Name: Kishenraj a/l Rajendran class: 4E2

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF

SOCIAL MEDIA

(ORAL TEST)

In the contemporary world, most people rely on social media of entertainment, news,
advertisements and so on. Now days a one can use the social media and get any form of
data that he or she requires. The use of social media has transformed the society into a
global village where people can interact freely within a span of a second. However, most
people focus on the benefits of social media without considering its drawbacks. Social media
has several advantages such as easy access of data, free interaction, and so on. On the
other hand, it has various disadvantages such as, lack of privacy, fraud, theft and so on.
This primary focus of this paper is the advantages and disadvantages of social media as
given.

The use of social media has many disadvantages of easily obtainable data, such as
searching things, services and the ability to download things. The internet provides many
businesses means to aid service customers today. In the modern world, instead of mailing
bills, a person just needs to sign into the web and deliver the payment with just a single
click, or even carry out some shopping without living home. This result in looking for things,
thousands of institutions and groups moving to online, most of the groups becoming
aggressive in promoting their existence through the use of search engines, banner
advertisements and email lists. Also, an individual is capable of downloading game, movies,
and watch favourite television shows for free.

Though the advantages of social media seem great, there are disadvantages associated
with easily obtainable data through the internet. Some of them are viruses, personal
information, theft and accuracy. When a person is searching for things on the internet or
online, he or she may be asked his or her personal information like social security number,
name and address or credit card number. When one enters such information, it offers a
chance for hackers to acquire information about the person and utilize it for their own
benefits. Moreover, going on web pages looking for things exposes a computer for viruses.
Many websites, send viruses and aware as well as malicious programs that can slow the
processor of the computer and some causes harm it. Likewise, accuracy is required because
not everything in the social media is reliable and accurate. Any individual can post anything
on the internet making it hard for some people to acknowledge reliable sources.

The issue of credibility is another thing that most people worry about because of the
sources of the social media. Any person is capable of getting or posting anything that he or
she want in the social media. Moreover, there is no open standard for posting data online
and digital data may be easily modified, misrepresented, false and plagiarized. Unless an
individual acknowledges the credibility of the sources, he or she may get illegitimate
information. Nevertheless, the social media enhance the link between people’s all over the
world. It enables a person to have a chance to meet and interact with people in other areas
and share similar goals, beliefs or interest. It is similar as keeping one touch with the people
around. As a matter of fact, military people use social media to acknowledge what is
happening around them instead of waiting for contacts.

Social media is somewhat impersonal. A person can have social drama and at the same
time danger. Besides, everything about social media is online, thus an individual does not
have a chance to get to talk to another person either face to face or through the phones.
This makes it tranquil for some people to fake things or make other people think they are
something that they are not, which ties to the aspect of danger. Most people have
pretended to be others in social media so as to acquire trust from other people and then
turn against them.

In the conclusion, it is a good for people to acknowledge both the advantages and
disadvantages of social media because they can aid take the essential steps to enjoy the
social media and be on the safe side of the negative impacts of the social media. If people
acknowledge what is happening within the social media, they get a clear view of what to
anticipate and whether or not it is something that would want or would do without it. Social
media has become part of the people’s lives. People cannot escape from disadvantages of
the social media as long they continue using it without a clear view about it. It is all about
the direction an individual select and on how to go about it. Nevertheless, social media plays
a significant role in the society as well as all over the world, and with the increasing growth
of technology, it is likely that social media grow with it. Thus, it is good to consider the
advantages and disadvantages of social media since its activities will probably increases in
future.