The Disadvantages And Benefits Of Social Media On The Internet

In recent years, the social media has become one of the major means through which various people connect throughout the world. Since the launching of Facebook in 2004 and Twitter in 2006, the social media networks have taken different platforms. It is even estimated that in 2016, there will be over 2 billion online users of these social media networks. This means that over a quarter of the world’s population would be able to connect through these social media networks. Moreover, businesses and students have also benefited from the use of social media for communication purposes as well as for businesses. However, studies have revealed that online networking sites have more disadvantages than advantages particularly on the area of online privacy and performance of students (Issa, Isaias and Kommers 31).
People may disagree and argue that social networking sites bring them lots of benefits. With more personal information been put up online, it is more likely of technology to analyze your preference such as shopping habits or the kind of news you are interested in. These

It is a well-known fact that social networking came into existence because of technology. On its part, technology has been known to cause various kinds of crime. Even though majority of users of these sites use them for principled and healthy reasons, another group of individuals normally use it for the abuse and exploitation of others especially children and teenagers who largely are normally unsuspecting. The use of social media is too convenient to the abusers that they have resorted to carry out their abusive activities online because it reduces the risk of catching them. While carrying out these operations, the perpetrators normally use fake identities that increase their confidence in the exploitation and abuse of this vulnerable group (Marcum and Higgins