People Should Be Aware Of The Negative Effects Of Social Media

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The number of Facebook users is twice more than the USA population and over 5 million of them are under 10 years; every second, a video on YouTube is uploaded; Facebook users spent 1.85 billion dollars on virtual credits last year (Frankenberry, A. 2016). All these large numbers are proof of the fact that social media has taken its place in our lives and eventually influence us. Therefore, People should be more aware of the negative effects of social media on adolescents, on health, and on society. The first reason why people should be more aware of their use of social media is because it affects adolescents in different ways. Some people might argue that these websites and applications are actually beneficial for them. They might say it could be used in the learning process as a convenient way to create, discuss, and communicate with their teachers in school or with their colleagues and friends. Also, it can build their confident when they read a positive comment on these websites (Ast, A. 2013). This might be true, however,…show more content…
With the algorithm that they have created they were able to know information such as the educational level and other private data (Frazier, K. 2016). Furthermore, Business as another example of social media impacts on society. It reduce productivity social media create a distraction for the workers that distract them from completing their tasks (Jung, B. and Media. D. 2016). This can coast the companies huge amount of money as Boitnott (2010) point out that 35 million US dollar is the coast of one thousand employees that wasted only one hour online. With that being said, the disadvantage effects of social media are numerous so people should consider these effects. Otherwise, social media will change our society, effects students and adolescents, and invasion your

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