Social networking sites are becoming increasingly popular. However, it is argued that they adversely affected the society as a whole as well as individuals. While I strongly believe that these sites have been beneficial to individuals, they have definitely harmed local communities.
It is no doubt that social media websites have been advantageous to individuals for various reasons. First and foremost, they are now used as a method of communication. For instance, Facebook has made it easier to get in touch with people from all over the world since you have the opportunity to check their profiles and even their interests. Surprisingly, researchers claimed that over 30% of today’s relationships are a result of meeting on the social networking sites. Not only is Facebook used as a way to communicate, but it is also used as a source of information as people’s profiles usually contain most of their information, such as marital status, birth date, education and many other data. As a result, it is easy to know almost everything you want about a specific person without awkwardly asking them. Although these reasons are favourable for individuals, the impact on society is the total opposite.
Quite on the contrary, local communities are suffering from the drawbacks of these websites. Unfortunately, societies nowadays appear to be fragmented, where each person prefers to contact people online, in lieu of meeting them face to face. Consequently, relationships within the society are rarely found, which indeed has created an unsociable environment.
To conclude, individuals are experiencing positive effects because of social networking sites. On the other hand, it is worth noting that the effects on the society is hazardous and needs corrective actions to avoid having a completely disjointed community.
Social
networking
sites
are becoming
increasingly
popular.
However
, it
is argued
that they
adversely
affected
the
society
as a whole
as well
as
individuals
. While I
strongly
believe that these
sites
have been beneficial to
individuals
, they have definitely harmed local communities.
It is no doubt that
social
media websites have been advantageous to
individuals
for various reasons.
First
and foremost, they are
now
used
as a method of communication.
For instance
, Facebook has made it easier to
get
in touch with
people
from all over the world since you have the opportunity to
check
their profiles and even their interests.
Surprisingly
, researchers claimed that over 30% of
today
’s relationships are a result of meeting on the
social
networking
sites
. Not
only
is Facebook
used
as a way to communicate,
but
it is
also
used
as a source of information as
people
’s profiles
usually
contain most of their information, such as marital status, birth date, education and
many
other data.
As a result
, it is easy to know almost everything you want about a specific person without
awkwardly
asking them. Although these reasons are
favourable
for
individuals
, the impact on
society
is the total opposite.
Quite
on the contrary
, local communities are suffering from the drawbacks of these websites. Unfortunately,
societies
nowadays appear to
be fragmented
, where each person prefers to contact
people
online, in lieu of meeting them face to face.
Consequently
, relationships within the
society
are rarely found, which
indeed
has created an unsociable environment.
To conclude
,
individuals
are experiencing
positive
effects
because
of
social
networking
sites
.
On the other hand
, it is worth noting that the effects on the
society
is hazardous and needs corrective actions to avoid having a completely disjointed community.