People can show off their children or the birth of a new born baby. Another advantage of social media is that a person can market their business. Social media can attract people to your website from links that are advertised or shared by a friend or consumer. With social media a person can meet new people in their area and also meet new people in their state, country, and around the world. Some disadvantages of social media are cyber bullying, harassment, and stalking.
Karen Kabyemera Workshop in Essay Writing 1100 Professor Elaine Bailey September, 25 2013 Assignment I THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL NETWORKS ON CULTURAL INTEGRATION Social media has become popular in our daily lives in communication i.e. exchanging ideas, sharing knowledge and interacting with one another. The increase in the use of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. has led to the mingling of cultures and has made the geographical distance between countries, cities, and states, thereby, bringing each and every culture closer. The new social media has brought people together from different parts of the world, despite their differences and views on the world.
The advantages of social media would be to stay in contact with family and friends that are not living close to visit. For example, Facebook is the most viewed media site (Campbell, 2014). It allows people to communicate with people all over the world. Keeping in touch with family via this social media allows pictures to be posted and viewed, videos and other events that would be missed. The disadvantages of social media would be when it’s used inappropriately.
On facebook and instagram you can add pictures and information with other people across the globe. With twitter you can “tweet” also known as messaging to get information out on the web. A good way an individual can use social media to help strengthen their community is by setting up a Facebook account to delivery important information. For example my community has a Facebook page I follow and they are constantly updating information about my community’s environment. Every Thursday at 6pm they have tea time at our local city hall so we can get to know our neighbors better.
In Josh Roses’: How social media is having a positive impact on our culture, in Current Issues Page.612. Josh states, “I recently asked the question to my face book friends: “Twitter, Face book, Foursquare … is all of this making you feel closer to the people or farther away?” There would be a lot different responses because some people might agree and say that it does bring me closer to people and other might say no, it keeps us farther away from people of our age. I see people intertwining with the use of social media in and out on a daily basis to keep up with life. The use of social media technology is also being used in the education world and is becoming increasingly more normal in classrooms all across our country. There are handful of benefits behind the use of social media in an educational system.
Because of this, there has been a massive effect on the amount of socialising between friends and family; using technology in online social messaging websites such as Bebo, MSN, Facebook and many more. Through these social messaging websites, more and more people can interact with their friends and family all over the world. An expert professor David Crystal has supported the idea of web-based messages and disagrees with the view that slang and contractions leads to a lower English standard of language. Although this is a benefit to most people, it has been abused by some people by overusing it and different ‘language’ while typing, which cause differentiation in the way we speak and the way we write. The
Lately, there have been many news stories about young adults who have committed suicide due to cyberbullying. In today’s society, the internet has become very common and it plays a major role in teenagers’ lives. They can shop, express their thoughts, and even make new friends online. It is also important to note how easy it is to distribute information across the internet in very little time. While there are positive outcomes of the internet, there still exist dangerous aspects to it, such as bullying.
They may become so used to communicating via internet that they lose basic communication skills and can’t hold a face to face conversation. Prior to social media, people were able to have secret affairs. But now, it has become so much easier to trace foot prints that are left behind, which in turn makes it easier for couples to spy on each other. Sharing passwords, setting rules as to who your significant other can and can’t have on their friends list, or even going as far as making them delete social media all together will cause many problems between insecure couples. In general, relationships can be greatly affected both positively and
Sidonia Willis Mr. Lewis Engl. 1301-018 14 October 2014 The Not-So-Social Life Many social networks have created the opportunity for people to communicate almost instantly over almost any distance. Social network’s uses have become more popular and have created a whole new world of its own. The author Brian Jung’s essay “ The Negative Effects of Social Media on Society and Individuals” expresses the problems that social media is creating today. He exposes the negatives effects of online use consisting of people getting Cyber bullied, the false sense of connection people receive, and people’s lack of privacy.
For example, if you provide the name of the university you attend, Facebook is able to find your schoolmates through searching its database of those who attended the same university. The more detailed information you provided to Facebook, the more friends in real world you will find on the website, if your friends use Facebook. Users can share everything on the Facebook, they can tell what’s going on in their lives by writing a few words on their own Facebook page and they can upload pictures and videos as well as write articles. Facebook changed the people’s way of interacting with each other. Users can get information about their friends every second they want.