Social media is a phrase that we throw around a lot these days, often to describe what we post on sites and apps like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and others. So you can infer that social media are web-based sites that allow people to interact with each other.
The positives of social media:
Education:
Teachers are able to easily collaborate and communicate with students and one another.
Students have easy, free access to resources online to help them learn.
Grades improve and absenteeism is reduced.
59% of student users report that they use social networking to discuss educational topics and 50% use the sites to talk about school assignments.
Politics:
Voter participation is increased. Facebook users said they are more likely to vote if they see that their online friends did. During the elections of 2010, users who visited Facebook more than once a day were 2.5 times more likely to attend a political rally or meeting and 43% more likely to say they will vote.
Social media facilitates political change: Online networks give social movements a quick, cheap method of disseminating information and mobilizing people.
Awareness/Being Informed:
27.8% of Americans get their news online. (28.8% get it from newspapers and 18.8% from radio.)
Information spreads faster online than any other media. More than 50% learn about breaking news on social media.
Social networking provides academic research to everyone with online access, allowing people access to previously unavailable resources.
Social media sites inform and empower individuals to change themselves and their communities.
Social Benefits:
Social media allow people to communicate with friends and this increased online communication strengthens those relationships. 52% of online teens say social media have helped their friendships. 88% say being online helps them stay in touch with friends they don't see regularly.
People make new friends. 57% online teens report making new friends online.
Job Opportunities:
Great for professionals for marketing, connecting, and finding business opportunities.
Employers find employees and unemployed find work. 89% of job recruiters have hired via LinkedIn, 26% via Facebook, and 15% via Twitter.
Social media sites have created thousands of jobs and new avenues of income.
2. WHAT IS SOCIAL
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• Social media refers to interaction among people
in which they create, share, and/or exchange
information and ideas in virtual communities and
networks.
• “Social” – refers to instinctual needs humans
have to connect with other humans
• “Media” – what we use to make connections
with other humans
• “Social Media” – Media used for social
interaction
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7. IMPACT ON YOUTH
IMPACT ON YOUTH
Positive Effects of Social Media
• Education has become very
convenient with the help of social
media. Students can easily share
important data for class work or
assignments.
• Social sites like LinkedIn, Naukri.com
etc., save the effort of doing the whole
employment process by traditional
methods.
• The fastest way to advertise anything
is to upload it on social sites.
• Helps in conversation around the
world.
Negative Effects of Social Media
• People are found wasting hours
over hours on social sites
• Discount commercials influence
people to spend unnecessarily.
• cyber bullying
• Fake Profiles
• Lack of privacy on the social sites
• Addiction: Internet shopping,
online chatting can be addictive.
• Eye Problems: Prolonged use of
display screens may weaken eye
• sight.
9. “There are more advantages for using social media, however,
there is always advantages and disadvantages for a thing.
As social media is too convenient for people, almost most of
them don't even have to 'speak out' to communicate with
people. No longer, people will lost their communication skills.
Our life became more convenient because social media is a
very useful tool for us in 21st century, it could help us to
improve our life. However, we have to aware of how we use
them. If we could use the social media smartly, having social
media will become a good change for us.
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