- 1) It’s low cost and effective.
- 2) There’s a huge potential audience (reach) and a chance to go viral.
- 3) It’s not just marketing.
- 4) It starts a conversation.
- 5) You get real-time feedback.
- 6) It’s a great market research tool.
- 7) It creates loyalty and makes referrals easy.
- Pro 1. Social media spreads information faster than any other media. …
- Pro 2. Law enforcement uses social media to catch and prosecute criminals. …
- Pro 3. Social media sites help students do better at school. …
- Pro 4. Social media allows people to improve their relationships and make new friends. …
- Pro 5. …
- Pro 6. …
- Pro 7. …
- Pro 8.
- Increasing Brand Activity.
- Generate Online Traffic.
- Staying Alive.
- Better Conversion Rates.
- Increasing Brand Loyalty.
- Partnering up with Influencers.
- Assessing the Competition.
- Selectively Advertising.
The positive aspects of social media
Social media enables you to:
Communicate and stay up to date with family and friends around the world
. Find new friends and communities; network with other people who share similar interests or ambitions. Join or promote worthwhile causes; raise awareness on important issues.
- Build relationships. Social media is not just about brands connecting with their customers. …
- Share your expertise. Social media gives you an opportunity to talk about what you know and what you want to be known for. …
- Increase your visibility. …
- Educate yourself. …
- Connect anytime.
Why is social media important? Social media is important
because it allows you to reach, nurture, and engage with your target audience — no matter their location
. When a business can use social media to connect with its audience, it can use social media to generate brand awareness, leads, sales, and revenue.
| Pros Cons | Put yourself out there in a good way Posting inappropriate statuses/pictures | Connect with students in other educational systems Making people feel bad about themselves | Make new friends/communicate or connect with old friends/family Cyberbullying |
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The more hours you spend time on social media, the more you lose a chunk of your creative time.
creative people block social media websites and apps to focus on
their daily tasks and you should do it for yourself. Social media has its advantages but one should use social media wisely by keeping certain limits.
Social media is good for society
because it lets you write to people if you need help
. You can interact with other people and have fun. You can learn from people who live in different countries. If you have a question, you can ask someone.
64% of Americans say social media have a
mostly negative effect
on the way things are going in the U.S. today. … Just one-in-ten Americans say social media sites have a mostly positive effect on the way things are going, and one-quarter say these platforms have a neither positive nor negative effect.
One of the most powerful positive effects of social media is
its ability to provide support and solidarity
. … In times of loneliness, stress and anxiety, social media can act as a powerful tool to bring people together to support and lift each other up when they need it most.
Social Media has many positive effects on education including
better communication, timely information, socializing online, learning, enhancing skills
, making a career among others. But the same has some negative effects which include identity theft, cyber bullying, and social isolation.
There’s bad news for those self-proclaimed social media “addicts”: multiple studies from the last year show that too
much
time spent on your favorite platforms can make you depressed and less satisfied with life. It starts early, too; even young teens report negative effects from social media obsession.
- cyberbullying (bullying using digital technology)
- invasion of privacy.
- identity theft.
- your child seeing offensive images and messages.
- the presence of strangers who may be there to ‘groom’ other members.
Understanding the functional building blocks of social media”, researchers provide a framework that defines social media, which includes seven functional social media building blocks:
identity, conversations, sharing, presence, relationships, reputation, and groups
.
In today’s society, the use of social media
has become a necessary daily activity
. Social media is typically used for social interaction and access to news and information, and decision making. It is a valuable communication tool with others locally and worldwide, as well as to share, create, and spread information.
