The Negative Effects Of Social Networking

Online social network has gained astounding worldwide growth and popularity which has led to attracting attention from variety of researchers around the world. In Carla Poertner article,”Is Facebook Making Us Stupid,Boring and Insecure?” She is right on target about youth being impacted over social networking. Social media has influenced youths whether it being their motives, lifestyle, or even a choice and ways of their realizations. Although, some will argue saying that social network is a good influence towards young people it is morally wrong due to getting themselves into addiction leading to danger, lack of concentrating in school, even their physical and psychological health. In other words, generations of teenagers and young adults

October 15, 2010, the movie “The Social Network” was released and later received over $220 million dollars in revenue. The reason this movie received such a high amount of revenue is because of all the teenage users of social networking sites. This makes the debatable case of whether social networking is considered unhealthy for teenagers. But through common sense and logic, anyone can see that it should be considered a negative aspect because it encourages procrastination, creates a false sense of security, and allows teenagers to explore the option of suicide.

Social media is the way teens network. It includes applications such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram where individuals can connect, share photographs, and like others posts or images. These applications can be accessed through electronic devices such as iPads, phones, computers, etc. It is known to educate, engage, and impact individuals and their environment. The most well-known theory is that an individual can control what he/she sees, considers, or feels about a topic. To some degree this is valid. Nevertheless, does teenagers know that social media influence them in some way? Social networking is harming to a teens growth as it boosts their online identities, separates them from the universe of social connection, occupies their attention from television, and it also affects relationships. The 21st century has seen the internet change into a device that has made communication less severe and handier. This change occurred rapidly with thoughts of social networks that would allow the association of individuals in various nations. Teenagers, being the principle players of the online networks, has been caught *up in the blend of social networking as they have developed into a period where innovation has reformed the way individuals approach their day by day routines. However, because of the extreme measure of time spent on these sites, they are left to result in pessimistic consequences for their advancement.

Adolescents use of these (communication) technologies has expanded and is now a primary way of communicating with and acquiring information(18). Adolescent psychology has changed when it comes to acquiring new friends. Take for example the idea that a new student comes into your school. You have a burning curiosity to find out more over this new person. What do you do? Well it depends. Most likely an adult would take it more civically and ask that new student questions over his life as oppose to a teenager. The teenager’s first instinct would be to search them up on the social media because they don’t want to seem too upfront(Galileo). This is because technological communication devices have been incorporated into today’s youth as part of their normal habitual life. So the usage of advanced technologies like computers and cellphones has imposed adolescents to use the resources available to them first. Taking this back into the scenario of the new student coming to the school, it would only be likely that teenagers use the technological communication devices first as opposed to asking them questions upfront. This doesn’t necessarily mean they lack social skills when acquiring new friends. In fact, research shows that it might actually enhance a more effective friendship. Because of social media for example, People could search up their background information to

One of the main issues with the constant use of social media is that it is causing teenagers to forget how to interact with one another. Teenagers are bombarded with idea that they need to compare themselves to everyone. They spend so much time

As of the 3rd season of 2017, Facebook has 2.07 billion users, an astounding accomplishment for Mark Zuckerberg. But what were his intentions when he was creating the globally-known website? Of course, his goal was allowing people to keep in touch with friends and family, as well as meeting new people over the World Wide Web. But did social media addiction or cyber bullying ever cross his mind as factors that could give people a negative impact on his site? Maybe so, but there are also educational purposes that can help students do better in school on social media sites. Does that mean that these impacts cancel each other out? In this essay, I am going to justify both sides of the fence when it comes down to the use of social media and the impact on its users.

Parents all over America worry about what their children are doing on social media every day they are on it. No one knows what is truth or what is false. Someone could be using a different identity to try to scam people on social media. In this generation, everyone is all about their snap chat streaks, how many likes they get on twitter, how many people have seen their stories on snap chat, and how many re tweets they can get on twitter. I believe that social media is harmful to the psychological well- being of young people in America.

Firstly, we need to understand what social media is. From a broader and vague perspective, social media can be referred as the wide variety of mobile and Internet-based services that allow users to contribute to online exchanges, join online communities, or contribute user-created content. Although social has helped us learn more and educate ourselves on many things, it has a lot of mental effects on our bodies. It has detrimental effects on our wellbeing (Bányai et al. 52). Social media is a platform that has an increasingly significant impact not only on our mental health but also multiple facets of modern life beyond online communication. This platform is misleading the teens and the young adults because they are the most who spent a lot of time socializing online and doing all manner of things thus exposing themselves to the risk of developing the mental problems. They get all negative effects that are associated with social media because they spent most of their time online. Although social media has more good than harm, we also need not spend most of our time online as this will bring us many mental problems that can affect our entire life. Social media has vast negative effects on oneself, specifically on depression, addiction, self-esteem, and confidence, therefore we need to regulate the usage of it to avoid these problems in the future.

In our current technology dominated world, a great number of social networking sites exist, which many of us use as a way of communicating with others. Although the majority of us find social media very useful and convenient, there are lots of consequences that follow with its use. Recognizing the dangers of social media, Danielle Reed attempts to prompt her readers to reduce the amount of time spent on such sites through her article, “Negative Impact of Social Networking Sites”. Being a social networking manager, Reed is able to notice teenagers as the primary users of social media. Because of this, Reed focuses on swaying not only teenagers, but also their parents through her article by describing the risks of using social networks. Even though Reed lacks in the use of pathos throughout her article, her ample supply of statistical support and plausible sources greatly assists in effectively persuading the readers to cut down the use of social networks.

Modern society is in grave danger because of the media. Different forms of media have emerged over time, including newspaper, books, radio, television, and now the internet. Numerous studies have proven a link between poor self-image and the media, and this trend has worsened with time. It seems the more access individuals have to the rest of the world, the more self-obsessed they become, and the results can be deadly. Many psychologists have discovered a connection between media (social media primarily) and one’s self-image. Unfortunately, this connection is often a negative one, as social media has been claimed to be “more addictive than alcohol or tobacco” (Fox, para 1). There are several factors that contribute to this trend of social media negatively impacting body image, many of which are scientific and should potentially be treated as a disease like other addictions are. Society’s “ideal image” of an individual has evolved as social media has become increasingly popular, which is damaging individuals’ self-images and causing body dysmorphia in some cases. Social media and exposure to other factors such as reality television should be limited in order to prevent unrealistic body images.

Social media use among adolescents has rapidly increased in developed nation and contributed in one of their favorite daily activities (Tartari, 2015). A survey conducted by Pew Internet & the American Life Project indicated that 75% of adolescents are currently associates with social media sites (Lenhart, Purcell, Smith, & Zikuhr, 2010). 22% of adolescents logs into their favorite social network sites more than once or approximately more than ten times per day (Common, Sense Media, 2009). Osbourne-Gowey (2014) disputes that social media is a collection of online applications designed for adolescents and individuals to achieve online interaction enhancement. Power (2014) illustrated that use of social media benefits adolescents with the capacity to develop friendships, communication, share information, collaborate, and modify users-generated content. However, it has led to various negatives and risks impacts on adolescents. The main of this essay is to discuss and examined the impact of social media on adolescents in developed nation. The focus will be on both positives, negatives and the risks social media impacts on adolescents.

Being a student, I think the penetration rate about the social media for me is almost 100 percent. At least me and my friends use it every day. We probably used it for translator the words or chat with others. Even more we use it for fun. Everyone use social media. Undisputed, social media is another way for us to keep communicate with each other. However, it could bring the negative and the positive effects. According to my personal experience, I think the negative effects on social media is much more than the positive effects.

Imagine the world without any form of social media: No Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, or Twitter. We would have to stop endlessly scrolling through our feeds. We would not be able to conquer the constant overwhelming urge inside of us that makes social media a popular dependency. We would have to look up from our phones and see the world around us. Our society today solely revolves around the use of social media. Even though social media can be an exciting form of entertainment for many, the amount of hours spent on social networking is clearly unhealthy. Kelly Wallace, a television journalist who reports for CNN, states that “on any given day, teens in the United States spend about nine hours using media for their enjoyment”. On average, teenagers spend sixty-three hours a week on social media and about two hundred and fifty two hours on social media in a typical month. Despite the negative effects of social media, such as cyberbullying, depression, and unrealistic body standards, teenagers keep returning to their favorite apps for entertainment purposes. Disturbing websites and apps can be found on the internet and recent suicides have been linked to the use of social media that have taken place all around the world. In one case, The Blue Whale Challenge has caused over 130 deaths in Russia. The challenge gives unsuspecting people tasks to complete such as cutting your body and watching scary videos. At the end of the challenge, the last task is to commit suicide or else someone would supposedly go and kill the player’s family. Police in the United Kingdom are currently warning parents and children about the dangerous social media phenomenon. Social media can be a great source of communication but is a cruel and menacing commodity when used incorrectly. The increasingly high demand for social media is driving our world into a downward spiral and is creating a cynical environment. The unhealthy addiction to social media is a serious issue that needs to come to an end.

Social networking is defined as the electronic community of individuals connected through various social websites and networks, where they develop online relations according to similar interests, activities and social groups. The primary area of research for this study topic is focused on social networking and the effects it has had on the communication interactions of the adolescents of American society. The relevance in regards to this research study is to identify, clarify and understand the general functions of social media, the manner in which they are used, and connect those functions to the evolution of human interaction among the developing adolescent society. Social networking has affected the behaviour and communication skills of the American society by altering the communicative language competency,

Social Networking is “ the use of dedicated websites and applications to interact with other or to find people with similar interests”. Social networking consists of various social media websites such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, etc. These social media applications have become increasingly popular amongst teens. The web’s social network has grown to be one of the largest and most influential outlet on the internet. Social media have both a positive and negative affect on how teens interact on day to day basis. Social networking has given teens an opportunity to communicate with others, express themselves, and establish a political stand on the government. However, some negative effects