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Social Media; its Advantages and Disadvantages

Before writing anything about ‘advantages’ and ‘disadvantages’ of social


media, first of all we should know what is Social Media?

Social media is a computer based technology as well as internet based


electronic communication that is used to share thoughts, informations,
images, ideas and other forms of experiences. In other words we can say that
it is a realationship that exists between network and people.

In this modern time, everyone of the world is connected to one another by


the internet. Social media has become a vast platform where it allows
everyone to share his / her thoughts and interests via internet. In present
time billions of people around the world use social networks to stay
connected, make friends and satisfy their social need. A very common and
widely used example would be websites for social networking and
microblogging. Examples of most commonly used social networking sites are
‘Facebook’, ‘WhatsApp’ and ‘Twitter’. Now a days, many students especially
utilize these sites on daily basis. Thus, we can say that social media has
become a vital part of today’s students’ success equation. As the fashion of
using social media is on flow, numerous researches are being done to find
out the effects of social media in everyone’s life. In this process we come
across two major terms: ‘advantages’ and ‘disadvantages’ of social media.

So, let’s discuss the advantages and disadvanatges of social media one
by one.

Advantages of Social Media


When we think about the advantages of social media we find many
important aspects of it that directly benefit their users. Let’s have a look on
them :

Education and Information

We can take educational lessons through social media. There are so many
offical pagesand websites that provide reasonable knowledge and
information that can be collected from. Now a days we find many websites
that provide free education to the children and teenagers. There are
countless websites which provide good knowledge on different topics. If we
want to improve our language then we find enormous lessons there. So one
can enhance his/her knowledge in the field of Language, Science and
Technology, Fashion Designing, Architecture and other fields.

News Updates

We can get instant notification of news and updates in social media. And
most importantly we can watch complete news as per our interest without
any interruption, in this way we also save our precious time.
Connectivity

Connectivity with the people is one of the best advantages of social meida
by which can connect to any person sitting in the corner of the world.

Twitter and Facebook are the most common platforms which enable us to
make friends throughout the world. Now a days, there is a common trend to
share one’s thoughts or ideas through WhatsApp, YouTube, Instagram etc.

Promotion of the Business

We can market ourselves, promote our business and we can get our
customers online via social media. We can reach millions of people by
making banner ad, video ad, post etc in a very low price.

Awareness via Social Media

We can get quick but valuable information of business, community,


country, religion etc through social media which make us aware of the
present and latest updates of any kind. So, we can say that the awareness is
the most important amd powerful aspect of social media.

Music and Entertainment

We can get fun, music and entertainment like jokes, funny videos, funny
posts by liking or joining that kind of pages in social media. We can create a
good family of users by sharing jokes or funny videos that refresh everyone’s
mind and give some moments to laugh. Thus, music and entertainment are
the great advantages of social media.

Disadvantages of Social Media


In my opinion it completely depends on us whether we want to use it for
our welfare or destruction, yet there are some disadvantages of social media
that we come across without thinking the consequences of using social
media. In this way we create problems for ourselves. So, let’s discuss them
one by one :

Relationship Issue

We always feel excited to relationship of our choice via social media. It is


ok if both the parties are honest to each other but it does not happen always.
There are so many examples like some boys make false promises of marriage
to a girl and after taking advantage they leave the girl. We can find countless
fake IDs that have been created to make relation with someone which is very
dangerous for anyone’s life. Thus, we can say that Relationship Issue is one
of the most talked disadvantages of social media.
Hacking & Fraud

These days some people are doing the business of hacking social media
accounts which is a very dangerous act. Almost every day we hear about
some fraud who manipulate innocent people by taking money or
information. Therefore, we can say that Hacking & Fraud are the worst
disadvantages of social media.

Addiction and Waste of Time

Most of today’s young generation is almost involved in using social media.


It is a big problem which is increasing day by day. They remain using social
media even leaving apart their studies and family. In this way the young
generations are wasting their time which is not good for them. They
maintain a false social status on social media which is completely different
from the real society or social status. In my opinion one should not use social
media more than 1 hour a day. Otherwise he/she is wasting his/ her precious
time. He/ she should be sincere about his/ her career and family.

Privacy Issue

We know very well that when we use social media we definitely upload
our photographs, videos and other personal details which can be misused by
someone. Thus, it is not safe and right for us. Therefore, we can say that
Privacy Issue is a very big disadvantage of social media.

Health Problem

When we use social media a lot then it affect our health because we work
on computer and mobile. Our eyes continuously face some radiation that
damages our eyes as well as the brain. Modern study reveals that we get
adverse effect on our brain if we continuously use the mobile phone.
Therefore, it can be said that Health Problems caused by the use of mobile
phone for social media is a big disadvantage.

Now, we can say that the social media has changed our lives as we live in
this digitally affected society.

To sum up: social media

Social media gives tremendous opportunities to get benefitted in all aspect


of life whether it is career, science and technology, linguistic approach, yet
we have to be very careful about the usage of social media because if it
makes our lives easier in the same time it may cause disturbances in our
lives. It may divert the young generation to the dangerous consequences
what we cannot imagine. So, in my opinion social media is one of the best
sources for knowledge for everyone if we consciously use it otherwise it has
side effects too.

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