that these and other social networking sites have become a “necessity” in their lives and must constantly be checking in on them. Social networking sites such as the ones mentioned above allow anyone to make new friends, reconnect with old ones, and blog just about anything under the sun. For that and many other reasons it is not unusual nowadays to hear people talk about their status updates, picture uploads and the friends they have made on social networking sites on a regular basis. Social networking sites seem like easy ways to make new friends or to express one’s feelings. Since …show more content…
In reality, what they are going through is called the “obsessive factor” (“Are SNS Good for our Society?”). The obsessive factor is a condition where a person who is logged in to a social networking site cannot seem to log off, even though they claimed they would just update their status, or upload a few pictures. A great number of people on social networking sites today display this symptom. Spending an excessive amount of time online comes with other problems. Face-to-face interaction with other people decreases significantly, possibly leading into a state of isolation, which has been proved to happen to some people. It has also been found that teens now spend an average of nine hours per week on social networking sites, which is a considerably large amount of time to be sitting in front of a computer (“Are SNS Good for our Society?”). Not only is a large amount of time spent on the computer, but healthy eating habits, exercise and overall health are thrown out the window since people spend so much time sitting in front of a computer. They become too lazy to go exercise or would rather go out to get some fast food, as opposed to a nice healthy homemade meal. Although some people may still find time to do so, others do not. Those problems, however, are not the only ones that come with social networking addiction.
Social Media began affecting our communication and relationships as early as 1969 when the first internet service provider become available to U.S. universities. In 2002, Friendster, the first social media website available to the U.S. was created and gained over 3 million members in just over 3 months. One year later, MySpace launched. In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg, a 24-year-old Harvard student, created Facebook, an online social networking service. This service was originally a way for students to interact. Today it is the world’s largest social networking service and allows over a billion users to connect though posting photos, sharing links, and comments which all appear on a “News Feed” that blasts out this information to all your virtual friends. For the current generation, this new way of communication is facilitating the act of never losing contact with anyone they have ever met. It also allows anyone on this platform to create new relationships with people they are interested in connecting with via internet.
Social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Linked In have gained a widespread audience across the world. Although the original intentions of these social sites were positive, these mediums of social interaction now have negative effects.
Whether you want to disseminate an issue, send invitations for an upcoming event, promote or support a good cause, connect with old friends, or even create a buzz about something for that matter, social networking sites are what people take to these days for any sort of such activity. The rising trend of this generation is that almost everything, personal or professional, is online. Forms like email and instant messaging are losing their significance in the lives of today's generation as the bulk of users engaged in social networking platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google Plus, and LinkedIn are increasing at an exponential rate. Although impossible to pick the best, the most prevalent today are Facebook and Twitter. They are both ruling social media today, but are different in terms of their versatility, privacy settings, and features such as groups and pages.
A social media addict will have the urge to continuously check their social media status, updates, or possibly stalking other people pages. If spent too much time on social media teens can become fully addicted which can eventually lead to symptoms such as depression, anxiety and some psychological disorders. Social media become a virtual world to a lot of teenagers. Some could say a “gateway drug” to other things. A gateway drug to lies, deception, and dishonesty. They become whoever or whatever they want whenever they choose to. A weak-minded teenager
Social media networks, or what Boyd and Ellison (2008) refer to as “Social network sites” (“SNSs”), are defined as web-based services that enable users to: “(1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, (2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system” (p. 211). Social media networks have become part of everyday life for millions of Americans. According to PEW Research Center’s “Social media update 2013” a majority 73% of online adults today use at least one social media network, while 42% use two or more (Duggan & Smith, 2014). The essential features of social media networks include profiles, friends, comments and private messaging. Profiles are unique pages where users can ‘type themselves into being’ (Boyd & Ellison, 2002, p. 211) by posting numerous forms of multimedia and basic information about themselves. A user’s "friends” include other people within the social network with whom they have a relationship. Commenting are mechanisms by which users may post messages on friends’ profiles that are generally visible to the entire network. Private messaging, similar to e-mail, allows users to send message visible only to specific users or groups of users (Boyd & Ellsion, 2002, p. 212). Differences among the various social media networks available are primarily dependent on the level and types of integrated information and communication tools including mobile connectivity, blogging, and photo and video-sharing (Boyd & Ellison, 2002, p. 210). As of early 2014, the five of the most popular social networks in order are: Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter, and Instagram (Duggan & Smith, 20...
Social media is a resource that a majority of people use to keep in contact with their loved ones. These sites are powerful resources because one can post or share something to their personal page and within days it can be shared all over the internet. The leading competitors of social media sites are Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Many people in my generation post every personal detail of their lives, whether it is what they ate that morning, or who their new date is. Now that smartphones are faster than ever, social media is even more accessible with the use of applications. Social media has become an addiction that is plaguing this generation.
Every day we meet a lot of people have seen their behavior, listen to what they say, think about them, try to understand them. We feel that we not only see what color eyes and hair of a person, tall or not, thin or full, but also sad to him or fun, smart or stupid it, solid or not and so on. Over the past decade, social media has seen growth to the point where it is reflects in our daily lives and even the lives of those who choose not to use it. Anywhere we go online, there are always buttons to click so that you can share something on Facebook or pin it to your Pinterest account.
To begin with, social media has been proven to be a dangerous addiction due to the many negative side effects like: sleep deprivation, and self-esteem problems. Most of the adult American population is connected to some sort of social media site, and they have joined the banned wagon of people whom check their social media accounts at least five times a day. Using social media to often can be time consuming and essentially causes sleep deprivation because the user stays up late on social media. Since social media has grown in popularity many have began to believe that social media is a life necessity. It is viewed by many as a daily necessity like brushing our teeth, or yet as important as eating. People whom are constantly on social media have been linked to develop self-esteem problems because they are so consumed on pretending and portraying this image of a person they are not. Social media has became such an addiction that many people wake up and the first thing they do is...
The first aspect being addressed is the problem with social network sites exposing information. Social networking has created an environment where it is nearly a duty to expose oneself. Profiles on these social websites are updated everyday with personal information such as locations, status, and future plans. Anyone can search another’s name and find information about their history, pictures, and activity. With the help of social networking sites...
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.
Our society today has become dependent on social media to entertain, excite, and inform each other on the newest and latest hot topics of today’s world. Some people cannot go as long as an hour without checking their social media websites whether it is on the phone, computer, Ipad, or any other electronic devise with internet. The creators of social media have made it easier to recognize and draw the user in with notifying pop-ups every time something new happens in the cyber world. The easier it gets, the more addicting it makes it to check every second. Also, it’s not only the youth and teenagers using these social media cites; it also claims adults as well. One of the main reasons people make social media accounts is because people are nosey about other people’s lives. They get a social media page such as Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram to monitor people and see what they are missing out of in the world. People post pictures to their “page” for everyone to see how good they look or how funny they are. Since everyone has a social media account, others feel obligated to make one, two, or even three accounts. What used to be rare is now typical for a normal person to have at l...
This world as we know is heading towards a more virtual era, where everything we need to know is under the palm of our hands. We have many devices such as smart phones, tablets, computers, which gives us access to an infinite amount of information. This virtual life style we are becoming accustomed to introduced us to social media. An increase amount of interaction is being built between known and unknown users from all around the world. Social networks such as Facebook, MySpace, twitter, and even tumbler have become an everyday routine of our daily lives. In this modern society, all these social media websites have brought about a significant amount of impact in many of us. It has really influenced its users on how to conduct their lives.
The popularity of the social networking sites increased rapidly in the last decade. This is probably due to the reason that college and university students as well as teens used it extensively to get global access. These social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook have become a raging craze for everyone nowadays.
Upon the advent of social networking websites, an entirely new level of self-expression was formed. People instantly share updates on their lives with family, friends, and colleagues, reconnecting with those they had lost contact with. Social networking has now become an integral part of contemporary society – a modern analog for catching up with friends over slow, conventional methods or finding upcoming events in newspapers. However, along with this freedom of information, the danger of revealing too much personal information has become apparent. As such, online social media poses an imminent danger to society as it blurs the line between private and public information, creating an obsession with sharing one’s personal life online.
Three quarters of mental illness happen between the ages of 14 to 24 (Lifetime prevalence and age-of-onset distributions of DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication). Poor mental health can lead to kids doing poorly in school, substance abuse, violence and other unhealthy activities. When you add social media to a time when people are mentally vulnerable can lead to suicide and attempts to commit suicide. Bullying has become a problem on social networking sites among teens which leads to feeling of loneliness and depression. Too much use of networking sites can also lead to loneliness and depression. These feelings have led teens to make attempts on ending their lives (Social networking sites and mental health problems in adolescents: The mediating role of cyber bullying victimization). Other less final side effects of too much social media is addiction to social media and the need to check the phone every five minutes. It can lead to narcissism and feeling the need for others to know them. This can be the reasons for the overwhelming amount of selfies on the internet. They crave attention and don’t care who will give it to them which can lead to unwise decisions when it comes to security. This also leads to crazy and wild posts of bad behavior like drinking, as teens try to outdo each other for attention (Social networking sites and mental health problems in adolescents: The mediating