How Social Media Hurting In Our Real Life An interesting fact that says, more than 350 million Facebook users suffer from Facebook Addiction Syndrome (Brown p.1)! It shows how the social networking sites like Facebook are taking control over our life. These social networking sites are virtual communities that help and encourage its user to share their personal information, making new friends and communicate with other users. However, its role is very questionable. There are many reasons to worry about it.
When it is used irresponsibly, it fluctuates into a dangerous tool to use. It creates an unlimited amount of potential threats to people everywhere. This is where cyber bullying comes in at. Why should cyber bullying be stopped? When children start to abuse the convenience of the internet by harassing other people, the internet becomes very dangerous.
Facebook's Impact on Social Isolation and Depression Elizabeth A. Johnson Argosy University Online ENG 101 Professor James Lange Facebook's Impact on Social Isolation and Depression Facebook, a popular social networking website, considered one of the prime techniques in present day social interaction. It is excessive for communication, networking, getting the latest news, and scheduling events. This dominate social media platform is intended to unite individuals and evidently, it accomplishes this in a numerous ways. On the other hand, Facebook's usefulness and reputation often disguises its more psychological detrimental aspects, of which seems to be social isolation and depression. From this, the concern arises as to whether or not Facebook is favorable to the social good of American society or does it encumber the ability to socialize face-to-face.
He thinks the students should be taught interpersonal intelligence and learn when, where, and what kind of internet usage is appropriate. Also in his essay it’s pointed out that many students are addicted to Facebook which tally’s 250 million hits everyday and ranks 9th in overall traffic over the internet. That kind of social networking affects all forms of academe. Additionally, online communities have a lot of factious information. It’s easy for a person to create a factitious profile and use these anonymous profiles.
Author Louis Kraft states that, social networking has taken too much control of our daily lives, to the point where it leads to people being envious and depressed (2011). Activities such as cyber bullying have been more prominent and have increased due to social media, resulting in many depressed victims. Also, terrorist groups, such as the Al-Qaeda and the Al-Shabbab, use social networks to spread messages of hate and violence, which may lead to religious conflict and fear in the world. It’s extremely unfortunate that a system that was supposed to bring us so close and working together has actually backfired into one that creates disruption. Likewise, the never ending use of social network causes people to get spend a lot of time, glued to their phones and other wireless devices, forgetting the importance of actual human to human contact.
Privacy is slowly corroding, and all this information can be obtained from any social networking site. Young adults who are struggling to find themselves can face some level of identity crisis. He or she may become involved in drugs or criminal behavior, which could result in negative circumstances. Many young adults find themselves in possession of an identity characterized by these rebellious behaviors. They claim to be non-conformist to show that they're different from their peers.
This Is Your Brain on the Internet The brain is one of the most fascinating organs in the human body. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that the brain is a social organ. It reacts to environment around us, and these reactions subconscious or not can have an effect on our brain. One question that is being asked more and more regarding this is that is the internet making us dumb. Even though the internet is not a brand new thing, this question was never brought up because of how slow it used to be and because of how many people had access to it compared to now.
Online Harassment and Cyber Mobs Online harassment is an issue that has received quite the publicity and media coverage lately. As the Internet and everything that involves it has grown into our everyday life and routines, it has become the most used form of communication. Everyone from toddlers to retirees knows about the Internet and what its basic uses are. Nowadays teens spend most of their time online in comparison to watching TV or reading books. The Internet can do everything, and it is an incredible way for people all over the world to stay in contact and learn about each other.
A lot of illegal programmes inside computers gather information about, for instance, web sites that we have visited, information that we have searched and they send this information to organisations that use these data to understand our preferences in terms of our political idea or our sexual preference. Consequently, our freedom is threatened by these organisations and people have fought for years and even dead to obtain it. In conclusion, I do not want to spread fear towards who is about to use this incredible mean of communication but I wanted to make you aware of dangers that is possible to meet in this “virtual world”. Also because we can receive a lot of damages by our unconscious behaviour and not only in terms of money. Knowing exactly what we do can help us to avoid problems and perhaps regret something that we have done for a long time.
In addition there is the danger of exposure to online predators. Facebook is a dangerous network site and taking the risk of using it will cause you harm in one way or another. The biggest risk to children using social networking sites comes from their own peers and from their own behaviour. The most pressing issue on Facebook is the cyber bullying and online harassment. According to Consumer Reports study, over one million children had been bullied online via Facebook in the past year.