Thanks to the advent of social media, people are now better able to stay connected to their friends and family. They can even follow celebrities to such an extent which was not previously possible. However, the usage of social media has its risks. As people of all ages have access to it and use it in their daily life, it has become a major risk for children as they can be exposed to adult content which may trigger violent behaviour in them. The children are also vulnerable to cyber exploitation as they may not know the true identity or motive of the person they are interacting with online. Even when children are talking to someone they know, social media can still pose a lot of other threats. Cyber bullying is frequently reported in the news and occurs on social media among children. This is very problematic as it means that children can be bullied even when they at their home.
Social media can be problematic for adults, too. Many people are comfortable posting personal views and opinions and other stuff on social media that they wouldn’t normally share 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. This posted information can also be used to track adult people and to know their whereabouts, which enables the anti-social elements to take advantage and stalk the people and blackmail them to get their bidding done.
In conclusion, people have to be aware of the risks of using social media, and careful enough to post only minimal, risk free and respectable content. Only then the advantages of social media will outweigh the disadvantages.
Thanks to the advent of
social
media
,
people
are
now
better able to stay connected to their friends and family. They can even follow celebrities to such an extent which was not previously possible.
However
, the usage of
social
media
has its
risks
. As
people
of all ages have access to it and
use
it in their daily life, it has become a major
risk
for
children
as they can
be exposed
to adult content which may trigger violent
behaviour
in them. The
children
are
also
vulnerable to cyber exploitation as they may not know the true identity or motive of the person they are interacting with online. Even when
children
are talking to someone they know,
social
media
can
still
pose
a lot of
other threats.
Cyber bullying
is
frequently
reported in the news and occurs on
social
media
among
children
. This is
very
problematic as it means that
children
can
be bullied
even when they at their home.
Social
media
can be problematic for adults, too.
Many
people
are comfortable posting personal views and opinions and other stuff on
social
media
that they wouldn’t
normally
share 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. This posted information can
also
be
used
to
track
adult
people
and to know their whereabouts, which enables the anti-social elements to take advantage and stalk the
people
and blackmail them to
get
their bidding done.
In conclusion
,
people
have to
be aware of the
risks
of using
social
media
, and careful
enough
to post
only
minimal,
risk
free and respectable content.
Only
then the advantages of
social
media
will outweigh the disadvantages.
5Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
33Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
2Mistakes