How popular do you think the social media is? As Joe stated " If social media companies were countries, Facebook-with over 1,1 billion users- would be the most populous, just before China!" (Joe carter, 2013, para 1). Nowadays, social networking became the main method of communication, giving the chance to connect with friends around the corner and around the world. It seems that social media has changed the world for better. Nevertheless, with the growing number of social networks’ users from all ages researches noticed the negative effects of these networks on the community with the rising of serious psychical problems including social isolation as a main one, so it’s fair enough to say that social media has dramatically impacted our society causing moral and social issues. Some people may argue that social media dissolves boundaries. Social networks’ supporters believe that social media facilitates open communication leading to enhance information and gives opportunity for various cultures and communities to connect. Nevertheless, this point has merits on the surface and could be acceptable to an extent. It’s true that social media allows long distance communication. Yet cyberspace interaction differs from real life communication, while social networks assist open communication it also opens up the possibility for hackers to launch spam and cause privacy concerns. The main risk to preadolescents and adolescents online today are risks from each other, risks of improper use of technology, lack of privacy, sharing too much information, or posting false information about themselves or others these types of behavior put their privacy at risks ( O'Keeffe, Clarke-Pearson, 2011, Para5). Moreover, with the more time spent on social n... ... middle of paper ... ...arents can be most helpful if they understand the core issues and have strategies for dealing with them whether they take place online, offline, or, increasingly, both” (O'Keeffe, Clarke-Pearson, 2011, Para8). Reference list: * O’Keeffe, Clarke-Pearson. (March 28, 2011). The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and Families. Retrieved April 25, 2014, from http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/127/4/800. * Graham. (April 16, 2014). Psychologist: Social Media Causing a ‘Distancing Phenomena’ To Take Place. Retrieved April 25, 2014, from http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/04/16/psychologist-social-media-causing-a-distancing-phenomena-to-take-place/. * Carter. (July 17, 2013). 9 Things You Should Know About Social Media. Retrieved May 6, 2014, from http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2013/07/17/9-things-you-should-know-about-social-media/.
In a day and age of a social media dominance, we have never been as densely connected and networked as we ever have. Through studies and researchers, it has been shown that we never have been as lonelier, or even narcissistic. As a result all this loneliness has not only made us mentally ill, but physically ill as well. Published in The Atlantic on April 2, 2012, Stephen Marche addresses this argument in his article entitled “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely”.
Based on many researchers’ work, numerous people believe the social media brings the positive effect in their lives. For example, according to Alexandra Sifferlin “What Men Share on Social Media But Not With You,” a researcher found “men and women who experience social anxiety, and
Today, roughly two billion computers and two billion phones are in use (Mathews). With this, come almost four billion people with the opportunity to use the internet and to connect to social media. Linda Ogbevoen states that “with digital media’s increase in functionality and decrease in price, more and more rely on digital media for work, play, and socializing.” Over the past decade social media has become more and more popular, thus causing it to become part of people’s everyday lives. Along with the widespread of technology today, various people of all ages throughout the world have started to log onto social media sites. The most prominent users of social media have been shown to be adolescents. As a result of the excessive use of social media, adolescents have encountered problems such as internet bullying (“cyberbullying”), privacy concerns, and internet addiction.
The twenty first century is the age of the “Internet” which guarantees people information at the touch of their fingertips. Intelligence of any subject can be acquired- personal or private- in a matter of seconds. This method of public privacy is practiced by numerous social networking websites, which hold personal data of its users. Facebook and Twitter have promised to engulf people with their warmth, keeping them interacted with friends, updated with trends, and connected with society. While several buy into this ruse, they neglect the undesirable effects of networking, which eventually led to depression, presenting a social paradox. The virtual relationships formed online through social networks, are intended to replace physical interaction; people become immensely socialized through a new avenue of communication and remain “connected” with friends or family. This common contact behind masked computer screens eventually becomes insufficient. Yet, people seem to be addicted to social websites resulting in a continuous, daily dependence upon these networking mediums. The more society becomes reliant on social networking, the more people become victims of isolation and depression, as these types of websites merely detach people from physical communication and significant interactions.
The things people do in their early lives are the things that shape their destinies and future identities. When society looks at today’s young adults, it see a disastrous future ahead of them due to their use of social media. In the article, “Antisocial Networking?,” the author, Hilary Stout, claims that social media is inimical to adolescents because youngsters who have used it have become less interested in face-to-face communication with their friends and absent from vital experiences that help them develop empathy, comprehend different emotions, and recognize the meaning of facial expressions and body language. Stout’s position regarding social media is true. Social media genuinely is a deleterious factor in the lives of youths. Social
The use of different social media platforms creates the illusion of human adaptation while in fact it has far reaching effects such as addiction (Bargh 582). The use of social media over an extended period may become addictive making people lose the sense of physical interaction thereby affecting their connection with their close ones and themselves. As indicated by Shapin (211), individuals in the older societies isolated themselves to find time to contemplate and grow while in the modern society, isolation may be as a result of self-love and the imaginary benefits people attach to online socialization. Psychology Today clearly indicates that the human nature has a characteristic of always seeking to be in a supportive structure in everyday life. Even though social media may have some effects on social change in an individual, it does not always lead to meaningful relationships (Engelberg 2). Social media’s virtual integration and lack of significant relations is a clear indicator of a deep underlying sense of
Asur, S., & Huberman (2010) defines social media as “a ubiquitous and important platform used for social networking and content sharing.” For much of today’s youth mobile devices and interactive social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have been ever present in their lives and critical factors in their development. The long-term consequences are yet unclear, but there is no doubt that the advent of social networking has transformed the manner in which students interact with their families and friends, as well as how they utilize established and emerging technologies to navigate the world (Correa, Hinsley, & De Zuniga,
Today, social media has spread and became popular among men, women, teenagers, and mature people. People use social media for many purposes. They use it for business, education, entertainment, and many other purposes. However, social media has become problematic as it affected people’s face-to-face communication. It has even been claimed that social media made us lonely. The purpose of this paper is to discuss how social media made us lonely, and the solutions that might help people regain their social lives.
Social media has made our world smaller and more connected; therefore, it just became like a small village, where the news now travels faster even overseas. Social media has provided the world with many advantages that have benefited many of people; however, it also has much more disadvantages than it’s advantages; especially to our children and adolescents today. The Irish Examiner reports that “According to research carried out by the US non- profit Family Online Safety Institute, the use of social media is the only form of online activity where parents believe its dangers outweigh
to the core concept of one’s own self” (Pennington, 2008, p.6). Due to social networking, the idea of moving through the onion layers is nonexistent. Upon become “Facebook friends” with someone, one can find out where that person is from ,whom they have dated, where they were last night, and what is their family’s favorite Christmas tradition. Of course, the sender of the friend request is not at fault, because society struggles with “what is private vs. what is public”. The research done suggests that by looking to the natural views of how the social penetration theory society has evolved that two things result; (1) we have different concepts of public vs....
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 is described as content created and shared by individuals on the web using freely available websites that allow users to create and post their own images, video and text information and then share that with either the entire internet or just a select group of friends (Affilorama, 2012). They are more like a website allowing you to express your daily activities, beliefs, locations, likes, dislikes, photos, music, etc. They are used by creating a profile, and logging in through either the website, or apps now used on smartphones, or any portable device with Wi-Fi connection. Although most social media networks are directed towards adults and young adults, young children are getting into these websites as well. There are usually age limits but there isn’t a certainty that all the users provided their actual age, allowing whoever wants to be a member of these sites to bypass an age limit “security” procedure. Facebook and MySpace require users to be at least 13, but they have no practical way to verify ages, and many young users prete...
Social media has nothing but negative effects on people’s minds. Social networking can become very addicting and people can get wrapped up in the drama and excitement of the cyber world. It would only improve our society today if social media never existed to our knowledge. Our society today feels so connected with social media that it interferes with our lives making every task even harder with the temptations.
The more social media we have, the more we think we're connecting, yet we’re really disconnecting from each other. Communication is a crucial part of the human life when it comes to interacting and progressing our society. Ever since the beginning of as much as we can remember, we’ve communicated in many forms such as body language, sign language and written language. Nowadays, we’ve taken socializing to a whole new level. We’ve constructed a form of typed language with the given name, social networking. There are endless social media sites that make it obtainable to connect between various amounts of people. In consideration of the ability that people can interact through social media, most people own an account for engaging. Granting all this, social media has a lot of negative side effects that cause tendencies and anti-social behaviors in people. Many of social media users are obsessed and become deserted by using social media. The most influential social networks, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are included. It is critical to know why people have to use social media wisely and need some restrictions when using it.
Whether you ‘like’ it or not, Social Media is having a major impact on the legal battlefield and both individuals and corporations need to navigate this world very carefully.