However, multiple studies have found a strong link between heavy social media and an
increased risk for depression, anxiety, loneliness, self-harm
, and even suicidal thoughts. Social media may promote negative experiences such as: Inadequacy about your life or appearance.
The more time spent on social media can lead to cyberbullying, social anxiety, depression, and exposure to content that
is not age appropriate
. Social Media is addicting. When you're playing a game or accomplishing a task, you seek to do it as well as you can.
The negative aspects of social media
However, multiple studies have found a strong link between heavy social media and an increased risk for depression, anxiety, loneliness, self-harm, and even suicidal thoughts. Social media may promote negative experiences such as:
Inadequacy about your life or appearance
.
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.
Stalking, identity theft, personal attacks, and misuse of information
are some of the threats faced by social media users. Most of the time, the users themselves are to blame as they share content that should not be in the public eye. … and the content can cause problems in people's personal and professional lives.
- 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.
Digital media has become a significant factor in many young person's day to day routine. … On an academic level, social media can
have a negative effect on student productivity when it comes to concentration in the classroom
, timekeeping, and conscientiousness.
- 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.
YES
! Social media is a great way to connect with people who you may not see all the time. … Social media helps you build connections with kids who have the same interests. It is a quick way for people to get to know each other, even if they're living across the world from one another.
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.
Hackers
love social networking, going right to the source to interject malicious code. The codes hackers use can steal your identity, inject viruses to your computer, and obstruct bank account information, to name a few. Shortened URLs, such as those created on bit.ly, are especially susceptible to hackers.
Apparently, fame on social media has a considerable influence on how a person perceives their status in real life as well. The matter of fame
has been proven to have an effect on people's lives since
the existence of civil society. … By being called “social,” the media have a noticeable effect on socializing.
What are positive effects of media?
Some positive effects include:
Motor skills are improved by typing, clicking, playing games
, and other tech related finger skills. Hand eye coordination or even quick thinking can be helped. Access to mass news media can improve reading skills.
- Make sure to set your account preferences to private. …
- Don't connect with strangers on social media. …
- When browsing online, always protect your location. …
- Don't upload high-resolution pictures to your social media profiles. …
- Make sure you're not oversharing.
In social media, there are risks of communicating data and information that violates applicable laws and regulations, including
infringement of trademarks and copyrights, data security issues, employment issues, violations of privacy rights and mismanagement of electronic communications
.
Social media harms
However, social media use can also
negatively affect teens
, distracting them, disrupting their sleep, and exposing them to bullying, rumor spreading, unrealistic views of other people's lives and peer pressure. The risks might be related to how much social media teens use.
