Since the invention of social media, many people have been better able to connect with each other and also to keep up to date with the lives of their friends, families, co-workers and even celebrities, to such a degree which was previously impossible.
However, social media has its risks. As people of all ages have access to social media, children can be exposed to adult content, and are themselves vulnerable to be approached by strangers with unknown intentions. Even if children are sure of who they're talking to on social media, social media's issues are not completely eliminated. Cyber bullying is frequently reported in the news, and occurs on social media among children and school children. This is problematic, as it means even when children are at home, remote from their bullies they can still be bullied when they're inside their own homes.
Social media can be problematic for adults, too. People often feel comfortable posting things on social media that they wouldn't say in real life. This can indirectly cause a bad impression on other people, and if employers judge the nature of the content prospective employees post on social media to be inappropriate, it can affect their chances of attaining or keeping jobs.
As long as people are aware of the risks of using social media, and are careful to post only respectful and respectable content, then the advantages of social media far outweigh the disadvantages, and children and adults alike should be allowed to benefit from such technology.
Since the invention of
social
media
,
many
people
have been better able to connect with each other and
also
to
keep
up to date with the
lives
of their friends, families, co-workers and even celebrities, to such a degree which was previously impossible.
However
,
social
media
has its
risks
. As
people
of all ages have access to
social
media
,
children
can
be exposed
to adult content, and are themselves vulnerable to
be approached
by strangers with unknown intentions. Even if
children
are sure of
who
they're talking to on
social
media
,
social
media's issues are not completely eliminated.
Cyber bullying
is
frequently
reported in the news, and occurs on
social
media
among
children
and school
children
. This is problematic, as it means even when
children
are at home, remote from their bullies they can
still
be bullied
when they're inside their
own
homes.
Social
media
can be problematic for adults, too.
People
often
feel comfortable posting things on
social
media
that they wouldn't say in real life. This can
indirectly
cause a
bad
impression on other
people
, and if employers judge the nature of the content prospective employees post on
social
media
to be inappropriate, it can affect their chances of attaining or keeping jobs.
As long as
people
are aware of the
risks
of using
social
media
, and are careful to post
only
respectful and respectable content, then the advantages of
social
media
far outweigh the disadvantages, and
children
and adults alike should be
allowed
to benefit from such technology.