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\n

Social Media and Society<\/h2>\n

Imagine the world today without social media. It would be boring as the people would still be visiting each other frequently. However, things are different since a person just needs to in the comfort of their home, in order to chat with another person at a far place just for a little amount of money. The world has become a global village since everyone is able to connect with their friends easily through social media platforms. The only thing a person is required to have is just a smartphone. With the introduction of social media in the society, a lot of benefits have been experienced and at the same time, the youths have been negatively affected. The topic on social media is fascinating to me since it has brought many changes in the way people interact and communicate in the society. However, the youths have been negatively<\/a> affected greatly.<\/p>\n

Facts and Figures<\/h3>\n

The
\nuse of the internet was invented around 25 years ago. 13 years later, Facebook
\nwas initiated online. Even though everything was done within a short time, a
\nlot of impressive changes have been felt. In this new discovery, the lives of
\nthe people, as well as their behaviors, have been affected either positively or
\nnegatively. Almost every family has more than two smartphones which means the
\nnumber of users of social media like Facebook is increasing each and every day.
\nIn 2013 about 2.7 million people already had become internet user which is 39%
\nof the world\u2019s population. In the developing countries, about 31% are already
\nusing the internet. Initially, the majority of people were using a desktop but
\nwith time they advanced to the new technology especially in the use of
\nsmartphones which enables the people to communicate with each throughout. From
\nthe statistics above, it shows that the use of internet through the smartphone
\nwill continue being the only way of meeting old and new friends. Moreover, the
\nuse of social media will continue to increase as well as more people become
\ninformed a lot since they just need to read the news through their smartphones.
\nThis is a clear indication that the world we are living today is changing with
\na high rate because the way the people are interacting is enough to conclude
\nthat they are already informed due to the use of social media (Zeitel-Bank,
\n& Tat2014).<\/p>\n

The Relationship between Social Media and the Society<\/h3>\n

The
\nuse of social media has had a major impact on the society. Since the new
\ntechnology was integrated into the social settings, there have been major influences
\nin the way the people are interacting with one another. The use of social media
\nhas increased in the way the people are interacting and at the same, it has
\ncreated a barrier in the way people are communicating in a social set up. In
\naddition, the use of social media has been used to bridge the gap that has
\nexisted due to the generational gap as well as digital divides. In case of a
\nfamily, the use of social media may lead to more harm as well as privatization
\nsince every person is using the social media independently as opposed to
\ncollective use. Since the social media was introduced, it has greatly changed the
\nway the people view themselves, the way they see each other as well as the way
\nthey are interacting with one another. The society has benefitted due to the
\nintroduction of the new technology since communication within the society has
\nbeen enhanced as well as the criminal activities also have reduced due to the
\nefficiency In the way the people are communicating and interacting with one
\nanother. Moreover, the use of social media is of great help since it encourages
\neveryone to interact with one another at all levels and situations (McGrath,
\n2012).<\/p>\n

Social
\nmedia has brought tremendous changes in the society we live today. It has
\nchanged in the way the people used to interact in the past while doing
\nbusiness. Social media being one of the most platforms used on the internet
\nhave totally revolutionized the way the people communicate as well as socialize
\nin the web and especially in the way they entrepreneurs sell their products
\n(Boyd, 2014).<\/p>\n

The use of social media has also been incorporated greatly in politics. The majority of people get updated on the recent news by just clicking on their phones and reading all the information through the smartphone without just having to go near a television as it happened in the past. Despite the platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well as whatsapp being used to post information on campaigns, they have been used to move the masses in the favor of a certain candidate. This means that the way politics were done in the past have grown to another level of influencing the decision<\/a> of the internet users as it is the most visited platform in the world (Sales, 2016).<\/p>\n

The
\nmajority of companies are using the social media in posting their products on
\nthe social media. They are using the same platforms to build loyalty of their
\ncustomers through them. For example, they are using the Facebook to inform the
\ncustomers about any product that has recently arrived in the market as well as
\nthey are receiving immediate feedback from the customer something that did not
\nhappen in the past. When compared to other forms of advertisement such as the
\ntelevision, the use of social media is cheap and convenient since an individual
\nonly needs to be sited at home and read as well as watch the videos posted their
\nown account (Robson, & MA, 2013)..<\/p>\n

Social
\nnetworking sites have revolutionized the way the people interact and socialize
\nwith one another. They have helped different people to reconnect with old
\nfriends as well as new friends. Moreover, they enable an individual to trade
\nideas, share pictures and content. Social media has been embraced by almost
\neverybody in the world something that has enabled the people to pass
\ninformation as it is the easiest way of reading the news. From the description
\nabove, it\u2019s clear that different people have been able to connect with one
\nanother as well as learn the culture of the other person easily. In the past,
\npeople used to interact with one another through sports as well as watching a
\nfilm together. However, since the social media was introduced, things have
\nchanged as they have occupied the larger part of their leisure time. Since the
\nsocial media have removed all the barriers that may have affected communication
\nin the past, it becomes easy for everyone today to share information since
\neveryone has a chance to write what they think about a certain issue in the
\nsociety (Robson, & MA, 2013).<\/p>\n

The
\npeople used to interact only during an occasion such as the rites of passage in
\nthe past; but today everybody is able to interact with his friends through the
\nuse of social media. It has enabled the people to communicate about certain
\nissues affecting them altogether. For example, the people who are suffering
\nfrom a terminal illness they have a group where they support one another socially
\nand psychologically. In the past it was difficult but after the introduction of
\nthe social media, things have changed since such a group becomes easy for them
\nto share experience and support one another emotionally. For example,
\ninitially, the students used to call each other for a group work which was
\ndifficult because convening such a group was not easy since everyone was busy
\nwith their own issues. Today, at a school set the availability of social media
\nmakes everyone is given a chance to give his or her comments about an issue
\nthus making learning to be easy for the teenagers (Amedie, 2015).<\/p>\n

Positive Aspects about Social Media<\/h3>\n

In
\nthe education sector, the use of social media has been already been implemented
\nand the students are aware of what they will learn before the lecture session
\nstarts. For example, the students are able to reach to others through Facebook
\nin case they are sharing a topic or a course. Moreover, social media has become
\na place where every individual visit and talk about an issue affecting them and
\nthey get a response within a short time. Moreover, the teachers have been using
\nthe social media especially when they are giving tests and assignments.<\/p>\n

Social
\nmedia has really helped in understanding one audience by knowing what they like
\nand what they do not like. Moreover, it has been used to increase awareness of
\nthe students. It has helped the people to share ideas despite a person being
\nfar this means that the use social media have enabled the people to share ideas
\nbeyond boundaries. Since everything happens in the society, the use of social
\nmedia has helped all the members to connect with their friends. Additionally,
\nit has been used to advertise, create awareness as well as support a certain
\nperson in politics. For example many are the time that the youths come together
\na form a support group where they will be sharing their issues together. Such a
\ngroup is encouraging since the youth are benefiting from each other despite
\ndoing their own discussion while at home.<\/p>\n

The youth in the process of using the social media they develop awareness. When a teenager is using a phone they develop themselves according to the society and world. Moreover, they also experience political and cultural awareness. When the youths are using the social media, they develop social skills. It\u2019s only I the social media like Facebook to expand his or her social circle as well as develop new friends. In addition, the youth gains a lot by learning all that is happening in the modern n society where every youth is only concerned with whom to chat with and at the same time they do not know where to get their rewards. It\u2019s only in the social media where an individual is able to meet a friend or a person you have stayed for a long time without meeting. Therefore, this aspect of connecting with friends and chatting can only be found in the social media phenomena that have totally changed the way the people in the society used to interact with one another. In addition, I cannot forget to mention that with the emergence of many groups a person is able to get a peer or a person they can settle with serious in the social media. Initially, when searching for a mate a person was needed to move to a far place so that they can meet with one another but the society today things have changed because a person only needs to have a Facebook account and they are good to go as they will share their experience and pictures.Therefore.no one can ignore the positive aspects of social media especially in helping an old friend to meet one another and share their experiences and ideas.<\/p>\n

Another
\nand the most important thing that the youths develop is the writing and reading
\nskills. In the social media a youth may meet a learned friend and on listening
\nto him, the teenager will be tempted to come up with simple questions. Having
\nasocial media the student can benefit a lot since he is learning the ideas of
\nthe others as well as he or she is writing his own ideas, Moreover, whenever he
\nwrites his own ideas they are either criticized or supported almost immediately
\nby his peers thus learning a lot as well as knowing his or her weaknesses (O\u2019Keeffe,
\n& Clarke-Pearson, 2011).<\/p>\n

Negative Effects of Social Media<\/h3>\n

Heavy
\nuse of the social media leads to addiction. The people who are likely to
\ndevelop addiction while using social media are young adults and the teens.
\nHowever, addiction is not also ruled out completely among the adult\u2019s ass they
\nalso have a Facebook accounts. Additionally, the other mental effects can be
\nfelt since the majority of the people spend most of their time on the bed
\nchatting while they are supposed to be asleep. Spending too much time in the
\nsocial media leads to lack of focus because they are not good time manager of
\nthe activities they do. An aspect that is shown by the social media users is
\nthat they are not ready to leave it despite being addictive and hinder them
\nfrom carrying their own activities as required. Therefore, it is the role of
\nevery person to realize that despite having numerous benefits of social media
\nit has their effect which at times leads to worse situations such as developing
\nmental illness and other disorders which could not have developed if the social
\nsites are used in a good way (O\u2019Keeffe, & Clarke-Pearson, 2011).<\/p>\n

Also,
\nthe people who are heavy users of the social media risk themselves from getting
\ndepressed and anxious. Even though social media has many people who use it,
\nthey fail to recognize that they are addictive and the young adults risk of
\nsuffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder. The majority of the youths find
\nthemselves being in an awkward position because they fail to do noble duties
\neither at school or at the place of work just because their time is mostly on
\nFacebook. As the young adults continue to use the social media they become
\naddicted and in the end, they complaining a lot because they were fired or they
\nfailed an exam (O\u2019Keeffe, & Clarke-Pearson, 2011).<\/p>\n

In the past few years, the youths did not engage in the use of social media because there were such discoveries. Today, they admire to use the social media without first thinking about its effects on them. For example, the youths at times indulge themselves in an activity like hate speech, For instance, a friend may communicate with a teenager and all of sudden the person chatting with abuses him or her. This incidence is the same as cyber bullying. Mostly this kind of vices occurs in Facebook where a person is being treated by others because he refused at obey their own will. The issue of cyber bullying is on increase and it\u2019s the high time that everyone stops it in order to minimize more harm. Moreover, the teenagers experience identity theft. This occurs when a person happens to steal their details like an email. After getting the email, he sells the same email to another company that will follow the person in everything he or she does. Mostly, the teens do not understand the importance of making sure that anything personal is kept safe. If a person happens to get details that are supposed to be person, they may use the same details to hack the bank account which should not happen at all (O\u2019Keeffe, & Clarke-Pearson, 2011).<\/p>\n

One
\nof the issues that have been affecting the youths in the society is when they
\nexperience stalking. Stalking occurs when a persona happens to post his details
\nand in the same platform, an old friend who is not good uses the same details
\nto abuse the person or even curse the person. This is a clear indication that
\nthe youths experience multiple of problems. Therefore, the parent should play a
\ngreat role in they take care of their children by trying as much as possible to
\ncontrol their behaviors\u00a0 especially the
\nnumber of hours they spend while chatting (Change,\u00a0 & Corcoran, 2012).<\/p>\n

How to Minimize the Effects of Social Media on the Youths<\/h3>\n

Even
\nthough there have been several benefits of social media, negative effects keep
\non being experienced and therefore, it\u2019s essential to curb these effects since
\nsome of them are affecting various relationships, academic and the way an
\nemployee performs in the company. Some of the solutions to the problems that
\nare brought by social media include; time management, not accepting everybody
\nas a friend (Fuchs, & Sandoval, 2014).<\/p>\n

One
\nof the most important issues while using a social media platform is time
\nmanagement. Most of the people are using the social media at the wrong time
\nsince they are employed and while handling a customer they are still chatting
\non their Facebook. This behavior should not be encouraged as it will affect the
\nattitude of the client and he or she may not come back for more services in the
\nsame place some other time. In a case for students, they find themselves that
\nthey have done the assignment just because they spent most of their time
\nchatting with a friend as well as admiring the picture of the others that are
\nposted on the wall. The society and the behaviors of the people have been
\naffected a lot. Being able to convince a person that social media is addictive
\nhe or she may not support you because they like posting an issue on the
\nFacebook as well as commenting on other people questions and worries thus
\ntaking much of their time. Therefore, it\u2019s essential to separate issue by
\nkeeping one\u2019s personal life separate from the work life or even while at
\nschool. Most are the times when the teacher complains that the students are not
\nable to do their assignment just because they do not manage their time as they
\nare supposed because they engage themselves in social activities which may not
\nyield any results. For example, a student does not do the homework simply
\nbecause they are serious with the chatting and admiring the photos of their
\nfriend rather than focusing on important issues such as their studies (Fuchs,
\n& Sandoval, 2014).<\/p>\n

The
\nother way of preventing more harm oneself self-esteem and psychological
\nwell-being is not accepting people in the social media without evaluating them.
\nFor example, an individual may like a person and after some time they start
\nharassing him as well as posting abusive comments on them. By doing this, the
\nperson will be affected emotionally and psychologically thus using a lot of
\nmoney In order to attend counseling. At times, there other people who posted
\npictures that are not good and being innocent while using the Facebook, the
\nperson will be influenced by the picture and the things that are not acceptable
\nthus changing one\u2019s behavior and perception about some issues affecting the
\npeople in the society. The majority of the youths do not learn a lot of
\ninformation from their elders these days, as things has changed and a lot of
\ninformation is obtained from the social media. This is enough reason to say
\nthat after having a Facebook account they learn some issues and behaviors that
\ninfluence their behavior and in the end, they became bad people in the society
\n(Haythornthwaite, 2005).<\/p>\n

The
\nother way a teenager can live a healthy life while using the social media is by
\nnot sharing their personal information. Whenever a teenager happens to share
\nall their personal information with friends they risk their lives and happiness
\nbecause the same information can be used to bully them. Therefore, it\u2019s
\nessential for every teenager to have self-control in the way they are using the
\nsocial media platform as they can benefit from them and at the same time they
\ncan experience negative effects. One of the most feared situations in the life
\nof a teenager is when they share their secrets with the other as they risk
\ntheir accounts from being hacked and at the same time they risk their security.
\nTherefore, the youths should be keen who their friends are since if they happen
\nto share their personal information with a stranger they may end up committing
\nsuicide after they are exposed to the world through the same social media
\n(Haythornthwaite, 2005).<\/p>\n

In
\nconclusion, Social media has become unstoppable even if some people claiming
\nthat it has led into various addictions. It has helped in facilitating
\ncommunication in just a few seconds, connect friends, as well as in
\nparticipating in one\u2019s democratic right. Even though the use of social media
\nhas important benefits, it has helped the people to create false identities.
\nMoreover, the parents should engage the children in their talk so that they can
\nlearn the benefit and drawbacks of social media. In addition, it is becoming
\nexpensive since there are many young people being treated for being addicted as
\nwell as being depressed. Therefore, the best ways of ensuring that the youths
\nare not affected is just to be taught on how to balance issues and activities
\nto avoid being too much on social media at the expensive of learning or work.
\nSocial media has been said by many scholars and researchers that it has changed
\nthe way the people used to interact with one another in the society. Today,
\nalmost everybody is holding their phone chatting and sharing information with
\nothers in a comfortable way without having to travel to the person for
\nsomething that they could have shared. This means that the society has totally
\nchanged in the way people interact as well as the way everyone is communicating
\nwith one another. Even though the use of social media has brought many positive
\nchanges in the society, it has also brought negative effects on the lives of
\npeople and their relationships with others and therefore, these issues need to
\nbe handled with care in order to save our youths who are the leaders of
\ntomorrow.<\/p>\n

References<\/h2>\n
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