The popularity of social networking websites such as Facebook has increased drastically over the past decade. Websites like this one are used to communicate with others and share information about one’s self with other users. Facebook, in particular, seems to be the most popular out of the many social networking sites today. The Internet can have harmful, declinitive effects on a person’s real-life social ties and mental health. Facebook hinders social interaction because it lets us create a version of ourselves that is completely different than who we really are, it can be addictive if over used, and it also can make us very lonely and depressed.
Social media websites have allowed people to make new friends, and have fostered many relationships. The impact of actively participating on social media sites is not always a wise decision; it can affect relationships and peoples reputations. Information disclosed on social networking sites can have a negative effect on relationships compared to more traditional interactions, such as instant messaging or face-to-face interactions. Social media can be a valuable source of connecting people together and enhancing relationships but it can also cause conflict and hurt relationships between people. Many people that use social media have stated that it doesn’t only affect their lives daily, but also their close relationships.
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
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.
Tevin Hutchinson 11/10/2012 English 102 Technology plays a huge role in our everyday life. I do believe that technology has made our lives easier, but it also has made us more dependent on the technology itself. When using the internet for a dictionary you could easily get distracted. Anyone can put anything on the internet, so what you find might not be accurate. Most people find that looking things up on the internet is distracting because you are already on the web so why not check YouTube for a funny video, or update your status on the social network.
Everyday, all around the world people are on some kind of social media and or some media platform. There have been many positive aspects to social media, like rekindling friendship and being able to talk to someone with just a couple of clicks of a button, but nowadays social media isn’t has friendly as everyone may think. Crime rates have exponentially increased over the last decade due to the excessive use of social media exploitation, the influence of violence on social media, and terroristic threats from younger/older social media users. Tweets, pictures, and really any other types of post are put on social media simpy to show-off the person's life. This is a place where everyone can see and view any profile they so wish.
How is it beneficial to today’s way in life? Do these networks entitle privacy? Why/Why not? Is social networking safe?With much With much deliberation, this topic has become a very interesting argument.What people must understand is that social networking should not just be seen as an enemy but should be more focused on how it can also be a person’s best friend as well with communication/interaction. It is given in Clive Thompson’s, “I’m So Totally, Digitally, Close to You,” that “people are so often changed by the use of technology”(Thompson-p.168-177).
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.
A: In today’s world I feel that identity theft is the most common white collared “cybercrime.” It is surprisingly easy for a “cybercriminal” to gain access to someone’s personal information. I feel that the biggest reason that this is such a big issue is that many people do not know or do not understand just how easy it is to “share” such private information online. Many older people are newly converts to the internet world, and unknowledgeable as to what sites are safe enough to key in such vital information. These “cybercriminals” use great links to trick someone into giving up their personal information, even a password. “Phishing,” for example, is still one of the common ways these “cybercriminals” get a person’s username and passwords to different sites.
Introduction Social network is an online platform for users build up profile and a connection with personal network (Lenhart and Madden, 2008). With the popular trend of social network, people changed their way in interpersonal communications. Social networking changed our forms of lives with more bonding. At the same time, it is inventing our lives as an unconscious habitual craving. Some of the social media users even obsessed with the online world and they presumed that social network is the mirror of real world.